From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Nov 7 18:11:13 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA825n6T024621 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:05:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mtaw4.prodigy.net (mtaw4.prodigy.net [64.164.98.52]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA824gMU024574 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:04:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (adsl-66-126-229-44.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [66.126.229.44]) by mtaw4.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hA824ek1029537 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:04:40 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 18:04:43 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Gordon Barrett <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] Charleston Under Clouds 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]] Under threat of rain, my sister and I enjoyed a calm, mild, beautiful day looking at well and sometimes brightly lit birds sitting on glassy water. Starting at 10am, passed by House, Gold-crowned, and White-crowned Sparrows by the restrooms to find a lone Killdeer sitting in a shallow pond in the Coast Casey Forebay. The rest of the Forebay is nearly filled with water now, and the Mallards, Shovelors, and Gadwall seem to love it. We then moved to Adobe Creek to find all three Teal (only 1 Blue Wing) and the Common Yellowthroat mixed in with the other regulars. The water level was so high the triangle shaped island was under water. But that was ok, since all three Teal were sitting side by side on a log in the middle of the creek in close and plain sight! Many logs were thus occupied, giving great looks to the Teal. A Western Sandpiper and a Dunlin were sleeping side by side on another exposed log. There were lots and lots of Dunlin, Dowitchers, and Peeps hauled out on logs out by the "Diversity" sign. We saw only one raptor, the Northern Harrier, but she did at least two passes by us down the creek flushing the birds and then landed and perched for a half hour or so on a post for detailed viewing. She left the post when her sister(?) showed up to fly circles over our heads for a while. We peeked at a small flock of Northern Pintail and a few Shovelors on the water-filled Slough, and one (1) Marbled Godwit occupying Skimmer Island, on our way to Shoreline lake. There we studied the collection of Scaup, Scoters, and Goldeneyes that have been described earlier this week by Mike and Bill. I think I found them all, and a Red-breasted Merganser to boot. I know the lake is salt water, so that's good, but the bird is far inland. It was getting too cold by then, so we tore ourselves away just before two to find lunch. The Ducks must have been good to push mention of the Pelicans to the end. They flew over and in all day long. The more or less full list: Pied-billed Grebe Double-Crested Cormorant Canada Goose Mallard Gadwall Northern Pintail American Wigeon Northern Shovelor Blue-Winged Teal (one male) Cinnamon Teal Green-Winged Teal Shoreline lake: Lesser Scaup (8-12) Greater Scaup (one) Surf Scoter (3 males plus others) Common Goldeneye (at least 3 males plus others) Barrow's Goldeneye (female seen by Mike & Bill) Red-breasted Merganser ( I saw a strong ring around the neck) Ruddy Duck (Salt pond A1 had 500+) Common Moorhen American Coot American White Pelican Ring-Billed Gull California Gull Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Black Crowned Night Heron Killdeer Black-Necked Stilt Greater Yellowlegs Willet Marbled Godwit Dunlin Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Short-Billed Dowitcher California Quail (ear) Turkey Vulture Nothern Harrier Mourning Dove Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Black Phoebe American Crow Common Yellowthroat Savannah Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow House Finch House Sparrow I think that's 47 species. I have no idea how folks get 70 out here; I must be missing something! Gordon -- Gordon Barrett [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]