From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Mar 13 17:31:44 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2E1Tjwf011203 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:29:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp3.Stanford.EDU (smtp3.stanford.edu [171.67.16.117]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i2E1SpkF011159 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:28:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (KSmith-pbdsl2.Stanford.EDU [171.66.208.19]) by smtp3.Stanford.EDU (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i2E1SnDh016788 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:28:50 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:28:48 -0800 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. County List 1/31/04 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: I'm slowly getting caught up. I made one correction to the 1 Jan list, adding an AMERICAN BITTERN found at the Ogier Avenue ponds. Although, New Year's Day started out slow, by the end of January we were up to 194 species, which is fairly typical. This is over half the total number of species recorded in the county. We picked up quite a few of our local rarities in January, that is, the 4's. Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were found north of Bailey on 3 Jan. A ROSS'S GOOSE was seen at Sandy Wool Lake on 25 Jan. BARROW'S GOLDENEYE were missed at Shoreline Lake for the Palo Alto CBC, but an immature female was found on 5 Jan and females have been more-or-less regular since. Multiple FERRUGINOUS HAWKs were found on 2 Jan with one in Isabel Valley and another off Santa Teresa Boulevard. The latter bird was occasionally joined by a second adult and many had good looks during January. Eight SANDERLINGs were north of the Alviso marina on 5 Jan, one of the best spots in the county for this coastal sandpiper. An adult GLAUCOUS GULL on Almaden Lake on 25 Jan was a nice find. A PILEATED WOODPECKER was heard at Monte Bello OSP on 11 Jan, a place where they are almost regular now. Monte Bello OSP was also good for RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH and PYGMY NUTHATCHs, both found there on 11 Jan. An AMERICAN DIPPER was found along Herbert Creek where they are resident. The first PHAINOPEPLA of the year was a male in the Isabel Valley on 2 Jan. The female NASHVILLE WARBLER wintering at the Overfelt Gardens was refound on 4 Jan. A HERMIT WARBLER was seen in Graystone Park in the Almaden Valley on 3 Jan. Of the 5's, a male TUFTED DUCK (without much of a tuft) showed up on 16 Jan at Shoreline Lake and stayed for a day (some of the time), delighting some and frustrating others. The January high tides were not very good, but two observers watched a Clapper Rail flush a BLACK RAIL momentarily from the marsh at Palo Alto on 19 Jan. Two SNOWY PLOVERs were found on closed refuge lands in Alviso on 9 Jan. A wintering RUFF was first picked up at New Chicago Marsh on 3 Jan. A HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER was banded at CCFS on 7 Jan and is the first ever found in the winter. It remained into February. The NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH wintering in the Charleston Road marsh was refound on 12 Jan. A VESPER SPARROW in the Isabel Valley on 2 Jan was a good find. A wintering SWAMP SPARROW at the Gold Street Bridge in Alviso was refound on 8 Jan. A 1st-winter INDIGO BUNTING was seen at the Charleston Road marsh on 22 Jan, but did not linger. A female GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE was seen on 3 Jan at the Coyote Creek GC, where multiple birds had been seen in December. The only 6 for the month was a 3rd-winter LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the Sunnyvale WPCP ponds on 14 Jan. This bird left and could not be refound. ----------- The complete list can be found at: 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]]