From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue May 27 11:50:06 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4RIl8a9003808 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 27 May 2003 11:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remt23.cluster1.charter.net (remt23.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.8.33]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4RIk6fF003755 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 27 May 2003 11:46:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [66.189.139.229] (HELO D7S1NG11) by remt23.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with SMTP id 41642178 for [[email protected]]; Tue, 27 May 2003 14:45:59 -0400 Message-ID: <000a01c32480$3819bad0$6501a8c0@D7S1NG11> From: "Anne Spence" <[[email protected]]> To: "SoutBayBirds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 11:46:00 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] GREEN HERON 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]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id h4RIl8a9003808 5-27-3 At the UVAS CREEK PARK PRESERVE in GILROY along UVAS PARK DR & MILLER AVE. A GREEN HERON pair is trying to nest under the roadway inside of the metal pipes. I say "try" because my sister asked me to help identify this bird. She has been walking the Uvas Creek levee along the Preserve recently and stated she'd seen a "large bird was flying into the pipe under the roadway". And it seemed very protective of this location. The serious & sad problem: when we went Monday afternoon to look, I was horrified to find several children and their parents in the small pond swimming in the muck made by the creek along the road, and right next to the nest area. It wasn't hot like Gilroy gets. I don't know if this is a regular "swimming hole". I don't have time to go back today to investigate if the children had gone into the pipes and disturbed a nest. I fear the worst, being children they probably were in the pipes. The Heron pair circled the area the entire time I was there trying to figure out a way to get into the nest area but that probably was impossible with all the kids around. I'm going to try to find out which law enforcement agency would possibly "enforce" no swimming--being that it is a Park Preserve. Can anyone help point me to where to call? Anne Spence Watsonville _______________________________________________ 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]]