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 g5SEomt08585 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:50:48 -0700 Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.1 #46498) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:50:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:50:42 -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 afternoon, 6/27/2002, I saw a male and female BLACK SKIMMER on the island in the SE corner of Salt Pond A1. I've seen them here regularly since at least 6/18/2002. The female is stationary and appears to be incubating (no proof). The male normally stands near her and threatens Forster's Terns that come to close. The young Forster's on the island are now starting to move into creches and attack any adult that comes near with fish--some are quite amazing little monsters. Bill Received: from mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (mta5.snfc21.pbi.net [206.13.28.241]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5SNCot15656 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:12:50 -0700 Received: from pacbell.net ([63.201.230.37]) by mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:12:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:01:48 -0700 From: Richard Carlson <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Cc: [[email protected]], "[[email protected]]" <[[email protected]]>, South Bay Birds <[[email protected]]> Message-id: <[[email protected]]> Organization: Spectrum Economics MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en References: <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] When will they ever leave? Reluctant migrants 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: It's now almost July but many shorebirds continue to hang around SF Bay. We still have large numbers of Willets, Marbled Godwits and Long-billed Curlew, plus a few Dowitchers and Yellowlegs. The southward migration is about to start, but these birds haven't even started North. -- Richard C. Carlson Full-time Birder, Biker & Skier Part-time Economist Palo Alto & Lake Tahoe, California [[email protected]] Received: from mms3.broadcom.com (mms3.broadcom.com [63.70.210.38]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g5T0Ejt16532 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:14:45 -0700 Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms3.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS-3 SMTP Relay (MMS v4.7)); Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:14:43 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: 1e1caf3a-b686-11d4-a6a3-00508bfc9ae5 Received: from mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.21]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA08657 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:14: 44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8/MS01) with SMTP id RAA27644 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:14:45 -0700 ( PDT) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Subject: RE: [SBB] When will they ever leave? Reluctant migrants Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:09:50 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> X-WSS-ID: 11022479249981-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: > -----Original Message----- > From: [[email protected]] > [mailto:[[email protected]]]On Behalf Of Richard > Carlson > > It's now almost July but many shorebirds continue to hang around SF > Bay. We still have large numbers of Willets, Marbled Godwits and > Long-billed Curlew, plus a few Dowitchers and Yellowlegs. > > The southward migration is about to start, but these birds haven't even > started North. The large numbers of Willets, Marbled Godwits, and Long-billed Curlews are undoubtedly returned migrants. These species are Great Basin or prairie pothole breeders and their migration is probably more east-west than north-south. The closeness of their breeding range and the earlier start of their breeding season, coupled with the habit of shorebirds abandoning their fledged young on the breeding grounds, will easily get many back into the Bay Area in the early part of June. In fact, some numbers of all these species are typically found on the Palo Alto Summer Bird Count. The dowitchers and yellowlegs breed further north and the few that are around may indeed be oversummering. Mike Mammoser Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (smtp1.Stanford.EDU [171.64.14.23]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5PNaBt18301 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:36:11 -0700 Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5PNaAZ06772 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:36:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [171.66.165.210] (DNab42a4a4.Stanford.EDU [171.66.164.164]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5PNa6k06730; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:36:07 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:36:05 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: <[[email protected]]> (by way of Kendric C. Smith) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] House Finch Research 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: Students of Dr. Geoffrey Hill (Auburn University) will be conducting research in the Palo Alto area on House Finches from July 18-25. I have agreed to let them use my yard to collect Hatch-year House Finches. They would also like to use additional yards. If any of you would be willing to let them use your yard for their research, please contact Kristy Farmer directly, and Cc: to me also. Do NOT send your response to the SBB-list. Thank you. Kendric ---------------------------------- Dr. Smith, Thank you very much for the use of your yard. We are arriving in Oakland around 11am on the 18th and would be glad to stop buy some time that afternoon and meet with you. We would also be glad to stop buy the morning of the 25th and update you on our success. We are trying to find as many yards as possible to increase our chances of success and I was wondering if you happened to know of any other people who may not mind our brief intrusion? We use feeder traps that only target House Finches so most other species are left undisturbed. If we have enough yards to work from we can rotate through them so that feeders are left alone on some days to keep the birds well fed and happy. Thank you so much for your help, Kristy Farmer ---------------------------------- >At 1:12 PM -0500 6/24/02, Farmekr wrote: >>Dr. Smith, >>I am a Ph.D. student in Dr. Geoffrey Hill's lab at Auburn University. >>During your earlier correspondence with Dr. Hill you indicated you might be >>willing to allow us to collect Hatch-year House Finches from your yard. >>Another graduate student and I will be in the San >>Francisco/Stanford area July >>18-25 and are currently locating yards we can trap from during our stay. We >>would greatly appreciate any time we could spend in your yard increasing our >>collection. >>Thank You, >>Kristy L. Farmer >>Ph.D. candidate >>Dept. of Biological Sciences >>Auburn University >>101 Life Sciences Bldg. >>Auburn, AL 36849 >>(334) 844-1632 >---------------------- Received: from imo-m01.mx.aol.com (imo-m01.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.4]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5T1Z2t17983 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 18:35:02 -0700 Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v32.21.) id t.39.29484380 (25510) for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 21:34:52 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 21:34:51 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] Clapper Rails & 4 Young 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 Evening All..... Went birding today with Jeanine Weisshahn over to the Palo Alto Baylands to look for the Clapper Rail with its fledglings. When we were walking down the board walk we saw Song Sparrows galore and a male Common Yellowthroat, later the female showed herself. As we walked closer to "Clapper Alley" we saw footprints of the birds in the mud but no rails, so we waited. Looking up the "Alley" we spotted two fledgling Clapper Rails playing with a rock...then two more slowing came out. We watched them for about 20 minutes, then the adult came out walked all the way down the muddy alley right past us under the board walk where we were standing and then just kept on walking till they disappeared....we had fantastic views (of course NO camera today..what I was I thinking?). Wishing you all good birding and my best regards, Linda Sullivan