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 g6FI9Zt04475 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:09:35 -0700 Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.1 #46498) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:09:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:09:20 -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: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Folks: Friday, 7/12/2002, a GREEN HERON was foraging in the North Pond of the Palo Alto FCB in the morning. A single LEAST TERN was flying along Salt Pond A2W in the afternoon. (30+ small terns were on the catwalks in Salt Pond A2E in the afternoon, but were too far for certain identification with binoculars.) Bill Received: from imo-d04.mx.aol.com (imo-d04.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.36]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6FIdGt04924 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:39:16 -0700 Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.21.) id t.198.9b6e648 (4210) for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:39:02 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:39:02 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10512 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] Oka Ponds- LG Creek - Campbell Ponds Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Good morning all....... Decided to walk Oka Ponds - LG Creek and Campbell Ponds this morning (water levels were very low). On entering through the Oka Lane entrance saw 2 Green Herons and tons of frogs in the canal as you walk in. Ponds 5 & 6 had Mallards (66) in all stages of molt. A Coot and Pied-billed Grebe still on nests, also in ponds 6. Forster's Tern (6) flying and diving over the ponds. The Swallows today on the Oka side were Northern Rough-wing and Cliff. I had 4 Vaux's Swifts mixed in the group. On crossing over the bridge I had a Great Blue Heron overhead. Down the trail, walking towards the Dell Avenue entrance were Caspian Terns (4), Mallards (70), a Coot with one young. I counted 14 Forster's Tern in the largest Campbell pond #1 along with adult and juvenile Cormorants, Canada Geese and a male Belted Kingfisher, 2 Great Egrets and 3 Snowy Egrets. Walking up the trail around pond 1 on the Dell Avenue side (tons of House Sparrows). I stopped at the filtering ponds which were being filled. The bottom of the ponds in some were dry and other very mucky......which had Killdeer, (6) Barn Swallows, Northern Rough-wing, Cliff and (4) Violet Green flying everywhere. Also 2 Vaux's Swift. 2 Green Herons and a female Belted Kingfisher. Black Phoebe with juvies flying and perching on the boards. A Mallard was there with 6 young ducklings. On the walk back around Campbell Ponds 2 & 3 had calling Forster's Terns (8), House Finch and 2 Anna's Hummingbirds. I don't want to forget the.... Mockingbirds fighting with the Scrub Jays. Wishing you all good birding and my best regards, Linda Sullivan Received: from win110.nas.nasa.gov (win110.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.14]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6FJb9t06026 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:37:09 -0700 Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by win110.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-4n) id MAA73082 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:36:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:36:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] LETEs, LEYEs, and DCCO nests Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: All, On Saturday 7/13/02, I started out at Crittenden Marsh and nearby Salt Pond A2E. The high count of LEAST TERNS I got was exactly 40, including some young being fed on the boardwalk. Four LESSER YELLOWLEGS were in with 49 GREATER YELLOWLEGS in Crittenden Marsh and 35 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS flew overhead. At least three DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT nests were still occupied on the tower in Salt Pond A2W and a PEREGRINE FALCON was perched on another tower out there. Over at the EEC, I had 560 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES (apparently all adults, some in nearly complete basic plumage) and only 10 WILSON'S PHALAROPES. Two pairs of BLACK SKIMMERS were on the first island; one of the pairs was tending a very small precocial young bird. A BARN OWL was in the nest box along the slough and an adult PEREGRINE FALCON was on an entrance road tower as I left. I next went to CCFS, where my main goal was to use my GPS unit to pinpoint some locations near atlas block boundaries. The waterbird pond had 3 adult GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a flock of 220 DOWITCHERS, apparently mostly LONG-BILLED. At midday on Sunday 7/14/02, I made a 2.5-hour bike loop of the Alviso Salt Ponds north of the Marina. The water levels are pretty high out there and many shorebirds were roosting on the levees instead of in the ponds. Hundreds of MARBLED GODWITS, WILLETS, AMERICAN AVOCETS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and LEAST SANDPIPERS were about, along with smaller numbers of LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, WESTERN SANDPIPERS, and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. Also had a single WHIMBREL flying to the east calling. I failed to find any Little Blue Herons again this trip - does anyone know whether these birds are still using the heronry? Five BROWN PELICANS were on the dike between ponds A9 and A10. This same dike still had a few CALIFORNIA GULLS feeding large fledglings and 52 active DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT nests in various stages of progress (some incubation, some nests with large young, and some feeding young out of the nest). The breeding colony is located in two pieces on this dike, both easily picked out by the extensive whitewash in these areas. The colony can only be viewed from a distance across pond A10 and a scope is needed. Mike Rogers Received: from win110.nas.nasa.gov (win110.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.14]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6FJk0t06227 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:46:00 -0700 Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by win110.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-4n) id MAA71606 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:45:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] LETEs, LEYEs, and DCCO nests Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: >From [[email protected]] Mon Jul 15 12:40:03 2002 Received: from sun543.nas.nasa.gov (sun543.nas.nasa.gov [198.9.9.18]) by win110.