From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Dec 22 17:51:40 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBN1n9lF027409 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:49:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from mms1.broadcom.com (mms-nat.broadcom.com [63.70.210.58]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBN1luYK027368 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:47:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms1.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom SMTP Relay (MMS v5.6.0)); Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:47:39 -0800 X-Server-Uuid: 97B92932-364A-4474-92D6-5CFE9C59AD14 Received: from mail-sj1-5.sj.broadcom.com (mail-sj1-5.sj.broadcom.com [10.16.128.236]) by mon-irva-10.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA17704 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17: 36:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from PCSJCWMJM (dhcpe3-sj3-165 [10.21.81.165]) by mail-sj1-5.sj.broadcom.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/SSF) with ESMTP id iBN1a6ov006268 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:36:06 -0800 (PST) From: "Michael Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 17:36:06 -0800 Message-ID: <039a01c4e88f$c56aba90$[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal X-WSS-ID: 6DD4FC3C1FC3322945-15-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id iBN1luYK027368 Subject: [SBB] CBCs 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 Sunday, 19 Dec 04, Istarted the San Jose Christmas Bird Count by stopping at Lake Cunningham, where I found 2 CACKLING GEESE in with a large flock of CANADAS. A female COMMON MERGANSER was on the lake, but I saw nothing else of note. I then headed for San Tomas Aquino Creek in Santa Clara, where I was able to refind the wintering PALM WARBLER. I also had 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS near the Agnew Road bridge, one being a very dull bird that had me looking twice. With that, I sped to the EEC in Alviso to cover New Chicago Marsh and the adjacent salt ponds. The marsh was pretty dull, having a few hundred gulls (mainly HERRING), but not much in the way of shorebirds (2 WILSON'S SNIPE were the most exciting) or ducks. A couple of SAY'S PHOEBES were in the area and an adult PEREGRINE FALCON was on a power tower along the entrance road. Salt pond A16 had over 500 EARED GREBES, but only a smattering of gulls on the islands, although 7 species were represented here. Soon, Mike Rogers came by and wisked me away to Alameda County to do some counting there. On the way out we had a BARN OWL in the nest box and a MERLIN along Mallard Slough. On Monday, 20 Dec 04, the Palo Alto Christmas Bird Count started off with dense fog. I spent the first 2 hours just walking around the old landfill at the Sunnyvale sewage ponds and the Lockheed Ponds, counting close-range birds until the fog lifted. I had a nice male BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the channel next to Lockheed, as well as my only COMMON MOORHEN. I managed to elicit a response from only a single VIRGINIA RAIL here (I had no tapes with me). I found 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS in the fennel near the Yahoo parking garage at the corner of the old landfill. Finally the fog lifted enough to start off on counting the salt ponds between Guadalupe Slough and Stevens Creek. These ponds were quite ducky this year, producing nearly 6000 RUDDY DUCKS, 1700 AMERICAN WIGEON, 1200 SCAUP, 1300 NORTHERN SHOVELER, and 700 NORTHERN PINTAIL. Pond A3W had its usual contingent of 11 WESTERN GREBES, 5 CLARK'S GREBES, and 22 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. Pond B1 had the largest portion of the wigeons and included 2 EURASIAN WIGEONS and 5 REDHEADS. By the time I reached the Bay edge the tide was out and the mudflats were covered with shorebirds. I estimated about 10000 WESTERN SANDPIPERS here (to augment the 2 I had counted to that point). A pair of adult PEREGRINE FALCONS was at the western corner of the "West" sewage pond, giving hell to a RED-TAILED HAWK early in the day. Later, I had a third bird fly by at Stevens Creek, coming to perch across the creek on a power tower. This bird was likely doubled-counted, as it undoubtedly ended up on Bill Bousman's list as well. Other birds likely to have been double-counted were the 4 BROWN PELICANS that also flew into Bill's area. This afternoon, 22 Dec 04, I strolled along San Tomas Aquino Creek to the Palm Warbler spot, where I found a HOUSE WREN. I think Dick Stovel mentioned finding this bird on the San Jose Count. 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