[Birdtalk] River Lane blue-gray gnatcatchers

[Mark Stackhouse]

I had a good little flock of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers this morning. They 
were mobbing a Colima Pygmy-Owl. Maybe you should tell your River Lane 
birds that they should come this way - it does seem awfully late for 
them to be there. It's quite a bit warmer and sunnier here in San Blas.

Good birding - stay warm!

Mark Stackhouse
mark at westwings.com
801-487-9453 (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA)
011-52-323-285-1243 (San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico)

On Nov 18, 2006, at 1:34 PM, L. D. Giddings wrote:

> I observed three blue-gray gnatcatchers this morning at about 10:30 
> a.m.
> on River Lane near the end of the road and the river's mouth. On
> spotting the first bird I thought I was seeing things, and then I
> thought that perhaps it was an aberrant ruby-crowned kinglet. But while
> watching it a kinglet settled on a branch about 12" distant from it,
> providing a very nice opportunity for comparison and a bit of self
> reassurance as well. While I watched the one bird, a second was calling
> incessantly, immediately across the river, while a third called from 
> the
> brush behind me. This is about two months later than most normal 
> records
> for the species. Anyone out there with late date information?
>
> Other than the gnatcatchers, nothing unusual was observed except for 
> the
> presence of a lone mountain chickadee keeping company with a small 
> flock
> of black-capped chickadees.
>
> Lu Giddings
>
>
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