From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Apr 6 17:36:46 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i370YJ0d000858 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:34:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-out3.apple.com (mail-out3.apple.com [17.254.13.22]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i370Wd2D000798 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:32:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate1.apple.com (a17-128-100-225.apple.com [17.128.100.225]) by mail-out3.apple.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i370WdIB028705 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:32:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay1.apple.com (relay1.apple.com) by mailgate1.apple.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.6) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:32:39 -0700 Received: from [10.0.1.3] (wilmotidsl5.apple.com [17.219.180.46]) by relay1.apple.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i370Wbxx013458 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 00:32:38 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: [[email protected]] From: Barry Langdon-Lassagne <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:32:30 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) Subject: [SBB] Alviso no Ruff 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]] My kids have colds today, so rather than sit at home, I dragged them to Alviso from 1-4pm where they sat in the car much of the time and I tried in vain to scope out the Ruffs. While birding I also met Bob Reiling & Frank Vanslager and another birder named Summer none of whom saw a Ruff. I scoped from Spreckles Avenue looking Northeast toward the railroad tracks. Plenty of BLACK-NECKED STILTs, AMERICAN AVOCETs and DOWITCHERS kept the birding interesting, but no Ruff. I watched a female (or immature) HARRIER work along the tracks, but its presence didn't seem to disturb the shorebirds. Later I got the kids out and we hiked down the tracks to look on the EEC side where I saw a male Harrier fly along the EEC entrance road, and later on the Spreckles side a PEREGRINE FALCON dive-bombed the shorebirds (that got them moving!) without success and headed off East after a brief stop atop a power pole. Also saw several KILLDEER, some peeps that I didn't identify, a pair of NORTHERN PINTAIL, a few RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDs and several BARN SWALLOWs. At the EEC, where my kids got a chance to explore, I got great looks at a GREATER YELLOWLEGS working the mudflats, and a flock of 15+ BONAPARTE'S GULLs in salt pond A16, both in the water and on the island. Also Eared (or Horned) GREBEs and a RUDDY DUCK swam in the salt pond. The garden by the EEC had a pair of FOX SPARROWs, a SONG SPARROW and at least one GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW. There were several CANADA GEESE loitering in various places throughout the day. Barry ----- _______________________________________________ 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]]