From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Nov 3 16:59:43 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iA40vQjm011966 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:57:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (smtp2.stanford.edu [171.67.16.125]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iA40toVC011903 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:55:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (KSmith-pbdsl2.Stanford.EDU [171.66.208.19]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iA40tmvZ029501 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:55:49 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:55:47 -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 Bird List-September 2004 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: September was a good month for rarities (and a few others) and the composite list is at 270 for the year. This is only three birds shy of last year's poor total of 273. We finally found our last 3 for the year when a juvenile PINE SISKIN was seen near Almaden Reservoir on 13 Sep. Our only 4 for the month was a PECTORAL SANDPIPER that showed up at the New Chicago Marsh on 1 Sep. More birds were found near there throughout September, as expected. Only one 5 was found in September, a BREWER'S SPARROW that was seen at the Sunnyvale Baylands Park on 22 Sep, but not thereafter. The big news was that we found four 6s for the month! A CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was found along Coyote Creek below Hwy 237 on 17 Sep. On 18 Sep a BRANDT'S CORMORANT was found on the Ogier Avenue ponds and the next day a PELAGIC CORMORANT was seen on Shoreline Lake. Both birds were seen irregularly over the next few days. Finally, on 30 Sep, a SABINE'S GULL was seen at the CCFS waterbird pond. The complete list can be found at: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ P.S. On a personal note, we just returned from a birding trip to South Africa with Field Guides (3 weeks). We were expecting ultra hot weather, but had mostly cold and often rainy, but still managed to see lots of birds (and mammals), thanks to our excellent guides, and some local guides who knew, e.g., which hill (field) in the mountains a certain very rare Lark could be found. I didn't see all the birds, but did see 418 with 380 being life birds. Excellent trip. Now if I can just catch up on my mail, e-mail and sleep. Kendric -- 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]]