From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Apr 1 14:54:19 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i31MpcAo026496 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:51:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-m14.mx.aol.com (imo-m14.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.204]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i31MoZpJ026449 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 14:50:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m14.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r1.2.) id t.1c3.171198d1 (4560) for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:50:24 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:50:24 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 28 Subject: [SBB] 4/1- Mountain View/Palo Alto-End of San Antonio Rd./Terminal Ave. X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 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]] 4/1 - Mountain View/Palo Alto-End of San Antonio Rd./Terminal Ave. 9:35 -10:45a.m. High points: 1) A peregrine falcon being harrassed in flight by 7-10 blackbirds (Brewer's? red-winged? - I was too focused identifying the falcon to tell which) as it speedily flew off toward Bixbee Park. I watched from just past the metal bleachers across from the pump house on the Adobe Creek Loop Trail. 2) At 9:35 a.m. , two semipalmated plover in first mudflat to the right as you pass the rest room at the entrance to the Trail from San Antonio Road/Terminal Ave. At first I thought they were killdeer, but closer inspection w/ scope of a passerby showed semipalmated plover. On my return walk at 10:45 a.m., I saw one again, along with two killdeer for convenient comparison on the same mudflat. Hiking out in the Adobe Creek Loop Trail 1.3 miles to the chain link gate w/ the Charleston Slough Restoration Project sign and back, I identified the following expected species: One double crested cormorant, one great egret, three snowy egret, 10-20 Canada geese, 8-12 American wigeon, numerous mallard, two pairs plus a single male cinnamon teal, two pairs green-winged teal, numerous canvasback spread out along Charleston Slough, three pairs lesser scaup (my ID on this is questionable - males had purplish cast to head and head shape looked correct for lesser, but no scope nor 2nd opinion available at the time), too many ruddy duck to count, a male and a female northern harrier hunting quite a distance apart, numerous American coot, three black -necked stilt, numerous American avocet, so many marbled godwit that the small island across from the pumphouse where the black skimmer often rest was barely visible for the presence of godwit, over 100 dowitcher (without a scope, could not begin to ID long- or short-billed), numerous gull too far away to ID with my binoculars, 20-30 Forster's tern spread out over the water on both sides of the trail, one black skimmer, one pair plus one single common raven, numerous cliff and barn swallow, four separate savannah sparrow, and four house finch. Dotty Calabrese [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]