From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 01 07:56:31 1998 Subject: Blackpoll Warbler in Milpitas I saw a Blackpoll Warbler by my apartment this morning. THis is week since the last sighting. If it's the same bird, it's obviously hard to see. However, it may be a new bird. ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 01 09:56:34 1998 Subject: not much All, I made a quick check of the Palo Alto Water Pollution Control Plant trees and the Baylands fennel patch this morning 10/1/98. The YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS have taken over with 70+ between the two places. YELLOW WARBLERS are also still numerous, with 21 estimated. Only 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and a few COMMON YELLOWTHROATS. Also 5 HERMIT THRUSHES, 4 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, and a HOUSE WREN (also a singing MARSH WREN in the fennel patch). Many VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS and a few BARN SWALLOWS were foraging over the WPCP and the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (now looking quite adult-like) was at the duck pond. On the way in to work I stopped briefly at the L'Avenida portion of Stevens Creek, eventually meeting up with Steve Rottenborn. Added a few more species here, including 1 NORTHERN FLICKER, 1 SPOTTED TOWHEE (Steve had 2), 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO, 1 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS and 1 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW. While talking to Steve, another flock with a WARBLING VIREO and a GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET in it went by. A whopping 5-warbler morning - guess it's time to head for the coast! Mike Rogers ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 01 10:11:21 1998 Subject: A bird here, a bird there For a week now, since last Friday, a WILLOW FLYCATCHER has been living in the small trees between my office building and the next one. We are about 100 yards west of Coyote Creek, north of Montague. It sits on the bare branches on top of the trees, where I can watch it from 10' away, because our windows are "reflectorized" and it can't see me. Meanwhile, on Monday Sept. 14, and again on Wednesday, Sept. 23, I heard a WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH in the pine trees outside my apartment in Santa Clara. I have not had the time to check for it each day. Could this be the hint of another nuthatch invasion, as we had two years ago? - Chris Salander ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 01 12:14:27 1998 Subject: Milpitas migrants In addition to the Blackpoll Warbler I saw earlier today, a White-throated Sparrow has shown up at the seed spills I have left. Also a Townsend's Warbler, which is unusual for here. Other birds include Fox, Lincoln's, Song, and White-crowned Sparrows, 2 Western Tanagers, 2+ Orange-crowned, and 6+ Yellow Warblers. Swarms of Yellow-rumpeds are now here. ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 01 12:53:36 1998 Subject: Alviso Stilt Sandpiper A STILT SANDPIPER continues at State and Spreckles in Alviso. An immature COOPER'S HAWK flew very low over the marsh, scattering the shorebird flocks, much like a Peregrine Falcon. It started over near the EEC, perched momentarily on the railroad tracks, and then flew out to Arzino Ranch. ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 01 18:02:21 1998 Subject: Nuthatches Today, Thursday, Oct. 1, I had a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH in my yard. I am down in the flats of Los Gatos and the only other time I have had them was the invasion year. Maybe we will have another this year? ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 02 13:32:57 1998 Subject: BAR-TAILED GODWIT All: On 29 Sep., a brief check of CCRS just north of the office produced 7 WILLOW and 10 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, 2 WARBLING VIREOS, 2 HOUSE WRENS, 6 WESTERN TANAGERS, 50+ YELLOW, 1 MACGILLIVRAY'S, 3 WILSON'S, and 6 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. At the waterbird pond, Al Jaramillo and I saw 1 juv. BAIRD'S and 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER and a PRAIRIE FALCON, while the WPCP ponds visible from the fence had 10 PECTORAL and 1 BAIRD'S (same as at the pond?). The EEC in Alviso had 3 SPOTTED TOWHEES and 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS. On 1 Oct., I saw a WESTERN KINGBIRD west of Stevens Creek near Shoreline Park in Mtn. View. Today (2 Oct.), I was doing some monitoring work near the confluence of Coyote Slough and Alviso Slough when I found a juvenile BAR-TAILED GODWIT. I don't have time to post a description now, but I will give a few details in the hope that someone else will look for it. The bird flew into the mudflat on the west side of the mouth of Alviso Slough, just across this slough from the extreme NW corner of salt pond A9 (located right at the confluence of these two sloughs). This bird flew in with some MARBLED GODWITS at 07:54, when the tide was quite low but starting to rise. All the birds with it were flushed at 08:00 by a PEREGRINE FALCON, and I then watched as it flew northwest across Coyote Slough and landed far to the NW on the mudflats on the Alameda County side. The area where this bird was seen can be easily scoped from the NW corner of pond A9, although unfortunately reaching this point requires a long walk/bike ride NW along Alviso Slough from the Alviso marina. There are tens of thousands of shorebirds on these flats at low tide, including 2100 MARBLED GODWITS this morning. This is the second record of Bar-tailed Godwit for Santa Clara County, and I think the second for Alameda. Also seen at this location was a BLACK TURNSTONE, seen in both counties as it flew along Coyote Slough with a flock of peeps. I saw a SHORT-EARED OWL at dawn farther upstream along Alviso Slough. I then did some monitoring on the north side of Coyote Slough in Newark, where a flock of 300 VIOLET-GREEN and 130 BARN SWALLOWS included at least 2 TREE and single BANK and CLIFF SWALLOWS (all five species were perched within a 3-meter portion of the boardwalk). Later, I saw the basic-plumaged ad. STILT SANDPIPER at State and Spreckles in Alviso after Mike Mammoser and his brother told me that they had seen it there. Steve Rottenborn ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sun Oct 04 16:03:32 1998 Subject: weekend birding out of county My wife and I were visiting a friend Fri & Sat in Monterey Co, and I sloshed the Carmel River both Fri and Sat morning and cruised the beachfront cypresses at Monterey Dunes in Moss Landing (where we were staying) Thurs late aft. Saw lots and lots of western migrants at both spots, but the only rarity was a BLACKPOLL WARBLER on the river Fri morning. I stopped by Crespi Pond three times but did not turn up the Clay-Colored Sparrow. Friday midday I also visited my favorite Monterey spot, the birdbath/seep created by the leaky water tank near the south parking lot at Jack's Peak Regional Park. I love to watch the birds bathing here, and I usually fall asleep doing so, and see the best baths after I wake up. When I got there Friday there was a big mixed flock of Townsend's and Yellow-rumped Warbler's with Juncos, Kinglets, and Pygmy Nutchatches. I snoozed for ten minutes while watching Juncos, Spotted Towhees, and Townsend's Warblers bathe, and sure enough, after I woke up, I got the treat, a bathing HERMIT WARBLER. This morning I went up to SF attracted by the prospect of two life and one state bird on the report. Well, one out of three is pretty good. With