From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Apr 4 14:51:53 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h34Mlvit029771 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:47:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from merlin.arc.nasa.gov (merlin.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.219.21]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h34MkwZQ029734 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:46:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.2 #30665) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 04 Apr 2003 14:46:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 14:46:54 -0800 (PST) From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii cc: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] - X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Folks: I did some birding in the south county yesterday, 4/3/2003. I started out in a light ground fog at Llagas Creek and walked up the west levee to about the fourth of the old ponds before turning around. Although many swallows became very active once the fog burned off, there was little in the way of summer residents or migrants. I saw a few _Selasphous_, heard one HOUSE WREN and there were lots of COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, but none of the other birds, such as Warbling Vireo, Black-headed Grosbeak, and Bullock's Oriole that I thought might be back. That held for the rest of the day. There was ample water in the ponds and lots of ducks and shorebirds. An AMERICAN BITTERN that flushed out of cattails may represent a breeding bird. I ran into Mark Paxton playing hooky and we talked birds and riparian systems. I stopped by San Felipe Lake (San Benito County) and counted 34 AM. WHITE PELICANS. Many have partial or full nuptial horns on the upper mandibles. A few WESTERN KINGBIRDS were along Canada Road, but otherwise there was an absence of summer residents. An apparent male OSPREY (pure white breast) was at the end of Parkway Lakes. While I watched, he launched, flew around the lake a couple of times, and picked up a fish. This must be frustrating for the fisher folk on the shoreline. A male GREAT-TAILED GRACKEL was a hundred meters north of this location. Bill _______________________________________________ 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]]