From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jan 2 10:36:08 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h02IXpPN026952 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:33:51 -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 h02IX13Y026909 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:33:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-5n) id KAA58615 for [[email protected]]; Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:32:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 10:32:59 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] New Year's Day birding 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]] Happy New Year! Like others, I spent much of 1/1/2003 starting my new year list :) Got the first 12 species while loading up the car at home...and then a MERLIN at the Shell gas station near Highway 85 and El Camino Real. First stop was Los Gatos Creek Park where, as others have noted, the Brandt's Cormorant is no longer in residence. Highlights at the various ponds included 3 GREEN HERONS, 5 HOODED MERGANSERS (2 pairs and an immature male), 15 fem/imm COMMON MERGANSER flying overhead, 1 OSPREY, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 2 adult THAYER'S GULLS, and the 3+ BARN SWALLOWS seen with Richard Jeffers. A quick check of Parkway Lakes turned up the adult BROWN PELICAN among 24 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, but no PACIFIC LOON. Coyote Creek Golf Club was better, with the immature PACIFIC LOON and 5 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES (3 males, 2 females, photos). Also a GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 2 WILSON'S SNIPE here. An adult GOLDEN EAGLE was perched on a telephone pole over the road near the Calero boat launch, but the Bald Eagle seen earlier by Mike Mammoser had left. I birded the east end of Calero Reservoir with Ann Verdi, finding an immature male SURF SCOTER, 5 RING-NECKED DUCKS, many GREATER SCAUP among the LESSER SCAUP, both CLARK'S and WESTERN GREBES, and the ROCK WREN. On the way home I got the immature GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at Cottonwood Lake, one of the immature WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS at Edenvale Garden Park (as well as the "SLATE-COLORED" FOX SPARROW and a male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER), and the bad news of no phalaropes from Richard Jeffers at Lake Cunningham (12 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS and a GREEN HERON there). Later in the afternoon, I headed out to the Stevens Creek mouth. I arrived at 3:00pm and the tide was already pretty far out. I failed to find any Red Knots, but on the way back I did get 6 REDHEADS in Crittenden Marsh and the immature PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER in its usual spot in the Stevens Creek Tidal Marsh. At least 17 BROWN PELICANS were on Salt Pond A2W. I braved the crowds at Shoreline Park, finally finding a parking space off Terminal Ave. At least 36 SURF SCOTERS were at Shoreline Lake, along with several HORNED and 3 WESTERN GREBES. All 21 BLACK SKIMMERS were on their island in Charleston Slough and both VIRGINIA and SORA RAILS called from the Forebay. Scoping over the Palo Alto Flood Control Basin turned up a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL and a SHORT-EARED OWL (the latter hunting over the outer FCB at 4:34pm). Surprising was an adult male SURF SCOTER there as well. Finally, my 123rd species for the day was an adult PEREGRINE FALCON perched on the tower above the Palo Alto estuary mouth. 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]]