From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Oct 28 15:49:00 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9SNik6X001926 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:44:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-m07.mx.aol.com (imo-m07.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.162]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9SNhsMU001879 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:43:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id t.185.2247b815 (4402) for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:42:35 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:42:34 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6024 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] County goodies but no Tufted Duck 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, This morning Frank Vanslager and I checked out the large ["West"] pond of the Sunnyvale Water Treatment Facility. Our primary intent was to view the Tufted Duck recently seen on Saturday's SCVAS field trip. Best birds were a first of the fall male REDHEAD [seen on several occasions in close association with 9-10 CANVASBACK], a STILT SANDPIPER in basic plumage with fairly heavy spotting on the flanks [with Dowitchers in the fenced-off pond located on Lockheed Martin property] and a possible male EURASIAN WIGEON. The Wigeon had a nice rufous head and a fairly light buffy forehead, unfortunately the flanks were not a light gray but a very light rufous-gray presenting the possibility that the bird was a hybrid. The forehead itself actually seemed a bit less "golden," [more whitish] than I have seen in the past. Unfortunately, in an attempt to get Frank on the bird I looked away [a really bad idea] and was then unable to relocate the bird. We also had 6-7 Scaup today [one GREATER with most if not all of the rest being LESSER] and at least one male RING-NECKED DUCK. A darker female type Scaup [minimal white at the base of the bill] was seen earlier from the hill but with no apparent tuft and it was not subsequently refound? Four AMERICAN PIPITS were on the hillside trail and a PEREGRINE FALCON flew by early on heading east. All morning long repair work was being performed on the diesel driven pump located at the trail junction north of the parking lot. This resulted in a low water condition in the canal to the west. 300-400 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 150-200 EGRETS and a hundred plus gulls were drawn to the western end of this canal [a lot of "white" in a small area]. Gulls included WESTERNS, GLAUCOUS-WINGED, HERRING, THAYER'S, CALIFORNIA and RING-BILLED. Later Frank even found a single MEW GULL in the pond. I should also note that low tide conditions meant that a lot of the ducks that would otherwise have been in the pond were in Guadalupe Slough located just north of the pond. Take care, Bob Reiling _______________________________________________ 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]]