From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Dec 9 13:39:46 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gB9LbPRL017946 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:37:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (smtp1.stanford.edu [171.64.14.23]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gB9Laq0n017909 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:36:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB9Lap0P025164 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:36:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from [171.66.166.29] (DNab42a53d.Stanford.EDU [171.66.165.61]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gB9LanQj025143 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:36:50 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:36:49 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] Santa Clara Co. List, November X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b4+ Precedence: list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Bill Bousman Wrote: Four species were added to the compoiste list to bring the total to 273 species. This is 13 species short of our average yearly total. A PACIFIC LOON was found at Calero Reservoir on 11/2/2002, but was a one-day wonder. On 11/4/2002, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was a good find along San Tomas Aquino Creek, just below Scott. This bird remained a while and was re-found a number of times to the delight of many. Similarly, an immature TROPICAL KINGBIRD was found near the CCFS waterbird pond on 11/12/2002 and remained for three days to be enjoyed by quite a few birders. Finally, an immature LONG-TAILED DUCK was found on Adobe Creek on 11/30/2002 and perhaps the same bird was found in Salt Pond A1 later in the day. At least two birds were in A1 on 12/1/2002. We still have two "4's" to go: Red-throated Loon and Black Rail. The tides for December don't look good, so the Black Rail will probably be a no-show. But we still have a good chance with any storm or accident to find Red-throated Loon. As I mentioned last month, we normally find about 45 of the "5's" and with the Pacific Loon and Clay-colored Sparrow we are up to 42, so we are not far off our quota. Some of the 5's are summer or fall rarities and we have little chance of finding them in December (Little Blue Heron, Solitary Sandpiper, and so forth). But a number are good winter rarities and we have an excellent chance of finding a few: Tundra Swan (on Paicinies Reservoir this weekend), White-winged Scoter, Rough-legged Hawk (many in the Central Valley now), Red Phalarope (along the coast now), Parasitic Jaeger, Franklin's Gull, Red-naped Sapsucker, Palm Warbler, Vesper Sparrow, and Evening Grosbeak. We usually on find 19 of the 102 "6's". The Long-tailed Duck and Tropical Kingbird boosted us to 11 for the year, but I'm not optimistic that we'll push this number up by 7 more birds. The full list can be found on: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ ----------------------------------------- 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/ ------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]