From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jan 16 16:36:52 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0H0Yn2o021670 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:34:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-r03.mx.aol.com (imo-r03.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.99]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0H0XO1l021627 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 16:33:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r4.12.) id t.ca.26bce827 (3657) for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:33:19 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 19:33:19 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5007 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] County goodies 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, This morning Frank Vanslager and I started our birding on the eastern edge of Shoreline Lake. When we arrived we saw Pat Kenny and Roland Kenner on the western edge of the lake intently studying a mixed flock of Goldeneye and Scaup. After several minutes of mostly scanning our side of the lake [best birds were the hybrid male BARROW'S x COMMON GOLDENEYE, HORNED GREBE and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL] we suddenly noticed Pat giving us a big come-on wave. We assumed that she had the female Barrow's Goldeneye so we quickly drove over to Terminal Way where we saw Roland, he informed us that they had a male TUFTED DUCK on the lake. Sure enough, a male TUDU with an almost nonexistent tuft was swimming nearby with GREATER SCAUP, LESSER SCAUP, COMMON GOLDENEYE and two female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE. Pat then called several birders and later as we were leaving Mike Rogers joined the party. Ultimately the four of us decided to leave Mike and check out Salt Pond A1 where the only bird of note was a mostly leucistic NORTHERN SHOVELER. This bird was all white except for various dark spots on it's head and body, dark edge primaries, and some dark areas along the tail. The bird had a bright orange bill. Later we had 16 BLACK SKIMMERS on the small island in Charleston Slough. Other notables include an adult MEW GULL, DUNLIN, WESTERN SANDPIPER, LEAST SANDPIPER, and a fairly light backed [southern] WESTERN GULL. During our travels we noted that Mike Mammoser and later Peggy Don had joined Mike Rogers on the western edge of Shoreline Lake [ultimately at least eight people saw the Tufted Duck before it flew north toward Salt Pond A1 with a small flock of Scaup]. The last notable of the morning was an ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD sitting on a nest with two eggs in it near the eastern edge of Terminal Way [this bird was first seen on the nest during last Wednesdays field trip to Charleston Slough]. Take care, Bob Reiling _______________________________________________ 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]]