April 2004 Field Journal

---

4.7 Fuchsia Dell
I made a brief stop at the Fuchsia Dell this morning and had a few birds
(possibly) of interest:

Acorn Woodpecker (heard only)
Cooper's Hawk
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler

Many wintering birds are in more or less full song.

4.24 Muir Woods and Tennessee Valley
This morning, Alan Hopkins and I birded Muir Woods and Tennessee Valley. A (the?) BARRED OWL was heard (briefly) somewhere near the 2nd bridge. At Tennessee Valley, two heard-only ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS were of interst.

BARRED OWL heard only at Muir Woods (Apr 24)
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER 2 heard only at Tennessee Valley (Apr 24)

Turkey Vulture (2)
Rock Pigeon (2)
Band-tailed Pigeon (1)
Barred Owl (1)
Pacific-slope Flycatcher (1)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (2)
Hutton's Vireo (2)
Warbling Vireo (1)
Common Raven (1, 2)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (2)
Brown Creeper (1)
Bewick's Wren (2)
Winter Wren (1)
Swainson's Thrush (1)
American Robin (1)
Wrentit (2)
European Starling (2)
Cedar Waxwing (2)
Orange-crowned Warbler (1, 2)
Wilson's Warbler (1, 2)
Spotted Towhee (2)
California Towhee (2)
Song Sparrow (2)
White-crowned Sparrow (2)
Dark-eyed Junco (1)
Red-winged Blackbird (2)
Brewer's Blackbird (2)
American Goldfinch (2)

Locations:
1) Muir Woods (Apr 24)
2) Tennessee Valley (Apr 24)

4.27 17th Floor of 50 Fremont Street
Today, I had at least three large swifts from the 17th floor of 50 Fremont Street. The following notes were taken without aid of binoculars:

• They soared alot, easily 50% of the time they were in view
• They were large, i.e. with the naked eye I could see a body and two wings from Mission Street when the birds were near the freeway

The vastly different flight style and obviously large size strong suggests B LACK SWIFT over either Vaux's or White-throated.

Home

---

You can contact me via email.