From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Sep 21 09:44:56 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8LGgfID003538 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:42:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-r06.mx.aol.com (imo-r06.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.102]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8LGf7ZP003482 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:41:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id t.174.20869dd0 (4394) for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:41:02 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:41:01 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] Oka Ponds 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]] Good morning Sbbers.... Last night around 5 PM I went to check out Oka Ponds. I entered through the Oka Lane entrance. GREEN HERONS everywhere...I counted 6 just in the first pond. Three juvenile BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS, two SNOWY EGRETS and two CORMORANTS were along the boards in the first pond. I checked the Euc trees for warblers but nothing. I was surprised to see a PIED-BILLED GREBE feeding young with stripes on their faces. Lots of COOTS and another surprise were no finches or mockingbird. In the center channel were another 3 Green Herons. The only ducks encountered were MALLARDS..... Walking down to check out "Snipe Island" I was thrilled to spot GADWALLS... Down by Snipe Island there were at least 20 Gadwalls and lots of Mallards, a single FEMALE COMMON MERGANSER was a nice surprise. More Snowy Egrets, Coots and Pied-billed but no Snipe. BLACK PHOEBEs were flycatching and a pair of MOCKINGBIRDS were calling to each other from across the creek. I walked back to cross over the bridge and under the bridge was a single SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Walking along the path I stopped to watch the BUSHTITS when I heard the sound of warblers....WOW...Two YELLOW WARBLERS! That was great so I continued walking down towards pond 1 when I saw 12 flying cigars....VAUX'S SWIFTS... At least 75 Cormorants on the line over pond 1. A female BELTED KINGFISHER was also on the line with the Cormorants. I crossed over between pond 1 and 2 and more Snowy Egrets and 2 GREAT EGRETS were in pond 1. Walking along the path toward the filtering ponds I there were over hundred RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, BREWER'S SPARROW AND STARLING ON THE LINE. At the filtering ponds which were being refilled with water, there were 10 Snowy Egrets, 6 Great Egrets, 3 Green Herons and 3 Black-crowned Night Herons. The only sparrows I saw were HOUSE SPARROWS.... Walking back along the Dell Avenue side of the Campbell Ponds, ANNA"S HUMMERS were chasing each other. In pond 3 there were more Gadwalls and Mallards, 3 more Black-crowned Night Herons. Still no finches of any kinds...kept me wondering why. Wouldn't want to forget to tell you all there were lots of PIGEON DOVES! Wishing you all good birding and my best regards, Linda Sullivan _______________________________________________ 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]]