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 g75GbPV19760 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:37:25 -0700 Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-4n) id JAA96248 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:37:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:37:19 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] CCFS, New Chicago Marsh 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, Sunday morning 8/4/02, Mike Mammoser and I did some shorebirding in Alviso. We started out at CCFS, where the waterbird pond had lots of birds. Among the many peeps we located 2 juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. Also present were 20 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 6 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 15 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, and a COMMON MOORHEN. Another MOORHEN was out at Coyote Slough and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a BONAPARTE'S GULL were in the nearby sewage ponds. Back at the waterbird pond we refound the COMMON SNIPE that Jim Danzenbaker had told us about. This is very early for this species, but we have a record from 8/6/94 and several records from the second half of August. Perhaps these early arriving birds come from closer breeding areas than the bulk of our winterers, which arrive in late September and October. We also enjoyed the antics of two agitated AMERICAN AVOCET parents as they protected a single very recently hatched chick. The willows east of the waterbird pond had a "WESTERN" FLYCATCHER and at least two ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. Back near the banding trailer we had all five expected swallow species, with 300+ VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS dominating the flock. At least two VAUX'S SWIFTS were also foraging in the area and two female/immature BULLOCK'S ORIOLES were in the nearby eucalyptus. Interesting birds listed on the banding board included a Willow Flycatcher on 7/28 and summer Swainson's Thrushes on 6/16 (1 new capture and 1 recapture), 6/19 (1 recapture), 6/22 (1 new capture), 6/26 (1 recapture), 7/3 (1 new capture), and 7/6 (1 new capture). We have, as yet, no confirmed breeding by this species here, although breeding has been confirmed in block 9535 to the south. We next birded New Chicago Marsh from State and Spreckles and the railroad tracks. At least 15 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were interspersed among 63 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. A wide range of peep plumages included several juveniles, alternate adults, and one each full basic plumage for both WESTERN and LEAST SANDPIPERS. Besides many LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS we had two calling SHORT-BILLEDS - one a juvenile (the first either of us had seen this fall) and a faded alternate adult (apparently caurinus). Other shorebirds included 1 WILLET, 1 MARBLED GODWIT, 4 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 13 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, and 17 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. Mike Rogers Received: from flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net (flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.232]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g75GpIV20038 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:51:18 -0700 Received: from user-105nd67.dialup.mindspring.com ([64.91.180.199] helo=janetlap) by flamingo.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17bl4f-0000Vp-00; Mon, 05 Aug 2002 09:51:17 -0700 From: "Janet Hanson" <[[email protected]]> To: "South-Bay-Birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:48:38 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Subject: [SBB] Access to CCFS - please read 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: This is a periodic message regarding access to the Coyote Creek Field Station (CCFS), a program of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory. With the help and cooperation of our local birders, SFBBO has been able to offer limited access to CCFS. However its imperative that we abide by the restrictions placed upon us by the landowners and managers. Please read the following information and play by the rules we have agreed to abide by. To do otherwise is to jeopardize access for all and the future of our bird banding program. SFBBOs bird banding program at our Coyote Creek Field Station is located on property owned by the City of San Jose and managed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) as a long-term riparian wetlands mitigation project. The waterbird pond and adjacent marsh are also SCVWD mitigation projects and not part of SFBBOs field station. These two habitats comprise endangered species habitat and this must not be disturbed. Access is limited to birders who have become informed about the issues and rules by reading and signing the Access Agreement available from SFBBO. This includes not sharing the gate combination with anyone who has not signed off on the rules. We also require annual membership to cover the costs of administration and insurance. The Access Agreement is available as a pdf file at www.sfbbo.org/ccfs/ccfs_access.pdf. If you have any questions or would like to schedule a visit for a banding demonstration, please contact us at [[email protected]] Thank you and good birding! Janet T. Hanson Executive Director San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) P.O. Box 247 Alviso, CA 95002 www.sfbbo.org 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 g75H7xV20450 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:07:59 -0700 Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.1 #46498) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Mon, 05 Aug 2002 10:07:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 10:07:54 -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: This morning, 8/5/2002, two adult PEREGRINE FALCONS were on the transmission towers at the Stevens Creek Tidal Marsh. A few large shorebirds were in the marsh, but no small ones. Five adult LEAST TERNS were foraging in Salt Pond A2W. Three were in a mixed flock with FORSTER'S TERNS which provided an interesting comparison in size, flight behavior, and foraging style. Bill Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (smtp1.Stanford.EDU [171.64.14.23]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g75HntV21210 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:49:55 -0700 Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g75Hnqs25650 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:49:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [171.66.165.30] (DNab42a5b4.Stanford.EDU [171.66.165.180]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g75HnmE25609 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:49:49 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:49:47 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] White-breasted Nuthatches 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: A "flock" of White-breasted Nuthatches, i.e., more than 3, but I didn't want to intrude on their tree to count, came to our yard this morning. They remained for quite awhile, chatting all the time. It has been a birdy morning at the feeders, with our usual Lesser Goldfinches, Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Oak Titmouse (with crest down, I guess the wars are over), Dark-eyed Junco, Western Scrub-Jay, House Finches, California Towhee, and Spotted Towhee still singing. Yes, Mourning Doves. Kendric ----------------------------------------- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/ ------------------------------------------ Received: from web11403.mail.yahoo.com (web11403.