From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Oct 19 17:46:18 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9K0iEG2023249 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:44:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net (snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.62]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9K0h2Jl023207 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:43:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-38lc0tc.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.3.172] helo=birdnutz.com) by snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1ABO8S-0003Gc-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:43:01 -0700 Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:46:27 -0700 Subject: Re: [SBB] Bayside areas 10/18/03 Content-Type: text/plain; delsp=yes; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) From: Les Chibana <[[email protected]]> To: South Bay Birders <[[email protected]]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) 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]] I forgot to note the 3 Burrowing Owls on a berm south of the 1st pond east of the RR tracks at New Chicago Marsh. One other was seen in the Weepy Seepy Marsh on the south side of Los Esteros Rd. north of the Arzino Ranch. A classmember who works with the Burrowing Owl monitoring project in the South Bay said that they recently acquired permission to survey the ranch and found about a dozen birds on their property. Les Chibana On Sunday, October 19, 2003, at 05:29 PM, Les Chibana wrote: > Yesterday, Saturday, my Palo Alto Baylands birding class birded a > route starting from Alviso to the Palo Alto Baylands. Birds of note: > > - Peregrine Falcon at Alviso on the towers along the entrance road. > - 6 Lesser Yellowlegs, 1 Greater Yellowlegs in the areas checked > at New Chicago Marsh. > - The view from the base of the Charleston Slough trail was quite > spectacular with many skeins of American White Pelicans > streaming over from Pond A1 to the Flood Control Basin (FCB). > - 8+ of the dozen Blue-winged Teal reported earlier by Gordon > Barrett roosted in the FCB near Adobe Creek. > - A juvenile White-tailed Kite with very striking plumage occupied the > kite perch in the FCB. > - Two late Barn Swallows flew over the forebay. > - A Peregrine Falcon was spotted by Lisa Myers at the Baylands. > - One Clapper Rail foraged in the channel bottom at "Rail Alley" > along the Baylands' boardwalk. > > Also saw Northern Harrier, White-tailed Kite, Cooper's Hawk, Red- > shouldered Hawk and Red-tailed Hawk at Alviso, a good selection > of raptors. > > At Alviso, we only walked as far as the 1st pond on the east side > of the RR tracks (and did not see the Stilt Sandpiper seen by Al > Eisner today), and part way down the entrance road. A stop at the > Sunnyvale Water Treatment Plant was scrubbed because of the > traffic from the hazardous waste recycling program, and the lack > of parking because of the duck hunters and other levee users. > [Duck hunting season started yesterday.] Charleston Slough was > at high tide with few bird species present (no skimmers), at least > near the forebay. Shoreline's Sailing Lake was fairly low on activity. > The Baylands had a lot of shorebird activity on the mudflats in the > old yacht harbor. In the mid-afternoon, we made a short visit to the > "Stierlin Marsh" to try for the waterthrush. For a lush, apparently > food-rich location, it was very quiet. Dipped on the waterthrush. > > Les Chibana > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > les%40birdnutz.com > > This email sent to [[email protected]] > _______________________________________________ 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]]