Calvin Lou's help, I saw the BLACKBURNIAN (nemesis lifer!) at Skyline Grove, Fort Funston. Also BLACKPOLL, BLACK-THROATED GRAY, & GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. I left there at 10:10 dropping the old joke that the other folks would now see the Yellow-Green Vireo in five minutes. Well, apparently from Doug Shaw's report, I was wrong and it took 25 minutes. Doug had been waiting around for 13 hours. You're welcome, guys. Doug reported that Greg Miller was there yesterday, saw the YGV, and headed off for Bodie in search of Sage Grouse, probably his last Calif visit in his 700-plus big year. I headed on to North Lake in GG Park and heard when I arrived that the Prothonotary Warbler had been seen earlier there. I hung out around the sandbar on the west side for an hour, and I saw Yellow Wablers, Fox Sparrows, a Black-headed Grosbeak, and my first Hermit Thrush of the fall, but no Prothonotary. -- Tom Grey Stanford CA [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 05 06:54:25 1998 Subject: Woods Ducks/Almaden Res Hello Everyone, The fall/winter build-up of WOOD DUCKS at Almaden Reservoir has begun as 43 were seen on Saturday afternoon, Oct 10. The Wood Ducks were seen on or near the mud embankment at the upper end of the reservoir near the intersection of Alamitos and Hicks Roads. Also, on Sat, Oct 10, at around 6:30 pm a flock of 100+ VAUX'S SWIFTS was seen over Almaden Valley near the intersection of Meridian and Coleman. This was almost a pure flock with only about six swallows (Violet-green) seen in the mix. That's it for now - Ann Ann Verdi AMD/CA Central Svc Scheduling 408-749-2199 or x42199 [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 05 07:25:46 1998 Subject: Oct 3, not Oct 10 Oops! I listed Almaden birds as seen on Saturday, Oct 10 - this should have read Saturday, Oct 3. Sorry! - Ann Ann Verdi AMD/CA Central Svc Scheduling 408-749-2199 or x42199 [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 05 09:11:12 1998 Subject: Inbetween Birds Folks: Al Eisner asked if reports of the Greater White-fronted Goose that has inhabited the Palo Alto Duck Pond for the last year are still of interest. The short answer, as concerns the county records, is yes. There are a number of issues with this bird. The first issue is whether this is a wild bird or even if it was ever a wild bird. We have seen a pattern in the past when apparently wild geese have become habituated to human food and failed to migrate, but we also know that there are local aviculturists who may raise this species and it is possible that this bird was raised locally and escaped. We don't know the true status of this bird and if a debate on its origins or current status is of interest to you then go ahead and have some fun. As concerns the county records I try to keep track of less-than-wild birds and also exotics, even though I rarely report these in the Avocet or to Field Notes. My reason is largely self-preservation in that if an out-of-town birder drops me a note and says he saw a Greater White-front at the Duck Pond or Vasona, or a Ross' Goose at Vasona, I then know that this was one of our tame birds. In addition, there is the possibility that some of these inbetween birds may eventually contribute genetically to their species by starting to breed locally and it is nice to have tracked their behavior. So, yes, please keep me informed of the inbetween birds and particularly of any breeding you see, whether of parakeets, bishops, or ring-necked doves. And as for that symbol of distant wilderness and the far off reaches of the arctic--the Canadian Goose, well . . . Bill ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 05 17:19:15 1998 Subject: composite list OCTOBER 5, 1998 SANTA CLARA COUNTY YEAR LIST UPDATE A good month for eastern warblers and shorebirds has brought us to within 11 species of the 300 mark this year. Some things to look for include Broad-winged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Wandering Tattler, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (not likely with the low number of Pectoral Sandpipers this year), Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Pomerine Jaeger, eastern vireos and warblers, Clay-colored Sparrow, longspurs, and Bobolink. Given the number of Black-throated Blue Warblers and Clay-colored Sparrows found in the general area this year there is probably at least one hiding somewhere in the county! Mike P.S. Some advice from Kendric: [To make the columns line up, please copy this list to a word processor, and change the font to a monospaced font (Monoco, Courier, etc.), and set the right hand margin to 7.5 inches.] ________________________________________________________________________ Recent progress of the composite list: 278: 9/11/98 BREWER'S SPARROW 279: 9/14/98 BLACKPOLL WARBLER 280: 9/15/98 VESPER SPARROW 281: 9/16/98 LARK BUNTING 282: 9/17/98 PARASITIC JAEGER 283: 9/19/98 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER 284: 9/26/98 RED-THROATED PIPIT 285: 9/27/98 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 286: 9/28/98 TENNESSEE WARBLER 287: 9/28/98 GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE 288: 10/ 2/98 BAR-TAILED GODWIT 289: 10/ 2/98 BLACK TURNSTONE Please send any additions, corrections, or comments to Mike Rogers, [[email protected]]. SANTA CLARA COUNTY YEAR LIST - 1998 SCR MMR MJM COMP SOURCE 377 254 239 230 289+ICGU % OF COMPOSITE FOR 1998 % OF 377 (Iceland Gull not counted) Red-throated Loon 2/16 2/ 8 2/ 8 SBT Pacific Loon 2/21 SBT Common Loon 2/ 8 2/11 2/14 1/ 2 AVe Pied-billed Grebe 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Horned Grebe 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Red-necked Grebe 1/ 2 1/16 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Eared Grebe 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Western Grebe 1/ 2 2/11 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Clark's Grebe 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Northern Fulmar Sooty Shearwater Ashy Storm-Petrel Brown Booby American White Pelican 1/ 2 1/16 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Brown Pelican 7/ 3 1/ 6 2/ 8 1/ 4 JMa Double-crested Cormorant 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Brandt's Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant Magnificent Frigatebird American Bittern 1/16 2/28 1/15 CWh Least Bittern Great Blue Heron 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Great Egret 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Snowy Egret 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Little Blue Heron 5/ 7 8/21 4/29 PJM Cattle Egret 1/ 2 4/24 4/26 1/ 2 SCR Green Heron 1/ 6 2/11 2/13 1/ 1 DJC Black-crowned Night-Heron 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC White-faced Ibis 8/16 8/ 6 8/ 8 8/ 6 RWR Fulvous Whistling-Duck Tundra Swan 1/ 2 1/ 7 1/ 3 1/ 1 CKS,JML,DJC Greater White-fronted Goose 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Snow Goose 1/ 2 1/19 1/ 3 1/ 2 SCR Ross' Goose 2/ 8 1/19 1/16 1/16 MJM Brant Canada Goose 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Wood Duck 4/21 4/11 1/18 1/ 1 AVe,CH Green-winged Teal 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Mallard 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Northern Pintail 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Garganey Blue-winged Teal 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Cinnamon Teal 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Northern Shoveler 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Gadwall 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Eurasian