From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jul 9 21:34:08 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6A4WAOY022244 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 21:32:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net (conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.54]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6A4V2MR022201 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 21:31:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-vcaumon.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.91.23] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Bj9Vs-0004BL-00 for [[email protected]]; Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:31:01 -0700 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:05:23 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Alviso Salt Ponds X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 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]] Folks: This morning, 7/9/2004, I made a CCW cycling tour of the Alviso salt ponds from the Alviso Marina. I also added a tour of Salt Ponds A16 and A17 to my itinerary. Four alt EARED GREBES were on Salt Pond A13. On my ride around A16 and A17 I counted 21 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE in the New Chicago Marsh, off the A16 levee. These birds were in a mixture of alternate, basic, and juvenile plumages. In A16, mostly beside the four islands, I counted 981 WILSON'S PHALAROPE. Again, these were in a variety of plumages. The 4th island had 3-4 BLACK SKIMMERS, one of which appeared to be incubating. There were also two skimmers on the 3rd island. Salt Pond A14 has a lower level now and is especially good for shorebirds although I found nothing special there. I counted another 14 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE among the other shorebirds. 100+ DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS were on the Salt Pond A9/A10 dike and I estimated 82 nests, well short of Mike Roger's higher count earlier in the season. I was surprised to see only adults present, some incubating, but no obvious young of the year. Three BROWN PELICANS were also along this dike with the many Am. White Pelicans. A male and two female/immature BUFFLEHEAD were in Salt Pond A9. Bill _______________________________________________ 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]]