From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Sep 18 15:53:19 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8IMpZwP009878 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 18 Sep 2004 15:51:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ylpvm43.prodigy.net (ylpvm43-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.74]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8IMoS1c009839 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 18 Sep 2004 15:50:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (adsl-66-126-229-161.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [66.126.229.161]) by ylpvm43.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8IMnXCF008859; Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:49:34 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 15:48:35 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Gordon Barrett <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] Skimmers atCharleston Slough 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]] Saw 18 Black Skimmers at Charleston Slough today, Saturday, September 18, 2004. It was a cold, overcast morning with a chilly wind that nearly made me forget summer, but it is nice to see the fall birds arriving. Life's tradeoffs. The slough was a mud flat, so the shorebirds were plentiful, and the ducks were active in Adobe Creek. The full list: of 35: Pied-billed Grebe Double-Crested Cormorant Canada Goose Mallard Northern Pintail Northern Shovelor Cinnamon Teal Green-Winged Teal Lesser Scaup (1 in Shoreline Lake) Ruddy Duck (1 in Shoreline Lake) Common Moorhen American Coot American White Pelican Brown Pelican (Diving in Shoreline Lake) Black Skimmer (18 near "Skimmer Island" on the mud flat) Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron (Shoreline Lake) Black Crowned Night Heron Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Black-Necked Stilt American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs Willet Long-Billed Curlew Marbled Godwit Western Sandpiper Long-Billed Dowitcher Ring-Necked Pheasant White-tailed Kite Loggerhead Shrike (On the posts in the Flood Control Basin) Common Raven (2 on the same posts) Marsh Wren Gordon -- Gordon Barrett [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]