From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Feb 11 15:59:02 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1BNuH4s025749 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:56:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (smtp1.stanford.edu [171.64.14.23]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1BNtVSE025715 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:55:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1BNt4HI005152 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:55:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from [171.66.165.198] (DNab42a5c6.Stanford.EDU [171.66.165.198]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1BNt2DT005134 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:55:03 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:54:59 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] Santa Clara Co. Bird List 1/31/03 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]] Bill Bousman writes: The New Year's Day total was 161 species for the composite list and as of the end of January, the list has climbed to 192, for a gain of 31 species. As one might expect a good number of these were 1s, 2s, and 3s (14 of the 31 species). These included PRAIRIE FALCON, WILD TURKEY, SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL, BURROWING OWL, WHITE-THROATED SWIFT, AMERICAN PIPIT, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, WESTERN TANAGER, RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW, LARK SPARROW, TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD, HOODED ORIOLE, and BULLOCK'S ORIOLE. Four of these species are considered more or less common based on their summer status, so observations in the winter are unusual. Two WESTERN TANAGERS were in Edenvale Garden Park on 18 Jan, a male BULLOCK'S ORIOLE was in the same park on 20 Jan, a single BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was seen in Joseph Grant CP on 23 Jan, and a HOODED ORIOLE came to an east San Jose feeder on 28 Jan. We had 10 '4s' for the month. The first EURASIAN WIGEON was seen on 2 Jan in the Palo Alto FCB. SANDERLING were found north of the Alviso Marina on 3 Jan (with large numbers found in the Alviso area in January). An AMERICAN BITTERN was found at the Alviso Marina on 6 Jan and two SNOW GEESE were on the Alviso salt ponds on the same day. A staked-out adult FERRUGINOUS HAWK in Gilroy was first reported on 10 Jan. On 12 Jan a wintering female PHAINOPEPLA at Guadalupe Oak Grove Park was refound and, similarly, a HERMIT WARBLER at Edenvale Garden Park was also refound that day. Monte Bello supplied the first PILEATED WOODPECKER of the year on 20 Jan. An early RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was seen along Coyote Creek below Hwy 237 on 25 Jan. The first resident dippers along Stevens Creek were reported on 27 Jan. Five '5s' were a good start for the year. A few lingering RED PHALAROPE from December's storms were found on the Alviso salt ponds on 2 Jan. The early January SNOWY PLOVER surveys provided four birds on Salt Pond A7 in Alviso on 7 Jan. A RED-NECKED GREBE wintering on Calero Reservoir was seen for the new year on 8 Jan. A single RED KNOT was found at the Stevens Creek mouth on 14 Jan. A RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER at Hidden Villa was a good find on 15 Jan. Sixes were the big news for January. On 12 Jan Chris and Cyndie Illes found a female RUSTY BLACKBIRD with the flock of Brewer's at a strip mall on El Camino at Lawrence Expressway. This is our first county record! On 26 Jan a third-winter LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen east of Stevens Creek in the salt ponds--this is a third county record if accepted by the CBRC. The complete list, and Bill's letter for January 1, can be found on: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ ----------------------------------------- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/ ------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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]]