Wigeon 1/26 2/24 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM American Wigeon 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Canvasback 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Redhead 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Ring-necked Duck 1/ 2 1/ 7 1/31 1/ 1 m.ob. Tufted Duck 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Greater Scaup 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Lesser Scaup 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Oldsquaw Black Scoter 3/ 8 3/ 2 3/ 8 3/ 1 JMe Surf Scoter 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC White-winged Scoter 2/11 1/ 6 2/13 1/ 6 MMR Common Goldeneye 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Barrow's Goldeneye 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Bufflehead 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Hooded Merganser 1/ 4 2/28 2/28 1/ 1 AVe,CH,NLe Common Merganser 1/ 2 1/ 7 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Red-breasted Merganser 1/16 2/11 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Ruddy Duck 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Turkey Vulture 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. California Condor Osprey 3/ 2 1/19 1/18 1/17 JMa,JLa White-tailed Kite 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 2 SCR,MJM Bald Eagle 2/ 8 2/16 1/16 SGu Northern Harrier 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Sharp-shinned Hawk 1/ 2 1/19 4/26 1/ 2 SCR Cooper's Hawk 1/ 2 1/ 6 2/22 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk 1/ 2 1/16 1/ 3 1/ 1 DJC Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Ferruginous Hawk 1/ 2 1/19 1/ 2 SCR Rough-legged Hawk 1/ 3 1/ 3 SCR Golden Eagle 1/ 6 1/ 7 1/17 1/ 1 DJC American Kestrel 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Merlin 1/ 9 2/ 9 1/ 3 1/ 2 fide CKS Peregrine Falcon 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Prairie Falcon 3/ 4 1/25 NLe Ring-necked Pheasant 1/ 6 1/13 2/22 1/ 6 SCR Wild Turkey 3/16 4/11 4/ 5 1/ 1 JMa California Quail 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/18 1/ 1 SCR,DJC Mountain Quail 6/11 5/13 MLF Yellow Rail Black Rail 1/12 1/12 2/ 8 1/ 9 VTi,RWR,FVs Clapper Rail 1/12 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Virginia Rail 1/ 2 1/12 1/31 1/ 2 SCR Sora 1/ 2 1/16 2/ 8 1/ 2 SCR Common Moorhen 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC American Coot 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Pacific Golden-Plover 7/27 7/26 7/25 AME American Golden-Plover 9/19 NLe Golden-Plover sp 8/16 Snowy Plover 5/13 6/14 4/19 TRy,SSa Semipalmated Plover 1/ 6 4/24 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Killdeer 1/ 1 1/ 7 1/18 1/ 1 m.ob. Mountain Plover Black Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC American Avocet 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Greater Yellowlegs 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Lesser Yellowlegs 1/ 6 4/24 8/ 1 1/ 6 SCR Solitary Sandpiper 4/19 PJM Willet 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Wandering Tattler Spotted Sandpiper 4/27 2/ 8 2/16 1/ 1 AVe,CH Whimbrel 1/ 6 1/ 6 2/ 8 1/ 4 CKS,JML Long-billed Curlew 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Hudsonian Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit 10/ 2 10/ 2 SCR Marbled Godwit 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Ruddy Turnstone 7/24 8/24 4/28 RWR Black Turnstone 10/ 2 10/ 2 SCR Red Knot 1/ 6 8/24 1/ 6 SCR Sanderling 5/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 6 MMR Semipalmated Sandpiper 7/ 4 8/22 7/ 4 SCR,NLe Western Sandpiper 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Least Sandpiper 1/ 2 1/ 6 2/14 1/ 1 AVe,CH White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper 9/27 8/ 9 8/ 1 DWe,TGr Pectoral Sandpiper 9/14 9/16 7/26 7/26 MJM Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Dunlin 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Curlew Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper 8/16 8/18 8/16 8/16 SCR,MJM Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff 8/ 3 8/ 6 8/ 1 8/ 1 DWe,TGr Short-billed Dowitcher 1/ 6 1/ 6 4/26 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Long-billed Dowitcher 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 2 SCR,MJM,AVe Common Snipe 1/ 5 3/ 8 1/ 1 DJC Wilson's Phalarope 6/16 7/10 6/13 6/12 BMc Red-necked Phalarope 6/30 8/ 4 4/17 4/17 MJM,AVE,FVs Red Phalarope 2/11 2/ 8 2/ 8 SBT Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger 9/18 9/18 9/17 SMi Long-tailed Jaeger Laughing Gull 6/22 DSt Franklin's Gull 6/ 9 6/10 6/13 5/13 RWR,FVs Little Gull 4/28 4/29 4/28 4/28 SCR Black-headed Gull Bonaparte's Gull 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Heermann's Gull Mew Gull 1/ 2 1/19 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,TGr Ring-billed Gull 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. California Gull 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Herring Gull 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Thayer's Gull 1/ 2 1/16 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH ??Iceland Gull 1/16 1/16 SBT,SCR,AJa,MH Lesser Black-backed Gull 1/18 3/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Western Gull 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Glaucous-winged Gull 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,TGr Glaucous Gull 1/ 6 2/24 1/ 6 SCR Black-legged Kittiwake Sabine's Gull 8/18 FB,JMS Caspian Tern 4/17 4/11 4/11 4/ 2 RWR Elegant Tern 9/ 3 9/ 1 8/ 8 NLe Common Tern 9/ 3 9/23 5/15 SBT Arctic Tern Forster's Tern 1/ 6 2/ 8 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Least Tern 7/ 2 7/ 7 7/ 3 7/ 2 SCR Black Tern 5/ 7 4/29 9/18 4/28 TGr,JSt,RWR Black Skimmer 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Common Murre Ancient Murrelet Cassin's Auklet Rock Dove 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Band-tailed Pigeon 1/ 1 3/27 3/15 1/ 1 SCR White-winged Dove Mourning Dove 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Greater Roadrunner 4/19 SMi Barn Owl 4/19 1/ 9 4/26 1/ 9 MMR,RJe Flammulated Owl Western Screech-Owl 6/ 2 4/26 1/ 1 JMa Great Horned Owl 1/14 4/25 3/22 1/ 1 DJC Northern Pygmy-Owl 1/ 1 4/12 1/ 1 SCR,JMa Burrowing Owl 1/ 5 1/20 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl 10/ 2 3/ 7 RiC Northern Saw-whet Owl 4/26 1/ 1 JMa Lesser Nighthawk Common Nighthawk Common Poorwill 9/30 4/26 4/26 MJM,GKH,DSt Black Swift Chimney Swift Vaux's Swift 4/13 4/25 4/25 4/12 DPo,SMi White-throated Swift 1/18 1/21 2/22 1/ 8 RWR,FVs Black-chinned Hummingbird 5/ 6 5/ 8 4/18 4/16 CCRS Anna's Hummingbird 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Costa's Hummingbird 6/ 8 6/ 8 SCR Calliope Hummingbird 4/19 4/19 SCR,HLR,RPR Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird 3/16 4/ 8 4/ 5 3/16 SCR Allen's Hummingbird 3/ 4 4/11 3/15 1/25 AME Belted Kingfisher 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/17 1/ 1 DJC Lewis' Woodpecker 1/ 6 NLe,RWR,FVs Acorn Woodpecker 1/ 1 1/ 6 2/28 1/ 1 SCR,JMa,DJC Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1/ 2 1/ 1 CKS,JML Red-naped Sapsucker 1/ 6 1/ 6 MMR Red-breasted Sapsucker 1/ 2 1/ 7 1/17 1/ 1 m.ob. Williamson's Sapsucker Nuttall's Woodpecker 1/ 2 1/ 7 1/ 3 1/ 2 m.ob. Downy Woodpecker 1/ 1 3/ 4 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,CKS,JML Hairy Woodpecker 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,JMa,DJC Northern Flicker 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Pileated Woodpecker 6/11 4/12 4/12 MJM Olive-sided Flycatcher 4/26 5/ 6 4/25 4/16 JCo Western Wood-Pewee 