From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Feb 4 15:30:02 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i14NQtGD018368 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:26:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i14NQICp018320 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:26:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/NAS-6n) with ESMTP id i14NQH78235629 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:26:17 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id i14NQHnI235601 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:26:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:26:17 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] wintering HAFL X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5a1 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, Over lunch today 2/4/04, I headed to CCFS to look for the Hammond's Flycatcher reported there by the banders. I figured at least I would succeed in obtaining the actual dates on which the bird was caught from the banding board. On the drive in, I noted that the sludge ponds near the road were full and that numerous waterfowl, shorebirds, and gulls were utilizing them. On the dike on the far side of the southernmost sludge pond I found 4 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE (3 adults and 1 immature). Also seen from the dike here were an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and 7+ TREE SWALLOWS. Continuing on up to the banding trailer, I bumped into Mike Mammoser, who had just seen the HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER south of the trailer. He kindly refound it for me and we were able to watch it flycatching from mid-level branches of the taller leafless trees above the coyote bushes for a few minutes. I picked out another ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER back by the trailer, a third in the row of eucalyptus across from the trailer, and a banded HUTTON'S VIREO near the trailer. After Mike left, I checked the gulls in the sludge ponds north of the trailer and at the waterbird pond. There were lots of THAYER'S GULLS present at both locations, including a very pale bird showing some features of an Iceland Gull in a sludge pond with a big gull roost. The bird later flew in the direction of the Newby Island Landfill. The banding board indicated that the HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER was first caught on 7 Jan and recaptured on 17, 21, 28 Jan, and today 4 Feb. A HUTTON'S VIREO first caught 17 Dec was likely the bird responsible for recaptures on 20 Dec and 10, 14, and 31 Jan - presumably the same bird we saw today. Also of note were recaptures of BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER on 3 Dec, 11 Jan, and 1 Feb - presumably the bird first caught 26 Oct. Although there have been no House Wrens since 25 Oct, there have been WINTER WREN recaptures on 10, 20, and 31 Dec and 10 Jan - but whether they are all the same bird is unclear given new birds banded on 21, 24, and 27 Sep, 12 Oct, 25 Oct, and 19 Nov. A GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET banded 10 Jan was likely the one recaptured the next day. A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was banded 17 Dec and two were recaptured 31 Dec. A SWAINSON'S THRUSH listed for 22 Nov may be misidentified, as this would be a month later than our normal late dates for this species - the last one prior to this was on 15 Oct. 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]]