From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Sep 11 13:53:04 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8BKoawU021020 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:50:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8BKng1c020978 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:49:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 204.127.205.142 ([204.127.205.142]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2004091120494101600hm02oe>; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:49:41 +0000 Received: from [67.169.121.5] by 204.127.205.142; Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:49:40 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (Birders) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 20:49:40 +0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Jul 16 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: bS5tLnJvZ2Vyc0Bjb21jYXN0Lm5ldA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] bayside migrant search 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, This morning 9/11/04, I started out at the Palo Alto Baylands, birding the area around the ranger residence, the nearby fennel patch, and the trees near the Palo Alto WPCP. There was little migrant activity, and in 1.5 hours of searching I only managed to find 7+ YELLOW WARBLERS, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and an immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (1st of fall). There was more activity in the trees and fennel around the Sunnyvale WPCP, where I managed to find 8 YELLOW WARBLERS, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, and a WESTERN TANAGER. AMERICAN COOTS were feeding young in the nearby channel. At least 6 VAUX'S SWIFTS were foraging near the swallow flock, which totaled 195+ VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS and 15 BARN SWALLOWS. Other birds of note included 360 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES on the west pond, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, 2+ SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, and 11 BROWN PELICANS. Heading to Alviso, a WESTERN GREBE was still under the Gold Street bridge, where it has spent most of the past week. The swallow flock on the wires had 28 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS among 170 BARN SWALLOWS. The fennel along the slough levee at Alviso Marina County Park had 6 YELLOW WARBLERS, 3 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS (including one gray- headed bird), a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT banded on the left leg, 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER, and 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. No sign of the roadrunner. A quick check of the pond at State and Spreckles turned up the male RUFF with the faintly barred tertials and the STILT SANDPIPER. Two more VAUX'S SWIFTS were here as well. A quick check of the banding board at the CCFS trailer indicated that it was a slow day for migrants there as well. Banded birds of note included a YELLOW- BREASTED CHAT on 9/4 and 2 MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLERS on 9/5. Four SWAINSON'S THRUSHES have been captured since 8/29 and three LINCOLN'S SPARROWS have been captured since the first on 9/5. An early WILLOW FLYCATCHER on 8/18 was followed by 13 more since 8/29. Mike Rogers _______________________________________________ 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]]