From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Nov 1 11:47:08 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA1JjA6T017000 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 11:45:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net (goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.18]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA1JhiMU016951 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 11:43:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-vcaurmv.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.110.223] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by goose.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AG1ep-0004FL-00 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 01 Nov 2003 11:43:36 -0800 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2003 11:43:49 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-ELNK-Originating-IP: 216.175.110.223 Subject: [SBB] Palm Warbler, Pacific Loon (Shoreline) 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]] Folks: The winds Wednesday and Wednesday night piled a lot of Red Phalaropes along the coast and a few in Alviso, which is a straight shot down the Bay (sort of). I wondered this morning, 11/1/2003, whether any were trapped in various ponds and impoundments along the sw. edge of the Bay. I started at the Duck Pond, checked the Geng Road Muni GC pond, the North and South Ponds in the FCB and finally made a tour of Shoreline Lake, Salt Pond A1, Charleston Slough, the Mountain View Forebay, and Adobe Creek in the FCB where I ran into the SCVAS trip. Bottom line, I think, is despite the coastal wreck, little or nothing overflowed in the Palo Alto area. I found a single male BLUE-WINGED TEAL on the North Pond, but otherwise just regular stuff. Shoreline Lake had a slight boost in its SURF SCOTER flock to eight birds (from six during the summer), but no grebes or other ducks. But walking from the lake to Salt Pond A1, a PACIFIC LOON came over me at about 100' and steadily climbed out over the Bay and then headed south where I lost it somewhere over Sunnyvale. Salt Pond A1 had 5800 RUDDY DUCKS, 4 CANVASBACKS, and a male BUFFLEHEAD, but I doubt that any of these were storm driven. I then walked over to the FCB where the SCVAS trip was having a good time with ducks and raptors. I then left and walked back by the Mountain View Forebay where I found a PALM WARBLER in the ruderal growth on the edge of the forebay, about 30 m south of the pumphouse. I yelled for the SCVAS group, but by the time they arrived the warbler had disappeared. Maybe they found it after I left (one hopes so). Based on past coastal wrecks, Alviso is the most likely place for strays, but often the reservoirs and percolation ponds along Los Gatos Creek are second best. The ponds along the southwest side of the South Bay are possibly the third most likely. If anyone hits the Los Gatos Creek perc. ponds today, lets us know what you found or did not find. Bill _______________________________________________ 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]]