Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g88JmvV20126 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 12:48:57 -0700 Received: from dialup-209.245.139.26.dial1.sanjose1.level3.net ([209.245.139.26] helo=dgrkv) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17o83F-00024g-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 08 Sep 2002 12:48:57 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (4) Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 12:49:02 -0700 From: "Don Ganton" <[[email protected]]> To: "South Bay Birds Mailing List" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [SBB] Almaden Lake 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 birded Almaden Lake Park and portions of Los Alamitos Creek this morning. I saw several Yellow Warblers down by the creek, just upstream from the lake and a Western Tanager in a nearby tree. I had two Green Herons on the day. A California Thrasher was bathing in the creek. I saw a personal record 17 Nutmeg Mannikins in three locations. Four immature (no scales) Mannikins were in a bush near the "beach". I saw two adults building a nest in a tree in the Winfield parking lot. Just upstream of the bridge at Mazzone Dr, I saw 5 more adults and 6 immatures. Unfortunately, my most reliable spot for finding Nutmeg Mannikins has had all it's vegetation mowed down. But they still seem to be thriving. Does anyone know if they can be found elsewhere in the county? Don Ganton [[email protected]] Received: from barry.mail.mindspring.net (barry.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.25]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g891wVV24266 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 18:58:31 -0700 Received: from user-2ivflnj.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.214.243] helo=pavilion) by barry.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17oDor-0005Rf-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 08 Sep 2002 21:58:30 -0400 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 18:54:24 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: amphibian <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] sharpie outside my window 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: Having a little birdie snack........ Gorgeous bird! Natasha Received: from imo-m02.mx.aol.com (imo-m02.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.5]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g893hBV25617 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 20:43:11 -0700 Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.10.) id t.16f.136b643a (4214) for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 23:43:04 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 23:43:04 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10512 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98b X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Subject: [SBB] Oka Ponds..... 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: Good evening all...... Decided to go over to Oka Ponds tonight It had been awhile since I birded there. I entered through the Oka Lane entrance and saw Barn Swallow flying over the ponds. In Pond 6 (along the freeway) were Mallards and three pairs of beautiful Gadwalls. The ponds were rather quiet, having the regulars such as Pied-billed Grebes and Coots. I walked between Ponds 5 and the Los Gatos Creek on the Oka side and looked at all the regular there too, Bushtits, Mockingbirds, Black Phoebes, House Finch, and Song Sparrows. I decided to stop at the fennel patch and take a look. When I didn't see anything moving I decided to phish......well my phishing did two things.....it scared a feral cat out from a bush, which then ran into the fennel patch......which then caused all the birds to fly out! A new bird for my park list was a pair of Wilson's Warblers, had numerous Common Yellowthroat, and a season goodie of a Willow Flycatcher. Oh, the second thing my phishing produced was a fisherman from the other side of the pond! Oops. I walked down the trail on the back side of "Snipe Island" and saw lots of Mallards and three more pairs of Gadwalls....and a Snowy Egret preening. On the way out, I watched a Great Blue Heron fly in (took lots of pictures) and had two Green Herons. This morning I took a ride out to State & Spreckles....wanted to photograph the Pectoral Sandpipers, which I did, all three of them together in the channel in the driveway leading up to the EEC (before the main gate) . Also four Lesser Yellowlegs and three Greater Yellowlegs in the channel. Managed to take a few pictures of the Pacific Golden Plover. Up at the EEC, I heard the Virginia Rail calling again. Saw two Marsh Wrens and four different Song Sparrows. Common Yellowthroat were in the reeds. Lots of Anna's Hummingbird in the tobacco flower bushes. On the tower was a Peregrine Falcon and a Northern Harrier was flying over towards the New Chicago Marsh area. I checked the trees along the drive in (and later walked back down) and found Bushtits, Mockingbirds, House Finches, a Downy Woodpecker. I flushed a female Pheasant while I was walking. Lots of Red-tailed Hawks today. A beautiful male Kestrel was flying about and then rested on the wires as I left. On the House Finches I saw today, I took a picture of one with a white head. The rest of its body was normal. Any ideas why this would bird would have a white head? Hope you all had a good day of birding. My best regards, Linda Sullivan Received: from mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.49]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g895EPV26698 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 8 Sep 2002 22:14:26 -0700 Received: from acer ([12.81.5.161]) by mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020909051415.CMIK12112.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@acer> for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 05:14:15 +0000 Message-ID: <001301c257c0$33207e20$a105510c@acer> From: "John Mariani" <[[email protected]]> To: "South-bay-birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 22:17:28 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 Subject: [SBB] Bank Swallow and Stilt Sandpiper again 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: Howdy South-bay-birders, Today Jolene and I decided to join the crowd and try the places where everybody else has been going lately :) At Sunnyvale Sewage Ponds there were lots and lots of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, also lots of ducks, gulls, and swallows. We did have one BANK SWALLOW fly by us as we walked out one of the levees (there were lots of VIOLET-GREEN and BARN SWALLOWS were out there, also a few N. ROUGH-WINGS). Also of interest were 6 fly-by BROWN PELICANS and a couple of BONAPARTE'S GULLS. At State & Spreckles in Alviso this afternoon we missed the reeve and Pectoral Sandpiper reported by Kris Olson, but saw the STILT SANDPIPER foraging on the far side of the pond (funny how the rarities seem to switch shifts between birder visits!). Also saw lots of WILSON'S PHALAROPES and a couple of LESSER YELLOWLEGS there. John Mariani [[email protected]] www.birdswest.com