From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Jul 24 12:51:58 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6OJnoOP007680 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:49:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu (mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.92]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6OJmwMR007632 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:48:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flora05.slac.stanford.edu (flora05.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.16.59]) by mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6OJmvw6003966 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:48:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from [[email protected]]) Received: from localhost (eisner@localhost) by flora05.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.5/Submit-solaris) with ESMTP id i6OJmv7S012572 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:48:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: flora05.slac.stanford.edu: eisner owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:48:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [SBB] Least Terns 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]] An overcast morning tends to be the best time to look for the Least Terns at salt pond A2E (north of Crittenden Marsh), for reasons of visibility. This morning I counted 92 of them resting on the boardwalk which crosses this pond. By 9:50, when I left, they were starting to stir, but not yet actively feeding. A2E also had about 75 American White Pelicans. Shore- birds were scarce in the immediate area: Crittenden Marsh is nearly dry, and the tidal basin on the west side of Stevens Creek is now heavily vegetated. (What has changed to cause this?) I got over to the Palo Alto Estuary mouth a bit too late (the tide was already well out), but of interest here was at least one juvenile Western Sandpiper (first picked out by Mike Danzenbaker). There were also upwards of 70 Semipalmated Plovers. Al Eisner _______________________________________________ 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]]