From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed May 7 14:35:15 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h47LWPLX004687 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 7 May 2003 14:32:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m08.mx.aol.com (imo-m08.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.163]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h47LVSE6004640 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 7 May 2003 14:31:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.22.) id t.f6.2bdad276 (30970) for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 7 May 2003 17:30:55 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 17:30:55 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 2.1.1+ Subject: [SBB] County birding 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]] All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I saw SWAINSON'S THRUSH at the CCFS trailer (a released, freshly banded bird) and heard another three to four call (a single water drop note) along the creek. Other "notables" include a couple male WESTERN TANAGERS, a WILSON'S WARBLER, a calling CASSIN'S VIREO, DOWNY & NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, a WHITE-TAILED KITE and AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES. The first pond on the left had at least three SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, five DUNLIN, a good sized flock of DOWITCHERS (most if not all LONG-BILLED), and large flock WESTERN SANDPIPERS. We spent some time checking out the smaller billed WESA in hopes of finding a Semipalmated Sandpiper. A couple breeding plumaged, black legged peeps with smaller bills did not have spotted flanks but the distance was far enough that we could not be sure (body color did not seem to help). On our way home we stopped at Don Edwards Environmental Education Center (EEC) where we had a pair of WILSON'S PHALAROPES (the earliest that I have ever seen them) and at least five BLACK SKIMMERS on the two islands in Salt Pond A-16 furthest from the center. I should also note that on Monday (5/5) Frank and I birded Loma Prieta and we were distressed to find that the Purple Martin snag is now gone (perhaps the person building a new home nearby didn't appreciate it as much as we did). Lots of BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEES, and BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS there but nothing special of note. Take care, Bob Reiling, 2:30 PM, 5/7/03 _______________________________________________ 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]]