Received: from mail.isp.net (mail.isp.net [216.38.129.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7GEOcV07843 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:24:38 -0700 Received: from SPEEDYSNAKE (franklin.sf.isp.net [216.38.133.50]) by mail.isp.net (8.9.1a/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA26014 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:49:25 -0700 Message-ID: <015401c24530$914218d0$0201a8c0@SPEEDYSNAKE> Reply-To: "Dusty Bleher" <[[email protected]]> From: "Dusty Bleher" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> References: <731A6F12A87AD2118E8B006097098F9A5ABCFD@CONCORD> <[[email protected]]> <031701c244a8$94c491a0$[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] WNV question Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:23:57 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Carlson" <[[email protected]]> ... > You're right, the WNV thing is probably overblown, but I still fear a panic > spraying reaction when the virus finally hits California and produces > significant numbers of early deaths in the first wave of infection. Okay, I agree with you that the media circus has probably overdone this issue a bit. OTOH; what action would you suggest in lieu of spraying? Dusty Bleher San Jose, Ca. Received: from merlin.arc.nasa.gov (merlin.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.219.21]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7GEXYV08006 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:33:34 -0700 Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.1 #46498) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:33:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:33:30 -0700 (PDT) From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Cc: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Subject: [SBB] Please, please, please . . . Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Folks: Please restict your comments to the observations of local birds on this list. Public policy issues do not belong here. Bill Received: from npsmtp04la.mail2world.com (mw252.mail2world.com [66.28.189.252]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7GGo7V10018 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:50:08 -0700 Received: from npweb03la (unverified [10.1.203.104]) by npsmtp04la.mail2world.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 4.5.6) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:45:26 -0700 thread-index: AcJFRFKhZo0b5zdEQg++s6KOhlS1AA== Thread-Topic: 5 Bairds Sandpipers From: "miguel demeulemeester" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:45:26 -0700 Message-ID: <17e301c24544$52a3e2c0$[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Exchange 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Priority: normal X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98b X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Subject: [SBB] 5 Bairds Sandpipers Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi all, After reading all those reports on Bairds Sandpiper at Crittenden Marsh, I went last evening up there myself to see if I could find the birds - 2 were reported - so... After some decent looks at close-by WESTERN and LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a bunch of WHIMBREL and LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, a lonely MARBLED GODWIT and a AMERICAN AVOCET, I kept on walking towards the end of the remaining water sleeve, birds were relaxed and easy to observe. Nice was also the juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and the SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. To my asthonishment no less than 5 BAIRDS SANDPIPERS were feeding amongst the above mentioned more common peeps. They were sort of together, but not all the time. It was around 19h00, not sure, didn't check my watch. They were kind of moving around at the time I left, lot's of birds started to get more active too, but the airport nearby got more active too with a huge airplane doing some actions there. So I left. It was around 19h00, not sure, didn't check my watch. On the Bay-side of the marsh there were ton's of SNOWY and GREAT EGRETS, pelicans, terns (all FORSTERS, a lonely CASPIAN flew over). That's it, I wonder with high tide if there are more in that area even. Received: from concord.eddata.com (concord.eddata.com [216.2.25.194]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7GLeNV14802 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:40:23 -0700 Received: by CONCORD with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:41:06 -0700 Message-ID: <731A6F12A87AD2118E8B006097098F9A5ABD0A@CONCORD> From: Mark Paxton <[[email protected]]> To: "South-Bay-Birds (E-mail)" <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:41:05 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: [SBB] Optics requests Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hello all, Some time back, list host Chuq solicited advice about his particular binocular needs. I'd like to ask a different sort of favor. My "usual" binoculars for nearly 15 years have been a pair of rubber armored Zeiss 10x40s. They were stolen from my car which was parked in my (closed) garage last night or early this a.m. The other items taken were of monetary value, but no emotional consequence. Dammit, I'm attached to those binoculars. I bought them when my wife and I were new parents and poor. An elderly grandaunt died and left me $1,000 