From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Aug 20 14:05:20 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7KL2EkV015338 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:02:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7KL1SVK015298 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:01:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-vcauk1o.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.80.56] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19pa59-0003tf-00 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:01:28 -0700 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:11:12 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Least Tern, Ruff, Pectoral Sandpiper 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]] Folks: This morning, 8/20/2003, I made a CCW bicycle ride on the Alviso Slough Trail. The tide was reasonably good to drive birds into high-tide refugia, but Salt Pond A9 was too high for any exposed mud (as in the halcyon days of yore). Lots of expected birds. Most of the 55 BROWN PELICANS I counted were on the A9/A10 dike. A few Double-crested Cormorants were sitting on nests, but perhaps this was convenience rather than incubation this late in the season. Two LEAST TERNS were foraging on Salt Pond A10 and are probably birds staging at the A5-A8 ponds across Alviso Slough. I then visited New Chicago Marsh, arriving just after 11:00 am. Al Eisner showed up a little while later and then Dave Weber. Eventually we found the female RUFF and had fairly good looks for about five minutes before she vanished once again behind the pickleweed. Then Dave picked up a lovely juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPER with fresh plumage and handsome rufous-edged scapulars. Our search for the Stilt Sandpiper was not successful. 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]]