From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Dec 14 17:55:23 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBF1pkoM015289 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:51:46 -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 gBF1pCwO015255 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:51:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-5n) id RAA02514 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:51:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 17:51:07 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Alviso salt ponds 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 went to Alviso today 12/14/02 to check that our keys for tomorrow's Christmas count work and to scout my area bit. Because of the rain the dikes were not driveable, so I had to walk out to Salt Pond A10 along Alviso Slough. This ended up taking about 45 minutes thanks to the pair of "mud slippers" I acquired on the way. Highlight on the way out was an AMERICAN BITTERN in Alviso Slough opposite the dike separating salt pond A12 and A11. Birds on A10 had changed quite a bit since my last visit a month ago. There was no Hooded Merganser, no Horned Grebe, and far fewer Greater Scaup (also no Red-throated Loon). I did have one female/immature SURF SCOTER, 39+ RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS (one more was on Salt Pond A11), and 114 REDHEAD out there though. Most of these birds were outside the count circle, which only includes the easternmost portion of A10), but many birds were hunkered down in the southeast corner, which provided some protection from the wind (sustained winds of up to 30mph made scoping difficult!). Also had 11 FORSTER'S TERNS and 4 BROWN PELICANS (2 immatures on the A10/A11 dike, 1 adult on the A9/A10 dike, and another adult flying over nearby Guadalupe Slough). Hope we get a little break from the rain tomorrow morning or the count will be rough :( 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]]