4/26 4/25 4/25 4/19 JDa Willow Flycatcher 5/28 8/29 6/12 5/28 SCR Least Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher 4/30 4/11 4/11 4/11 MMR,MJM Dusky Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3/28 3/27 3/18 1/ 4 CCRS Black Phoebe 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Eastern Phoebe 1/ 2 3/ 4 3/ 1 1/ 2 SCR Say's Phoebe 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/18 1/ 2 SCR Ash-throated Flycatcher 4/14 4/25 4/26 4/ 8 RWR Tropical Kingbird Cassin's Kingbird 5/ 4 4/11 4/11 3/ 1 DRo,RCa kingbird sp. 2/ 8 AGu Western Kingbird 3/16 4/ 8 4/11 3/16 SCR Eastern Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Horned Lark 3/16 4/26 3/15 1/25 AME Purple Martin 5/14 RCi Tree Swallow 1/18 1/19 3/ 1 1/17 LCh Violet-green Swallow 2/ 5 1/19 2/22 1/18 JDa Nor. Rough-winged Swallow 2/ 8 2/25 2/28 2/ 8 SCR Bank Swallow 7/ 2 5/26 NLe Cliff Swallow 3/ 2 3/ 1 3/ 8 2/26 TRy Barn Swallow 1/ 2 1/19 3/ 1 1/ 2 SCR Steller's Jay 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/17 1/ 1 m.ob. Western Scrub-Jay 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. Clark's Nutcracker Black-billed Magpie Yellow-billed Magpie 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. American Crow 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Common Raven 1/ 1 1/ 5 2/13 1/ 1 m.ob. Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1/ 1 1/16 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. Oak Titmouse 1/ 3 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 CKS,JML,DJC Bushtit 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. Red-breasted Nuthatch 9/27 4/12 1/ 1 JMa White-breasted Nuthatch 1/ 3 1/ 6 1/13 1/ 1 DJC Pygmy Nuthatch 1/ 1 4/12 1/ 1 SCR,JMa Brown Creeper 1/ 1 4/25 1/17 1/ 1 m.ob. Rock Wren 3/ 16 1/19 1/13 1/13 MJM Canyon Wren 1/ 1 JSa,HGe Bewick's Wren 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. House Wren 3/29 4/ 8 4/ 5 3/21 LAY Winter Wren 1/ 1 4/ 4 1/ 1 SCR Marsh Wren 1/12 1/12 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM American Dipper 4/11 3/29 TGr Golden-crowned Kinglet 1/ 2 10/ 1 1/ 2 SCR Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4/26 3/27 3/29 1/ 5 CJC Western Bluebird 1/ 2 1/ 6 2/16 1/ 1 DJC Mountain Bluebird 1/17 JLu Townsend's Solitaire 5/ 6 5/ 3 MHa,DHa Swainson's Thrush 4/30 5/ 6 5/ 9 4/ 2 PMB Hermit Thrush 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/13 1/ 1 SCR,JMa American Robin 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/13 1/ 1 m.ob. Varied Thrush 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR Wrentit 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/17 1/ 1 SCR,JMa,DJC Northern Mockingbird 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Sage Thrasher 4/ 7 BWe Brown Thrasher California Thrasher 1/ 1 1/ 6 2/28 1/ 1 SCR Red-throated Pipit American Pipit 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing 1/ 2 1/14 3/28 1/ 1 JMa Phainopepla 4/18 1/ 6 NLe,RWR,FVs Northern Shrike Loggerhead Shrike 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. European Starling 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Bell's Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Cassin's Vireo 4/26 4/11 4/12 4/ 5 LAY Plumbeous Vireo Hutton's Vireo 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,JMa Warbling Vireo 3/28 3/27 3/29 3/18 AME Red-eyed Vireo Tennessee Warbler 9/28 9/28 9/28 SCR Orange-crowned Warbler 1/ 4 1/24 3/ 1 1/ 4 SCR,CCRS Nashville Warbler 4/14 4/25 4/12 JMM Virginia's Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler 1/ 4 4/11 4/25 1/ 4 SCR Chestnut-sided Warbler 9/27 9/27 SCR Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Black-throated Gray Warbler 4/30 4/25 4/ 5 1/ 9 SBT Townsend's Warbler 1/ 1 3/27 3/15 1/ 1 SCR,JMa,DJC Hermit Warbler 4/26 4/ 4 2/ 1 AVe,CH Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Prairie Warbler 1/ 4 1/17 1/ 4 SCR Palm Warbler 1/ 4 1/13 1/ 4 SCR,HLR Blackpoll Warbler 9/16 9/14 CCRS Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird 6/ 7 SRo,KVV Northern Waterthrush 8/29 8/30 8/29 MMR Kentucky Warbler Connecticut Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler 4/26 4/25 8/30 4/19 NLe Common Yellowthroat 1/ 4 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler 3/28 3/27 3/22 3/22 MJM Yellow-breasted Chat 5/ 6 5/ 3 CCRS Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Western Tanager 4/24 4/26 4/25 1/23 RWR Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5/25 KCo,MWr Black-headed Grosbeak 4/ 8 4/11 4/11 4/ 5 VTi Blue Grosbeak 5/ 6 5/11 4/19 4/19 MJM Lazuli Bunting 4/19 4/26 5/ 3 4/19 SCR Indigo Bunting 7/18 AJa Passerina sp. 4/10 4/10 SCR Dickcissel Green-tailed Towhee 9/28 CCRS Spotted Towhee 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,JMa,DJC California Towhee 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/13 1/ 1 m.ob. Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1/ 2 4/ 8 4/11 1/ 2 SCR American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow 4/27 4/26 3/31 GFi,MPl Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow 9/15 9/11 NLe Black-chinned Sparrow 5/23 JGa Vesper Sparrow 9/15 9/15 SCR Lark Sparrow 4/ 8 1/19 1/ 4 1/ 4 MJM Black-throated Sparrow Sage Sparrow 4/12 AME,DPo Lark Bunting 9/16 9/16 MMR Savannah Sparrow 1/ 2 1/12 1/ 4 1/ 1 DJC Grasshopper Sparrow 4/10 6/ 2 4/10 SCR Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1/ 9 fide AME Fox Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Song Sparrow 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Lincoln's Sparrow 1/ 2 1/13 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Swamp Sparrow 1/ 2 1/ 2 SCR White-throated Sparrow 3/29 1/15 AJb Golden-crowned Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. White-crowned Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Harris' Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. Lapland Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Tricolored Blackbird 1/ 2 1/14 4/11 1/ 2 SCR Western Meadowlark 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Yellow-headed Blackbird 5/ 4 9/16 4/ 4 NLe Brewer's Blackbird 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Great-tailed Grackle 5/25 5/28 5/30 5/25 SCR Brown-headed Cowbird 1/ 2 1/16 1/18 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Hooded Oriole 3/29 4/24 4/26 3/21 AWa Baltimore Oriole Bullock's Oriole 3/28 4/ 8 3/22 3/19 GHa Scott's Oriole Purple Finch 1/ 1 3/27 2/28 1/ 1 SCR Cassin's Finch House Finch 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Red Crossbill Pine Siskin 1/18 1/ 9 TGr Lesser Goldfinch 1/ 1 1/13 1/ 4 1/ 1 m.ob. Lawrence's Goldfinch 5/ 5 4/26 4/26 1/ 6 NLe,RWR,FVs American Goldfinch 1/ 1 1/ 7 1/20 1/ 1 m.ob. Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow 1/ 2 1/ 6 2/22 1/ 1 CKS,JML,DJC Observer codes: m.ob.