From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Dec 23 17:27:20 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBO1PJlF019727 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:25:19 -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 iBO1OCYK019685 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:24:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from flora04.slac.stanford.edu (flora04.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.16.56]) by mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iBO1O6CT028635; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:24:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from [[email protected]]) Received: from localhost (eisner@localhost) by flora04.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.5/Submit-solaris) with ESMTP id iBO1O5a7019595; Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:24:05 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: flora04.slac.stanford.edu: eisner owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:24:05 -0800 (PST) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]], [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: [SBB] Preliminary results from Palo Alto CBC 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]] The Palo Alto CBC on Monday, December 20 was generally a successful count, despite excessive fog in the lowlands. Particularly striking was the "invasion" of several finch species: PINE SISKIN (a quick call-out at the countdown resulted in of order 500 birds), RED CROSSBILL (a total of 130 reported, the majority in San Mateo County), and, most surprisingly, 28 LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCHes (all in Santa Clara County). RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHes showed strongly in Wunderlich Park (San Mateo Co.), where Garth reported 45, with small numbers elsewhere. Overall, I presently anticipate the species total to be 166 +/- 1, depending on the outcome of the rare bird reviews, with two additional count week species (TREE SWALLOW from Mike Rogers, AMERICAN BITTERN from Phyllis Browning). [Note: all numbers here are unchecked, so mistakes on my part are not ruled out!] Of species we normally expect to see, four were missed: Green Heron, Northern Pygmy-Owl (we typically only find a few of each), Red Knot, and Tricolored Blackbird. Tricolored has been in steep decline on this count in recent years. Many of the noteworthy species have been mentioned in other EMails, but here is a brief summary (apart from those noted above). Since I don't yet have proper credits for all of them, I won't try to credit any. All these species are subject to review. GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE - 7 in Palo Alto (end of Geng Road and behind the active landfill). SNOW GOOSE - 1 at Mountainview Shoreline Park (seen on count day by a park employee, and confirmed the next day). EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL - 2 to 3 (not treated by AOU as a separate species). TUFTED DUCK - 1 (male) well out on salt pond A1. PELAGIC CORMORANT - 1 at Mountainview Shoreline Lake. OSPREY - 1 reported from Felt Lake, and possibly also at Searsville L. VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW - 12 reported from Russian Ridge. YELLOW WARBLER - 1 at the end of Geng Road (found a few days earlier). HERMIT WARBLER - 1 at Los Trancos Open Space Preserve. NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - 1 at the Charleston Road Marsh, probably for its fourth winter. (Well, one credit: for the second year in a row, Richard Jeffers dug this one out for the CBC.) SWAMP SPARROW - 2 total: 1 along the airport levee at the Palo Alto Baylands, one at the Stevens Creek tidal marsh. The Pelagic Cormorant (seen repeatedly over the days since the count) and Osprey would (if accepted) be second-time-ever for the Palo Alto CBC. Seen just about every year, but still of note, were at least six each of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and EURASIAN WIGEON, two BARROW'S GOLDENEYEs (Shoreline Lake), and two WHITE-THROATED SPARROWs (one along San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, the other in Atherton). Thanks are due to all those who participated, and most especially to Jack Cole for his strong organizing effort and his crew of region coordinators. 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]]