From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jan 2 10:43:22 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h02IecPM027125 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:40:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mms1.broadcom.com (mms1.broadcom.com [63.70.210.58]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h02Ids3Y027080 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:39:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms1.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS1 SMTP Relay (MMS v5.5.0)); Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:39:25 -0700 Received: from mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.21]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA28540 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:39:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (8.12.4/8.12.4/SSM) with SMTP id h02IdkVE013777 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:39:46 -0800 (PST) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:37:52 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Importance: Normal X-WSS-ID: 120A58D7373128-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] : 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 decided to kick off the new year with a day of birding in Santa Clara County. At Calero Reservoir the BALD EAGLE was sitting on one of its favorite perches on the northwest side of the water, while an adult GOLDEN EAGLE perched on a fence post at the northeast side. Both CLARK'S and WESTERN GREBES were on the water. A pair of WOOD DUCKS flushed from the feeder creek. There were 5 SURF SCOTERS there as well, all adult males. Two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS were working the shoreline. A small flock of PURPLE FINCHES and an immature COOPER'S HAWK were found along the road near the stables. A stop at Ogier Ponds produced GREEN HERON and COMMON MERGANSERS, but failed to give me a bittern or rails. The Coyote Creek Golf Course still had the PACIFIC LOON and 4 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES. This time there were 3 male grackles and 1 female. Parkway Lakes failed to show a loon, but had small numbers of AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN and 1 adult BROWN PELICAN. Cottonwood Lake still has the immature GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. Like many others, I stopped at Los Gatos Creek Park and failed to find either the Brandt's Cormorant or the Pacific Loon, but had 3 HOODED MERGANSERS. I then went to the Palo Alto Baylands, where I had many typical shorebirds that included 4 WHIMBRELS and both species of DOWITCHERS. A male BLUE-WINGED TEAL was also in the estuary. A walk out along the outflow channel by the airport produced both SORA and VIRGINIA RAIL, as well as the SWAMP SPARROW. At Charleston Slough I counted 15 BLACK SKIMMERS on the island. My scan of the flood control basin failed to show any Eurasian Wigeon, but I did find another immature PACIFIC LOON. Shoreline Lake had a couple of FORSTER'S TERNS and HORNED GREBES, but I couldn't find the Barrow's Goldeneye. I ended the day at the Sunnyvale sewage ponds, where I was able to see a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER on A3W. There were 5 swallows over the Lockheed ponds and I was able to identify 2 TREE and 1 VIOLET-GREEN. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was along the edge of the old landfill next to the pond. I had 116 species for the day; not a bad start to a new year. Mike Mammoser _______________________________________________ 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]]