From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jan 9 21:10:24 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0A57xnk006258 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:08:00 -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 h0A571Lp006220 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:07:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0A571Tw004458 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:07:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from [171.66.166.59] (DNab42a617.Stanford.EDU [171.66.166.23]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0A56wub004454 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:06:59 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 21:06:56 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1 Subject: [SBB] SC County Lists for 2002 and 1/1/03 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 for 2002: The composite list finished up at 277 species for 2002. This is nine species lower than the most recent 3-year mean. We missed only one '4' in 2002, the Black Rail, so the drop is caused by missed '5's' and '6's'. We found 42 '5's' compared to the mean of 45 and 10 '6's' compared to the mean of 19. Two species were added to the list because of delayed information. A RED-THROATED LOON was in the Alviso salt ponds on 26 Nov and a GRAY FLYCATCHER was at Shoreline Park on 26 Sep. New for December was a RED PHALAROPE found at the Stevens Creek mouth on the Palo Alto CBC on 16 Dec and a juvenile BRANDT'S CORMORANT found in one of the Los Gatos Creek CP perc. ponds on 29 Dec. The Red Phalarope was just a part of a bunch of storm-driven birds that have lasted into the New Year. The Brandt's, fortunately, left before the new year--bon voyage. Bill Bousman writes for 1/1/03: I thought I would start the year by combining everyone's New Year Day's lists. The total is a pretty good start, with 161 species. This includes three '5s': PACIFIC LOON, PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, and SWAMP SPARROW plus a '6': GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE. All of these were stakeouts from the CBC season or before. Periodically I need to revise the checklist scores to reflect changing trends, particularly for rarities. Most of these changes are downgrades which raises the bar for finding '5s' and '6s'. Here are the changes: White-faced Ibis. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. Tufted Duck. 6 to 5, found in 8 of the last 10 years (13 records). Long-tailed Duck. 6 to 5, six of the last 10 years (10 records). Black Rail. 4 to 5, found in nine of last 10 years. Semipalmated Sandpiper. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. Baird's Sandpiper. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. Stilt Sandpiper. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. Heermann's Gull. 6 to 5, six of the last 10 years (14 records). Glaucous Gull. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. Common Tern. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. Black Skimmer. 5 to 4, found in eight of the last 10 years, but appears to be established (4 to 3 someday?). Long-eared Owl. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. Pileated Woodpecker. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. Hammond's Flycatcher. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. Purple Martin. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. Blue Grosbeak. 5 to 4, found in each of the last 10 years. The complete Santa Clara County lists 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]]