From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Nov 26 16:53:51 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iAR0pSjp020217 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:51:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.205]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iAR0nsVC020172 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:49:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id r35so243551rna for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:49:52 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Y/IXwv/L0WhEXCHyprJUn8nt8C9OgzdUrWvxHinlW7XKOnvtcMfBU9633mUH27ZVyETktG1Je3Vkrfq2Rai84cTQ6eL7Ck3ZmXT+K9DerjC9oLZvydkngjvC7pesfXsEaWTQw1U2yajU/xomIvlR/rRY/DxDHdgel8cG/ZEQ3Ek= Received: by 10.38.102.13 with SMTP id z13mr532951rnb; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:49:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.162.39 with HTTP; Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:49:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:49:52 -0800 From: Karen DeMello <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] a merlin day at the bay 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 afternoon Jan Hintermeister and I did a Snowy Plover SFBBO survey at salt ponds R1 & R2 near the Dumbarton Bridge. We didn't see any Snowy Plovers, but there were hundreds of SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS. Also thousands of LEAST SANDPIPERS with some WESTERN SANDPIPERS, AMERICAN AVOCETS, BLACK-NECKED STILTS, and WILLETS. On the frontage road near the substation a MERLIN flew over. There were BUFFLEHEADS in the pond to the east of R1. Then we headed to Bayfront Park in an unsuccessful attempt to see the Lark Bunting. While watching the WHITE-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS a MERLIN bolted by! It's certainly rare for me to see a Merlin, so a 2-Merlin day is quite the lucky day indeed! Yesterday after lunch I went for a walk at Shoreline Park & Charleston Slough. There were 2 WHITE-TAILED KITES sitting on a tree snag across Adobe Creek, with a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE perched inbetween them. Other favorites included CANVASBACKS in Charleston Slough, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, CINNAMON TEAL, and AMERICAN WIGEON in Adobe Creek, and a juvenile COMMON MOORHEN in the Flood Control Basin. As I walked through the trees which parallel Shoreline Lake I saw a WHITE-TAILED KITE hovering not more than 20' away. It stared intently at the ground and when its eyes got big, its legs started to unfold and the talons uncurled. For a moment I thought I'd see its dinner-to-be, but instead it then tucked back up and then flew off after a minute or two. I've yet to see Black Skimmers on Black Skimmer Island this fall, though I know that others have seen them. Also I don't seem to be seeing Common Moorhens very often this fall0, so I was thrilled to see the juvenile yesterday. Karen DeMello Mountain View _______________________________________________ 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]]