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

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

Bill Bousman writes:
The composite list has moved up from 272 to 281 through the end of 
October. Once through the end of May or June we have found nearly all 
of our regular birds. After that it is the rarities that build the 
list. Looking at recent averages, September and October should 
provide about 6 new birds each month. We've done much better this 
year with 10 new birds in September and 9 in October, so we're 
smokin'. This month was especially good with one new 5 and all the 
rest 6s, including a new bird for the county.

The only 5 of the month was a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW along Coyote Creek 
below Hwy 237 on 15 Oct.

In the 6s, the first was a PLUMBEOUS VIREO along Coyote Creek below 
Hwy 237 on 5 Oct. This bird was refound in late October and seen 
there into November. On 6 Oct, a CANADA WARBLER was found there as 
well for a county first! Another eastern vagrant, a NORTHERN PARULA 
was found along the Guadalupe River near Coleman on 7 Oct. A sickly 
COMMON MURRE was seen at Byxbee Park on 9 Oct. A DICKSISSEL was found 
along Stevens Creek below La Avenida on 14 Oct. The end of the month 
finished with a bang with a GRAY CATBIRD banded along Coyote Creek 
below Hwy 237 on 26 Oct, a CHIMNEY SWIFT seen there the next day, and 
a male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER found at the Sunnyvale Baylands 
Park, also on 27 Oct.

We've missed four 4s this year and the only one we're likely to find 
before the end of the year is Red-throated Loon. But we have 18 5's 
left and 15 of these are good candidates. Data from recent years 
suggest we should pick up 7 species in the next two months. But at 
the rate we are going now, we may do quite a bit better.


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
[[email protected]]
http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/
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