[SBB] Coyote Creek, waterbird pond, and . . . flock of Stilt Sandpipers

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

Folks:

This morning, 8/31/07, I visited Coyote Creek below Hwy 
237.  Starting from the CCFS trailers I walked upstream to the end of 
the re-veg area and then crossed over to the creek.  I walked 
downstream to where the lower road regains the levee.  Most migrants 
were near the large eucalyptus near the trailers.  Between Bob 
Reiling and Frank Vanslager, who I ran into later, we saw 2-3 WILLOW 
FLYCATCHERS, a couple of PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, 4+ YELLOW 
WARBLERS, and a WILSON'S WARBLER.  I checked the CCFS waterbird pond 
and found fewer shorebirds than Bob and Frank had seen earlier.

I went home, but Bob and Frank visited New Chicago Marsh and reported 
the "flock" of STILT SANDPIPERS.  I returned there in the late 
afternoon and Peggy and Bill Don were already watching some of these 
birds near the end of the RR spur. These birds were in the pond south 
of the RR spur, just before it joins the main tracks.  They slept or 
foraged separately and I could never get an accurate count.  My best 
attempt resulted in at least 3 juveniles.

Bill Bousman
Santa Clara County records compiler 



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