From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Nov 1 09:19:26 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gA1HHK7r029892 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 09:17:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from merlin.arc.nasa.gov (merlin.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.219.21]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gA1HGwke029858 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 09:16:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.1 #46498) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 01 Nov 2002 09:16:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 09:16:55 -0800 (PST) From: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Subject: [SBB] - X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b4+ Precedence: list Cc: [[email protected]], South Bay Birding <[[email protected]]> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: [[email protected]] Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Folks: This morning, 11/1/2002, I saw 2+ HORNED GREBES on Salt Pond A2W and 20+ COMMON GOLDENEYES on Shoreline Lake--it looks like the numbers of these two wintering birds have really increased in the last few days. The big excitement was a basic LESSER GOLDEN-PLOVER on the Stevens Creek Tidal Marsh. I found it initially on the east side about halfway along the marsh. At this point it was fairly close to the bike path on the east side. I studied it for a while, convincing myself that it was smaller than some Black-bellied Plovers a little further out, plus it had more of a tan ground color underneath and showed some gold flecking on the back and scapulars that is largely absent from Black-bellieds. It the flew off and joined two Black-bellieds in flight which clearly showed its small size, solid rump, and lack of black axillaries. It landed in the channel out from the observation deck on the east side and I went back there as it bathed to see if I could get any idea of the wing pattern with binoculars. No luck, I guess I need to carry my scope on my commute. I do not feel confident in aging this bird either. The observation was 8:00 am and the tide was in flood. Only the highest tide will cover the marsh here. Few golden-plovers are found in the South Bay later than October, although decades ago we had a few that wintered near Alviso. Bill _______________________________________________ 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]]