From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Dec 3 17:14:05 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB41Aeos002367 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:10:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from mtaw6.prodigy.net (mtaw6.prodigy.net [64.164.98.56]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB419Eg8002325 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:09:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (adsl-66-126-231-195.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [66.126.231.195]) by mtaw6.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB418a4P020586 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:08:37 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:09:00 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Gordon Barrett <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] Meadowlarks, Pheasant, and Skimmers? 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]] Today, Wednesday, December 3, 2003, was not a good day to be following me too close. I braked halfway through the left turn off the end of Embarcadero at PA Baylands because I saw two Western Meadowlarks walking in the grass between the road and the exposed mud of the Restored Marsh. No optics needed there. Then, after watching the ducks and shorebirds and Bonaparte's Gulls for awhile, my wife and I decided to drive out for lunch, but I suddenly braked again for a Ring-Necked Pheasant walking calmly through the parking lot. Not bad for a first bird-last bird combination! After lunch at the local In'N'Out Burger, we visited Charleston Slough and Adobe Creek. Five Black Skimmers were on "Skimmer Island" and a close-by spit of land. There were Cinnamon Teal galore in Adobe Creek. Green-winged Teal and Canvasback were at both locations, as were most of the list below. Sunny skies and mild weather made it a nice viewing day. Double-Crested Cormorant Canada Goose Mallard Gadwall Northern Pintail American Wigeon Northern Shovelor Cinnamon Teal Green-Winged Teal Canvasback Bufflehead Ruddy Duck Common Moorhen American Coot American White Pelican Bonaparte's Gull Ring-Billed Gull California Gull Black Skimmer Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Black Crowned Night Heron Black-Bellied Plover Black-Necked Stilt American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Willet Long-Billed Curlew Marbled Godwit Dunlin Western Sandpiper Short-Billed Dowitcher Ring-Necked Pheasant Turkey Vulture Nothern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Mourning Dove Rock Dove Anna's Hummingbird Black Phoebe Western Scrub Jay American Crow Bushtit Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Western Meadowlark Brewer's Blackbird Gordon -- Gordon Barrett [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]