From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Sep 19 12:32:42 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8JJUmwQ023964 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:30:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.116]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8JJTW1c023922 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:29:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 588181826worldnet (104.san-jose-01-03rs.ca.dial-access.att.net[12.72.192.104]) by worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc12) with SMTP id <200409191929311120054qume>; Sun, 19 Sep 2004 19:29:31 +0000 Message-ID: <046301c49e7f$5701fdc0$[[email protected]]> From: "Jan Hintermeister" <[[email protected]]> To: "south-bay-birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:32:01 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Subject: [SBB] snipe and juvenile pied-billed grebe 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]] On Saturday morning, I made a short visit to Charleston Slough. There were a number of interesting birds, including a female RING-NECKED PHEASANT, both AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICAN, 15 BLACK SKIMMERS, COMMON MOORHEN and WHITE-TAILED KITE. A WILSON'S SNIPE was feeding in the waters of the shallow forebay pond across the trail from the slough. On Adobe Creek near the bleachers, I saw a PIED-BILLED GREBE swimming across the creek with a fish in its beak. From the opposite shore, a juvenile swam out peeping. When they met on the far side, a second adult appeared. The adult dove with the fish, the juvenile followed, and a few seconds later the juvenile surfaced with the fish. The young grebe dropped the fish, an adult then retrieved it, and gave it to the juvenile who ate it. I was a little surprised to see this late juvenile. However, Cogswell's Water Birds of California mentions Pied-billed Grebe nesting from Mar - Oct with records from Dec-Feb in southern California. Jan Hintermeister Santa Clara, CA _______________________________________________ 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]]