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-4n) with ESMTP id MAA71936 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:40:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from plaidworks.com (www.plaidworks.com [64.81.78.180]) by sun543.nas.nasa.gov (8.9.3/NAS8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA28646 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6FJc4S06113; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:38:04 -0700 Received: from win110.nas.nasa.gov (win110.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.14]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6FJb9t06026 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:37:09 -0700 Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by win110.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-4n) id MAA73082 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:36:59 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] LETEs, LEYEs, and DCCO nests Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:36:59 -0700 (PDT) Status: R All, On Saturday 7/13/02, I started out at Crittenden Marsh and nearby Salt Pond A2E. The high count of LEAST TERNS I got was exactly 40, including some young being fed on the boardwalk. Four LESSER YELLOWLEGS were in with 49 GREATER YELLOWLEGS in Crittenden Marsh and 35 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS flew overhead. At least three DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT nests were still occupied on the tower in Salt Pond A2W and a PEREGRINE FALCON was perched on another tower out there. Over at the EEC, I had 560 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES (apparently all adults, some in nearly complete basic plumage) and only 10 WILSON'S PHALAROPES. Two pairs of BLACK SKIMMERS were on the first island; one of the pairs was tending a very small precocial young bird. A BARN OWL was in the nest box along the slough and an adult PEREGRINE FALCON was on an entrance road tower as I left. I next went to CCFS, where my main goal was to use my GPS unit to pinpoint some locations near atlas block boundaries. The waterbird pond had 3 adult GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a flock of 220 DOWITCHERS, apparently mostly LONG-BILLED. At midday on Sunday 7/14/02, I made a 2.5-hour bike loop of the Alviso Salt Ponds north of the Marina. The water levels are pretty high out there and many shorebirds were roosting on the levees instead of in the ponds. Hundreds of MARBLED GODWITS, WILLETS, AMERICAN AVOCETS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and LEAST SANDPIPERS were about, along with smaller numbers of LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, WESTERN SANDPIPERS, and BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER. Also had a single WHIMBREL flying to the east calling. I failed to find any Little Blue Herons again this trip - does anyone know whether these birds are still using the heronry? Five BROWN PELICANS were on the dike between ponds A9 and A10. This same dike still had a few CALIFORNIA GULLS feeding large fledglings and 52 active DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT nests in various stages of progress (some incubation, some nests with large young, and some feeding young out of the nest). The breeding colony is located in two pieces on this dike, both easily picked out by the extensive whitewash in these areas. The colony can only be viewed from a distance across pond A10 and a scope is needed. Mike Rogers _______________________________________________ south-bay-birds mailing list | [[email protected]] Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/listinfo/south-bay-birds Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01.attbi.com [204.127.202.61]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6G2ZXt13613 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 19:35:33 -0700 Received: from rwcrwbc56 ([204.127.198.45]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020716023528.OSGV29588.sccrmhc01.attbi.com@rwcrwbc56> for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 02:35:28 +0000 Received: from [12.234.57.193] by rwcrwbc56; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 02:35:27 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 02:35:27 +0000 X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Apr 29 2002) Message-Id: <20020716023528.OSGV29588.sccrmhc01.attbi.com@rwcrwbc56> Subject: [SBB] Fledgling Hood Orioles Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi SBB, This afternoon and evening I've been watching adult Hooded Orioles, both male and female, bring 3 young Hooded Orioles to modified hummingbird feeders to take sugarwater. The hummingbird feeders are basically Perky Pet 4 and 6 station feeders with the yellow flower (bee guards) removed. One or the other of the adult birds and sometimes both have been accompanying the young to feeders and the bird bath with dripper about 3 feet from the feeders. They haven't been bathing, just taking water from the drip. Another young male makes at least 6 individuals using these feeders. Randy Little Milpitas -- "I bird because the voices in my head tell me to." Question: If you don't pay your exorcist, do you get repossessed? [[email protected]] Received: from hall.mail.mindspring.net (hall.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.60]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6G5Svt16109 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:28:57 -0700 Received: from pool0338.cvx20-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.251.83] helo=default) by hall.mail.mindspring.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17UKtK-0007Uw-00 for [[email protected]]; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 01:28:55 -0400 Message-ID: <003501c22c89$d2130a00$53fbb3d1@default> From: "JOHN B. HUTZ" <[[email protected]]> To: "birdlist" <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:29:00 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 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] Egrets Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yesterday around noon I observed two small white Egrets(?) in the northwest corner of New Chicago marsh. They appeared to both be juveniles, one had yellow lores, a bluish/gray bill dark at the tip, and bright yellow legs with yellow feet and black vertical stripes. The other was similar in size but with bluish/gray lores and bill with a dark tip. Its legs and feet were a dirty yellow with no black stripe. The second bird does not seem to match the description of any Egrets in the guides I have. If it had some dark markings and blue/gray legs it could have been a Little Blue Heron but alas it did not. I'm assuming it was just an odd Snowy Egret. Any thoughts? John