From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Oct 11 13:56:40 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9BKrpI5019456 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:53:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp801.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp801.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.180]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h9BKqPZP019387 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:52:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from adsl-63-193-245-244.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (HELO epochsoftware.com) ([[email protected]]@63.193.245.244 with plain) by smtp-sbc-v1.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Oct 2003 20:52:25 -0000 Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 13:49:45 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Karen DeMello <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Subject: [SBB] Palo Alto Baylands 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]] This morning I arrived at Palo Alto Baylands just before 9 AM at low tide, and was greeted by a stunning COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and MARSH WREN that were flitting about in a bare shrub. In the channel towards the end of the boardwalk a CLAPPER RAIL foraged in the mud a mere 5 feet away from me. Seeing the Clapper Rail got me thinking about this old little book that I bought a few years ago at a used book store: "Familiar Birds of the Stanford Campus" by John B. Price. In the original 1931 text he states that "There is one bird trip, five miles away from Stanford that should not be missed"; he urges readers to make an effort to see the Clapper Rail near the Dumbarton Bridge as he predicts "this interesting bird will soon be gone". In the preface of the second edition published in 1954 he states: "A few California clapper rails still exist in the salt marshes about the Palo Alto Yacht Harbor. Unfortunately, though, as the salt marshes may soon be reclaimed, the clapper rail's extinction seems almost certain in the near future". Old books provide interesting viewpoints, and I now find myself pondering about past, present, and future and feeling somewhat hopeful. Karen DeMello _______________________________________________ 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]]