-many observers, AGu-Arnel Guanlao, AJa-Al Jaramillo, AJb-Alberta Jasberg, AME-Al Eisner, AVe-Ann Verdi, AWa-Alan Walther, BMc-Bert McKee, BWe-Bruce Webb, CCRS-Coyote Creek Riparian Station, CH-Caralisa Hughes, CJC-Chuck Coston, CKS-Chris Salander, CWh-Clark White, DHa-David Haveman, DJC-Don & Jill Crawford, DPo-David Powell, DRo-Don Roberson, DSt-Dick Stovel, DWe-Dave Weber, FB-Florence Bennett, FVs-Frank Vanslager, GFi-George Finger, GHa-Garth Harwood, GKH-Grant Hoyt, GLB-Gloria LeBlanc, HGe-Harriet Gerson, HLR-Heather Rottenborn, JCo-Jack Cole, JDa-Jim Danzenbaker, JGa-Jim Gain, JLa-Jolene Lange, JLu-John Luther, JMa-John Mariani, JMe-John Meyer, JML-Jeanne Leavitt, JMM-John & Maria Meyer, JMS-Jean-Marie Spoelman, JSa-June Santoro, JSt-John Sterling, KCo-Kitty Collins, KLP-Kathy Parker, KVV-Kent Van Vuren, LAY-Amy Lauterbach & James Yurchenco, MH-Matt Heindel, MHa-Merry Haveman, MJM-Mike Mammoser, MLF-Mike Feighner, MMR-Mike Rogers, MPL-Marjorie Plant, MWr-Marti Wright, NLe-Nick Lethaby, PMB-Phyllis M. Browning, RCa-Rita Caratello, RCi-Rich Cimino, RCo-Rita Colwell, RiC-Richard Carlson, RJe-Richard Jeffers, RLe-Rosalie Lefkowitz, RPR-Rebecca Paige Rottenborn, RWR-Bob Reiling, SBT-Scott Terrill, SCR-Steve Rottenborn, SGu-Stephan Gunn, SMi-Steve Miller,SRo-Steve Rovell,SSA-Susan Sandstrom, TGr-Tom Grey, TRy-Tom Ryan, VTi-Vivek Tiwari, WGB-Bill Bousman SANTA CLARA COUNTY YEAR LIST HISTORY 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 HIGH COMP 278 295 303 293 296 305 305 SCR 279 291 262 251 268 291 MJM 234 250 265 242 253 276 276 MMR 214 234 254 271 257 258 275 275 MLF 136 183 199 209 215 235 194 165 218 265 265 WGB 216 228 245 170 245 AME 240 220 219 231 240 KLP 232 232 RWR 204 201 203 228 228 TGr 189 211 211 CKS 185 195 186 195 GLB 190 190 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 06 08:34:30 1998 Subject: REVISED composite list LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN - as pointed out by a few observant readers, I left off John Mariani's Summer Tanager and only included Nick Lethaby's Red-throated Pipit at the top. With the tanager we are now only 10 away from 300! OCTOBER 5, 1998 SANTA CLARA COUNTY YEAR LIST UPDATE A good month for eastern warblers and shorebirds has brought us to within 10 species of the 300 mark this year. Some things to look for include Broad-winged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Wandering Tattler, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (not likely with the low number of Pectoral Sandpipers this year), Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Pomerine Jaeger, eastern vireos and warblers, Clay-colored Sparrow, longspurs, and Bobolink. Given the number of Black-throated Blue Warblers and Clay-colored Sparrows found in the general area this year there is probably at least one hiding somewhere in the county! Mike P.S. Some advice from Kendric: [To make the columns line up, please copy this list to a word processor, and change the font to a monospaced font (Monoco, Courier, etc.), and set the right hand margin to 7.5 inches.] ________________________________________________________________________ Recent progress of the composite list: 278: 9/11/98 BREWER'S SPARROW 279: 9/14/98 BLACKPOLL WARBLER 280: 9/15/98 VESPER SPARROW 281: 9/16/98 LARK BUNTING 282: 9/17/98 PARASITIC JAEGER 283: 9/17/98 SUMMER TANAGER 284: 9/19/98 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER 285: 9/26/98 RED-THROATED PIPIT 286: 9/27/98 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 287: 9/28/98 TENNESSEE WARBLER 288: 9/28/98 GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE 289: 10/ 2/98 BAR-TAILED GODWIT 290: 10/ 2/98 BLACK TURNSTONE Please send any additions, corrections, or comments to Mike Rogers, [[email protected]]. SANTA CLARA COUNTY YEAR LIST - 1998 SCR MMR MJM COMP SOURCE 377 256 239 230 290+ICGU % OF COMPOSITE FOR 1998 % OF 377 (Iceland Gull not counted) Red-throated Loon 2/16 2/ 8 2/ 8 SBT Pacific Loon 2/21 SBT Common Loon 2/ 8 2/11 2/14 1/ 2 AVe Pied-billed Grebe 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Horned Grebe 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Red-necked Grebe 1/ 2 1/16 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Eared Grebe 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Western Grebe 1/ 2 2/11 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Clark's Grebe 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Northern Fulmar Sooty Shearwater Ashy Storm-Petrel Brown Booby American White Pelican 1/ 2 1/16 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Brown Pelican 7/ 3 1/ 6 2/ 8 1/ 4 JMa Double-crested Cormorant 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Brandt's Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant Magnificent Frigatebird American Bittern 1/16 2/28 1/15 CWh Least Bittern Great Blue Heron 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Great Egret 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Snowy Egret 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Little Blue Heron 5/ 7 8/21 4/29 PJM Cattle Egret 1/ 2 4/24 4/26 1/ 2 SCR Green Heron 1/ 6 2/11 2/13 1/ 1 DJC Black-crowned Night-Heron 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC White-faced Ibis 8/16 8/ 6 8/ 8 8/ 6 RWR Fulvous Whistling-Duck Tundra Swan 1/ 2 1/ 7 1/ 3 1/ 1 CKS,JML,DJC Greater White-fronted Goose 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Snow Goose 1/ 2 1/19 1/ 3 1/ 2 SCR Ross' Goose 2/ 8 1/19 1/16 1/16 MJM Brant Canada Goose 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Wood Duck 4/21 4/11 1/18 1/ 1 AVe,CH Green-winged Teal 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Mallard 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Northern Pintail 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Garganey Blue-winged Teal 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Cinnamon Teal 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Northern Shoveler 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Gadwall 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Eurasian Wigeon 1/26 2/24 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM American Wigeon 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Canvasback 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Redhead 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Ring-necked Duck 1/ 2 1/ 7 1/31 1/ 1 m.ob. Tufted Duck 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Greater Scaup 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Lesser Scaup 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Oldsquaw Black Scoter 3/ 8 3/ 2 3/ 8 3/ 1 JMe Surf Scoter 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC White-winged Scoter 2/11 1/ 6 2/13 1/ 6 MMR Common Goldeneye 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Barrow's Goldeneye 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Bufflehead 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Hooded Merganser 1/ 4 2/28 2/28 1/ 1 AVe,CH,NLe Common Merganser 1/ 2 1/ 7 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Red-breasted Merganser 1/16 2/11 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Ruddy Duck 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Turkey Vulture 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. California Condor Osprey 3/ 2 1/19 1/18 1/17 JMa,JLa White-tailed Kite 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 2 SCR,MJM Bald Eagle 2/ 8 2/16 1/16 SGu Northern Harrier 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Sharp-shinned Hawk 1/ 2 1/19 4/26 1/ 2 SCR Cooper's Hawk 1/ 2 1/ 6 2/22 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk 1/ 2 1/16 1/ 3 1/ 1 DJC Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Ferruginous Hawk 1/ 2 1/19 1/ 2 SCR Rough-legged Hawk 1/ 3 1/ 3 SCR Golden Eagle 1/ 6 1/ 7 1/17 1/ 1 DJC American Kestrel 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Merlin 1/ 9 2/ 9 1/ 3 1/ 2 fide CKS Peregrine Falcon 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Prairie Falcon 3/ 4 1/25 NLe Ring-necked Pheasant 1/ 6 1/13 2/22 1/ 6 SCR Wild Turkey 3/16 4/11 4/ 5 1/ 1 JMa California Quail 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/18 1/ 1 SCR,DJC Mountain Quail 6/11 5/13 MLF Yellow Rail Black Rail 1/12 1/12 2/ 8 1/ 9 VTi,RWR,FVs Clapper Rail 1/12 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Virginia Rail 1/ 2 1/12 1/31 1/ 2 SCR Sora 1/ 2 1/16 2/ 8 1/ 2 SCR Common Moorhen 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC