From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Sep 29 11:34:42 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8TIUqID015340 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:30:52 -0700 (PDT) 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 h8TIU3ZP015297 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:30:03 -0700 (PDT) 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 h8TIU3hv097253 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:30:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id h8TIU3l0095931 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:30:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 11:30:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Alviso Salt Ponds, CCFS 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 Sunday 9/28/03, Mike Mammoser and I birded the Alviso salt ponds north of the Alviso Marina. Most interesting birds noted were in the outer ponds A9 and A10, as usual. A large feeding flock in Salt Pond A9 included at least 1100 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS and 68 BROWN PELICANS, as well as hundreds of CALIFORNIA GULLS, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, HERONS, EGRETS, and at least 60 FORSTER'S TERNS. A single female-plumaged RED-BREASTED MERGANSER in Salt Pond A10 may have been the summering bird seen 7/30/03. On the other hand, 18 SCAUP, apparently mostly if not all GREATER SCAUP, and 2 adult HERRING GULLS were clearly recent arrivals. A single adult PEREGRINE FALCON was also seen out over the ponds. Back near the old cannery building at about 1:30pm, we had a good-sized swallow flock, with 160 BARN SWALLOWS, 1 juvenile TREE SWALLOW, and a juvenile BANK SWALLOW. The BANK SWALLOW was different from the bird I saw a week earlier, being more worn and less scaly. This morning 9/29/03, I birded CCFS, concentrating on the northern area up by the heron rookery but also making a quick check of the area around the eucalyptus by the banding trailer. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS are back in numbers, with 17 being seen. Other WARBLERS included 14 YELLOWS, 4+ COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, and 1 ORANGE-CROWNED. EMPIDS are still moving through, with 5 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS (all calling being PACIFIC-SLOPE) and a single WILLOW FLYCATCHER. Other migrants included 2 HOUSE WRENS and a flock of 17 CEDAR WAXWINGS heading south. Both BARN and VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were still foraging overhead. A large falcon heading north east of the creek was likely a Merlin, but disappeared before I could confirm this. According to the banding board, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was banded yesterday 9/28/03. 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]]