From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Oct 27 09:53:10 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9RHo46U025782 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:50:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9RHmMMU025708 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:48:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/NAS-6n) with ESMTP id h9RHmLLF019526 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:48:21 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id h9RHmLJ7019106 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:48:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:48:21 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Guadalupe River, pipits, etc. 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, On Saturday 10/25/03, I spent a couple of hours birding the east side of the Guadalupe River from Montague Expressway to Trimble Road. Quite a bit of vegetation has been cleared from the overflow channel, which makes birding this area a bit easier. Birds were dominated by late-season migrants such as 12 HERMIT THRUSHES on the way south along the riparian corridor and 9 more (perhaps some of the same birds) seen on the way back north from the dike, 8+ NORTHERN FLICKERS, 35 CEDAR WAXWINGS in four flocks, and 7 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. Interesting warblers included at least one ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 1 male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, and 2 male TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS. Other birds of note were a HOUSE WREN, an AMERICAN PIPIT, a HUTTON'S VIREO, and 3 DARK-EYED JUNCOS. A pair of RED FOX was quite tame. Later that day I headed to Gilroy for my son's football game. I had two hours to kill between dropping him off and the start of the game so I decided to check out the fields along Bloomfield Road. The first grassy field east of Frazier Lake Road and south of Bloomfield had 222 KILLDEER in it, but no other shorebirds mixed in. As many as 8 RED-TAILED HAWKS were visible at once, and 10 AMERICAN PIPITS were flying about. Four SAY'S PHOEBES and a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE were in the area. I checked the eucalyptus trees along San Felipe Road as well, but that area was very windy and the only birds of note were flocks of 8 and 55 CEDAR WAXWINGS. On the way back west on Bloomfield Road I checked the agricultural fields west of Llagas Creek for pipits. I found one flock of 12+ AMERICAN PIPITS at the north end of Davidson Road, but couldn't find any Red-throated Pipits among them :( This morning 10/27/03, I took advantage of the crisp morning light and scoped the west pond at the Sunnyvale WPCP from the old dump south of the pond, hoping to refind the Tufted Duck. Diving duck numbers are still pretty low, and I managed only 27 CANVASBACK, 3 GREATER SCAUP (2 females and one eclipse male), and 2 female-plumaged RING-NECKED DUCKS. The Lockheed ponds west of the dump had a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL among the CINNAMON TEAL and 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Several AMERICAN PIPITS, including groups of up to 3 birds, were flying about the whole time I was there. At least 30 HERRING GULLS were along the south dike of the pond. One SAY'S PHOEBE was perched on a post at the old landfill. As I was leaving, I noticed that Bill Bousman was beginning a bike tour of the west pond - perhaps he'll have more to report later. Mike Rogers _______________________________________________ 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]]