Received: from smtp.slac.stanford.edu (smtp.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.80]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g84IiHV01994 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:44:17 -0700 Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.smtp.slac.stanford.edu by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 11:44:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.81]) by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 11:44:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ([134.79.144.12]) by smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 11:44:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 11:44:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 11:44:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[[email protected]]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] BANKSWALLOW Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I headed south this morning to (a) look for interesting migrants at CCFS, and (b) try to finally see one of those Bank Swallows. No and yes. Things were pretty slow at CCFS (the banders thought so too): the only migrants I encountered (apart from the usual swallows) were a few each of Yellow Warbler and Western Tanager and one Wilson's Warbler. At the corner of Hope and Elizabeth in Alviso, the flock of about 200 Swallows (mostly Barn) included about 20 Violet-Green (one an adult) and one Bank Swallow. (Note the convenient 11-letter code I've used in the subject line of this message.) It posed nicely on a wire for about 10 minutes. While the upperparts had a small amount of pale edging, I didn't really pin it down (the bird was preening). This was at about 10:30 AM. A single Vaux's Swift briefly flew about, presumably wondering what all those Swallows were doing there. Al Received: from mms1.broadcom.com (mms1.broadcom.com [63.70.210.58]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g84LN6V04800 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:23:06 -0700 Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms1.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS-1 SMTP Relay (MMS v4.7);); Wed, 04 Sep 2002 14:22:39 -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 OAA09075 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:23:06 -0700 (PDT) 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 g84LN51Z022647 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:23:06 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:22:13 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-WSS-ID: 1168A61512934-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] : Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Early this afternoon, 4 Sep 02, the molting adult PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was still in New Chicago Marsh on the east side of the railroad tracks. The STILT SANDPIPER was present as well, on the west side of the tracks. Mike Mammoser Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g84Lm1V05254 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:48:01 -0700 Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-4n) id OAA49276 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 14:47:56 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Shoreline Park Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: All, Over lunch today 9/4/02, I took a walk in Shoreline Park. The island at the southeast corner of Salt Pond A1 had 11 BLACK SKIMMERS on it, including one juvenile bird. A second-winter MEW GULL was foraging along the southern edge of the salt pond. If this is the same bird that was at the Palo Alto Baylands duck pond 17 days ago then it has molted rapidly indeed. Today's bird was finishing up its primary molt (p10 still growing in) and was regrowing a few secondaries but did not have obviously extremely worn "shaft-only" feathers in the wings or tail. But I have been surprised at how fast birds can molt before... Three SURF SCOTERS (2 adult males and 1 female) and 11 PIED-BILLED GREBES were on Shoreline Lake, and a PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER was calling from the nearby bushes. Mike Rogers Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.50]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g853l5V10674 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 20:47:06 -0700 Received: from pool0342.cvx25-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.217.87]) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17mnbl-0007Yg-00 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 20:47:06 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 4.5 (0410) Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 19:29:43 -0700 From: "Jim Danzenbaker" <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] Finally Snowy Plover! Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: South Bay Birders: It was time for another mini-blitz of newly arriving birds in the county. I started at CCRS where the first three birds I saw were Willow Flycatchers. ALso, at least 7 Western Tanagers and quite a few Yellow Warblers near the Eucalyptus tree near the trailer. I then headed for the Alviso Marina where I was shocked to see three Snowy Plovers on the very dry portion of the impoundment north of the marina. I don't know if "gimpy leg" was there since two of them were resting comfortably with no legs visible. I didn't do so well on the Pacific Golden-Plover or the Bank Swallow. Of course, tomorrow's another day! Thanks again to everyone who found these great birds. When I grow up, I want to return the favor and discover some of my own year birds and share them with you! Jim Danzenbaker Part time San Jose birder Received: from mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.47]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g854KNV11154 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:20:23 -0700 Received: from worldnet.att.net ([12.81.71.69]) by mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 04:20:19 +0000 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 21:22:18 -0700 From: "David E. Quady" <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: South Bay Birds <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Alviso and Sunnyvale Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: SBBers: Late this morning, the PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was still in the New Chicago Marsh, a couple of hundred yards west of the Grand Avenue railroad crossing in Alviso. Spotted from the railroad tracks, the REEVE was on the north edge of the State & Spreckles pond, and the STILT SANDPIPER was visible from the street intersection. Two PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were near the intersection of Spreckles and Grand. At the Sunnyvale STP in the early afternoon, a COMMON TERN loafed among 40+ FORSTER'S TERNS on the dike between the two large ponds, and the pond to the northwest contained one BROWN PELICAN and one foraging BLACK TERN. Later a second BLACK TERN sneaked onto the dike to snooze among the sternas. The Alviso pond contained well over 100 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, while the Sunnyvale ponds held several hundred RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. Echoing Jim Danzenbaker's note, thanks to the folks who found these birds and to those who continued to report on their presence. Dave Quady Berkeley, California [[email protected]]