From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat May 15 17:10:33 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i4G08SUx028062 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 15 May 2004 17:08:28 -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 i4G06qD6028023 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 15 May 2004 17:06:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flora02.slac.stanford.edu (flora02.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.16.57]) by mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4G06oDZ015454 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 15 May 2004 17:06:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from [[email protected]]) Received: from localhost (eisner@localhost) by flora02.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.5/Submit-solaris) with ESMTP id i4G06odf029786 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 15 May 2004 17:06:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: flora02.slac.stanford.edu: eisner owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 17:06:50 -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] Llagas Creek 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]] This morning I walked along the west side of Llagas Creek from Bloomfield Road, north to near the Gilroy Sewage Plant. I finally heard an uncooperative YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT from the creek basin, about even with pond 7 (counting from the south) -- where there's a small tank with an antenna on the top. It only sang for about 20 seconds (at 10:30), with one brief snippet later, not enough to locate the bird. About 10:45 I heard nother brief singing episode from the west side of the levee a bit to the north (south of the hill) -- could be the same bird. Apart from COMMON YELLOWTHROATs (lots), the only other warbler I detected was one singing (heard-only) WILSON'S WARBLER. Also on this walk I had one WESTERN TANAGER, at least 4 singing BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKs, and a few heard-only BULLOCK'S ORIOLEs. I was slightly surprised to hear a WRENTIT, but I suspect it's not unusual in the area. Duckling broods included a female CINNAMON TEAL with 7 youngsters. The only slightly unexpected duck was a male NORTHERN SHOVELER. Pond 6 (and then 7) had a small collection of shorebirds, including a bright female WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 2 or 3 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and one DOWITCHER, sp. I saw one adult GREEN HERON in flight, but not any Bittern. (I have yet to see one in this location!) After this I made a quick run over to San Felipe Road (Dunne Lane?), but didn't find much. NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was nest-building under the Pajaro River bridge (Santa Clara end). 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]]