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 g6QF7Et08190 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:07:14 -0700 Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.1 #46498) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:07:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 08:07:05 -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: Yesterday, 7/25/2002, I saw a female LESSER SCAUP and four ducklings in the Renzel Wetlands. I couldn't see any scaup in the North Pond, so perhaps they moved overland during the last two days. Bill Received: from borg.inreach.com (mail.unlimited.net [209.142.2.67]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6QIHCt11160 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 11:17:12 -0700 Received: from [209.209.18.105] (209-209-18-105.oak.inreach.net [209.209.18.105]) by borg.inreach.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A314D1B692; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 09:00:57 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <007001c231d2$93088ee0$[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 11:17:26 -0700 To: Ruth Troetschler <[[email protected]]>, "Paul L. Noble" <[[email protected]]>, "South Bay Birders" <[[email protected]]> From: Ruth Troetschler <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Wrentits Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" 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-- Yesterday I saw and heard a Wrentit in my home in Los Altos off Los Altos Ave. Ruth Troetschler ------------- At 2:54 PM -0700 7/23/02, Ruth Troetschler wrote: >Dear Paul- > >I hear (and occasionally see) Wrentits at my home in Los Altos in >the fall (usually later than this) almost every year. I think they >are dispersing birds, but wonder where they come from. > >Ruth Troetschler > >------- 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 g6QJ7gt11908 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:07:42 -0700 Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.1 #46498) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:07:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:07:38 -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: Today, 7/26/2002, I visited the Alviso area. The pond at State and Spreckles had a few WILSON'S (13) and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES (2). The entrance road to the EEC had a departing Bob Reiling and company and also readily visible Wilson's (53) and Red-necked (67), plus two LESSER YELLOWLEGS. A good number of the Wilson's were juveniles. Salt Pond A16 had many more phalaropes, but they were edgy. I estimated 1800 Wilson's and 50 Red-necked. Two BLACK SKIMMERS were on the first island, and three more were on the outer islands. Two PEREGRINE FALCONS were working the shorebird flocks and the outer islands in A16 and a normal-colored male took something and was then pursued by the larger dark female, yelling until they were out of sight. Bill Received: from imo-m02.mx.aol.com (imo-m02.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.5]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6QKQct13197 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 13:26:38 -0700 Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.21.) id t.d7.1adfb606 (4560) for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:26:23 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:26:23 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10509 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] County birding 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, This morning Frank Vanslager and I did the Alviso, Environmental Education Center, Coyote Creek Field Station loop. Best birding was at the EEC; lots of Phalaropes (WIPH & RNPH), at least three LESSER YELLOWLEGS (nice to have GREATER YELLOWLEGS nearby for size comparison as there were no Dowitchers available at the time) and both adult BLACK SKIMMERS were on the first island in Salt Pond A16 with a single gawky looking juvenile. There were lots of LEAST and a few WESTERN SANDPIPERS in the canal east of the center parking lot and at one point perhaps a thousand Phalaropes erupted from the Salt Pond (a few Dowitchers and "peeps" joined in the swirling mass). A RING-NECKED PHEASANT ran crossed the road as we drove into the center and a singing male AMERICAN GOLDFINCH was along the path to the Salt Pond (do females sing?). A basic plumaged Bill Bousman was spotted as we left the center, he had just finished checking out the Phalaropes & Yellowlegs on the southern edge of the New Chicago Marsh. The "Shorebird Pond" at CCFS had one, possibly two SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, good numbers of Dowitchers (most if not all LONG-BILLED) and a half dozen GREATER YELLOWLEGS. The mud flats west of the pond had a few Dowitchers (mostly AMERICAN AVOCETS) and Salt Pond A18 appears to be an Avocet owned dry lake bed (a creek "runs" through it), Our birding was then cut short by a really bad back-up in the north bound lane of Hwy. 101 (I'd rather spend the next hour on my computer). We had two LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES this morning; one on the Space for Rent sign east of Harvey Marsh and another on the fence west of the CCFS "Shorebird Pond." I might also note that the water level in Harvey Marsh is very high and that the reeds around the pond might just reach the sky (no shorebirds there to speak of). Take care, Bob Reiling, 1:19 PM, 7/26/02 Received: from [64.81.78.186] (dsl081-078-186.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.78.186]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6R3ANt18457 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 20:10:23 -0700 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.0.2006 Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 20:10:19 -0700 From: Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Canada geese 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: We just had 18 canada geese fly by in formation at about 50 feet, santa clara, central park area (there's always a small population in the ponds there, but that's a large grouping, and they're usually not flying in large groups like that. 3-4 is more typical) -- Chuq Von Rospach, Architech [[email protected]] -- http://www.chuqui.com/ IMHO: Jargon. Acronym for In My Humble Opinion. Used to flag as an opinion something that is clearly from context an opinion to everyone except the mentally dense. Opinions flagged by IMHO are actually rarely humble. IMHO. (source: third unabridged dictionary of chuqui-isms).