From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jan 1 14:26:13 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i01MNh2l002363 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 14:23:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from nospam2.slac.stanford.edu (nospam2.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.86]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i01MMU1l002322 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 14:22:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpserv2.slac.stanford.edu (smtpserv2.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.19.101]) by nospam2.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i01MMTSo006050 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 14:22:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from [[email protected]]) Received: from flora04.slac.stanford.edu ([134.79.16.56]) by smtpserv2.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Thu, 01 Jan 2004 14:22:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (eisner@localhost) by flora04.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.5/Submit-solaris) with ESMTP id i01MMSNs006133 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 01 Jan 2004 14:22:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 14:22:28 -0800 (PST) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Authentication-warning: flora04.slac.stanford.edu: eisner owned process doing -bs Subject: [SBB] Rainbirds X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ 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]] Since I'll be leaving today for a few days, I wanted to get in some local birding this morning despite the rain. This meant finding spots where I could bird from (or at least near) my car, and I wound up in the Calero circle. Rain was sometimes only light, but the wind was a problem, and I decided not to use a scope (a decided handicap at Calero Rservoir). Birds weren't much up and about -- I didn't get my first year species until reaching the Monterey Highway, where I saw several AMERICAN CROWs. Landbirds were hard to come by in this weather, and my species total over a couple of hours was very low, but there were some mild highlights among non-passerines. Parkway Lakes: the two OSPREYs were still here. Coyote Ranch Marsh: a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and a COMMON MOORHEN. Calero Reservoir Park: 7 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANs, plus WILD TURKEYs. I didn't see any white specs (Bald Eagle candidates) in the trees (the more distant of which were lost in haze). Almaden Lake: Inflow and water level here were impressively higher than a few days ago. I saw 7 COMMON MERGANSERs and 3 HOODED MERGANSERs here. SCVWD Pond: An OSPREY was on the tall snag (it unfortunately flushed as I walked by); the young Peregrine was apparently smart enough *not* to be there (I didn't see it). Since the weather has gotten a lot better, I'll make some more stops on my way out (maybe a try with scope at Calero?); I'll later send Bill a full day list as he's requested. Happy New Year. 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]]