From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Oct 25 00:05:49 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9P73Njn022799 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:03:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pop-a065d01.pas.sa.earthlink.net (pop-a065d01.pas.sa.earthlink.net [207.217.121.248]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9P71qVC022737 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:01:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-38lc0l5.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.2.165]) by pop-a065d01.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1CLyrW-0007NG-00; Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:01:50 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: South Bay Birders <[[email protected]]>, San Mateo birds list <[[email protected]]> From: Les Chibana <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:03:38 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Cc: Subject: [SBB] Coyote Point to PA Flood Control Basin 10/24/04 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]] Apologies for the crossposting. My Palo Alto Baylands birding class did a trip today from Coyote Point down to the Flood Control Basin, stopping at a few points in between. Highlights were: Coyote Point - The resident(?) male Harlequin Duck out at the rip-rap breakwater - A SORA and WILSON'S SNIPE at the marsh to the south of the yacht harbor - A MERLIN chased a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK over the marsh - An ELEGANT TERN with the flock of FORSTER'S TERNS and shorebirds on the spit on the bayside by the yacht harbor at the rising tide - A VARIED THRUSH was heard by Ken Petersen from the area of the ditch, where we didn't find any uncommon warblers - BLACK TURNSTONES and BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS have been regular here, it seems Foster City shell bar - 2 RED KNOT - 1 RUDDY TURNSTONE - The dowitcher species here have very short bills, but we didn't hear any calls. Al Jaramillo commented once that the males and females of the dowitcher species tend to winter in sexually exclusive flocks. I guess it's possible that the group at the shell bar could be mostly composed of shorter-billed male Short-billed Dowitchers that actually look like they have shorter bills. I have confirmed Short-billed Dowitchers here in the past by call. Bayfront Park - WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was still present. We found it near the top of the trail that leads uphill from the restrooms. It was feeding at the base of the last bush on the right side of the trail about 10 yards off the trail. - As some in our group were scanning for the golden-plover along the levee to the north, a raptor flushed everything, ending the search Flood Control Basin - We stopped at the frontage road parking area and saw some birders (Emily S.?) out on the trail looking into the north pond. I "triangulated" from our location and easily found the juvenile SABINE'S GULL feeding by itself in the north pond. This was about 1:30p. It eventually flew in the direction of Charleston Slough, but I lost track of it as it approached Adobe Creek. It could have landed there or continued to pond A1. - Randy Little saw two male BLUE-WINGED TEAL land at the near edge of the north pond where they have normally hung out in the past. They popped out a few times for the rest of us to see. Mtn View/Coast Casey Forebay - A LINCOLN'S SPARROW was seen along the southern edge. It's a great time to be birding along the Bay edge! Les Chibana, Palo Alto PS. for San Mateo County, I forgot to report on our trip along the southern San Mateo Coast on 10/16/04. Most notable birds were WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS between San Gregorio and Pomponio State Beaches, and 3 male BLUE-WINGED TEAL that Al DeMartini reported on 10/18/04 at the north pond at Pescadero Beach. _______________________________________________ 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]]