From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Dec 13 23:02:54 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBE713PI008454 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 23:01:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBE6xNUP008402 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:59:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-2ivfi1h.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.200.49] helo=earthlink.net) by albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AVQDp-0007iE-00 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:59:21 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:58:35 -0800 From: Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Sage Thrasher continues 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]] All, My wife Kelly and I refound the SAGE THRASHER at the Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant (aka Donald M. Somers Water Pollution Control Plant for those looking at the Birding at the Bottom of the Bay, chapter 3). The bird was easily seen at about noon, but not where we first looked. As directed by other birders, we followed the trail to the top of the hill and waited patiently, but only found the bird when we backtracked down slope from there, to the first "Sensitive Area" sign after the fork. There's lots of appropriate cover in this general "upper trail" area, so keep an eye out as the trail begins to climb. During our seach LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE were conspicuous, as were SAVANNAH SPARROW, SAY'S PHOEBE and WESTERN MEADOWLARK. As well we observed two EURASIAN WIGEONS (an adult male and an imm. male) in the large pond below the Thrasher area. Numerous REDHEADS were also found among the many CANVASBACKS. A group of 30 or so BONAPARTE'S GULLS were see foraging over the channel also. The area was really birdy and very exciting. That's all for now, Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net _______________________________________________ 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]]