From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jan 9 18:40:58 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0A2cs2s012822 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:38:54 -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 i0A2c11l012778 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:38:01 -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 i0A2c078115501 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:38:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id i0A2c05U115229 for [[email protected]]; Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:38:00 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 18:38:00 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Alviso salt ponds 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]] All, Since the rain held off past mid-day in Alviso today 1/9/04, Mike Mammoser and I headed out to survey for Snowy Plovers in Salt Ponds A9 through A15 (the ponds north of the Alviso Marina). We found no Snowy Plovers out there, but there were plenty of SANDERLINGS, with 13 in the impoundment north of the marina and 13 more roosting with many other shorebirds near the north end of the dike separating Salt Ponds A14 and A15. Salt Pond A9 had a huge duck flock containing large numbers of pintail and wigeon; among them we found 3 male EURASIAN WIGEON. Salt Pond A10 had large numbers of SCAUP and at least 278 REDHEADS (likely the largest concentration ever found in the county!). Also of interest on the various ponds were 5 species of GREBES, 22 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS (including many adult males), 2 adult PEREGRINE FALCONS, and 500+ BONAPARTE'S GULLS (western Salt Pond A15). 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]]