From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Aug 18 09:25:29 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7IGN6GQ015914 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:23:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (smtp1.stanford.edu [171.67.16.123]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7IGLSDB015859 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:21:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (KSmith-pbdsl2.Stanford.EDU [171.66.208.19]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7IGLQP0022948 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:21:27 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:21:25 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] S.C. Co. Bird List July 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]] Bill Bousman writes: Big changes this month, as I've updated the county list to agree with the recently released 45th supplement of the AOU Checklist. This puts geese and ducks first, followed by pheasants and quail, and then all the rest without changes. At the same time Canada Goose has been split into Cackling and Canada. The Cackling Goose has the small-forms of which two are relatively easy to identify: Aleutian and Cackling, and both tend to show up here in the winter, at least occasionally. Anyway, the list at the end is in the new order. I made one change for June and added a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK seen at an New Almaden feeder on 2 Jun. This one-day wonder was never seen again. Last month's total was originally 249, which is bumped up to 250 with the addition of Cackling Goose and bumped up to 251 with the addition of the Grosbeak. For July, we had six new species: three 4s and three 5s. For the 4s, an adult SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was found at the CCFS waterbird pond on 17 Jul. On 22 Jul two COMMON TERNS were found in the Alviso salt ponds off the Alviso Slough Trail. Then on 28 Jul a single BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was found along the entrance channel to the Alviso EEC. This latter bird was very cooperative and was seen by many. The 5s started out with two RED KNOTS that were along Coyote Slough opposite Salt Pond A9 in Alviso on 1 Jul. Then, 17 Jul became a super day with both an adult BLACK TERN and an adults and juvenile ELEGANT TERN at the Sunnyvale WPCP oxidation ponds. Its been about 3 or 4 years since we've had an Elegant Tern in the county. So we wind up with 257 species. Already August has brought out some good birds including a new species! But what of the easier birds, are there any left? Well, Pine Siskin is a 3, but we'll have to wait for winter, I guess, as none have been found along the crest this summer. There are eight 4s that are still to go. Many are wintering birds, such as Snow Goose or the Red-throated and Common loons. We've not found Canyon Wren this year--take a hike. And Purple Martin has also been missed, but we might get a migrant this fall. The full list can be found on: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ -- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/ _______________________________________________ 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]]