American Coot 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Pacific Golden-Plover 7/27 7/26 7/25 AME American Golden-Plover 9/19 NLe Golden-Plover sp 8/16 Snowy Plover 5/13 6/14 4/19 TRy,SSa Semipalmated Plover 1/ 6 4/24 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Killdeer 1/ 1 1/ 7 1/18 1/ 1 m.ob. Mountain Plover Black Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC American Avocet 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Greater Yellowlegs 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Lesser Yellowlegs 1/ 6 4/24 8/ 1 1/ 6 SCR Solitary Sandpiper 4/19 PJM Willet 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Wandering Tattler Spotted Sandpiper 4/27 2/ 8 2/16 1/ 1 AVe,CH Whimbrel 1/ 6 1/ 6 2/ 8 1/ 4 CKS,JML Long-billed Curlew 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Hudsonian Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit 10/ 2 10/ 2 SCR Marbled Godwit 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Ruddy Turnstone 7/24 8/24 4/28 RWR Black Turnstone 10/ 2 10/ 2 SCR Red Knot 1/ 6 8/24 1/ 6 SCR Sanderling 5/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 6 MMR Semipalmated Sandpiper 7/ 4 8/22 7/ 4 SCR,NLe Western Sandpiper 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Least Sandpiper 1/ 2 1/ 6 2/14 1/ 1 AVe,CH White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper 9/27 8/ 9 8/ 1 DWe,TGr Pectoral Sandpiper 9/14 9/16 7/26 7/26 MJM Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Dunlin 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Curlew Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper 8/16 8/18 8/16 8/16 SCR,MJM Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff 8/ 3 8/ 6 8/ 1 8/ 1 DWe,TGr Short-billed Dowitcher 1/ 6 1/ 6 4/26 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Long-billed Dowitcher 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 2 SCR,MJM,AVe Common Snipe 1/ 5 3/ 8 1/ 1 DJC Wilson's Phalarope 6/16 7/10 6/13 6/12 BMc Red-necked Phalarope 6/30 8/ 4 4/17 4/17 MJM,AVE,FVs Red Phalarope 2/11 2/ 8 2/ 8 SBT Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger 9/18 9/18 9/17 SMi Long-tailed Jaeger Laughing Gull 6/22 DSt Franklin's Gull 6/ 9 6/10 6/13 5/13 RWR,FVs Little Gull 4/28 4/29 4/28 4/28 SCR Black-headed Gull Bonaparte's Gull 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Heermann's Gull Mew Gull 1/ 2 1/19 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,TGr Ring-billed Gull 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. California Gull 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Herring Gull 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Thayer's Gull 1/ 2 1/16 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH ??Iceland Gull 1/16 1/16 SBT,SCR,AJa,MH Lesser Black-backed Gull 1/18 3/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Western Gull 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Glaucous-winged Gull 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,TGr Glaucous Gull 1/ 6 2/24 1/ 6 SCR Black-legged Kittiwake Sabine's Gull 8/18 FB,JMS Caspian Tern 4/17 4/11 4/11 4/ 2 RWR Elegant Tern 9/ 3 9/ 1 8/ 8 NLe Common Tern 9/ 3 9/23 5/15 SBT Arctic Tern Forster's Tern 1/ 6 2/ 8 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Least Tern 7/ 2 7/ 7 7/ 3 7/ 2 SCR Black Tern 5/ 7 4/29 9/18 4/28 TGr,JSt,RWR Black Skimmer 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Common Murre Ancient Murrelet Cassin's Auklet Rock Dove 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Band-tailed Pigeon 1/ 1 3/27 3/15 1/ 1 SCR White-winged Dove Mourning Dove 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Greater Roadrunner 4/19 SMi Barn Owl 4/19 1/ 9 4/26 1/ 9 MMR,RJe Flammulated Owl Western Screech-Owl 6/ 2 4/26 1/ 1 JMa Great Horned Owl 1/14 4/25 3/22 1/ 1 DJC Northern Pygmy-Owl 1/ 1 4/12 1/ 1 SCR,JMa Burrowing Owl 1/ 5 1/20 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Long-eared Owl Short-eared Owl 10/ 2 3/ 7 RiC Northern Saw-whet Owl 4/26 1/ 1 JMa Lesser Nighthawk Common Nighthawk Common Poorwill 9/30 4/26 4/26 MJM,GKH,DSt Black Swift Chimney Swift Vaux's Swift 4/13 4/25 4/25 4/12 DPo,SMi White-throated Swift 1/18 1/21 2/22 1/ 8 RWR,FVs Black-chinned Hummingbird 5/ 6 5/ 8 4/18 4/16 CCRS Anna's Hummingbird 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Costa's Hummingbird 6/ 8 6/ 8 SCR Calliope Hummingbird 4/19 4/19 SCR,HLR,RPR Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird 3/16 4/ 8 4/ 5 3/16 SCR Allen's Hummingbird 3/ 4 4/11 3/15 1/25 AME Belted Kingfisher 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/17 1/ 1 DJC Lewis' Woodpecker 1/ 6 NLe,RWR,FVs Acorn Woodpecker 1/ 1 1/ 6 2/28 1/ 1 SCR,JMa,DJC Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1/ 2 1/ 1 CKS,JML Red-naped Sapsucker 1/ 6 1/ 6 MMR Red-breasted Sapsucker 1/ 2 1/ 7 1/17 1/ 1 m.ob. Williamson's Sapsucker Nuttall's Woodpecker 1/ 2 1/ 7 1/ 3 1/ 2 m.ob. Downy Woodpecker 1/ 1 3/ 4 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,CKS,JML Hairy Woodpecker 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,JMa,DJC Northern Flicker 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Pileated Woodpecker 6/11 4/12 4/12 MJM Olive-sided Flycatcher 4/26 5/ 6 4/25 4/16 JCo Western Wood-Pewee 4/26 4/25 4/25 4/19 JDa Willow Flycatcher 5/28 8/29 6/12 5/28 SCR Least Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher 4/30 4/11 4/11 4/11 MMR,MJM Dusky Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3/28 3/27 3/18 1/ 4 CCRS Black Phoebe 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Eastern Phoebe 1/ 2 3/ 4 3/ 1 1/ 2 SCR Say's Phoebe 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/18 1/ 2 SCR Ash-throated Flycatcher 4/14 4/25 4/26 4/ 8 RWR Tropical Kingbird Cassin's Kingbird 5/ 4 4/11 4/11 3/ 1 DRo,RCa kingbird sp. 2/ 8 AGu Western Kingbird 3/16 4/ 8 4/11 3/16 SCR Eastern Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Horned Lark 3/16 4/26 3/15 1/25 AME Purple Martin 5/14 RCi Tree Swallow 1/18 1/19 3/ 1 1/17 LCh Violet-green Swallow 2/ 5 1/19 2/22 1/18 JDa Nor. Rough-winged Swallow 2/ 8 2/25 2/28 2/ 8 SCR Bank Swallow 7/ 2 5/26 NLe Cliff Swallow 3/ 2 3/ 1 3/ 8 2/26 TRy Barn Swallow 1/ 2 1/19 3/ 1 1/ 2 SCR Steller's Jay 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/17 1/ 1 m.ob. Western Scrub-Jay 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. Clark's Nutcracker Black-billed Magpie Yellow-billed Magpie 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. American Crow 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Common Raven 1/ 1 1/ 5 2/13 1/ 1 m.ob. Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1/ 1 1/16 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. Oak Titmouse 1/ 3 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 CKS,JML,DJC Bushtit 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. Red-breasted Nuthatch 9/27 4/12 1/ 1 JMa White-breasted Nuthatch 1/ 3 1/ 6 1/13 1/ 1 DJC Pygmy Nuthatch 1/ 1 4/12 1/ 1 SCR,JMa Brown Creeper 1/ 1 4/25 1/17 1/ 1 m.ob. Rock Wren 3/ 16 1/19 1/13 1/13 MJM Canyon Wren 1/ 1 JSa,HGe Bewick's Wren 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. House Wren 3/29 4/ 8 4/ 5 3/21 LAY Winter Wren 1/ 1 4/ 4 1/ 1 SCR Marsh Wren 1/12 1/12 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM American Dipper 4/11 3/29 TGr Golden-crowned Kinglet 1/ 2 10/ 1 1/ 2 SCR Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4/26 3/27 3/29 1/ 5 CJC Western Bluebird 1/ 2 1/ 6 2/16 1/ 1 DJC Mountain Bluebird 1/17 JLu Townsend's Solitaire 5/ 6 5/ 3 MHa,DHa Swainson's Thrush 4/30 5/ 6 5/ 9 4/ 2 PMB Hermit Thrush 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/13 1/ 1 SCR,JMa American Robin 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/13 1/ 1 m.ob. Varied Thrush 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR Wrentit 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/17 1/ 1 SCR,JMa,DJC Northern Mockingbird 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Sage Thrasher 4/ 7 BWe Brown Thrasher California Thrasher 1/ 1 1/ 6 2/28 1/ 1 SCR Red-throated Pipit 9/26 NLe American Pipit 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing 1/ 2 1/14 3/28 1/ 1 JMa Phainopepla 4/18 1/ 6 NLe,RWR,FVs Northern Shrike Loggerhead Shrike 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. European Starling 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Bell's Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Cassin's Vireo 4/26 4/11 4/12 4/ 5 LAY Plumbeous Vireo Hutton's Vireo 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,JMa Warbling Vireo 3/28 3/27 3/29 3/18 AME Red-eyed Vireo Tennessee Warbler 9/28 9/28 9/28 SCR Orange-crowned Warbler 1/ 4 1/24 3/ 1 1/ 4 SCR,CCRS Nashville Warbler 4/14 4/25 4/12 JMM Virginia's Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler 1/ 4 4/11 4/25 1/ 4 SCR Chestnut-sided Warbler 9/27 9/27 SCR Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Black-throated Gray Warbler 4/30 4/25 4/ 5 1/ 9 SBT Townsend's Warbler 1/ 1 3/27 3/15 1/ 1 SCR,JMa,DJC Hermit Warbler 4/26 4/ 4 2/ 1 AVe,CH Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Prairie Warbler 1/ 4 1/17 1/ 4 SCR Palm Warbler 1/ 4 1/13 1/ 4 SCR,HLR Blackpoll Warbler 9/23 9/16 9/14 CCRS Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird 6/ 7 SRo,KVV Northern Waterthrush 9/23 8/29 8/30 8/29 MMR Kentucky Warbler Connecticut Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler 4/26 4/25 8/30 4/19 NLe Common Yellowthroat 1/ 4 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 2 MJM Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler 3/28 3/27 3/22 3/22 MJM Yellow-breasted Chat 5/ 6 5/ 3 CCRS Summer Tanager 9/17 JMa Scarlet Tanager Western Tanager 4/24 4/26 4/25 1/23 RWR Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5/25 KCo,MWr Black-headed Grosbeak 4/ 8 4/11 4/11 4/ 5 VTi Blue Grosbeak 5/ 6 5/11 4/19 4/19 MJM Lazuli Bunting 4/19 4/26 5/ 3 4/19 SCR Indigo Bunting 7/18 AJa Passerina sp. 4/10 4/10 SCR Dickcissel Green-tailed Towhee 9/28 CCRS Spotted Towhee 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,JMa,DJC California Towhee 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/13 1/ 1 m.ob. Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1/ 2 4/ 8 4/11 1/ 2 SCR American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow 4/27 4/26 3/31 GFi,MPl Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow 9/15 9/11 NLe Black-chinned Sparrow 5/23 JGa Vesper Sparrow 9/15 9/15 SCR Lark Sparrow 4/ 8 1/19 1/ 4 1/ 4 MJM Black-throated Sparrow Sage Sparrow 4/12 AME,DPo Lark Bunting 9/16 9/16 MMR Savannah Sparrow 1/ 2 1/12 1/ 4 1/ 1 DJC Grasshopper Sparrow 4/10 6/ 2 4/10 SCR Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1/ 9 fide AME Fox Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Song Sparrow 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Lincoln's Sparrow 1/ 2 1/13 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH Swamp Sparrow 1/ 2 1/ 2 SCR White-throated Sparrow 3/29 1/15 AJb Golden-crowned Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. White-crowned Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Harris' Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob. Lapland Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Tricolored Blackbird 1/ 2 1/14 4/11 1/ 2 SCR Western Meadowlark 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 DJC Yellow-headed Blackbird 5/ 4 9/16 4/ 4 NLe Brewer's Blackbird 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Great-tailed Grackle 5/25 5/28 5/30 5/25 SCR Brown-headed Cowbird 1/ 2 1/16 1/18 1/ 1 AVe,CH,DJC Hooded Oriole 3/29 4/24 4/26 3/21 AWa Baltimore Oriole Bullock's Oriole 3/28 4/ 8 3/22 3/19 GHa Scott's Oriole Purple Finch 1/ 1 3/27 2/28 1/ 1 SCR Cassin's Finch House Finch 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob. Red Crossbill Pine Siskin 1/18 1/ 9 TGr Lesser Goldfinch 1/ 1 1/13 1/ 4 1/ 1 m.ob. Lawrence's Goldfinch 5/ 5 4/26 4/26 1/ 6 NLe,RWR,FVs American Goldfinch 1/ 1 1/ 7 1/20 1/ 1 m.ob. Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow 1/ 2 1/ 6 2/22 1/ 1 CKS,JML,DJC Observer codes: m.ob.-many observers, AGu-Arnel Guanlao, AJa-Al Jaramillo, AJb-Alberta Jasberg, AME-Al Eisner, AVe-Ann Verdi, AWa-Alan Walther, BMc-Bert McKee, BWe-Bruce Webb, CCRS-Coyote Creek Riparian Station, CH-Caralisa Hughes, CJC-Chuck Coston, CKS-Chris Salander, CWh-Clark White, DHa-David Haveman, DJC-Don & Jill Crawford, DPo-David Powell, DRo-Don Roberson, DSt-Dick Stovel, DWe-Dave Weber, FB-Florence Bennett, FVs-Frank Vanslager, GFi-George Finger, GHa-Garth Harwood, GKH-Grant Hoyt, GLB-Gloria LeBlanc, HGe-Harriet Gerson, HLR-Heather Rottenborn, JCo-Jack Cole, JDa-Jim Danzenbaker, JGa-Jim Gain, JLa-Jolene Lange, JLu-John Luther, JMa-John Mariani, JMe-John Meyer, JML-Jeanne Leavitt, JMM-John & Maria Meyer, JMS-Jean-Marie Spoelman, JSa-June Santoro, JSt-John Sterling, KCo-Kitty Collins, KLP-Kathy Parker, KVV-Kent Van Vuren, LAY-Amy Lauterbach & James Yurchenco, MH-Matt Heindel, MHa-Merry Haveman, MJM-Mike Mammoser, MLF-Mike Feighner, MMR-Mike Rogers, MPL-Marjorie Plant, MWr-Marti Wright, NLe-Nick Lethaby, PMB-Phyllis M. Browning, RCa-Rita Caratello, RCi-Rich Cimino, RCo-Rita Colwell, RiC-Richard Carlson, RJe-Richard Jeffers, RLe-Rosalie Lefkowitz, RPR-Rebecca Paige Rottenborn, RWR-Bob Reiling, SBT-Scott Terrill, SCR-Steve Rottenborn, SGu-Stephan Gunn, SMi-Steve Miller,SRo-Steve Rovell,SSA-Susan Sandstrom, TGr-Tom Grey, TRy-Tom Ryan, VTi-Vivek Tiwari, WGB-Bill Bousman SANTA CLARA COUNTY YEAR LIST HISTORY 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 HIGH COMP 278 295 303 293 296 305 305 SCR 279 291 262 251 268 291 MJM 234 250 265 242 253 276 276 MMR 214 234 254 271 257 258 275 275 MLF 136 183 199 209 215 235 194 165 218 265 265 WGB 216 228 245 170 245 AME 240 220 219 231 240 KLP 232 232 RWR 204 201 203 228 228 TGr 189 211 211 CKS 185 195 186 195 GLB 190 190 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 06 08:44:17 1998 Subject: Pine Siskin A PINE SISKIN was at my niger feeder this morning. -- Tom Grey Stanford CA [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 06 11:29:06 1998 Subject: Siskins etc./SCVAS Phipps ranch trip 10/4 All, On the SCVAS trip to Phipps Ranch Sunday, 10/4/1998, nearly 40 birders mobbed the few birds lingering in the streamside vegetation. The bright, unseasonably warm weather seemed to have a dampening effect on the numbers of fall migrants, although diversity remained fair. There were several score of PINE SISKINS in the alder tops--the first significant numbers I've seen this fall on the coastside. