Date: 4/21/24 2:11 pm From: David Zittin via groups.io <dzittin...> Subject: [southbaybirds] Rancho San Antonio
This morning, Floy and I hiked the service road from the north parking lo its intersection with Hilltop Trail. Here we encountered our FOS sighting of an Ash-throated Flycatcher. Although we heard one in the area a few days earlier, we were unable to get eyes on that one. Today the Ash-throated was out in the open calling on a sycamore tree. We also heard and saw three Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and a few other species. During our 10 minute walk on this road we saw 7 species.
We turned left onto Hilltop Trail from the service road, and this trail was fairly birdy. We heard three more Ash-throated Flycatchers and saw one calling on top of an oak tree. Near the water tanks, we first heard and then saw our FOS Lazuli Bunting. As we made our way down to the bridge at Permanente Creek on the PG&E trail, we saw and heard at least six House Wrens. In total we saw 26 species. Details for the Hilltop portion of our walk are at https://ebird.org/checklist/S169699696.
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