From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jun 13 10:05:45 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5DH46a8006687 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:04:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.slac.stanford.edu (smtp.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.80]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5DH29fF006611 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:02:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.smtp.slac.stanford.edu by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:02:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu (smtpserv1.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.81]) by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:02:08 -0700 (PDT) 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]]; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:02:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU by SLACVX.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V5.2-32 #37499) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:01:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 10:01:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] County birding To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[[email protected]]" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT 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]] Bob Reiling wrote: > Our (Frank Vanslager and my) first destination this morning was the mouth of > Stevens Creek. Lots of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS (mostly juveniles), several > CALIFORNIA GULLS, a few WESTERN GULLS, several FORSTER'S TERNS, two LONG-BILLED > CURLEWS and a BONAPARTE'S GULL. Two different large stick nests in power towers > along the creek had COMMON RAVENS in/on them. Four LESSER SCAUP (three > males) were in Salt Pond A2E. There was lots of water in Crittenden Marsh but very > little else of interest (ditto the latter for Stevens Creek Mitigation Pond). > A stop at the Palo Alto Yacht Harbor, the Duck Pond, a walk out to "Clapper > Creek" and a short drive to the harbor entrance failed to produce any notable > birds. Our last stop at Charleston Slough, Adobe Creek etc. produced four > young COMMON MOORHEN with an adult in the small pond southwest of the "pump > house," an adult male HOUSE SPARROW entering a CLIFF SWALLOW nest on the north > side of the "pump house," Bonaparte's Gulls (6-8, mixed in with a couple > different flocks of Forster's Terns), at least three alternate plumaged SHORT-BILLED > DOWITCHERS (with a large mixed group of MARBLED GODWITS and WILLETS), three > male CINNAMON TEAL, a male NORTHERN SHOVELER and an injured (bad foot) alternate > plumaged WESTERN SANDPIPER. Would alternate-plumaged Dowiitchers at this time of year be birds that never went to their breeding grounds, or failed breeders, or what? Are they at all typical at this time of year? As to the Black-bellied Plovers, I'm virtually certain there couldn't be any juveniles here at this time. Perhaps 1-year-old birds. Finally, another Bonaparte's report: 12 or 13 at the CCFS pond yesterday, none of them in breeding adult plumage. I also saw 3-4 male Northern Pintails in the area; I'd guess any females were either still at nests, or in hiding with their young. Al Eisner _______________________________________________ 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]]