From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Dec 26 12:35:09 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBQKXAlE017900 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:33:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (smtp1.stanford.edu [171.67.16.123]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBQKWHYK017842 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:32:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from smc-nt-exchange.stanford.edu (SMC-NT-EXCHANGE.Stanford.EDU [171.66.243.126]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iBQKWGZV020857 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:32:16 -0800 Received: by smc-nt-exchange.stanford.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:25:42 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> From: Leonie Batkin <[[email protected]]> To: South Bay SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:25:41 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] American Bittern at SCVWD Pond 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 I went to the SCVWD Pond at Via Monte Road and Almaden Expressway. Based on Janna Pauser's reports in October I wanted to see if the Bitterns were present. I arrived at the parking lot at 10:45am and started to walk the path between the parking lot and the pond. I stopped at the spot where there is a concrete bench and a series of wooden benches to scan the reeds and cattails across the pond and at 10:56am I had located an AMERICAN BITTERN on the south east edge of the pond. It was perched on a "bench" of bent over reeds looking out over the pond the perch was about 3 feet above the top of the water. I observed it for ten minutes while it preened, stretched its neck and wings. It then turned and walked deep into the reeds until it was no longer visible. Happy Boxing Day, Get out and bird, Leonie Batkin Menlo Park _______________________________________________ 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]]