From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Jul 9 10:26:48 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i69HOwOP012903 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 10:24:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp1.Stanford.EDU (smtp1.stanford.edu [171.67.16.123]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i69HNeMR012855 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 10:23:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (KSmith-pbdsl2.Stanford.EDU [171.66.208.19]) by smtp1.Stanford.EDU (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i69HNcZ9004617 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 10:23:39 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 10:23:35 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] S.C. Co. Bird List June 30, 2004 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]] Bill Bousman Writes: Well, May was an amazing month--we jumped 20 species. Actually we jumped 21 species as I overlooked the first WILSON'S PHALAROPES of the season on 2 May. So that brought the end of May totals to 247 species! What should we expect from June? Not much, actually, as all our normal birds have already shown up. Generally, June is the peak breeding month and there are few unusual birds. But this is one of those unusual years with the displacement of migrant birds from the southeastern United States. Those who have followed the rare bird alerts have heard (or gone and seen) such spectacular eastern birds as Hooded Warblers, Northern Parulas, and White-eyed Vireos! Although these have mostly been birds on the immediate coast, why not a few inland? We tried, sigh. So, how did we do in June? Two more birds for the composite list, bringing us to 249 for the year. We found one 5, a ghost of the past, when a single adult LITTLE BLUE HERON was found on Salt Pond A4 on 21 Jun. This bird was searched for subsequently and seen only a few times in early July. It seems likely that it has spent a good bit of its time over Guadalupe Slough in the closed salt ponds. We also had one 6, an OVENBIRD banded at CCFS on 16 Jun. This is an eastern vagrant that shows up now and then, often in June, but it doesn't seem to be tied to the southeast invasions. Not on this list is a tantalizing report of Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Photos have been promised, but not delivered. ------------------------------- The complete list can be viewed on: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ -- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/ _______________________________________________ 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]]