From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Mar 9 13:09:39 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h29L7Eix001453 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 9 Mar 2003 13:07:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-d08.mx.aol.com (imo-d08.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.40]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h29L6ZZQ001415 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 9 Mar 2003 13:06:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-d08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.21.) id t.61.2e9b9db8 (4012) for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 9 Mar 2003 16:06:16 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 16:06:16 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 7.0 for Windows sub 10638 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1+ Subject: [SBB] Calero X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1+ 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]] Hello All, This morning (Sun, 3/9) a CASPIAN TERN was at Calero Reservoir (first of the season for me). The water level is receding at the reservoir exposing more mudflats with the result that some shorebirds are beginning to show up again - six LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and eight LEAST SANDPIPERS were seen today as well as a number of Killdeer. Six WESTERN GREBES and one EARED GREBE were seen. Ducks on the reservoir included thirty COMMON MERGANSERS - also MALLARD, GADWALL, BUFFLEHEAD, COMMON GOLDENEYE, a pair of LESSER SCAUP, and one N. SHOVELER. CLIFF SWALLOWS have returned and are busily establishing nesting sites under the eaves of the farmhouse. VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS are returning to the hillside oaks. TREE SWALLOWS continue to fly about, mainly near the hills east of the reservoir. They have not been seen inspecting the dead snags in the creek leading to the upper end of the reservoir as they have in previous years. Instead Acorn Woodpeckers seem to have adopted the largest snag as a granary and nesting area. In the coming weeks I'll be checking some wooded stock ponds deeper in the hills around Calero to see if they're nesting there. That's it for now - Ann Verdi _______________________________________________ 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]]