From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Nov 1 18:57:51 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA22tB6W024192 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 18:55:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-m06.mx.aol.com (imo-m06.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.161]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA22s9MU024150 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 18:54:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id t.99.3f0eb8d8 (3874) for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 Nov 2003 21:53:54 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 21:53:54 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5003 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] SCVAS Field Trip - Charleston Slough 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]] Hello All, This is a report on the SCVAS Field Trip to Charleston Slough and environs on Saturday, Nov 1. Although we missed the Pacific Loon and Palm Warbler as reported by Bill Bousman who was birding on his own, we did come up with our share of interesting birds - thanks to the good eyes and ears of our group of veteran birders. Charleston Slough was full of water (no mudflats as I has seen two days earlier at the same time) and birds were relatively sparse and quiet, so we began by concentrating our efforts on Adobe Creek and the Palo Alto Flood Control Basin (FCB). Good numbers of dabbling ducks were present including Gadwall, N. Shoveler, N. Pintail, American Wigeon, Cinnamon Teal, Green-winged Teal, and a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL spotted in the FCB. We also watched a beautiful PEREGRINE FALCON circling the FCB, and 2-3 swallow, sp. were seen by some over Byxbee Park in the distance. Shorebirds were hard to come by because of flooded Charleston Slough, so most of the few shorebirds we saw were along Adobe Creek including Least Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Dunlin, Greater Yellowlegs, and dowitcher, sp. Many American Avocets were seen farther out in the FCB, and a Black-bellied Plover was seen in the Coast Casey Forebay. As we circled around the forebay an elusive WILSON'S SNIPE was spotted briefly among the reeds, then effectively went back into hiding. We stopped by Salt Pond A1 and through scopes (especially Frank Vanslager's Questar), we were able to see at least three each FORSTER'S TERNS and BONAPARTE'S GULLS side by side on some pilings. Several interesting birds were found at Shoreline Lake - a HORNED GREBE, a male and several female GREATER SCAUP, a female COMMON GOLDENEYE, a female RING-NECKED DUCK, and two GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS. Since we were on the look out for the Palm Warbler, we also paid particular attention to small land birds. Of note were the following: MARSH WREN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, SAVANNAH SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. Our total for the morning was a respectable 70 species. Many thanks to all who came out, and please let us know if any of you refound the Palm Warbler. 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]]