From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Oct 17 16:59:07 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g9HNtn1G012514 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:55:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net (conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.54]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g9HNt9hh012472 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:55:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pool0433.cvx22-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.199.178] helo=209.179.199.178) by conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 182KTr-0001q0-00 for [[email protected]]; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 16:55:08 -0700 Date: 17 Oct 2002 16:55:03 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> From: Les Chibana <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QuickMail Pro 2.1 (Mac) X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-Ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id g9HNt9hh012472 Subject: [SBB] Stevens Creek Tidal Marsh X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b3+ 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]] This morning, 10/17/02, I took some people out on a morning birding walk to the Stevens Creek Tidal Marsh. A flock of at least 15 AMERICAN PIPITs were in the area, often coming to a leaking fire hydrant with a purple valve along the north edge of Shoreline overflow parking lot E. Construction workers were filling trucks at this hydrant and the available water attracted the pipits. There was also a leaking sprinkler at the grassy kite-flying area that attracted other birds. Crittenden Marsh appeared bone-dry and no activity was seen. However, in the salt pond to the north, A2E, there was a large conglomeration of birds, including about 200-300 AM. WHITE PELICANS, many GREAT EGRETs, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTs, and gulls. Many GREEN-WINGED TEAL were in the Stevens Creek channel, no Eurasian race detected. The tidal marsh was beginning to fill with the incoming tide and the shorebird activity was excellent. LONG-BILLED CURLEWs were going through vociferous antics, while the WESTERN and LEAST SANDPIPERs foraged. A passing PEREGRINE FALCON got just about everyone up with a shot of adrenaline. Most of the regular shorebirds were seen with the exception of Dunlin. One LESSER SCAUP was seen among the MALLARD, GADWALL, GW Teal, and NOR. SHOVELER. A male and a female NOR. HARRIER also kept the birds on their toes. We also had good views of MARSH WREN and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. A SORA and LINCOLN'S SPARROW were a bit more furtive. VIRGINIA RAIL were heard. Out of curiousity, does anyone know if the cordgrass in this tidal marsh is of the native or non-native variety? Les -- Les Chibana BirdNUTZ(TM) - Ornigasmic Birding em <[[email protected]]> - web ph 650-949-4335 - fx 650-949-4137 snailmail: SR 2, Box 335, La Honda CA 94020 _______________________________________________ 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]]