From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jan 2 00:44:03 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i028gC2l013128 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 00:42:13 -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 i028eH1l013074 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 00:40:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from 204.127.197.117 ([204.127.197.117]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <2004010208401601500q8ecte>; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 08:40:16 +0000 Received: from [24.6.247.252] by 204.127.197.117; Fri, 02 Jan 2004 08:40:14 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (SBB Chat Group) Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 08:40:14 +0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 27 2003) X-Authenticated-Sender: YmlyZGVybW9tQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 Subject: [SBB] 12-31-03 Palo Alto Baylands Rails and others 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]] Happy New Years! Yesterday, I birded the Palo Alto Baylands from about 10:30am to 4:00pm. It was great weather, especially for pictures - see my website at: http://community.webshots.com/user/birdermom In the duck pond, there were about 10 Lesser Scaup and about 4 Greater Scaup (see pics). There were Ring-billed, California, Western, Herring, and 5-6 Glaucous-Winged Gulls. I took many pics as they begged from the various families who came to feed them. There were also 5-6 Brown-Headed Cowbirds with a flock of Brewer's and Red-winged Blackbirds (see pics). They fed at my feet. I didn't think my chances for Rails was good, being as it was extremely low tide, but I was lured to the board-walk by 2 other photographers. One was a man who had just taken (poor) pictures of the Black Rail. I missed out, but had two separate California Clapper Rails walk under the board-walk as I snapped pics! As they foraged in the unseen waterways, they kept in touch with their loud "kek, kek, kek, kek's". At one time I heard three - what a noisy bunch! Overall, the soft mud, cool air, sunny skies and abundant wildlife made for a very satisfying day. Happy birding in 2004!!! Jean Myers _______________________________________________ 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]]