From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Jul 23 12:40:46 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6NJc9Fh010000 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:38:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6NJapkK009953 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:36:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-1121eh9.dsl.mindspring.com ([66.32.186.41] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19fPPt-000556-00 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:36:49 -0700 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:44:47 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Ruddy Turnstones, Least Terns, Brown Pelicans 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]] Folks: This morning, 7/23/2003, I cycled around the Alviso salt ponds. I counted 13 BROWN PELICANS, mostly in A9 and A10. Many DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS still appear to be incubating or brooding on the nests on the A9/A10 dike (41 ON) and a few well-grown young were apparent. Small numbers of phalaropes were in various ponds with about 29 WILSON'S PHALAROPE in A13, 6 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES in A15, and a flock of 85 phalarope spp. in A11. Nesting by CALIFORNIA GULLS on the A9/A10 dike appears to be mostly over. I could pick out a few precocial young and a few fledglings, but fewer than on my last visit. I had three LEAST TERNS foraging in A10 and a larger group of 13 in A11. All the birds I could see well were adults. When leaving, they flew west towards A5 across Alviso Slough, sometimes with food. The water level in A9 is good for herons, but not shorebirds. I walked out to Salt Pond A16 at the Alviso EEC and found three alternate RUDDY TURNSTONES along the levee near the 1st island. One flew into the New Chicago Marsh, but I lost track of the other two. I estimated 880 WILSON'S PHALAROPES here, including a couple of juveniles. Small numbers of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were in these flocks, I guessed 16+. An alt. female red-necked was striking. The young BLACK SKIMMER on the 1st island appears to be coming along well. Bill _______________________________________________ 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]]