From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Jan 5 13:11:49 2005 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j05L9sGo010616 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:09:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (smtp2.stanford.edu [171.67.16.125]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j05L93Af010563 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:09:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (KSmith-pbdsl2.Stanford.EDU [171.66.208.19]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j05L8tQP021068; Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:08:56 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:08:54 -0800 To: Janna Pauser <[[email protected]]> From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Almaden Valley Merlins Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Cc: [[email protected]] 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]] For those looking for Merlins, Merlie is around most days at Stanford. Check out the recent sightings list for Merlie on: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ ==================== At 12:43 PM -0800 1/5/05, Janna Pauser wrote: >I met photographer Phil Terzian and Ann Verdi at Almaden Lake today. >All of us looking for the Merlin pair seen two days ago. I found the >female perched in a Sycamore north of the lake, but it flew off >before the others arrived. We managed to see a good variety of birds >from that one area. > >Off to the water district, another place a Merlin had been recently >seen. The Peregrine Falcons were perched it their Sycamore tree. >Surprisingly I found the Am. Bittern at the south end of the pond, >which I hadn't seen since last fall. > > I had one more place to check for the Merlin, Guadalupe Oak Grove >Park. All last winter an immature Merlin was seen perched in the >same spot in the same oak tree on the ridge. And that's where I >found the male Merlin today. I walked up the stairs to the ridge for >a closer look. Beautiful bird!! This park is only half a mile from >its perch at the lake a few days ago. I think I got my pair. > just lucky Janna Pauser -- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/ _______________________________________________ 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]]