From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Jan 1 15:15:55 2005 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j01NDtlF000776 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:13:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-m28.mx.aol.com (imo-m28.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.9]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j01NCQYK000733 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:12:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m28.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id t.9d.56466945 (17526) for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 1 Jan 2005 18:12:19 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 18:12:19 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5005 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] SCVAS field trip X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] All, During this mornings SCVAS "County Chase" field trip we first stopped on the eastern side of Shoreline Lake where, in addition to the many usual species, we were able to locate BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (male and female), a couple HORNED GREBES and a WESTERN GREBE. We didn't find the Pelagic Cormorant in Shoreline Lake nor did we find the Tufted Duck in Salt Pond A1. Later along the San Francisquito Creek Trail north of Geng Rd. a SPOTTED SANDPIPER in the creek managed short stops in both counties, a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK spent it's time on a pole in the "wrong" county, a MERLIN was in the top of a tree on the Golf Course and eight GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were with the CANADA GEESE in northwest corner of the Golf Course. At Byxbee Park, south of the dump, an adult SNOW GOOSE was with a large flock of Canada Geese on the top of the hill. Three BLUE-WINGED TEAL (two adult males) were spotted resting in the reeds in the North Pond of the Palo Alto Flood Control Basin and shortly thereafter the PELAGIC CORMORANT was quickly found during a visit to the west side of Shoreline Lake. Roland Kenner then insisted that a "Bonaparte's Gull" feeding on the northern edge of the lake was in fact a RED PHALAROPE, thankfully he insisted, was backed up by Pat Kenny, and they were right! We then had close in, scope filling views of the bird as it fed along the edge of the lake within several feet of people as they passed by. Most of the time the proximity of the bird to the edge of the lake tended to hide the bird from those passing by. Our last stops were at Almaden Lake Park and the Water District Ponds where our luck with the weather and the birds failed us, no Glaucous Gull, no American Bittern and it rained. Hope your first day of the year was as good as mine. Take care, Bob Reiling _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]