From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Feb 10 12:33:29 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1AKS04s029398 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:28:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1AKRISE029361 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:27:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-5n) id MAA18238 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:25:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:25:25 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Alviso and Ed Levin Park X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 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, Yesterday Sunday 2/9/03, I started out at the Alviso Marina at 9:30am with hope of locating a Glaucous Gull. There were no unusual shorebirds in the impoundment along the railroad tracks, but there was a big gull flock on the dike between ponds A13 and A15. Unfortunately, before I got out there two joggers flushed them and most flew to the closed dike between A13 and A14. Disappointed, I decided to check out the flock in the southwest corner of pond A16 to the east. One of the first birds I found was a first-winter GLAUCOUS GULL sitting on the nearest island in the pond. The light was bad and the bird refused to take its bill out of its back, so I biked quickly up to Triangle Marsh, crossed over the railroad tracks, and came back down the west side of A16. The bird was in the same position, but I now had great light and was close. The flock on the dike nearby was flushed by two more joggers and the GLAUCOUS GULL was more active/awake after this. It seems likely that this is the bird reported from the impoundment by David Vander Pluym and Matt Brady on 2/1/03. I then headed out along the dike between A13 and A15 to check the gulls on the A13/A14 dike. I failed to find anything unusual, but many of the birds were too far away for careful scrutiny. Two adult male RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were on A13. On the way back to the Marina I noted two SANDERLINGS had arrived at the impoundment. An adult PEREGRINE FALCON was perched atop a tower along the EEC entrance road and the 6 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were still at the Arzino Ranch. I next headed up to Ed Levin CP, hoping for selasphorus hummingbirds and sapsuckers. At the northeast corner of the Elm Picnic Area (the northwest corner of the golf course) I had 2 or 3 adult male SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRDS, at least 2 of which were ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRDS (one doing full courtship displays). I got brief looks at one hummingbird that may have been a Rufous Hummingbird. Also here were a single RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER foraging in eucalyptus blossoms and a female ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD gathering nesting material. Two pairs of RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROWS were in the sycamore lined drainage northeast of Sandy Wool Lake along with a couple of COYOTES and WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS called from overhead. Over at the Spring Valley Picnic Area there were at least one adult male ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD and one female SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD. The male was doing full courtship displays, so it seems likely that the female was an Allen's Hummingbird too. A GREAT HORNED OWL was hooting during the day (at 3:20pm), as sometimes happens at this time of year. A drive over Sierra Road turned up a few flyover HORNED LARKS and a flock of about 18 LARK SPARROWS coming to the stock pond west of the summit. Mike Rogers _______________________________________________ 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]]