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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

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