From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Nov 3 00:45:37 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gA38ht7s025578 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 00:43:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.117]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gA38hOke025543 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 00:43:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from acer ([12.81.1.210]) by mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.12 201-253-122-126-112-20020820) with SMTP id <20021103084321.XFYF8836.mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net@acer> for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 3 Nov 2002 08:43:21 +0000 Message-ID: <001201c28314$f94c31a0$d201510c@acer> From: "John Mariani" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 00:42:38 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4920.2300 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4920.2300 Subject: [SBB] Calero Reservoir rules! X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b4+ Precedence: list Cc: 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]] Howdy South-bay-birders, Saturday morning I led a short bird walk at Almaden Lake Park for the Watershed Fair. Highlights included an OSPREY that flew north and away over the lake. Also seen were passing flock(s?) of CEDAR WAXWINGS, a female COMMON MERGANSER, and a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK that perched long enough for all the grownups and kids to get a peep at it thru the scope. After lunch I went to Calero County Park, arriving just a moment ahead of Ann Verdi. We walked to the east end of the reservoir, stopping to look for the Yellow-headed Blackbird at the stables (no Yellow-head, but a few TRICOLORED there). From the levee path along the creek inflow we got to see the previously reported ROCK WREN, a park first for both of us. While we were watching the wren I looked up and spotted a funny looking raptor--an immature FERRUGINOUS HAWK, another park first for Ann and I! It circled and flew off toward Coyote Valley. Scanning the the east end of the reservoir Ann refound a gorgeous male HOODED MERGANSER that she had found here earlier in the day. It had its crest fully raised like a bonnet over its head! Ann also spotted a PRAIRIE FALCON standing on the shore. We got some nice scope views of it before it flew off to the north over the hills and away. Maybe the same bird recently reported by Mike Mammoser? Overall it was a pretty good raptor day at Calero--also seen were 2 NORTHERN HARRIERS, RED-TAILED, RED-SHOULDERED, and COOPER'S HAWKS, several WHITE-TAILED KITES, and AMERICAN KESTREL along McKean Rd.. There was a nice variety of ducks on the reservoir, with a few COMMON GOLDENEYES and at least one CANVASBACK in the mix. NO geese today! Grebe-wise there were 5 EARED, and one PIED-BILLED showing juvenile striping (late nesting?). There was constant movement of AMERICAN PIPITS back and forth across the flats--a very conservative estimate would be 50+. Shorebirds included a couple of WILSON'S SNIPE (one flew to a hole in an embankment and went inside the entrance--burrowing snipe?), LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 DUNLIN, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER, and BLACK-NECKED STILTS. We walked around to the marshy/weedy area between the reservoir and Bailey Rd., where we got glimpses of 1-2 MARSH WRENS and a bunch of LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. Ann didn't mention seeing the 2 loons at Calero, so I guess we missed them completely, but she was there earlier in the day and might have additional birds to report-- John Mariani [[email protected]] www.birdswest.com _______________________________________________ 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]]