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Folks:

      This morning, 7/19/2002, I made a circuit of the small oxidation pond 
(east) at the Sunnyvale WPCP.  Migrant shorebirds were represented by 43 
SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 240 LEAST SANDPIPERS, and 8 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, but 
none of the less common migrants.  Larids were dominated by 77 CALIFORNIA 
GULLS, almost all juveniles, and 196 RING-BILLED GULLS, mostly subadults.  I 
didn't see any LESSER SCAUP broods, and only three adults, which seemed low.  
The big surprise was a pair of REDHEAD in the east pond.  The swallow flock 
here is building and includes numerous adult and juvenile VIOLET-GREEN 
SWALLOWS that have dispersed from the nearby hills.  Smallish blackbird 
flocks near the parking area included at least three TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS, 
which is typical at this time of year.

      					Bill

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All,

This morning Frank Vanslager and I walked the southern edge of Salt Ponds 
A12, A11 and A10 from the Alviso Marina.  Salt Ponds A10 and A9 were the 
busiest ponds.  (A breeze from the east across the ponds cleared the air and 
an elevated site enabled fairly good views of most of Salt Pond A9.)  A9 had 
a lot of algae in it and good numbers of Egrets as well as a couple GREAT 
BLUE HERONS.  Perhaps the most interesting sight was of nesting 
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS and their young.  I don't know how many young they 
usually have but one nest had three begging young.  One young DCCO was 
standing on the side of the dike with its stubby wings extended in the same 
manner as do more adult birds to dry their wings when they emerge from the 
water (I don't think that it's wings were wet).  We had several views of 
CASPIAN TERNS (two in one sighting), two to four BROWN PELICANS, one 
PIED-BILLED GREBE, at least four CLARK'S GREBES, WESTERN GREBES, one 
LONG-BILLED CURLEW, a couple WILLETS, lots of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, DCCOs, 
gulls (mostly CALIFORNIA GULLS) and FORSTER'S TERNS.  The far side of Salt 
Pond A9 (the Coyote Creek Channel) had large flocks of flying sandpipers, 
unfortunately we were unable to do anything other than to guess at their ID.  
There must have been at least one Semipalmated Sandpiper among them :-)

Take care,
Bob Reiling, 1:20 PM, 7/19/02