From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Nov 18 14:37:20 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAIMXAow025151 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:33:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-r07.mx.aol.com (imo-r07.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.103]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAIMVUg8025103 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:31:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id t.141.1cd65226 (4246) for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:30:28 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:30:28 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] County birding 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 Frank Vanslager and I had an adult GOLDEN EAGLE on a light standard in the Shoreline overflow parking area [later, 12:45 PM, a GOEA was on a power tower on the south side of the same parking area]. An adult COOPER'S HAWK was on the west side of Stevens Creek near the new pump house located in the southeast corner of the overflow parking lot. We would also see RED-TAILED HAWK and several NORTHERN HARRIERS. Although Crittenden Marsh has been rapidly losing water it has had a large number of ducks and shorebirds in it for the last couple weeks. Salt Pond A2E just north of Crittenden Marsh also has a very large number of ducks in it [nothing special noted but more birds than I've ever seen there before]. Do you think it's because nobody's shooting at them now! Salt Pond B1 patronage seemed normal. From about 10:30 on we had large numbers of shorebirds at the mouth of Stevens Creek, including hundreds of MARBLED GODWITS. RED KNOT [2 each] was the best bird seen while LONG-BILLED CURLEW, WESTERN SANDPIPER [in good numbers], LEAST SANDPIPER, DUNLIN, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, WILLET, AMERICAN AVOCET, and Dowitchers made up the bulk of the birds seen. Earlier we had 4-5 CLARK'S GREBES out in the bay and at one point we watched as two BONAPARTE'S GULLS chased a FORSTER'S TERN in hopes that it would eventually give up it's lunch [don't know if they succeeded]. Take care, Bob Reiling _______________________________________________ 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]]