From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Oct 6 19:49:45 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h972k9ID022120 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:46:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp9.Stanford.EDU (smtp9.stanford.edu [171.67.16.36]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h972ihZP022077 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:44:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (KSmith-pbdsl2.Stanford.EDU [171.66.208.19]) by smtp9.Stanford.EDU (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h972icrp013914 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:44:39 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:44:37 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] S.C. Co. Bird List September 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]] Bill Bousman Writes: We added four species to the Composite List in September. Our only #4 this month was a COMMON TERN found at the Sunnyvale WPCP oxidation ponds on 6 Sep. With a potential list of 27 #5's this month it is a bit surprising that we only found one: a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH along Stevens Creek below La Avenida on 2 Sep. It was seen once the next day and has not been found since then. But we did get two #6's. A juvenile COMMON MURRE was found near the mouth of Guadalupe Slough on 7 Sep. September is a typical time for misoriented birds to get into the Bay. Few that reach the lower end of the South Bay appear to survive. A BROAD-WINGED HAWK was found along Pacheco Creek east of Casa de Fruta and in the seventh record for the county. We've three months left for the composite list and things look bad. Representative of our problems is that we are missing five #4's: Red-throated Loon, Barrow's Goldeneye, Mountain Quail, Purple Martin, and Black-chinned Sparrow. We have a very good chance to pick up the loon and goldeneye in November or December, but none of the others. By definition, #4's are birds we see almost every year, but this year has been pretty hard on us. With so many #5's and #6's untouched this year, we've plenty of opportunities, but these are hard birds to find. The complete list can be found on: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ -- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://stanford.edu/~kendric/ _______________________________________________ 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]]