From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Aug 18 10:49:56 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7IHlYkT028895 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:47:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.slac.stanford.edu (smtp.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.80]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7IHkoVK028848 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:46:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.smtp.slac.stanford.edu by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:45:26 -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]]; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:45:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ([134.79.144.12]) by smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:45:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:45:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:45:18 -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] Riparian Woodpeckers, small Terns, etc. X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ 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]] A walk along Coyote Creek north of Montague Expy yesterday (Sunday) morning was fairly uneventful, with one (silent) Western Tanager being the only dispersing passerine I found. It was a good morning for Wood- peckers, with numbers of both Nuttall's and Downy, as expected, and one unexpected bird: a Hairy Woodpecker extensively working a small tree (along the east side of the riparian trail on the east side of the Creek). While I never had a fully unobstructed staiionary view of its crown, the red that was there appeared to be more consistent with a juvenile than with an adult male. In the afternoon at the New Chicago Marsh I quickly saw three Lesser Yellowlegs, but didn't search systematically for more. Dennis Braddy was already viewing the Ruff, and pointed it out. His Black Tern report had me hopeful on a late-PM visit to the Sunnyvale WPCP, but in fact I didn't spot any (apart from a possible distant view into the sun); I think they move in and out. The adult Pectoral Sandpiper was cooperative, feeding along the channel (and roosting briefly on the algae mat). I didn't try for the Semi. Sandpiper. This morning, under nice overcast conditions, I visited pond A2E along Stevens Creek. I saw 12 to 14 Least Terns perched on the distant "board- walk", but they didn't visit the near end. The near end of Crittenden Marsh had a single Lesser Yellowlegs. The shoreline here has receded quite a bit, by the way. I was interested to see that the Swallow flock (Cliff, plus Barn and Violet-green) would often perch on the weeds at the west end of the marsh, suddenly all taking off for foraging, then returning. Al Eisner _______________________________________________ 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]]