From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Feb 14 16:21:20 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1F0IjG6013994 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:18:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1F0HpCp013949 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:17:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from [24.4.0.160] (c-24-4-0-160.client.comcast.net[24.4.0.160]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <2004021500175001500h4t4ie>; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 00:17:50 +0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:17:49 -0800 From: Dennis Braddy <[[email protected]]> To: SouthBayBirds <[[email protected]]> Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Glaucous Waterthrush 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]] SouthBayBirders, Well, the plan was to stop by Hidden Lake Park for Thayer's Gull, go on over to Charleston Marsh for Northern Waterthrush, and then finish off with Glaucous Gull at Almaden Lake Park. Amazingly, that's just the way it went! There were several 1st winter and one 2nd winter THAYER'S GULLS (at least that's what they looked like to this gull-challenged birder) at Hidden Lake Park on N. Milpitas Blvd. between Jacklin Rd. and E. Calaveras Blvd. in Milpitas this morning. Shortly after I arrived at Charleston Marsh (about 10:45 A.M.) the NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH suddenly appeared in its favorite willow near par course station #7, groomed itself for 2 to 3 minutes while emitting several calls, and dove back into the rushes. Naturally I was delighted (it was my third try) and so was the birder that had been there for an hour (also on her third try). No sign of the White-throated Sparrow, but there was a flock of YELLOW-BREASTED BUSHTITS. (Must have been something they almost ate.) Undaunted by the large number of gulls on Almaden Lake (well, only slightly daunted), I scanned 2/3 of the flock before spotting the adult GLAUCOUS GULL just after noon. Having seen all I could see from across the lake I walked quickly to the opposite side (whew!) and arrived seconds after most of the gulls lifted off (dang!). On a perfect day the Glaucous Gull would have been among those that settled back to the surface of the lake. So it wasn't a perfect day, but close enough. Dennis Braddy San Ramon _______________________________________________ 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]]