From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Sep 2 15:27:43 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i82MPPGS021600 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 15:25:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m28.mx.aol.com (imo-m28.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.9]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i82MOGDB021544 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 15:24:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m28.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.4.) id t.59.151427dd (4592) for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:24:09 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:24:09 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5113 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] County goodies 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]] All, First thing this morning Frank Vanslager and I had both RUFFS (both in one scope view at a couple different times) in the pond at State and Spreckles but could not find the reported Pectoral Sandpipers. We then "walked the tracks" and checked out the first pond on the "right" side of the tracks. Still no PESA. We then started checking out the State & Spreckles pond from the railroad track side. After a short time a male NORTHERN HARRIER flushed birds from New Chicago Marsh to the State & Spreckles pond. Shortly thereafter we found PECTORAL SANDPIPERS on one of the southern most "islands" in the pond. The birds kept moving around but it seemed that we had three PESA on this island (later verified by Dave Weber). These three birds all seemed to be adults with at least one male in the group. Frank later found a fourth PESA, a juvenile, on an island further north. This bird had a lot of red in the tertials and a fairly lightly marked head (but no red cap :-(, had to make sure it wasn't a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper). At one point I was certain that I had the STILT SANDPIPER as it landed near Dowitchers on the island near the center of the pond. Unfortunately the bird disappeared before I could get Frank on it and it was not subsequently re-found. Frank and I then walked the railroad tracks to the junction (nothing new but got some exercise) and when we got back Dean Manley was now working the State & Spreckles pond. After additional viewing of the juvenile PESA Frank and I left and luckily ran into Ann Verdi who told us of the Environmental Education Center WILLOW FLYCATCHERS (we only saw one WIFL and one Western Flycatcher [it didn't call] and Frank noted that the BARN OWL was in the nest box). The only birds of note in the Sunnyvale Water Treatment Facility were a couple GREEN HERONS (channel behind the first pump station on the left), a BELTED KINGFISHER (channel across the road to the east) a white Swallow (unknown species flying over the channels to the west) and a juvenile male WOOD DUCK (just before the main pump station for the channel between the East & West Ponds and later in the channel near the large antenna). Take care, Bob Reiling _______________________________________________ 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]]