From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Jan 19 16:09:28 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0K07k4t001615 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:07:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.slac.stanford.edu (smtp.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.80]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h0K06pSE001570 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:06:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.smtp.slac.stanford.edu by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) [[email protected]]; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:06:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edusmtp.slac.stanford.edu <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:06:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU ([134.79.144.12]) by smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:06:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:06:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:06:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]], [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[[email protected]]",IN%"[[email protected]]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: [SBB] SCVAS Field trip to Coyote Point and Foster City 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]] Please excuse the double-posting, done because this is about a Santa Clara Valley Audubon field trip to San Mateo County locations. The SCVAS field trip on Jan. 19 to Coyote Point and Foster City, along the Bay side of San Mateo County, proved rather successful. Nine birders (six for the Foster City portion) observed a total of at least 84 species in almost 5 hours. Morning fog made it rather cool at first, but the lack of direct sun was actually of considerable help while we viewed shorebirds to our east at Coyote Point; and the weather cleared just as we shifted to looking for landbirds near the Museum. We saw a total of 17 shorebird species at Coyote Point (18 for the trip), including a SPOTTED SANDPIPER, 2 RUDDY TURNSTONEs, 11 BLACK TURNSTONEs, 2 SANDERLINGs, and up to 8 RED KNOTs. Our one miss was Black Oystercatcher, but this was more than made up for by a SURFBIRD (a species I rarely see here), which flew in with the Black Turnstones on the rapidly rising tide. As for other species, we saw a variety of grebes and ducks, and close COMMON LOON (1) and RED-THROATED LOON (1 or 2). We didn't spot a PELAGIC CORMORANT out on the concrete slabs, but (better!) one conveniently flew right by along the edge of the Marina. A PEREGRINE FALCON on a tower well to the south was a Vanslager Questar special. Not much was expected in the way of landbirds at Coyote Point, and even the PYGMY NUTHATCHes didn't cooperate, with only a few of us noting some distant calls. A NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER heard calling would have been more newsworthy a few years ago. The highlight near the Museum was probably a bright male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER. The central lagoon at Leo Ryan Park in Foster City held disappointingly few ducks - our only addition for the day was RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (about 10, including 3 striking males). But it did hold what was probably our biggest surprise: a swimming PELAGIC CORMORANT. [A check after the trip found that Ron Thorn had seen one here on Jan. 1.] An adult COOPER'S HAWK was (oddly?) perched atop a transmission tower. We found two pair of HOODED MERGANSERs on Marina Lagoon, but missed the Eurasian Wigeon I had seen two days earlier along Port Royal Avenue. However, that stop and a final stop along Belmont Slough added a number of dabbling ducks to our day list, And that last location added a ferocious fight between two male Mallards over a female, and nice looks at various raptors (Kites, Harriers, Red-tails) off to the south. I said these really belonged to a different, Redwood Shores, field trip, but no-one listened. Thanks to everyone who participated for the excellent bird-finding and great company. Al Eisner [Grant: obviously written for your use, should you want it, just delete that first sentence.] _______________________________________________ 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]]