From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Dec 30 13:38:27 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBULZcPO014025 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:35:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mms3.broadcom.com (mms3.broadcom.com [63.70.210.38]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBULYVUP013976 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:34:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms3.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom SMTP Relay (MMS v5.6.0)); Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:34:22 -0800 X-Server-Uuid: 8D569F9F-42CF-4602-970D-AACC4BD5D310 Received: from mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.23]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA25235 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:33: 48 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-sjcw-1.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.21]) by mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/SSM3) with ESMTP id hBULYLMW020888 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:34:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.broadcom.com (8.12.9/8.12.4/SSM) with SMTP id hBULYP0N016287 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:34:25 -0800 (PST) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 13:34:05 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal X-WSS-ID: 13EF30D426G1543281-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] : 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]] On Sunday, 28 Dec 03, I participated in the Calero CBC, working areas along Coyote Creek and around Ogier Ponds. After distributing party packets in the morning, I headed to the pond just north of the model airplane park to tape for rails. The pair of REDHEAD were still in the same pond as they were 2 days previous. The rail tape generated responses from 3 SORAS and a VIRGINIA RAIL. Working around the east end of the pond, I quickly flushed the hoped-for AMERICAN BITTERN. These ponds also contained 26 RING-NECKED DUCKS and 4 CINNAMON TEAL. Heading back towards the car, I worked along Coyote Creek, where it enters the pond just south of the entrance road, and was rewarded with 5 WOOD DUCKS. While here, though, I heard a high thin "sweet-sounding" chip note that alerted me to the presence of a YELLOW WARBLER, which I found foraging in the willow trees right along the edge of the creek. Certainly a good bird for this time of year, and a new bird for the count. I then headed for the Coyote Creek Golf Course to check the ponds and parking lot. I couldn't find the goose flock that had been there a couple days ago, but a pair of HOODED MERGANSERS was interesting. An adult PEREGRINE FALCON flew by low overhead, heading towards the east. A couple of WILSON'S SNIPE were of additional interest. On the way out I drove down a maintenance road and found a couple more ponds, where a good flock of CANADA GEESE was present, sans the White-fronted Goose I had a couple days before. A SPOTTED SANDPIPER was working the shoreline, and ducks were well-represented with MALLARD, GADWALL, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, and LESSER SCAUP. A quick check of Coyote Ranch Marsh produced a couple more VIRGINIA RAILS and the SAY'S PHOEBE that had been hanging out here. A stop at the Field Sports Park across hwy 101 gave me no unusual birds, but the booming shots from the gun range gave me some ringing in the ears. Then it was back to Ogier Ponds, where I offered to help with the gathering gulls. Of close to a thousand gulls here, most were HERRING and CALIFORNIA (by about 2 to 1 Herring), with 7 THAYER'S and 4 GLAUCOUS-WINGED. After lunch I spent the afternoon visiting various places to augment the count list. A couple visits more to the golf course, Coyote Ranch, and Parkway Lakes failed to produce any Osprey, unusual geese, or grackles. I went to Calero Reservoir, where I saw the adult BALD EAGLE (already gotten by the official party). A stop at Edenvale Garden Park turned up a female WESTERN TANAGER which no one else had found. Also interesting here were a male intergrade NORTHERN FLICKER and a reddish FOX SPARROW. A return to Ogier Ponds at the end of the day netted me a couple of BARN SWALLOWS (a total of 5 had been found earlier by Kirsten Holmquist's team). Mike Mammoser _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. 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