| Yeah, I noticed the interesting species in my subject line...
Les
On Dec 9, 2005, at 7:55 PM, Les Chibana wrote: Yesterday, Thursday, I was able to make a dash by the Alviso Marina, but was too late, judging from Bob Reiling's post, as I did not see the aforementioned sandpiper. I saw only a good number of LEAST SANDPIPERS in the peep flock, no Western's or Dunlin. I saw a PEREGRINE FALCON (looked like a juvenile) across the pond on the mudflats in the low vegetation. It was acting like a bumbling juvenile, clumsily picking at the vegetation. (Maybe it was doing a good impression of an inattentive kid, to catch the peeps off guard?) I never saw it fly, although it jumped and walked around a bit. After a while, while this bird was still "in my scope", another Peregrine flew overhead headed north from over Alviso. So, there were at least two Peregrines in the Alviso area yesterday.
By the way, this is off topic (out of the purview of this list), for those of you bird photographers and rail enthusiasts, you should check out the Sora and Virginia Rail at the Vic Fazio Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area near parking lot C. From our vehicle, today, we watched these birds at point blank range next to the road. Also, about .25 mi. south of lot A, we saw 6(!) AMERICAN BITTERNS quite visible in the sparse vegetation or in front of the banks of reeds. A seventh bird was seen near lot C. This is in Yolo County, southside of Hwy 80 just before the Yolo Causeway, exit at East Chiles Rd. Go left and up and over the levee. A PDF of area description, directions and map are available at < http://www.cvbirds.org/SiteGuides/YBWA.pdf> Les --- Les Chibana BirdNUTZ(tm) - Ornigasmic Birding ph 650-949-4335 fx 650-949-4137 snailmail: SR2 Box 335, La Honda CA 94020 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
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