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From: "John Mariani" <[[email protected]]>
To: "South-bay-birds" <[[email protected]]>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 22:46:27 -0700
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Subject: [SBB] Calero Reservoir, Friday
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Howdy South-bay-birders,

    Visited the east end of Calero Reservoir this afternoon. There is more
shorebird habitat developing, and there were more ducks and shorebirds there
than before. Best bird was a LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Among the ducks there were a
few AMERICAN WIGEON and GREEN-WINGED TEAL. There were also about 20
BLACK-NECKED STILTS, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, about a dozen LEAST
SANDPIPERS, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, KILLDEER (everywhere), CASPIAN and
FORSTER'S TERNS, a couple of BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS, about a half dozen
WHITE-TAILED KITES, and a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE.
    A couple of the kites were interacting, and I watched them lock talons
in flight and then tumble down toward the ground together, pulling out at
their diveat the last moment. There seems to be a pretty large concentration
of kites at Calero lately--on a recent visit I had 13 kites in view at one
time.
    Dragonflies at Calero included Variegated Meadowhawk, Black Saddlebags,
Blue Dasher, Western Pondhawk, and Green Darner. I tried to identify some of
the damselflies, and I think had Pacific Forktail and one of the bluets.

John Mariani
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www.birdswest.com