From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Dec 12 01:34:00 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBC9VxlG002384 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 01:31:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBC9UiYK002339 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 01:30:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from 204.127.205.143 ([204.127.205.143]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004121209304301100esldte>; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:30:44 +0000 Received: from [67.169.121.5] by 204.127.205.143; Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:30:43 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:30:43 +0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Nov 22 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 Subject: [SBB] bayside WFGO and EUGWTE 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 arrived at the Palo Alto Baylands just after the high tide today 12/11/04 - apparently no Black Rails were found today, but I did hear reports of Swamp Sparrow and Short-eared Owl. After talking with Dean Manley at "The Corner" for a few minutes I heard GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE overhead - looking up, there were "V's" of 58 and 75 birds heading south. Apparently no other species among them. There were thousands of ducks on the bay (mostly SCAUP), many closer than usual, but scoping the flock revealed no rarities. After leaving Palo Alto, Mike Mammoser and I checked the bay again from the Stevens Creek mouth. A distant flock of SCOTERS appeared to be all SURF SCOTERS. Perched on the towers along the creek were the dark rufous morph female RED-TAILED HAWK, a female/immature MERLIN, and an adult male COOPER'S HAWK. Two PEREGRINE FALCONS, an adult and an immature, were at Salt Pond B1. A DOWNY WOODPECKER on a wooden fence post along Crittenden Marsh seemed out of place. We enjoyed the many courting GREEN-WINGED TEAL in the Stevens Creek Tidal Marsh, including an adult male EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL and an apparent hybrid male EURASIAN x AMERICAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL. The hybrid had a reduced (in length and width) pale scapular line that was buff rather than white like that of the EURASIAN. It mostly lacked the white shoulder bar, but there were a couple of scattered white feathers where the bar would have been. Several SORA and VIRGINIA RAILS called from the marsh here while we watched the teal. 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]]