From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Feb 17 18:10:21 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1I28B4t016950 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:08:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-m06.mx.aol.com (imo-m06.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.161]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1I27YSE016915 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:07:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.21.) id t.78.38ad9a54 (3948) for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:06:11 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:06:10 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 10638 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1 Subject: [SBB] Oka/Campbell Ponds 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]] Hello All, Here's a brief report on an SCVAS Field Trip to Oka/Campbell Ponds on Saturday, Feb 15. Out of over 40 species seen we were able to find our three target birds (Green Heron, Hooded Merganser, Wilson's Snipe), plus a few surprises. Three GREEN HERONS were seen in Los Gatos Creek and along pond edges. At the Oka Ponds five HOODED MERGANSERS were seen (two males and three females). And a single WILSON'S SNIPE was seen on "Snipe Island" in the middle of Los Gatos Creek. Early in the trip a TREE SWALLOW flew by overhead, and later in the morning an OSPREY swooped overhead circling the Campbell Ponds. In one of the smaller Oka Ponds a COMMON MOORHEN was spotted deep in the cattail beds and while we were viewing it a SORA popped up and also flew into the cattails. While difficult to re-locate we could hear the Sora calling and were able to get momentary glimpses of this small secretive rail. We saw only two gulls the entire morning - a single RING-BILLED GULL on the Campbells Ponds and a surprising WESTERN GULL perched on a light fixture near Hwy 17. The final surprise of the morning was an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER seen in a small oak on the west side of the Campbell Ponds near the end of the morning. Ducks were still present in good numbers, including Mallard, American Wigeon, Lesser Scaup, Ring-billed Gull, Bufflehead, Canvasback, and Ruddy Duck. A pleasant morning of birding. Thanks to all who came out on this overcast day. Ann Verdi _______________________________________________ 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]]