From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Jan 1 22:21:34 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h026JrPM018765 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 22:19:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net (conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.54]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h026JB3Y018727 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 22:19:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-2ivfkba.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.209.106] helo=dgrkv) by conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18Tyh9-0007He-00 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 01 Jan 2003 22:19:08 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (4) Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 22:19:02 -0800 From: "Don Ganton" <[[email protected]]> To: "South Bay Birds Mailing List" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [SBB] New Year's Day, Almaden style 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]] I did my traditional New Year's Day birding in Almaden this year. I started out at Guadalupe Oak Grove Park, which was closed, then to Los Alamitos Creek and my favorite Nutmeg Mannikin spot. Much of the vegetation in the creek where I usually find them had been washed away by the recent storms, but I managed to see a flock of 5 birds. >From there, I went to Almaden Lake, where Spotted Sandpiper, Western Grebe, Cedar Waxwing and Common Yellowthroat and an earthworm-eating American Kestrel were the best birds. I also saw 9 Common Mergansers - all females. After checking the gate at Guadalupe again and finding it still locked, I went on to the water district ponds, where I found Common Goldeneye, Northern Flicker and Lesser Goldfinch, among others. After a quick stop at home for lunch and to pick up the family, I went to Calero. I tried for, but missed the Bald Eagle. If anyone can give me some tips on where to find this bird, I'd appreciate it. We did see Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, Clark's Grebe, many Common Goldeneye, a Say's Phoebe, American White Pelican and four male Surf Scoters, which I found a little surprising. I kicked my year list off right with 62 species. Happy New Year, Don Ganton [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]