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.131.233]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g75KcCV23538 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:38:12 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Received: from [216.27.182.189] by web11403.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 05 Aug 2002 13:38:12 PDT Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:38:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Jack Cole <[[email protected]]> To: SBB SouthBay Birds <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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] Shorebirding 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: This morning, 8-5, Linda Sullivan and I decided to try for the recently reported Baird's sandipier and Semi-palmated sandpipers. We arrived at Crittenden Marsh around 9 AM, and there were NO shorebirds in sight. After about 10 minutes, four birds came within decent scope view, and it was clear that three were Western sandpipers, and one was slightly larger, with the same general shape and bill length. The sun was glaring brutally in front of us, so we were unable to distinguish much coloration, except that the general plumage seemed to be that of the Westerns and not a Sanderling. In all likelihood this was the Baird's sandpiper, but we could not be absolutely certain. After only about 5 minutes of viewing the four birds took off, and so did we. A Peregrine falcon was on the power poles behind us, as was a dark morph Red-tailed hawk. About 20 Least terns were foraging near the boardwalk in pond A2E. We then went to the Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant (sorry, forgot the new name, but then to me there's still a Mt. View Forebay) to search for a Semi-palmated sandpiper reported there by Bob and Frank. We walked to the far end of the levee that separates the east and west ponds. We were sharing a scope (Linda's is in for rehab - Don't Ask!!). After I made one pass through the hundreds of Least sandpipers, Linda picked out a juvenile Semi-palmated sandpiper. The bird spent most of its time sleeping and standing on one leg, and when it did move slightly, it either didn't put its other leg down or didn't have another leg to put down. In the flock of peeps on the mud flat there were at least 100 Semi-palmated plovers, a few Westerns, Killdeer, and two Snowy plovers. A Vaux's swift cruised by overhead. Jack Cole Jack Cole --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better Received: from mms2.broadcom.com (mms2.broadcom.com [63.70.210.59]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g75MUmV25223 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:30:48 -0700 Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms2.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS-2 SMTP Relay (MMS v4.7);); Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:28:46 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: 2a12fa22-b688-11d4-a6a1-00508bfc9626 Received: from mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.21]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA24338 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:30:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8/MS01) with SMTP id PAA18457 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:30:47 -0700 ( PDT) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:25:33 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-WSS-ID: 11502394321414-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Today, 5 Aug 02, I visited the Sunnyvale Sewage Ponds, where I found the 2 SNOWY PLOVERS still present on the algae mat in the northeast corner of the West Pond. They were with 135 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. I couldn't find anything unusual among the numbers of LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS, but I didn't spend a great deal of time scanning them. An alternate-plumage BONAPARTE'S GULL was in the central channel. The East Pond contained about 600 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and a single alternate-plumaged EARED GREBE. Mike Mammoser Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g766ctV32546 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 5 Aug 2002 23:38:55 -0700 Received: from rwcrwbc58 ([204.127.198.47]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020806063851.UVOG19356.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@rwcrwbc58>; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 06:38:51 +0000 Received: from [12.234.57.193] by rwcrwbc58; Tue, 06 Aug 2002 06:38:51 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 06:38:51 +0000 X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Apr 29 2002) Message-Id: <20020806063851.UVOG19356.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@rwcrwbc58> Subject: [SBB] Ed Levin Park 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 SBBers, Chloe & I took a walk around the Sandy Wool section of Ed Levin Park this evening. Sandy Wool Lake is nearly empty of water. The lowest water level I can remember seeing there. 6 Forster's Terns, a few Am Coots, a PB Grebe, 3 Mallards along the shoreline and a Green Heron. Approx. 50 Canda Geese grazing on the lawn north of the lake. They were tolerating a little girl running after them. She was about the same height as the Geese. She wanted us to be sure and see the "lotsa big ducks". Sycamore grove was dry, hot, and birdless. Did I say windy? Windy too! On the way back down the trail, atop the security fence at the water tank was a Loggerhead Shrike. A family of 4 Western Bluebirds were on the orange, plastic fence around the construction site just north of the lake. What is that thing they are building? They've been working on it since last spring. A walk around the north "loop" of the Elm Group Picnic area resulted in Chloe finding a Barn Owl in one of the pines just east of the parking lot. Throw in a few Barn Swallows over the lake, a couple each Mourning Dove, Turkey Vulture, Black Phoebe, and Scrub-Jays and that was about it. Maybe a House Finch or two. Back home in Milpitas, an immature male Hooded Oriole made a stop at the Hummingbird feeder in our backyard. I hadn't seen one in almost two weeks. It's getting to be that time of year. My latest record for Hooded Orioles at our backyard sugarwater feeders is August 14. Randy & Chloe Little -- "I bird because the voices in my head tell me to. Chloe does it for the exercise." Question: If you don't pay your exorcist, do you get repossessed? [[email protected]]