From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Dec 6 17:10:10 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB717row017102 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:07:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (mta7.pltn13.pbi.net [64.164.98.8]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB716ug8017049 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:06:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (adsl-66-126-231-195.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [66.126.231.195]) by mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB716pGS010103 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:06:51 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 17:06:40 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Gordon Barrett <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] Bald Eagle at Calero 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]] My sister's back in town, so this morning, Saturday, December 6, 2003, we put on rain gear and went in search of the Bald Eagle reported by Ann Verdi at Calero. It was right were she said it should be, to the west of the dam(looking from the boat ramp) on top of one of the oak trees. The first tree we saw it on was to the right of two small green bushes near the water's edge. I know it looks big, and is big, but I could not spot it with eyes only. It is a spectacular adult with white head and tail, yellow bill and talons, and very dark body. Its flight is very straight and smooth. A White-tailed Kite was sitting in a tree behind it, feeling and looking somewhat small. We heard a Red-shouldered Hawk, saw an immature Red-tailed Hawk, Two White-tailed Kites in the same tree, and a few American Kestrels, some by visiting the levee by the stables. Three American White Pelicans were hanging with the Geese, Coots, and a less diverse than usual group of ducks at that end of the Res.. We then went to Almaden Res. to see lots of Wood Ducks, one male and a bunch of female Common Mergansers, and two female Common Goldeneye. A male Goldeneye was at Calero. The full list for both locations: Eared Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Double-Crested Cormorant Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Northern Shovelor Green-Winged Teal Common Goldeneye Bufflehead Common Merganser Ruddy Duck American Coot American White Pelican Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper (at the base of Calero Dam) Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Long-Billed Dowitcher California Quail Turkey Vulture White-tailed Kite Red-Shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Bald Eagle American Kestrel Mourning Dove Rock Dove Anna's Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher (both locations) Acorn Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker Northern Flicker (Red) Black Phoebe Steller's Jay Western Scrub Jay American Crow Golden-crowned Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Tricolored Blackbird Red-Winged Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Lesser Goldfinch 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]]