[SBB] S.C. Co. Bird List Feb. 2005

["Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]>]

Bill Bousman writes:
I made at least one mistake on January's list: I overlooked Cackling 
Goose, which was seen by m.ob. on 1/2/2005.  So that brings January's 
total to 191.

In February we had 10 new species, which brings the list to 201.  So 
we broke the 200-species barrier in February and have 10 more months 
to break 300!  (It's been done once.)

We had three of the more common species that were added in February. 
A NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW was found at Coyote Reservoir on 5 
Feb, and a CLIFF SWALLOW was seen at Lake Cunningham on 13 Feb--both 
early.  Also, an ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD was found at Ed Levin CP on 6 
Feb.

Of the 4's, we found two new ones.  A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD passed 
through a Milpitas yard on 3 Feb and was a bit early.  A CANYON WREN 
was in Henry Coe SP on 6 Feb and is resident here, but not easily 
found (plus you have to ride shank's mare).

Three 5's were found.  A male TUFTED DUCK was seen in Salt Pond A2W 
on 2 Feb and it seems likely that this is the same bird that was in 
Salt Pond A1 in December, although its tuft is much longer now.  A 
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found in Coe on 6 Feb.  Finally, the 
wintering NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH in the Charleston Road Marsh was found 
again on 16 Feb.

The big news of the month has to be the two 6's that were found and 
both were sapsuckers!  The first was a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER that 
was seen at Hidden Villa on 2 Feb.  Then on 11 Feb, a female 
WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER was found at Lake Cunningham.  It is not often 
that any of our 6's stay around, but wintering sapsuckers are 
generally more cooperative and many people have been able to see both 
birds.

The complete list can be found at:
South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU)
http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/

--
Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D.
927 Mears Court
Stanford, CA  94305-1041
(650) 493-7210  (voice or fax)
[[email protected]]
http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/
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