[SBB] Sunday 18 Sep 05

["Michael Mammoser" <[[email protected]]>]

On Sunday morning, 18 Sep 05, I decided to look for the Solitary Sandpiper
along the Guadalupe River. On the way, passing Calero Reservoir, I saw a
GOLDEN EAGLE fly by. I ran into Ann Verdi at the recharge facility and she
told me of a bittern that was hiding in the reeds. Before we could get a
look at it Vivek Tiwari motioned to us from the other side of the river to
join him. When we did, he had the SOLITARY SANDPIPER in clear view for us.
The AMERICAN BITTERN was also in the open, providing excellent looks not too
far from a GREEN HERON. GREAT EGRET, SNOWY EGRET, and BLACK-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON were all working the shoreline of the river as well. 

Vivek left us as Ann tried to find a Sora. We spent some minutes looking
before Ann decided to head up to Alviso to see this rail. No sooner did see
start to drive from the parking lot than a SORA walked out of the reeds and
began to forage in the open. I called to her but was unable to get her
attention. I hope she found the bird later. A few YELLOW WARBLERS were
flitting in the trees around us all during this time.

>From there I went to CCFS to look for migrants. There was a fair amount of
activity in the reveg area just below the trailer, including the large oak
tree and eucalyptus. I had 14+ YELLOW WARBLERS, 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, a
WILSON'S WARBLER, a few COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 4 HOUSE WRENS, 10
PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, a WARBLING VIREO, and a persistently singing
CASSIN'S VIREO. At least 25 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were working the skies
overhead, and included 1 BARN SWALLOW which, at one point, escorted an
immature COOPER'S HAWK out of the area. A juvenile "rufous morph" RED-TAILED
HAWK headed out over the sludge ponds, looking quite interesting in its
white-speckled blackish underparts and underwing linings. A RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK was calling in the distance at one point, and the male ORANGE BISHOP
was still in the marshy area across the paved road from the waterbird pond. 

Michael Mammoser






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