From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Dec 21 14:11:21 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBLM8mlF001108 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:08:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu (mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.92]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBLM71YK001049 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:07:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from flora05.slac.stanford.edu (flora05.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.16.59]) by mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iBLM6rcs014917; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:06:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from [[email protected]]) Received: from localhost (eisner@localhost) by flora05.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.5/Submit-solaris) with ESMTP id iBLM6rK6001574; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:06:53 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: flora05.slac.stanford.edu: eisner owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:06:53 -0800 (PST) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: Mike Rogers <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] PECO (missed) and Snow Goose In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: birders <[[email protected]]> 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]] On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Mike Rogers wrote: > Yesterday 12/20/04, Bill Bousman found a (the same bird as before?) > PELAGIC CORMORANT on Shoreline Lake at mid-day. I stopped by there this > morning 12/21/04 and it was foraging near the island. While foraging it > was hard to find, but eventually it stopped hunting and started bathing, > which provided much better views. After this, it flew up and circled > the lake twice, shrug preening as it went. Fortunately it came back and > landed on the north tip of the island instead of leaving the area! > > I saw both female BARROW'S GOLDENEYES while searching for the PECO and a > single PINE SISKIN was with the AMERICAN GOLDFINCH flock near the boat > house. > > The bird-knowledgeable groundskeeper reported a SNOW GOOSE with the > CANADA GEESE from yesterday, adding a new species to the Palo Alto > Christmas bird count. He said it was grazing with CANADA GEESE south of > pond A2W early in the morning and over south of pond A1 at mid-day. It > would be nice to refind this bird to make sure it's not a Ross's Goose... I got to Shoreline about 11:35 or 11:40 this morning. A first look around for the Pelagic Cormorant didn't turn it up, either with fishing or roosting Double-crested, or around the island. I was perhaps not adequately thorough, and I then got distracted by geese (see below). During that period, a boat flushed essentially all the cormorants off the lake. So, no luck. I did see the male and two female Barrow's Goldeneyes, together, as soon as I arrived. Just before 11:55, I saw a white goose fly in with some Canadas to the adjacent golf course pond, where I was able to study it. It is indeed an adult Snow Goose. I'll write up a description for the CBC, and send it to our rare bird committee (alias Mike Rogers). AFter that I met a park employee who had seen the Snow Goose yesterday, so I have his name for the report as well. He said it has been around for nearly a week, and that yesterday it spent its time (first seen early morning) at the Bay Loop trail. He also mentioned that (as we've known) there have been two Greater White-fronted Geese in the area, and he then spotted one at the south shore of Shoreline Lake -- it quickly took off across the lake. (I had flight views, but didn't age it.) Just after that I stopped by the end of Geng Road in Palo Alto, where 5 of this species continue. Al Eisner _______________________________________________ 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]]