Monterey Bay Birds for Sunday, January 6, 2002

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   South SCZ County Owls   Steve Rovell    3:18am   Re: N. Pygmy Owl   DSUDDJIAN(AT)aol.com   9:44pm   Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Sunday January 6, 2002   Bill Hill   9:01pm

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Subject: South SCZ County Owls
From: Steve Rovell <vagrant(AT)redshift.com>
Date: 6 Jan 2002 3:18am

Hi All -

Rob Fowler and I went owling last night (1/5) in the Green Valley and 
Merk Road areas.  We started around 11 pm and ended around 1:30 am.  On 
Green Valley Road were 3+ species:  Great Horned Owls at every stop, 
Barn Owls at nearly every stop and 1 Saw-whet Owl about 1 mile from the 
end of the road.  We heard it well and for quite a while from the 
pullout just beyond the 10 mph curve.  In addition, we heard what 
probably was the same Long-eared Owl that David Suddjian heard on 1/1 at 
mile marker 2.65, but we couldn't be sure that what we heard wasn't a 
barking dog.

Along Merk Road near the pond there were several Great Horned Owls and 
Western Screech-Owls along with a pack of howling coyotes.  A Virginia 
Rail called from the pond while we were there.

Steve Rovell
vagrant(AT)redshift.com

PS - It was wonderful that not one car drove by us while we owled for 
those 2.5 hours!

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Subject: Re: N. Pygmy Owl
From: DSUDDJIAN(AT)aol.com
Date: 6 Jan 2002 9:44pm

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In a message dated 1/6/02 1:48:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
zerogambit(AT)hotmail.com writes:

> Although we saw a lot of promissing habitat, we 
> didn't hear anything else calling.
> 
> 

I think Highland Way has too much traffic overall to be very productive for 
owling...at least that has been my experience. The upper sections also have a 
bit more chaparral in the area around the road than is best for our forest 
owls. Some of the roads off of Highland are better, such as Spanish Ranch 
Road, Skyland Road and its connecting roads like Adams Road and Long Ridge 
Road.

DS

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Subject: Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Sunday January 6, 2002
From: "Bill Hill" <billhill(AT)redshift.com>
Date: 6 Jan 2002 9:01pm

This report is a transcript of the new messages on the Monterey Bay Area
Birdbox.  The Birdbox is brought to you by the Monterey Peninsula Audubon
Society and can be reached at 831 626-6605.

Birds in this report:

Red-breasted Sapsucker
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Sage Sparrow (possible)

Garrapata State Park:

A hike on the Sobranes Rocky Ridge Trail produced a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER,
A BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and a possible SAGE SPARROW. [Alex Cruz]

The Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society has a web site at
http://montereyaudubon.org/ . The site has announcements about field trips
and meetings and other great info for birders.

another non-profit site with much information about local birding is Don
Roberson's "Creagrus" web site at http://montereybay.com/creagrus  Go to his
"Monterey County" page for a portal to local birding sites, or try the
"links" page to reach various pelagic boat trip operators and providers of
local birding services on Elkhorn Slough and elsewhere.

Pleas report your sightings to the Birdbox at 831-626-6605  not to our email
addresses.  If you have questions about this transcript or need information
on birding the Monterey area, feel free to email me at billhill(AT)redshift.com

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