From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Jan 2 00:19:27 2005 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j028HnGo001359 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jan 2005 00:17:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp814.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp814.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.170.84]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id j028H2Af001321 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 2 Jan 2005 00:17:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from unknown (HELO jannana.pacbell.net) (jannana%[[email protected]] with login) by smtp814.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Jan 2005 04:17:01 -0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 20:17:00 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] south county birding 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]] As usual I kept to my neck of the woods for my first New Years Day chase. I started at the Santa Clara Valley Water District, where two Peregrine Falcons were perched in a large Sycamore. A Say's Phoebe was in the grassy field north of the building. The usual ducks on the pond included Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Ruddy, Gadwall, and Canada Geese. A few Pied-billed Grebes, Double-crested Cormorants, Common Moorhen, Common Yellowthroat, Cedar Waxwings, Green Heron, Snowy and Great Egret also seen here. Black-crowned Night-Heron were roosting on the island at Almaden Lake. California Thrasher, Wrentit, Lesser and Am. Goldfinch, Bewicks Wren, Bushtits, Am. Robin, Anna's Hummingbirds, Golden, White-crowned and Song Sparrows seen here. Common Merganser, Pied billed Grebes, Coots, Mallards, and Canada Geese on the lake. A Belted Kingfisher, Acorn, and Nuttalls Woodpeckers, Black Phoebe, Chickadees,Yellow- rumped Warblers, several Hermit Thrush, a dozen Cal. Quail and a beautiful immature Red-tailed Hawk were also seen a short distance from the lake. A Great Blue Heron was hunting in a field on the way to Fortini Rd. where I ran into Kathy Parker. A dozen Lark Sparrows were in the same location found on count day. Several Ruby-crowned Kinglets, one displaying it's crown was a treat. Looking at a Harrier I spotted several White-throated Swifts beyond. Kathy found 2 White-tailed Kites and a Say's Pheobe, then Ann Verdi arrived and we found a more swifts. A Sharp-shinned Hawk was hunting high over the field. A Red-shouldered Hawk and Fox Sparrow were found after Kathy left for Calero. I ran into Ann Verdi again at Calero and just missed the Bald Eagle. On the reservoir I saw several Eared Grebes, Common Mergansers, and White Pelicans. Kathy scoped the Greater White-fronted Goose Ann told us about. Band-tailed Pigeons were seen here and several other points, as were Killdeer. Driving south, I stopped along Bailey Rd. and found a huge flock of Red-winged Black birds that were at least 10% Tri-colored. Ponds along Bailey contained a variety of ducks including Canvasback and many Canada Geese. Rich Page was looking for the Ferruginous when I arrived at Richmond Av. Finally the Ferruginous flew towards us for great looks. I told him about the Tule Elk seen on the east foothills from this point last year and he quickly found a pair with his scope. Kathy Parker arrived and was very excited to see the elks. Right after she left I found 11 more elk further north on the hill. My best bird of the day was a sunlit Golden Eagle soaring over the ridge. The Ferruginous and a No. Harrier had a spat before Bill Bousman arrived. Bill saw the Ferruginous and quickly left. I wished Rich good luck on the Mt. Hamilton count tomorrow, then ran into him a few minutes later at Fortini Rd. Along the muddy and rutted Calero Creek trail we found 2 more Say's Phoebe's, Acorn Woodpeckers, Rufous-crowned and Lincoln's Sparrows, No. Harrier, Am. Kestrels, White-tailed Kites, Meadowlarks, No. Flicker, Red-tailed Hawks, Cal. Thrasher and quite possibly several quick looks at a quiet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Wrentits, Nuttalls, and Hairy Woodpecker were heard only. Happy New Year. Janna Pauser _______________________________________________ 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]]