From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Dec 11 14:05:11 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBBM30oO017895 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:03:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBBM2JwO017848 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:02:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-5n) id OAA50453 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:02:18 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:02:18 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] more Knots 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]] All, I walked out to the mouth of Stevens Creek before noon today 12/11/02 and was greeted by thousands of shorebirds, including 124 RED KNOTS (all at the edge of the bay, 14 to the right of the creek ditch, 110 to the left). I have had over 200 at the San Francisquito Creek mouth on occasion, and this may be the same group of birds that sometimes forages there (in nearby San Mateo County). There were at least 70 SURF SCOTERS on the bay but I could find nothing rare among them. Eight BROWN PELICANS (all adults with some acquiring high breeding colors) were foraging or roosting in Salt Ponds A2W and B1, with 9 more out over the bay at the same time (mostly in Alameda County). I saw the male EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL in Stevens Creek on the way out, this time 100 yards south of the rusty bridge. A GOLDEN EAGLE was perched on a tower over the Stevens Creek Tidal Marsh on the way back and both SORA and VIRGINIA RAILS called from the marsh. No sign of any Pluvialis Plovers in the tidal marsh and I could not find our Pacific Golden-Plover among the many Black-bellied Plovers on the bay. Mike Rogers _______________________________________________ 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]]