with specific instructions to spend the money on something for me that I otherwise wouldn't dream of buying. Most of the money went into what became an indispensable tool put to daily use. I live in Hollister, and the binoculars show signs of almost daily, careful use. The case is in good shape, and disappeared with the bins. The eyepiece rubber weather cap is attached to one side of a wide, neoprene strap. There are no logos or writing on the strap. If you run into a great deal on some bins matching that description, I'd love to hear from any of you. Took two hours of standing around for a cop to show up to do his thing so I can get a police report and make an insurance claim. If, as I believe, my old partner is gone forever, then I'll be shopping. Guess I'll check the usuals, to see if any of the newer things out there are superior to what I had, at least through my aging eyes. Your suggestions in that area might be helpful, too. I only wish the b****** had taken the old, bashed spotting scope I'd like to replace (as soon as I work up the nerve to ask my wife), or my daughter's drum set! Thanks in advance, Mark Paxton, San Benito County Received: from borg.inreach.com (mail.unlimited.net [209.142.2.67]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7GLrjV15118 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:53:45 -0700 Received: from [209.209.18.12] (209-209-18-12.oak.inreach.net [209.209.18.12]) by borg.inreach.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373421B692; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:53:44 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] (Unverified) Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <021e01c24491$7dec9ac0$[[email protected]]> References: <731A6F12A87AD2118E8B006097098F9A5ABCFD@CONCORD> <021e01c24491$7dec9ac0$[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:52:55 -0700 To: Richard Carlson <[[email protected]]>, Mark Paxton <[[email protected]]>, "South-Bay-Birds (E-mail)" <[[email protected]]> From: Ruth Troetschler <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] WNV question Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I agree with Dick and Alvaro and have been telling others that is the likely prognosis for the spread of this disease. Concerning mosquito control-- check out the web and note what New York is doing now after a year or so of thrashing around with improper methods. Adult spraying does little good. No need for vaccinating your horses this year either, which is actually being recommended in some situations. California already has good mosquito IPM in place. Ruth Troetschler --------------- At 12:25 PM -0700 8/15/02, Richard Carlson wrote: >It will probably take longer to spread west to California. The apparent >primary reservoir, Corvids, are north south migrants in the East, but they >don't share habitat with western migrants. The virus easily moved from the >East to the Midwest wherever migrant birds congregated, and infected >mosquitoes move enough to also spread the virus. > >There are four possible mechanisms for the WNV coming here: > >1. East-West bird migrants (Marbled Godwits for example) getting infected in >the Midwest and then coming here. This will be slow: the birds have to be >healthy to fly long distances and there's not much evidence of shorebirds >getting infected. > >2. Western migrants getting infected from eastern migrants in Central >America. This will ultimately happen, but the virus hasn't hit Central >America yet. Infected birds are mostly too weak to fly far, so it will take >a long time for the virus to move south and then move back up to the West. > >3. Infected mosquitoes moving West. This will be a pretty slow process >across the mostly dry Great Plains and deserts. > >4. Western migrants getting infected from eastern migrants in Alaska and >Canada. This too will, happen, but the infected birds don't appear to be >able to fly all the way to Alaska any more than they can fly all the way to >Central America. > >Once it hits California, things should still be slow. Our Corvids are mostly >non-migratory. > >However, when the virus finally hits major metropolitan areas with large >populations of immune compromised individuals, like SF, its going to be bad. >Expect a panic insecticide spraying. > >Richard C. Carlson >Full Time Birder, Biker & Rotary Bureaucrat >Part-time Economist >Palo Alto & Lake Tahoe, CA >[[email protected]] >650-949-9590 >_______________________________________________ >south-bay-birds mailing list | [[email protected]] >Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: >http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/listinfo/south-bay-birds >Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Received: from imo-r09.mx.aol.com (imo-r09.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.105]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7GM3bV15329 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:03:37 -0700 Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r09.