From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Sep 25 15:04:19 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8PM0wIB016145 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:00:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m08.mx.aol.com (imo-m08.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.163]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8PM08ZP016106 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:00:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id t.2b.484d4e28 (4222) for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:00:03 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:00:03 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] American Golden-Plover, Pacific Golden Plover, Ruff & Stilt Sandpiper in Alviso 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 first went to the "Waterbird Pond" at the Coyote Creek Field Station where we found little other than a very low water level [in my opinion]. Of course it was just after low tide. We then checked out the pond just southeast of Hwy 237 and Lafayette St in Alviso where we had a basic plumaged SPOTTED SANDPIPER. From there we checked out the pond at State & Spreckles [quite slow] and then decided to walk the RR tracks to the northwest from the Don Edwards Environmental Education Center [EEC] entrance road to try, once again, for the AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER. Luckily, just after the sun broke out, we found the AMGP on the same island on which I have previously seen the bird [south of the tracks just a couple hundred yards before they meet the main line that runs into Alviso]. After about 30 minutes the Plover became more active, started feeding and eventually moved off to the west, still short of the main RR line into Alviso. Black markings on the belly are becoming less obvious although they still extend well back under the tail and it seems that it now has at least two new tertials. We had seen the STILT SANDPIPER in New Chicago Marsh on the way out and we relocated it again quite near the RR tracks on our way back. We then joined Mike Rogers and Dave Weber on the EEC entrance road where we had good views of the "new" RUFF found yesterday in that location. Frank and I then went on to the center to check out Salt Pond A-16 while Mike Rogers decided to try for the AMGP and Dave Weber went for the Stilt Sandpiper. Nothing much in the salt pond, lots of EARED GREBES, one WESTERN GULL, ONE GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL and one probable HERRING GULL joined the CALIFORNIA GULLS on the first island. I tried hard to make the near adult Herring Gull [still no windows] a Thayer's Gull [primarily because of its smallish bill] but could get no clear idea as to eye darkness and the legs tended to look a bit to lightly colored. We then met Dave Weber as we were leaving and he told us of a PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER he had just found while looking for the Stilt Sandpiper. Frank and I then took a short walk and had killer views of a juvenile Pacific Golden-Plover [nice barring on the flanks, very short primary projection beyond the end of the tail, warm breast and a nice buffy supercillium [not bright white as in the AMGP]. Frank also saw the unmarked underwing [axillaries]. Four good birds within a mile of each other and the Bank Swallow would make five! _______________________________________________ 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]]