From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Sep 12 17:32:38 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8D0UkwT013739 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:30:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net (hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8D0T21c013689 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:29:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-38lc0pl.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.3.53]) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1C6eiK-0003oN-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:29:01 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: SBB <[[email protected]]> From: Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:31:24 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) Subject: [SBB] SWPCP 09.12.04 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]] All, In preparation for an upcoming class field trip, I made a quick scouting trip to SWPCP. Time was limited, so I took the levy between the two main ponds and turned around after meeting the junction. It was pretty windy and my brand new hat blew off into the green sludge.... Yuck! Hopefully it will wash out. Anyway, a large flock of American White Pelican rested on the far east edge of east pond and two BROWN PELICANS flew above them and came to rest on the water. Ruddy Duck were conspicuous, with many males still wearing bright chestnut. Most however, have acquired their basic plumage. Mallards, Gadwall and Northern Shovelers dominated the duck scene, several Cinnamon Teal and three BLUE-WINGED TEAL made an appearance near the junction. Scattered PINTAIL were seen as well. One AMERICAN WIGEON, a male, rested on the northeast edge of the west pond. RED-NECKED PHALAROPES were in abundance, with at least one hundred on the west pond. Least Sandpiper were numerous, with several groups of 50 birds whizzing past me at various times. Two WILSON'S PHALAROPES were present as well. The shorebird highlight was a single LESSER YELLOWLEGS seen in flight as it flew north past me on the channel. Two Dowitchers, dashed away over west pond, no vocals, no id... Gulls present included loads of Ring-billed and California with a few Western toward the center of the water. Only a few raptors were observed, a single Red-tailed Hawk, a Northern Harrier and a White-tailed Kite. Regarding the grassy hills near the plant: What is the status of Burrowing Owl there? I've never seen any in the area but the "Sensitive Area" signs suggest they are present... Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net _______________________________________________ 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]]