From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jan 16 08:08:40 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0GG5q2o007560 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:05:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from mtaw6.prodigy.net (mtaw6.prodigy.net [64.164.98.56]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0GG501l007516 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:05:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from KrisDesktop (adsl-64-169-18-243.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.169.18.243]) by mtaw6.prodigy.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0GG4DFA018714 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:04:13 -0800 (PST) From: "Kris Olson" <[[email protected]]> To: "'South Bay Birders'" <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:04:59 -0800 Message-ID: <001a01c3dc4a$7e52ebc0$6501a8c0@KrisDesktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id i0GG501l007516 Subject: [SBB] Gates of Heaven Cemetery ducks 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]] Hello all, To avoid a traffic backup, I left 280 on Wed. and spent a few minutes at the Gates of Heaven Cemetery (Foothill exit if you are southbound.) They have a little pond there that despite its general sterility attracts ducks. Since suburban ponds in Santa Cruz keep attracting Tufted Ducks, I check this one when I can. Who knows? Wednesday it held: 4 BUFFLEHEADS (in pairs) 6 RING-NECKED DUCKS (also in pairs) Driving out there were two WHITE-TAILED KITES and 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. Avoiding another traffic jam on Friday Jan. 9 (this one in a church parking lot after a memorial service), I saw two more WHITE-TAILED KITES perched on very high Redwood trees, right in the middle of our suburban civilization. Quite a surprise. The church was in the 1000 block on Channing in Palo Alto. I presume that these trees offer some vantage point to the Baylands. Now with the Red-tailed Hawks I see on 280, I guess my year list for Santa Clara County is now up to 5 species! :) Kris Olson Menlo Park, CA _______________________________________________ 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]]