Re: [SBB] continuing rarities/Stevens Creek

[Kris Olson <[[email protected]]>]

stevens creek non-rarities:

I sat on a conference call today from 3-4 near the
Charleston/shoreline marsh (parking lot full of big
black limo vans for Google - about 30-40 of them.)

I just sat in the car and watched birds as they went
by in the marsh: 
2 Fox Sparrows, some Golden Crowned and a
White-crowned
Ruby Crowned kinglets
American Goldfinch
Bushtits
Chestnut-backed chickadees
Black Phoebe
american crows and robin

One of the Fox Sparrows was actually singing!! does
this speak of an early spring or a mixed up bird? 
both of the ones I saw were Sooty.

As I said, absolutely nothing exciting, but peaceful
way to spend an hour long conference call.

Kris Olson, Menlo Park

--- Mike Rogers <[[email protected]]> wrote:

> All,
> 
> Over lunch today 1/3/07, I looked for continuing
> rarities along Stevens 
> Creek next to my work.
> 
> I started out by heading out the east levee towards
> the bay to look for 
> the PELAGIC CORMORANT, which I found at the left end
> of the right 
> portion of the dilapidated boardwalk in the
> northeast corner of pond 
> A2W. On the walk out I scoped the BRANT and the 2
> SNOW GEESE (adult and 
> immature) on the hillsides of Shoreline Park
> overlooking the Stevens 
> Creek Mitigation pond. An adult male BLUE-WINGED
> TEAL was in Crittenden 
> Marsh and 3+ swallows headed east over the marsh - 2
> TREE SWALLOWS and 
> one probable Barn Swallow.
> 
> Driving into Shoreline Park, there was a single
> BURROWING OWL at the 
> mound across from the golf course entrance. Scoping
> from the southeast 
> corner of pond A1 revealed the presence of at least
> 4 BLACK SKIMMERS on 
> the island in the northwest corner of the pond
> (others likely concealed 
> by the many other birds out there). A scope is
> essential to see these 
> birds, as they are a mile away. An adult male
> EURASIAN WIGEON was much 
> closer and easier to pick out.
> 
> I parked at the end of Crittenden Lane and walked
> south along the west 
> side of Stevens Creek to look for the Black-throated
> Gray Warbler. As I 
> was passing the point where the high voltage power
> lines cross the 
> creek, I heard a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH. This bird
> called for over two 
> minutes, but I got just a brief glimpse of it as it
> flew over to the 
> east channel, so I can't comment on whether it was
> the whiter or 
> yellower bird. While trying to see the waterthrush
> here, the 
> first-winter BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER flew by and
> landed low in a 
> willow before dropping down to the ground at the
> edge of the path to 
> forage. Also along the creek were an adult
> RED-SHOULDERED HAWK and an 
> immature GREEN HERON.
> 
> Lots of good birds still around!
> 
> Mike Rogers
> Sunnyvale
> 
> 
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