From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Aug 29 17:46:01 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7U0i6GT020509 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:44:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp806.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp806.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.185]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i7U0gsDB020470 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:42:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.2?) ([[email protected]]@63.193.245.244 with plain) by smtp806.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Aug 2004 00:42:52 -0000 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: Karen DeMello <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:38:07 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) Subject: [SBB] R1/R2 west of the Dumbarton Bridge 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]] This morning Jan Hintermeister, Summer Brasuel and I visited salt ponds R1 and R2 to do a Snowy Plover Survey for SFBBO. The water was super high, even lapping over the frontage road a bit, and our normal parking place was also under water so we parked along a dry spot on the road. I wondered where the ponds were regulated by controlled pumps vs. tidal (today is full moon, so I'd expect higher water if it's tidal), or maybe some combination of pumps & tidal?? If anyone knows, I'm all ears. In R1 we saw a FLAMINGO (it looked like the Chilean Flamingo in the Sibley Guide as it had an all-dark bill). On OSPREY flew over and perched on a power tower. A few BROWN PELICANS were also flying over R1. On the little island in the northwest corner of R1 we saw 2 adult and 1 juvenile BLACK SKIMMER. My local favorite!!!! As for the smaller birds, there were loads of LESSER SANDPIPERS with some WESTERN SANDPIPERS here and there, loads of RED-NECKED PHALAROPES floating in the water as well as on the little island, lots of WILLETS, a dozen or so SNOWY EGRETS, LONG-BILLED CURLEW, AMERICAN AVOCET, and BLACK-NECKED STILTS. Close flying swallows came swooping by: BARN, VIOLET-GREEN, and CLIFF. We had a great look at the bright yellow markings of a perched SAVANNAH SPARROW. Fly-by's included a GREAT BLUE HERON, a GREAT EGRET, and a NORTHERN HARRIER. And what about the plovers? In the eastern side of R2 we saw a couple of SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS, and after a couple of hours of searching we were thinking we'd be skunked for our survey. But then Summer noticed a SNOWY PLOVER on the levy out by the island and careful scanning produced half a dozen total, most on the island. There were also lots of BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS on the island, and out by the frontage road there was a KILLDEER. It was a beautiful day at the bay. Karen DeMello (Mountain View) _______________________________________________ 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]]