From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Nov 8 13:31:37 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA8LSq6V011218 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:28:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA8LRBMU011173 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:27:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/NAS-6n) with ESMTP id hA8LRALF118619 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:27:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id hA8LRALr119523 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:27:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:27:10 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] late WAVI, BAGO, PAWA, and AMBI 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]] All, This morning 11/8/03, I started out spending a couple of hours along the east side of the Guadalupe River between Montague Expressway and Trimble Road. I had a nice flock just south of the lone eucalyptus near Montague; among the many RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS were a male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and a very late (wintering?) WARBLING VIREO. Things were a little slow after this, however, with only another TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, another ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and 2 WILSON'S SNIPE being of note. Twelve DARK-EYED JUNCOS along the east dike were more than usual for here. Only 1 FOX SPARROW and 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS seemed low. Next I headed to Shoreline Lake, where I bumped into Mike Mammoser. The lake had 50+ COMMON GOLDENEYES, 1 immature BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (all gray bill), and 8 SURF SCOTERS. When a canoe approached the SCOTERS one adult male and one female flew away - the other 6 birds all have wing injuries (the 6 that summered here). An immature PEREGRINE FALCON flushed all the MARBLED GODWITS, WILLETS, and AMERICAN AVOCETS on the island in Charleston Slough before heading east along the southern edge of pond A1. A short while later, another PEREGRINE (apparently an adult) flew over the Forebay. We pished for birds 30m south of the pumphouse, where Bill Bousman had his Palm Warbler but only managed a few sparrows. I commented to Mike that the habitat looked better behind the new restroom near Terminal Ave. and pished up a big sparrow flock there. An interesting warbler flew into the Coyote Bush, so I put the scope down and investigated. Suddenly the PALM WARBLER popped out and sat on the barbed wire fence behind the restroom. I called for Mike, but he had moved on. By the time he got back to me, the bird flew south along the fenceline. Fortunately he was able to see it in my scope for a few seconds before it disappeared. We next headed to the Palo Alto Flood Control Basin and looped around the north pond. An AMERICAN BITTERN flushed from the far corner where the central path is blocked by a channel and flew across to the next reed bed. A single adult male BLUE-WINGED TEAL was in a pond across the channel as well. The area up near Matadero Creek had 2 immature RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, an immature SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, and a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE - no sign of any Swamp Sparrows though. Mike Rogers _______________________________________________ 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]]