From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Nov 25 17:39:27 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAQ1agor002762 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:36:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-r05.mx.aol.com (imo-r05.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.101]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAQ1Zxg8002722 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:35:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id t.cf.69140 (16633) for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:35:43 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:35:43 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] Swamp Sparrow{s} & Ruff 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 first checked out the Alviso Marina, best birds were three WESTERN GREBES in Salt Pond A12. We then had a WILSON'S SNIPE on a small island in the pond at State & Spreckles with several LONG-BILLED CURLEW, DUNLIN and Dowitchers. A short walk up the railroad tracks [from where it crosses the Environmental Education Center entrance road] yielded a fairly large looking, basic plumaged RUFF with grayish-green legs in New Chicago Marsh [it was working an area north of the first pond and short of the open area where the ducks roost]. The Ruff was never near other birds so we were unable to sex it. A PEREGRINE FALCON was on one of the power towers located south of the EEC entrance road, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and two WHITE-TAILED KITES were on the far side of the canal located east of the entrance road while an accipiter [most likely COOPER'S HAWK] just missed having a sparrow for breakfast on the west side of the road as we drove by. The first island in Salt Pond A16 had several HERRING & THAYER'S GULLS on it [plus at least one adult GLAUCOUS-WINGED and a few RING-BILLED GULLS]. We also had two more WILSON'S SNIPE just off the boardwalk in New Chicago Marsh. A quick stop at the Coyote Creek Field Station "Waterbird Pond" failed to produce any other than the "usual suspects" despite being overrun with ducks, gulls and dowitchers. Our last stop was 100 feet west of the last Coyote Bush on the trail that runs parallel to the Palo Alto Airport. There we were able to get several short glimpses of SWAMP SPARROWS as they alternately crawled among the weeds and made short fights to avoid runners, hikers and their dogs [most likely more than one SWSP but we never had two at the same time]. Several LINCOLN'S SPARROWS were in the same, fairly small area of matted down weeds. 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]]