From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Jul 24 22:16:53 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6P5FAOQ014712 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:15:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from turkey.mail.pas.earthlink.net (turkey.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.126]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6P5DqMR014664 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:13:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-vcauos2.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.99.130] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by turkey.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BobKZ-00041f-00 for [[email protected]]; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:13:52 -0700 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:21:12 -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, Salt Pond A2E 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, 7/24/2004, I made a CCW circuit of the Alviso salt ponds on my bicycle. It was a cool and overcast morning and I eagerly studied each and every Forster's Tern without ever a suggestion of anything but a Forster's Tern. However, any disappointment in my inability to find a Common Tern was made up for by the incredible concentrations of picivorus birds on Salt Pond A9 and A10. High counts for the day for AM. WHITE PELICAN were 1320, with 1035 on A10. My GREAT EGRET total was 119 birds, with 93 on A9; for SNOWY EGRET, I tallied 223 birds, with 168 on A9--what a fecund habitat. Only 19 BROWN PELICANS were in with the Am. White Pelican flocks on A10, but I think much of the excitement was the cacophony of the cries of the CALIFORNIA GULLS that were surrounding these birds--such a noise. Three female/immature BUFFLEHEAD were in A9. Afterwards, I stopped by Salt Pond A2E, following Al Eisner by an hour or so. Here I tallied and additional 70 Am. White Pelicans and 218 LEAST TERNS. Substantial numbers were on the catwalk on A2E, but many were on the dike separating A2E and B1. More birds (uncounted) appeared to be foraging on B1 to the north. 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]]