From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jun 19 11:40:53 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5JIZoix011831 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp8.Stanford.EDU (smtp8.stanford.edu [171.67.16.35]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5JIZ4MV011786 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by smtp8.Stanford.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h5JIZ3uI025579 for [[email protected]]; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (KSmith-pbdsl2.Stanford.EDU [171.66.208.19]) by smtp8.Stanford.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5JIYxcU025564 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:35:01 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:34:57 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] Santa Clara Co. Bird List, 5/31/03 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]] Bill Bousman writes: May brought the composite list to 243 species, up 11 birds from April's end. Although more common in July and August, we had spring records of both WILSON'S PHALAROPE on 7 May at the Alviso EEC and the less expected RED-NECKED PHALAROPE on 30 May in the Alviso salt ponds. The first migrant SWAINSON'S THRUSH of the year was found on 7 May along Coyote Creek below Hwy 237. These three records now clean up all the 2s and 3s of the year. Of our regular rarities, the 4s, we found four this month which leaves us only 12 for the rest of the years. An alternate COMMON LOON was at Lexington Reservoir on 18 May on its way north. Spring is our most likely time for invading or overshooting WHITE-FACED IBIS and the invasion was led off with a single bird along Llagas Creek on 23 May. The first BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD of the year was one banded on 3 May along Coyote Creek below Hwy 237. The first record of our resident RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES was from the Santa Cruz Mountains along Skyline Boulevard on 13 May. We picked up four 5s this month, all excellent finds. A single CATTLE EGRET, a ghost from the past, was over the Alviso salt ponds on 12 May. A GRAY FLYCATCHER found along Llagas Creek on 11 May was a pleasant surprise. A DUSKY FLYCATCHER at Smiths Creek on 1 May was also a treat. Finally, this year YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS returned to the Arzino Ranch for a May visit starting on 8 May, a pattern we've not seen in the last two or three years. Clean-up: I obtained an earlier date for Western Wood-Pewee. The full list can be found on: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ -- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://stanford.edu/~kendric/ _______________________________________________ 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]]