From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jul 31 16:58:20 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6VNuWFf024194 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:56:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m01.mx.aol.com (imo-m01.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.4]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6VNtikK024153 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:55:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id t.15b.226054cf (3956) for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:55:42 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:55:40 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6014 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] Snowy Plovers in Alviso Marina Impoundment 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, This morning, primarily because it was going to be a bit cooler, Frank Vanslager and I decided to push the odds and try for the Baird's Sandpiper seen yesterday by Mike Rogers and Mike Mammoser. We headed north from the Alviso Marina past Salt Ponds A12 and A13, headed northwest along the dike between A13 and A15 and along the northern edge of A14 to check out Salt Pond A9. On our return we took the northern edge of A15 east and then headed essentially straight south to the Marina. Best birds of the day were three SNOWY PLOVERS seen shortly after 9 AM near the northern edge of the impoundment located between the railroad tracks and Salt Pond A12. We saw only a couple LEAST TERNS (in A9) and the only birds seen with the LEAST SANDPIPERS were a couple WESTERN SANDPIPERS. Lots of "stuff" in Coyote Creek but the birds you can see are in the "wrong" county [the county line runs down the middle of the creek]. Nothing unusual to report in any case. We saw maybe a total of 5 peeps on the northern edge of A15 but we had 20 BROWN PELICANS mixed in with perhaps a hundred AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS in A9. Birding the small wet area near the parking lot was good with a couple Least Sandpipers, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, a Dowitcher and a couple WILSON'S PHALAROPES. In A12 we had a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE in with about a dozen Wilson's Phalaropes [later in A16 we saw at least three good sized flocks of Phalaropes buzzing through the air like swarms of insects]. We didn't get a Baird's Sandpiper but we did have a nice long walk [some of it in the rain]. Take care, Bob Reiling, 4:03 PM, 7/31/03 _______________________________________________ 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]]