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v33.5.) id t.ac.2bf3944f (24895) for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:03:28 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:03:28 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10512 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98b X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Subject: [SBB] Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstones & Snowy Plover Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Good Afternoon All..... After not birding all week, Peggy Don and I went out to the Sunnyvale WPCP with Bob Reiling sightings copied on one side and Al Eisner's on the other side of my paper... Our target birds were the Pectoral Sandpiper, Black Bellied Plover and the Ruddy Turnstones. On our walk towards the ponds we saw several Common Yellowthroats, two Green Herons, lots of American Pelicans flying in to the channel. Barn and Violet Green Swallows were flying about. We also watched a Greater Yellowlegs for a bit...and then moved on to watch the Common Moorhens. We walked out towards the algae mat to scope on the birds and we were delighted to find Western and Least Sandpipers, Killdeer and Semipalmated Plovers. Resting on a rock in the algae mat was a wounded Phalarope.....In the waters around the algae mat were Red-necked Phalaropes. While Peggy was scanning for the Turnstones, I found a Snowy Plover. It looked to be the same plumaged bird that Jack Cole and I saw last week. Very pale above, with the marking around the throat were also light in color. It stayed on the algae mat for just a few moments then flew off and I could not refind the bird. Peggy did locate one Ruddy Turnstone, and while she was putting in my scope it flew to the far northeast corner of the larger pond (near the metal pipe) and there it landed next to another Ruddy Turnstone.....While watching the Turnstones the Pectoral Sandpiper made an appearance and we were able to get great views to compare sizes with the other peeps and Turnstones. We decided to walk further up the levee through the metal gate to get even better views of the Pectoral Sandpiper when two Killdeer did their broken wing act. Since I had never witnessed the broken wing act (and these Killdeer were really good at it) I was amazed how they carried on right in front of us. I would like to warn everyone to please be careful when entering this area. There are tiny baby Killdeer, no bigger than 3 inches tall and blend into the gravel very well....They could easily be stepped on......I was just amazed to see a baby Killdeer (my first one this small) with such beautiful coloring. Well, we didn't get the Black-bellied Plovers, but the other birds were a pure delight. Wishing you all good birding and my best regards, Linda Sullivan Received: from borg.inreach.com (mail.unlimited.net [209.142.2.67]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7GM8RV15471 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:08:27 -0700 Received: from [209.209.18.12] (209-209-18-12.oak.inreach.net [209.209.18.12]) by borg.inreach.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 214F91B6D3; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:08:27 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] (Unverified) Message-Id: Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:08:28 -0700 To: Richard Carlson <[[email protected]]>, Mark Paxton <[[email protected]]>, "South-Bay-Birds (E-mail)" <[[email protected]]> From: Ruth Troetschler <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] WNV question Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Check our http://ens-news.com/ens/aug2002/2002-08-15-06.asp for the latest info on this subject. RT ---------I agree with Dick and Alvaro and have been telling others that is the likely prognosis for the spread of this disease. Concerning mosquito control-- check out the web and note what New York is doing now after a year or so of thrashing around with improper methods. Adult spraying does little good. No need for vaccinating your horses this year either, which is actually being recommended in some situations. California already has good mosquito IPM in place. Ruth Troetschler --------------- Received: from merlin.arc.nasa.gov (merlin.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.219.21]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7GNW7V16586 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:32:07 -0700 Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.1 #46498) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:32:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:32:04 -0700 (PDT) From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Cc: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Subject: [SBB] - Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Folks: At lunchtime, 8/16/2002, I made a visit to the Sunnyvale WPCP ponds, thinking there might me more terns later in the day (there weren't). I met Linda Sullivan and Peggy Don, who have reported their shorebird successes. I went out to the northeastern corner of the west pond. The water level is increasing in the pond since I visited on Tuesday and the land around the cattail islands is shrinking. When I arrived I found the adult PECTORAL SANDPIPER, but it disappeared the moment I bent down to write some notes. While looking for the Pectoral to return, a largish Calidrid flew by and eventually landed on the Guadalupe Slough levee. This bird turned out to be a juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER. I could not find either of the turnstones or the Snowy Plover. On starting back, I repeated Al Eisner's experience and flushed the Pectoral off the western levee on its western edge where there is a lot of rip rap and the water enters the pond from the central channel. I then obtained excellent looks. During my travels I also saw 1-2 VAUX'S SWIFTS overhead. In spite of Linda's warning not to step on the poor Killdeer young, I spent some time seeking them out, but without success. All the while, the parents gave their distraction displays. Linda's and Peggy's record is the latest date for precocial young, extending the last date in the atlas and days. Bill Received: from imo-r09.mx.aol.com (imo-r09.