[SBB] New Chicago Marsh

[Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]>]

Folks:

This morning, 8/15/06, I walked out the RR tracks at the New Chicago 
Marsh in Alviso (but this was not a birding trip, of course).  There 
were few changes from recent weeks.  I had a total of 6 LESSER 
YELLOWLEGS including 1 juvenile.  I counted only 6 WILSON'S 
PHALAROPES, which is down, but they tend to leave earlier than the 
RED-NECKED PHALAROPES (only 13).  At the track junction I counted 4 
SNOWY PLOVER in the dry pond north of Alviso Marina CP.  At one 
point, the BROWN PELICANS in the closed Alviso salt ponds to the west 
raised up and I counted at least 38, but there are many more pelicans 
in there, I believe (I think the survey there on 7/30 had 62).  There 
are lots of juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPERS now in their fresh and lovely 
plumage.  At least two BURROWING OWLS were on the dry hummock in the marsh.

I also ran into Roland Kenner, Pat Kenny, and Kathy Parker and we all 
agreed it was a beautiful morning, even if the birding gods were 
being stingy.  Maybe they did better after I left.

Bill Bousman
Santa Clara County records compiler 



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