From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Dec 14 22:07:31 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBF65EPI029543 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:05:15 -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 hBF64SUP029494 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:04:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from KrisDesktop (adsl-64-169-18-243.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.169.18.243]) by mtaw6.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBF63nDX017568; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:03:49 -0800 (PST) From: "Kris Olson" <[[email protected]]> To: "'South Bay Birders'" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:04:26 -0800 Message-ID: <002b01c3c2d1$4b984690$6501a8c0@KrisDesktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Cc: Subject: [SBB] Sunnyvale Christmas Bird Count birds 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]] Hello birders: Today Peggy Don and I covered Sunnyvale Baylands park; Sunnyvale sewage treatment area; Salt ponds by radar antenna; Guadalupe Slough (A-4); and the office buildings near these locations for the San Jose/Alviso Christmas Bird count. "Best" birds: American Bittern in the north corner of A4 Slate-colored Junco that Peggy found at Baylands Park with a flock of Dark-eyed Juncos Virginia Rail and Sora - heard 2 Loggerhead Shrikes 2 Say's Phoebes 1 American Pipit Raptors: Cooper's Hawk, 2 Northern Harriers, Merlin in Sunnyvale Baylands Park (thanks Rosalie Strait for the tip), Red-tailed Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, 2 Kestrels 1 or possibly 2 Blue-winged Teal at Baylands Park (again thanks to Rosalie Strait for the tip and preliminary identification) 1 was a female (gray with lots of pattern, white around bill and throat, dark eye line) 1 was perhaps an immature BW Teal or Cinnamon Teal (no white or eye line, lots of pattern, reddish/gold color, dark bill) Bills on both ducks were dark and they hang together; we saw light blue in both ducks' wings when the stretched, white underneath 5 Red-breasted Mergansers 5 Clark's Grebes along with 20+ Westerns 1 Hermit Thrush in the office park area 1 Orange-crowned Warbler (office area) We were also excited to see our 3 shorebirds: 1 Least Sandpiper, 1 Killdeer and 1 Avocet (pretty funny to be excited about those on an Alviso count!) Most plentiful species: Ruddy-ducks (575+) Eurasian Starlings (400+) Yellow-rumped Warblers (120+) (the office areas were loaded) Bonaparte's Gulls (90) California Gulls (80+) When we turned our day's lists into Bill Bousman at 4pm, we were treated to a wonderful look of an adult Golden Eagle hunting behind the Jubilee Christian Center. Bill mentioned that it had been seen earlier in the afternoon there, too. Good birding, Kris Olson Menlo Park, CA _______________________________________________ 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]]