From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Aug 25 15:02:00 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7PLxHGU023478 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:59:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.142.32]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7PLvdDB023422 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:57:39 -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 i7PLveFN051876 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:57:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id i7PLveml051807 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:57:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:57:40 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Knots still at Stevens Creek mouth 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]] All, I got out to the Stevens Creek mouth before it uncovered at mid-day today 8/25/04, bumping into Dean Manley and Dave Weber on the way out. We enjoyed watching the breeding island in pond B1 until the mud began to show. Several very young (a few days old?) FORSTER'S TERNS are still being fed on the island and eventually, when I was leaving, I managed to find a single young BLACK SKIMMER (the agitated pair of adults was obvious, chasing off intruders the whole time). This bird is also fairly recently hatched, with the bill only about twice the size of the Forster's Terns yet. Many peeps were foraging along the creek bank, but as the first bay mud uncovered a few WILLETS and GODWITS began to arrive. Very shortly thereafter, Dave picked up on 5 mid-sized shorebirds with his binoculars. With scopes we confirmed them to be 5 adult RED KNOTS, most in nearly complete basic plumage, but one with splotches of alternate feathering above. Within a minute (at 12:20pm) these birds flew across the bay towards Alameda County. At 12:38pm another Knot showed up and it was joined by a second at 12:51pm - these were likely different birds as I did not note many birds returning from across the bay (they were also in nearly complete basic plumage, one with a hint of salmon on the underparts). The tides right now are optimal because the high is not that high and the following low is not that low, so the water level recedes very slowly, keeping the birds in close for extended viewing (still a scope is almost essential). 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]]