From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Aug 29 18:06:13 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7U145GS020844 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:04:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7U130DB020789 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:03:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 204.127.205.148 ([204.127.205.148]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <20040830010259011008hfsfe>; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 01:02:59 +0000 Received: from [67.169.121.5] by 204.127.205.148; Mon, 30 Aug 2004 01:02:57 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (Birders) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 01:02:57 +0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Jul 16 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: bS5tLnJvZ2Vyc0Bjb21jYXN0Lm5ldA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Cc: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] NAWA, BASA, etc. 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, This morning 8/29/04, Steve Rottenborn, Mike Mammoser, and I spent 2.5 hours birding the east side of the Guadalupe River south of Montague. This area is under flood control construction, but there was no work being done there today. Passerine migration is just beginning, and we had limited numbers of birds. Totals included 1 SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD, 7 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS, 1 WESTERN KINGBIRD, 1 CEDAR WAXWING (I had another over Homestead High School yesterday), a dull NASHVILLE WARBLER, 7 YELLOW WARBLERS, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, 16 WESTERN TANAGERS, 2 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS, and 2+ DARK-EYED JUNCOS. After this we moved on to CCFS, where we birded the north areas near the waterbird pond, finding 1 female-plumaged WOOD DUCK, 4 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS, 12 YELLOW WARBLERS, and a BUNTING SP. (likely LAZULI). The waterbird pond held 29 LESSER and 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 21 WILSON'S and 4 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES. After this, Mike Mammoser had to leave, missing the 3 juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS that flew in to the waterbird pond with 21 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS. Steve and I then opted to check out the Alviso salt ponds north of the Alviso Marina. The outer ponds have been filled with water and the only shorebird roosting habitat is atop the levees. Bird numbers were down, and we found few notable birds. We did see 22 BROWN PELICANS, the continuing 4 BUFFLEHEAD, and 120+ WESTERN GULLS, included one banded on the left leg with a silver F&WS band numbered 042??6 and on the right leg with a unmarked black band. This is many more WESTERN GULLS than are present over the summer and is part of an annual fall influx into the South Bay. A quick check of New Chicago Marsh from State and Spreckles turned up the STILT SANDPIPER and both RUFFS. A juvenile PEREGRINE FALCON was also seen hunting over the marsh. 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]]