From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Dec 12 13:56:12 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBCLr5oO006107 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:53:06 -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 gBCLqYwO006070 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:52:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-5n) id NAA02164 for [[email protected]]; Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:52:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:52:31 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Lake Cunningham 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, Since today 12/12/02 is the first day of "Count Week" for the San Jose Christmas Bird Count (birds missed on count day but seen during the three days prior or subsequent to the count can be listed as "CW" or count week birds), I decided to check Lake Cunningham over lunch in the hope that our Lesser Black-backed Gull had returned. There were plenty of gulls (960 CALIFORNIA, 51+ RING-BILLED, and 5 THAYER'S GULLS, the latter including 3 adult, 1 3rd-winter, and 1 2nd-winter birds all on the boat dock at the Marina), but the Lesser Black-backed Gull was not among them. Perhaps it will return on count day as it did last year. Also at the lake were 56 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS (the resident flock of 10 on the lake and 46 more soaring overhead), a female-plumaged COMMON MERGANSER, and a GREEN HERON. On the way there I stopped by McClellan Ranch to pick up material for the upcoming bird counts. I made a quick check of the pond behind the 7-11 at McClellan and Bubb Roads. At the pond were 3 BUFFLEHEAD, a female-plumaged COMMON MERGANSER, 2 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, and 3 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS. One of the cormorants was very pale below and brown above and may be responsible for the recent "Yellow-billed Loon" report from this location. 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]]