From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Dec 30 11:37:57 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBUJZOPO011573 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:35:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-r06.mx.aol.com (imo-r06.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.102]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hBUJYlUP011533 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 11:34:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r4.8.) id t.1cf.16fa085d (4312) for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:34:42 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:34:42 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5003 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] Calero-Morgan Hill CBC - Prelim Results 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 All, The Calero-Morgan Hill CBC was held on Sunday, Dec 28. This is an inland count focused on Santa Clara South County and includes the Diablo foothills to the east, the Sierra Azul portion of the Santa Cruz Mountains to the west, and valleys and riparian corridors in between. We had a great day and although not all reports are in - we now stand at 147 species - which is quite good for this inland count. So here goes with a summary of some of the highlights. AMERICAN BITTERN: Three seen - one at the Santa Clara Valley Water District pond in Almaden Valley - and two at the Coyote Creek riparian chain (one at Ogier Ponds and the other just north of Ogier) GREATER-WHITE FRONTED GOOSE: Two adults seen at Calero Reservoir where they have been present off and on with the Canada Goose flock for the past few weeks REDHEAD: Three seen - a pair at Ogier Ponds, and another male at a golf course pond at The Villages BALD EAGLE: Two adults seen - one at Calero Reservoir and the other at Anderson Reservoir FERRUGINOUS HAWK: An adult seen in the eastern foothills off San Felipe Rd WILD TURKEY: Over 200 noted on the count including 90 seen at Calero County Park. AMERICAN AVOCET: Two seen in a flooded field off Cochrane Rd in Morgan Hill. While a common species at the Baylands, this is a decidedly uncommon species in this inland area, and marks a first for the count. GREATER ROADRUNNER: One seen off Piercy Rd in the eastern foothills. OWLS: Good owl coverage resulted in 6 BARN OWLS, 34 W. SCREECH-OWLS, 42 GREAT HORNED OWLS, and one N. PYGMY-OWL VAUX'S SWIFT: Eight were well documented over Almaden Reservoir VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW: Six were seen in Coyote Creek riparian habitat north of Ogier Ponds BARN SWALLOW: Five were seen at Ogier Ponds. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH: Three were found by the Loma Prieta team AMERICAN DIPPER: One was seen along Herbert Creek at Twin Creeks upstream of Almaden Reservoir ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: One seen at South County IBM property YELLOW WARBLER: One seen at Coyote Creek at Ogier Ponds WESTERN TANAGER: Three were seen - a male and female in red-flowering eucalyptus along Almaden Expressway at Redmond Rd in Almaden Valley - and a female at Edenvale Garden Park WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: A first-winter bird seen at Edenvale Garden Park GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE: Five were seen (four females and one male) at Metcalf Rd at the entrance to Parkway Lakes. And finally, in closing I wanted to mention what to me has been the biggest highlight of the count - and that is the good solid numbers of all birds seen on count day. While the favorable weather was a contributing factor, even more so was the dedication and diligence of all the counters out in the field. I want to thank all of you who came out for contributiing to this very successful count. I hope you had fun - I know I did! Best regards - and good birding in 2004! Ann :) Ann Verdi, Compiler Calero-Morgan Hill CBC _______________________________________________ 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]]