From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Jun 9 13:41:27 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h59Kbca9006765 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:37:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from merlin.arc.nasa.gov (merlin.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.219.21]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h59KacfF006720 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:36:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.2 #30665) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Mon, 09 Jun 2003 13:36:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 13:36:32 -0700 (PDT) From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Cc: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] - 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: On Saturday, 6/7/2001, I covered a portion of Region 2 on the Palo Alto SBC. This area included Shoreline Lake, the Mountain View Forebay, the eastern half or third of the Palo Alto FCB, Charleston Slough, Salt Pond A1, Salt Pond A2W, and the Stevens Creek Tidal Marsh. Prior to this ramble, I warmed up my legs on an early-morning visit to Monte Bello for owls in the fog and wind. I didn't do well with the owls, just one GREAT HORNED OWL, but I did have two COMMON POORWILLS calling from 0452 to 0502 hr. In my sector during the day I tallied 15 AM. WHITE PELICANS on Salt Pond A1. About 1310 hr 13 more came over from the east where Mike Mammoser had counted them in his sector. The day's total for DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS was 31. Most were adults hanging around a number of the towers in A2W and A1. There was one occupied nest on a tower next to Mountain View Slough and five occupied nests on the next tower east. In the Palo Alto FCB, in the large 'pond' that is opposite the Charleston Slough levee 100 m N of the pumphouse I picked up a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a male GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and a male and female REDHEAD. During the day, I found 23 LESSER SCAUP widely distributed. Most of these were paired (16 birds), there was no flocking. This duck nests later than our dabblers. I had two COMMON MOORHEN precocial young in the channel between Adobe Creek and the Mountain View Forebay. I estimated 3 AMERICAN AVOCETS nesting on an island on the east side of Salt Pond A2W that is accessible by the boardwalk (by a patient raccoon). This is a new location, I believe. An alternate GREATER YELLOWLEGS was in Adobe Creek. WILLETS and MARBLED GODWITS are typical in summer and are likely all first-year birds (nonbreeders). These were concentrated at Charleston Slough, 72 and 372 respectively. Eleven LONG-BILLED CURLEW were at the Stevens Creek mouth in the afternoon and may have included some of Mike Roger's birds. An alternate WESTERN SANDPIPER was at the Mountain View Forebay; it had an injured right foot. Two alternate LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were on Charleston Slough. I totaled 1271 CALIFORNIA GULLS, but I'm not sure how you count them as they move around so. I checked the NW island in Salt Pond A1 and counted 460 adults on the island at that time. I estimated that 73 were on nests, and I counted 388 precocial young of all ages (which at 2.5 chicks per nest is roughly another 155 nests). FORSTER'S TERNS were nesting on the SE island in A1 and the south island on Charleston Slough. There were a few passerine surprises. I saw two TREE SWALLOWS copulating on the hunter's dock on Salt Pond A1. There is a bird house nearby, but I don't know if it has ever been used. It certainly is unusual if this species nests along the Bay. An immature DARK-EYED JUNCO, still showing some juvenal plumage, was at the edge of Shoreline Park, 20 m from the Mountain View Forebay. I don't think this species can expand much further towards the Bay. 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]]