From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jul 18 09:38:38 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6IGaE7e023639 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:36:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6IGZUxV023595 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:35:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3p2/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-5n) id JAA09250 for [[email protected]]; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:35:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:35:30 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] breeding CLRA, BLSK X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ 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]] All, I spent 1.5 hours biking around portions of the outer Palo Alto Flood Control Basin from the Byxbee Park parking area early this morning 7/18/03, hoping for late breeding birds of interest. At the east end of Hook's Isle I had an adult CLAPPER RAIL with 4 small all-black precocial young; another CLAPPER RAIL called from the marsh near the parking area on my return. LESSER SCAUP were present in fair numbers; besides 22 adults I had two broods of diving young (one female with a single small PY and another with 9 very recently hatched PY). Surprising was a pair of BLACK SKIMMERS with a small precocial young bird on the strip of land with the large FORSTER'S TERNS colony (many young) opposite the gated dike at the outer end of Charleston Slough. There were also several juvenile CALIFORNIA GULLS here, but I could only find two that were still flightless, so many may have moved in from neighboring breeding areas. I could not find the Redheads or Canvasback seen here previously, but the male AMERICAN WIGEON (now in eclipse) was present still, spending some of its time hidden up in one of the side channels. This bird is apparently uninjured and could perhaps be breeding (breeding by this species has yet to be confirmed in Santa Clara County). Lots of shorebirds, including hundreds of dowitchers, every one identified being SHORT-BILLED. Also a worn first-summer GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL in the channel behind Byxbee Park. 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]]