From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Jun 7 11:05:39 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i57I3Qim027394 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:03:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i57I2Tcu027343 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:02:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/NAS-6n) with ESMTP id i57I2SwO083128 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:02:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id i57I2Rna083303 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:02:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 11:02:27 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Palo Alto SBC - bayside WEBL, OATI, DEJU 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]] All, On Saturday 6/5/04, I birded several bayside areas for the Palo Alto Summer Bird Count. I started out before dawn at the Mountain View Forebay, hoping to induce either a Sora or Virginia Rail to call in response to playing a tape - no luck. A BEWICK'S WREN was already singing along the creek that feeds into the Forebay though. I got no response from the reed beds along the frontage road at the Palo Alto Flood Control Basin as well. I next headed to the end of Geng Road, where I jumped on my bike and headed out to the San Francisquito Creek Delta. An adult COOPER'S HAWK was chasing a WHITE-TAILED KITE across the creek in San Mateo County. The delta mud flats were just uncovering at dawn, but the only shorebirds out there were 19 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS. A group of 74 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS was also loafing at the water's edge and a single CASPIAN TERN flew north. Five CLAPPER RAILS called, all from the Santa Clara County side. Playing tapes for Sora and Virginia Rail along the outfall channel by the airstrip again failed to elicit a response. After dropping off some count materials at the Baylands (Lois and Wally Goldfrank and Jeff Poklen covered this area - they had already found a female-plumaged RED-BREASTED MERGANSER and later found an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER near the end of Geng Road), I made a quick stop at the end of Embarcadero Way. At least 7 juvenile DARK-EYED JUNCOS here were a surprise (2 were found later by the Baylands group). After dropping off more count materials at the Forebay at 7:00am, I headed over to the Charleston Road marsh. No real surprises here, buts lots of breeding activity: BLACK PHOEBE nest with young and recently fledged young, a pair of COMMON YELLOWTHROATS carrying food for young, and LESSER GOLDFINCH feeding young and nest building. Birds of note included a GREEN HERON, a COOPER'S HAWK, and 3 DARK-EYED JUNCOS. I spent the next 1.75 hours covering both sides of Stevens Creek between Highway 101 and Crittenden Lane. The most surprising bird here was a single SWAINSON'S THRUSH in the riparian just north of L'Avenida; it provided decent looks before disappearing back into the brush. Other birds of note included 9 HOODED ORIOLES (including one adult male, 3 1-year old males (including some territorial posturing), and an adult female carrying food for young), a pair of BULLOCK'S ORIOLES tending a nest with young, female ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS nest building and tending a nest with one large young (the other young hanging from the nest dead), 2 CEDAR WAXWINGS, a GREEN HERON, at least 2 singing BEWICK'S WRENS, and a KILLDEER doing a nice distraction display. >From the Stevens Creek dike I saw an adult male WESTERN BLUEBIRD and an OAK TITMOUSE in the nearby Moffett housing area; both species are very unusual so close to the bay. Further searching on the other side of the fence turned up a pair a WESTERN BLUEBIRDS tending a nest with young and an additional pair of OAK TITMICE. An adult COOPER'S HAWK kept a watchful eye one me as I headed under her nest. Other birds on Moffett Field included 3 CINNAMON TEAL, an immature RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 11 BURROWING OWLS, 3 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES, 2 BULLOCK'S ORIOLES, and a singing HORNED LARK. I spent the next 1.25 hours driving the salt pond levees north of Moffett Field, refinding the same injured oversummering ducks that Mike Mammoser had located earlier, but not finding anything too unexpected. After collecting the party packet from the Baylands party at the Mountain View Forebay at 3:00pm (GREEN HERON called from the Forebay), I called it quits and headed off to my son's baseball game. Mike Rogers _______________________________________________ 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]]