From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Oct 19 11:10:38 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9JI8BG1016776 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:08:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9JI79Jl016728 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:07:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdn-ar-003casfrmp108.dialsprint.net ([158.252.210.110] helo=earthlink.net) by harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1ABHxL-0001eK-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:07:08 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:05:37 -0700 From: Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Ogier Ponds 10/18/03 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, I led my Palo Alto Adult School birding group to Ogier Ponds yesterday for a beautiful morning of birding. Activity was a bit slow for much of the time, but there were some exciting moments. A good number of WOOD DUCKS were seen on the far side of the first pond to the right of the entry road. As well, many RING-NECKED DUCKS were logged. A single ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found in the fennel in this same area. Two LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE were observed in the open areas close to Hwy 101 and BELTED KINGFISHERS seemed to be everywhere. Best bird of the day would have to be female MERLIN which posed for several minutes on a snag near th east edge of North Pond. Multitudes of Ring-necked Ducks and several AMERCIAN WIGEON were found in Ogier Quarry but very few Gulls were encountered. The dirt road between the Model Airpane area and the South pond produced a Virginia Rail but we were quickly asked to leave the area. Apparently, this is a safety area which will eventually have "No Pedestrians" signs posted pretty soon. One GREEN HERON was flushed in the East Pond area close to Hwy 101. A complete list is below. Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net Pied-billed Grebe Eared Grebe Clark's Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Snowy Egret Green Heron Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Cinnamon Teal Gadwall American Wigeon Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup RuddyDuck Turkey Vulture White-tailed Kite Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Virginia Rail (heard only) Common Moorhen American Coot Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Ring-billed Gull California Gull Western Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Anna's Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Nuttall's Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Black Phoebe Western Scrub Jay American Crow Common Raven (hills across 101) Chestnut-backed Chickadee Bushtit Bewick's Wren Marsh Wren (heard only) Ruby-crowned Kinglet American Pipit Loggerhead Shrike European Starling Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Common Yellowthroat (heard only) Spotted Towhee California Towhee Song Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird House Finch Lesser Goldfinch -end _______________________________________________ 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]]