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.105]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7HKpVV31673 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:51:31 -0700 Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r09.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v33.5.) id t.108.167ffca6 (4592) for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 16:51:21 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 16:51:21 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10509 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98b X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Subject: [SBB] Pectoral Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone & Ruff Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I ran into Pat Kenny and Roland Kenner near the rapidly disappearing Algae "Mat" in the northeast corner of the west pond at the Sunnyvale Water Treatment Facility. While looking for the goodies we noted that the outside edges of some of the mats would start to bubble and the mat would then slowly sink out of sights over the next several minutes. Despite this Pat eventually found a juvenile RUDDY TURNSTONE near the reeds (a great county year-bird). Roland kept us from stepping on the baby KILLDEER. Later as we were leaving, most of the sandpipers had already left and we had given up on the Snowy Plover, we found the female PECTORAL SANDPIPER and refound the Ruddy Turnstone feeding along the channel between ponds. One of the unfortunate things we saw was RED-NECKED PHALAROPE pecking at a badly swollen and bleeding left leg. Near the entrance were three GREEN HERONS (one adult and two juveniles). Frank and I then went to the pond at State & Spreckles in Alviso where we quickly found the REEVE on one of the islands in the middle of a fair sized flock of Dowitchers. She was mostly in basic plumage but still has some barring on the chest and was retaining at least one dark centered scapular (probably a pair). Nice yellow-orange legs. It would seem that this is the bird found earlier by Pat and Roland in the Coyote Creek Field Station Waterbird Pond (but somewhat further along in the molt). Take care, Bob Reiling, 1:29 PM, 8/17/02 Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7HMBuV32704 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 15:11:57 -0700 Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-4n) id PAA10949 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 15:11:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 15:11:53 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Alviso-RUTU, LETE, RUFF, and STSA Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: All, On Saturday 8/17/02, I started out by birding the Alviso Salt Ponds north of the Marina. The water level is still high in all of the ponds and I found no roosting shorebirds to speak of. The impoundment north of the Marina had 4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS among a few WESTERN and LEAST SANDPIPERS and a flock of 22 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES flew over nearby pond A12. Numerous BARN, CLIFF, and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were foraging over the ponds and I twice saw single VAUX'S SWIFTS. A big feeding frenzy of pelicans, egrets, gulls, and terns was taking place on pond A11, with 66 BROWN PELICANS on the pond or adjacent dikes. Later, after these birds dispersed, I had 73 BROWN PELICANS on the dikes on the north and east sides of pond A10. I was hoping for an Elegant Tern or jaeger among the terns, but had to be content with several CASPIAN (including one begging juvenile) and LEAST TERNS. The LEAST TERNS were foraging over all the ponds and hard to count. The high count I had was 17+, with 12 sitting on the A14/A13 dike, 3 to 4 in the air over the west end of A11 and 2 over northern A13. However, I was hearing their distinctive calls all morning and there may have been twice this many out there. Most interesting were two to three juvenile RUDDY TURNSTONES on the dike in the southeastern corner of pond A14. What was probably one of these birds (came from that direction) flew over the dike along the southern edge of pond A10 later. I figured that these might be the Sunnyvale birds, but apparently not since those are still being seen there. Other birds of interest included 13 AECHMOPHORUS GREBES (9+ CLARK'S and 1+ WESTERN) on pond A11, 1 female GREATER SCAUP with a badly injured left wing on pond A14, and a SONG SPARROW feeding a begging young BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD along Alviso Slough. Two to three VIRGINIA RAILS were also heard from the marsh here. A quick stop at State and Spreckles turned up the RUFF, 3 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, and a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. Two pairs of adult BLACK SKIMMERS were on pond A16 north of the EEC. Stopping again at State and Spreckles on the way out proved to be a good decision, as the shorebirds were feeding next to the road. I got some nice pictures of the RUFF, an adult STILT SANDPIPER (largely in