From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Dec 6 18:32:49 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB72Ulou018545 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 18:30:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from e32.co.us.ibm.com (e32.co.us.ibm.com [32.97.110.130]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB72Tpg8018502 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 18:29:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from westrelay04.boulder.ibm.com (westrelay04.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.193.32]) by e32.co.us.ibm.com (8.12.10/8.12.2) with ESMTP id hB72TnrE330926 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 21:29:49 -0500 Received: from d03nm122.boulder.ibm.com (d03av02.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.193.82]) by westrelay04.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.9/NCO/VER6.6) with ESMTP id hB72TmcN156756 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 19:29:49 -0700 To: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0.2CF1 June 9, 2003 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> From: Richard Herder <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 18:29:46 -0800 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D03NM122/03/M/IBM(Release 6.0.2CF2HF133 | November 14, 2003) at 12/06/2003 19:29:48 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [SBB] Am Bitterns at Ogier Ponds 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]] The last time I visited Ogier Ponds I was chased out because of the grading and levelling work. I stopped by on a whim today and was pleasantly surprised. Except for black plastic lining some pond shorelines, the work seems to be over. I was able to walk everywhere freely and I talked to a ranger who was very friendly and interested in what I had seen. I was very happy to see that American Bitterns are still present. I flushed 2 of them from the northeastern corner of the southern pond. I flushed them about 10 minutes apart, but both flew directly over the pond and landed in the western tules. Also on the far side of the southern pond were a very bright Red Fox Sparrow (even a bright yellow bill), Marsh Wren, Green Heron and Common Yellowthroat. 2 Common Moorhens were also on this pond, along with Gadwall, Cinnamon Teal, American Widgeon, Bufflehead and the usual assortment of swimmers. A pair of Redheads were in the next pond north, near the bike trail, along with at least 6 Ring-Necked Ducks and another Moorhen. In and around small ponds toward Highway 101, I found Green-winged Teal, Wilson's Snipe, Loggerhead Shrike, Greater Yellowlegs and Whilte-tailed Kite - 1 of each, The big northern pond had at least 3 American Goldeneye, and one Osprey flew over gripping a fish. Not bad for a midday spur of the moment visit, and I'm very glad that least so far the Bitterns survived the construction. Rick Herder [[email protected]] Morgan Hill _______________________________________________ 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]]