From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Oct 28 09:54:24 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g9SHox1I023580 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:50:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mms1.broadcom.com (mms1.broadcom.com [63.70.210.58]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g9SHoThh023545 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:50:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms1.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS1 SMTP Relay (MMS v5.0)); Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:50:03 -0800 X-Server-Uuid: C4EEB3B0-84E7-41AF-B685-DDB6986D9F7C 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 JAA13782 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:50: 26 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (8.12.4/8.12.4/SSM) with SMTP id g9SHoQ1Z017962 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:50:26 -0800 (PST) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 09:48:44 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Importance: Normal X-WSS-ID: 11A3A74093856-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] : 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]] On Sunday, 27 Oct 02, I headed for Calero Reservoir, going in to the south end of the lake from the horse stables. At the horse stables a large number of blackbirds included a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD. This bird had a female-like pattern about the head and face, but a sliver of white on the wing made me think it was a first-year male. There were lots of TRICOLOREDS within this flock as well. Walking up the feeder creek (now dry) to the lake I had a single ROCK WREN and an adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. At the end of the feeder creek I found a flock of 17 WILD TURKEYS. Scanning the CANADA GEESE at the edge of the lake, I spotted a fleck of orange in the crowd and thought it might be the bill of a White-fronted Goose. It turned out to be the bill of a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT. However, continued scanning produced 2 immature GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE in the area. There were plenty of AMERICAN WIGEON and GADWALL here, with a scattering of NORTHERN PINTAIL and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. A number of BUFFLEHEAD were out on the water, away from shore, as were 23 COMMON MERGANSERS (all female). Along the edge of the shore I had a single WILSON'S SNIPE, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 20 AMERICAN PIPITS, a small number of LEAST SANDPIPERS, and a single WESTERN SANDPIPER. DOWITCHERS, KILLDEER, and a few GREATER YELLOWLEGS were also in attendance. While looking over this array of avifauna, a PRAIRIE FALCON came low overhead from behind me, dropped low to the ground, and zoomed in on a perched WHITE-TAILED KITE, sending it into a looping flush before flying off over the hills to the east. On the way back to the car, I was unable to refind the YHBL. However, there are a lot of small stables here that these blackbirds can hide between and behind. Fortunately, they also like to sit on the roofs of these buildings. Along the paved entrance road I had an immature COOPER'S HAWK charge into a coyote bush full of crowned sparrows, coming out empty handed. A stop at the boat launch didn't net much. Some TRICOLRED BLACKBIRDS and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS were hiding in the shade of automobiles in the parking lot, and a single FORSTER'S TERN was over the water. Interesting was a 2 foot long RATTLESNAKE squashed in the parking lot. It had its rattle removed by some trophy hunter. At the north end of the reservoir, an adult GOLDEN EAGLE was perched on a power tower next to the traditional nest tower. Mike Mammoser _______________________________________________ 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]]