basic plumage), and a few juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS among the LONG-BILLEDS. Mike Rogers Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7HNpKV01492 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 16:51:20 -0700 Received: from [12.255.140.38] by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020817235115.FHPW13899.sccrmhc02.attbi.com@[12.255.140.38]> for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 23:51:15 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.0.0.1331 Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 16:51:14 -0700 From: Dennis Braddy <[[email protected]]> To: SouthBayBirds <[[email protected]]> Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Baird's Sandpiper Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: SouthBayBirders, After checking out the Red-eyed Vireo at Strybing Arboretum this morning, we decided to see if the BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were still at Crittenden Marsh this afternoon. For the third time in eight days we ran into Mike Mammoser who was just leaving. He had seen three Baird's Sandpipers in the usual spot. We went ahead and looked anyway. Dennis and Patricia Braddy San Ramon Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7I0xFV02351 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 17:59:15 -0700 Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-4n) id RAA11251 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 17:59:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 17:59:09 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] BLTE, COTE, PECSA, and HEERMANN'S GULL Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: All, I decided to check the Sunnyvale tern flock this afternoon (the best time for this is about 3pm-4pm). This proved to be a good decision, because on my way out I was told that Calvin Lou had earlier found a juvenile BLACK TERN there. We refound the BLACK TERN at 3:42pm and saw the basic-plumaged COMMON TERN 7 minutes later. Both provided nice views (in the same scope view at times). Further out we saw the adult (likely female by size) PECTORAL SANDPIPER among the few LEAST SANDPIPERS remaining out there. The recently hatched KILLDEER chick raced to the greenery for cover while the parents distracted us. The BLACK TERN was still present, foraging over the west pond, as we headed back out just after 4:30pm. Upon leaving we bumped into Nick Lethaby, who was up visiting from Santa Barbara. Shortly thereafter, Pete LaTourrette passed us with full camera gear at the ready. As Nick and I talked, I watched the birds flying in from over Salt Pond A4. First a group of seven BROWN PELICANS, then another adult BROWN PELICAN, then, at 5:02pm, an all-chocolate gull with a black-tipped pale bill - a young HEERMANN'S GULL! Nick and I watched as the bird circled over Pete's head and then landed briefly west of the west dike on the main pond. It soon took off and flew over closer to the southern dike, where it landed again and spent about 5 minutes with the CALIFORNIA GULLS. At 5:09pm it took off again, working its way slowly into the wind west along the southern dike, flushing NORTHERN SHOVELERS off the water as it went. At 5:12pm I gave up tracking it. If history is any guide, the Palo Alto duck pond would be a good place to look for this bird as it continues its way up the bay. The HEERMANN'S GULL was nearly uniform chocolate brown all over, both above and below. The remiges were slightly darker brown when the bird was seen from above. A few (two or three) white flecks in the coverts indicated that the bird was molting some of these feathers. I would guess that this is a first summer bird just beginning its molt, as it seems too early for a juvenile, which would presumably show some pale edgings and not be molting coverts. The bill appeared pinkish flesh in color with a black tip covering perhaps the outer third. In direct comparison with several California Gulls, the Heermann's was similarly proportioned and just slightly smaller. This is only the second Heermann's Gull I have seen in the county, despite its relative abundance along the coast. Mike Rogers Received: from surgexc01uch.ucsf.edu (surgery.ucsf.edu [128.218.88.154]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7I2m3V03557 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:48:03 -0700 Received: by surgexc01uch.ucsf.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:48:22 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]. edu> From: "Lou, Calvin" <[[email protected]]> To: "'[[email protected]] '" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:48:22 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: [SBB] Black Tern , Pectoral Sandpiper and Ruddy Turnstone at Sunnyvale waste Plant Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi ALL, At, 1215 I headed out to the Sunnyvale Water Treatment Facility with the hope of finding the ruddy turnstone. I chose the outside levee and started toward the NE corner of the large pond. There was one other birder (Chris "Olson") on the inside levee. At about 100pm, we found the ruddy turnstone and pectoral sandpiper around the left hand turn of the canal. There is a muddy area here. On the return trip back, Chris flushed the terns from the levee and I saw the Black tern flying over the levee into the larger pond. We watched for 10 minutes as the Black tern flew back and forth & up and down the canal. (200pm) Calvin Lou