[SBB] Phalaropes and Black Skimmers (New Chicago)

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

Folks:

This morning, 7/17/07, I started at the Alviso EEC and made a 
clockwise loop around by the RR tracks with a return along Salt Pond 
A16.  Shorebirds seemed about as expected for July.  I had about 415 
phalaropes in the marsh.  Of those I could get good looks at, about 
246 were WILSON'S PHALAROPES and 82 were RED-NECKED 
PHALAROPES.  Along A16, there were pairs of BLACK SKIMMERS on the 
first and second islands.  On the first island, both were standing, 
but on the second island, the male was acting as a mate guard and the 
female appeared to be incubating.

Bill Bousman
Santa Clara County records compiler 



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