[SBB] Blue-winged Teal

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All,
 
This afternoon Frank Vanslager and I saw five (possibly six) male  
BLUE-WINGED TEAL on the southern edge of the North Pond of the Palo Alto Flood  Control 
Basin.  Earlier we were looking for Warblers around the  Ranger residence in 
the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve, the area south of  the Palo Alto Water 
Treatment Facility and along Geng Road (YELLOW-RUMPED  WARBLERS are back in 
numbers, we had a few YELLOW WARBLERS, at least one  ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, a 
silent WARBLING VIREO and several WESTERN  FLYCATCHERS).  Geng Road was dead, 
the trees near the Ranger residence were  slow (a COOPER'S HAWK stirred things 
up for a while), but the area south of  the Water Treatment Facility was 
fairly active (the water in the area where the  "Water Tanker" fills up was quite 
active).
 
I should mention that on Monday New Chicago Marsh was very slow  birding but 
the area along Coyote Creek at the Coyote Creek Field  Station had lots of 
Yellow-Rumped Warblers, Western Flycatchers  (several calling PACIFIC-SLOPE 
FLYCATCHERS), a few Yellow Warblers, a couple FOX  SPARROWS, two TOWNSEND’S 
WARBLERS and the first, well seen, HERMIT THRUSH  (2) of the season.  Unfortunately a 
poorly seen gray Empid went  unidentified.  
 
I should also note that the water level in the CCFS "Waterbird Pond"  is once 
again very low!
 
Take care,
Bob Reiling    
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