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS were similarly omnipresent (some in full song, another effect of the weather, no doubt). Good views of such common but elusive birds as FOX SPARROW, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, WARBLING VIREO and lingering SWAINSON'S THRUSHES were had by most, and the resident pair of RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS put on a much-appreciated display. Singleton YELLOW, ORANGE-CROWNED, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS rounded out the migrant list although the WHITE- and GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS present everywhere would probably like to be included too. Sadly, the VARIED THRUSH calling from treetops adjacent to the parking lot just before the outing did not linger for the crowd, and a small group of CEDAR WAXWINGS spotted earlier was also missed by the larger group. Several smaller groups followed up by visiting nearby migrant hotspots such as Gazos Creek, but by noon the chickadee flocks had reverted to near-purity, with only the occasional Townsend's or Ruby-Crowned tossed in for eye relief. --Garth Harwood ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 06 12:18:23 1998 Subject: Back Yard Birds Dear friends, The back yard bird scene is changing quite a bit at our home in the Barron Park section of Palo Alto, one block west of El Camino Real. In the past week, the White-crowned and Golden-crowned sparrows and juncos have returned, a single Townsends warbler was checking out our persimmon tree, a pair of Steller's jays visited our peanut feeder and birdbath, and this noon we spotted our first returning Hermit thrush. The jays were a first ever for our back yard in the five years that we have lived here. Another unusual visitor to our birdbath this year has been a Black phoebe, who takes baths about the same way that they chase bugs --- on the fly. Cheers, Dave & Leda Beth ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 06 13:50:29 1998 Subject: S.C. Co List Update Mike Rogers has updated the 1998 SANTA CLARA COUNTY YEAR LIST. 278: 9/11/98 BREWER'S SPARROW 279: 9/14/98 BLACKPOLL WARBLER 280: 9/15/98 VESPER SPARROW 281: 9/16/98 LARK BUNTING 282: 9/17/98 PARASITIC JAEGER 283: 9/17/98 SUMMER TANAGER 284: 9/19/98 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER 285: 9/26/98 RED-THROATED PIPIT 286: 9/27/98 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 287: 9/28/98 TENNESSEE WARBLER 288: 9/28/98 GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE 289: 10/ 2/98 BAR-TAILED GODWIT 290: 10/ 2/98 BLACK TURNSTONE Kendric South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 07 06:12:48 1998 Subject: Vaux's Swifts, Blue-winged Teal On October 5 at 9:30 AM, I first heard, then saw, a flock of Vaux's Swifts flying about the top of the 5- or 6-story apartment building at 406 Forest Avenue in downtown Palo Alto. There were about 15-20 birds flying under and out of the roof tiles at the back of the building. Further on down Forest, a larger flock of over 30 swifts were flying around the top of another tall building that had what appeared to be ventilation slots that these birds were investigating. Could one assume that the swifts had roosted in these locations the previous night? Later that morning, there was a male Blue-winged Teal in the usual location at Adobe Creek. It was still in partial eclipse plumage. Phyllis ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 07 09:43:23 1998 Subject: BWTE, RBGR Folks: Yesterday, 10/6/1998, on my bike ride home I saw a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL coming out of eclipse plumage in the North Pond of the Palo Alto FCB. The facial crescent was clearly marked and the head and body plumage appeared close to normal, but the white tail patches were missing. This may be the same bird that Phyllis saw on 10/5/1998 in Adobe Creek. This morning, 10/7/1998, I walked along Stevens Creek from opposite the Moffett gate down to the lone eucalpytus above Crittenden. Of most interest was an immature male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in the willows about 50 m above where the creek crosses from the E side to the W side of the ditch. From a distance this bird looked similar to a female BHGR, but with close view I could see the heavier streaking extending across the breast, a patchy rose wash on portions of the breast where the male's bib will occur, and bright rose on the folded wing near the allula. While I was writing my notes a bright Spizella jumped up immediately in front of me, but the fraction of a second view was not sufficient for an id--probably a Chipping Sparrow. I could not refind the grosbeak after my initial observation. Migration continues along this stretch with a WILLOW FLYCATCHER, 2 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS, 4 YELLOW WARBLERS, and a male WILSON'S WARBLER. The latter bird is missing its left eye. As is typical for our local riparian areas in fall I counted 23 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS along this stretch. I also flushed a GREEN HERON from the creek. Bill ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 07 12:08:35 1998 Subject: Birds?: Cargill Salt Cargill Salt will be holding a Open House and Harvest Tour on Saturday, October 24, from 9 am to 2 pm, no appointment necessary. This may be a good opportunity for birdwatchers to investigate what is and will be happening with our baylands. Cargill Salt 7220 Central Ave Newark, CA 94560 (510) 790-8680 - Chris Salander ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 07 12:14:53 1998 Subject: RBGR At Steven's Creek This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BDF22F.25EAB5F9 Content-Type: text/plain Hello All: I refound the ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at 12:06 pm about 200 yards north of the fallen cottonwood in an isolated Bay tree. I saw it fly in, rest for 15 seconds at eye level, then fly into the center of the tree where I could not refind it. I was able to see a clear white throat, a light caramel colored chest and breast (darker than a female Black-headed) and with bold dark brown streaking and just a hint of pink in the center of the chest. While it fluttered I got a flash of hot pink in the axilliaries. It had a bold white supercilium. 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If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 07 14:39:00 1998 Subject: CSWA,RBGR All, Hearing that the Rose-breasted Grosbeak was still around, I headed out the gate here at work and checked Stevens Creek. I bumped into Nick Lethaby and we complained about the wind, the impossibility of refinding the bird etc. until Nick's daughter forced his departure. I checked the nearby tree nursery and then headed south along the creek. I have been forcing myself to investigate every Yellow Warbler chip, and this time it paid off. Just about 80 yards south of the fallen dead cottonwood I pished in a beautiful CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (no chestnut though). Also an immature COOPER'S HAWK here. After heading back up the east side of the creek I looked longingly at the lone Bay tree and was truly astounded to see the immature male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK sitting out at the edge of the top of the tree! It gave me nice views of front and back for five minutes before flying northeast onto Moffett Field (near the blue Hunsaker Road sign). By the time I climbed the dike I could not refind the bird. Mike Rogers 10/7/98 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 07 15:54:00 1998 Subject: Black Rail tides To everyone, Quite a few people have asked if I would post the extreme high tides at the Palo Alto Baylands for viewing the Black Rail, so here goes: 11-03-98 11:27a 9.0' 11-04-98 12:06p 9.2' 11-05-98 12:48p 9.3' 11-06-98 1:33p 9.2' 12-01-98 10:14a 9.2' 12-02-98 10:56a 9.5' 12-03-98 11:39a 9.6' 12-04-98 12:24p 9.5' 12-05-98 1:10p 9.3' 12-06-98 1:58p 9.0' 12-29-98 8:59a 9.2' 12-30-98 9:47a 9.4' 12-31-98 10:35a 9.6' 01-01-99 11:21a 9.6' 01-02-99 12:08p 9.5' 01-03-99 12:54p 9.3' 01-27-99 8:35a 9.1' 01-28-99 9:29a 9.3' 01-29-99 10:22a 9.4' 01-30-99 11:11a 9.4' 01-31-99 11:58a 9.2' A total of 21 tides based on good weather conditions, there could be more with low pressure systems from storms moving in. I could use help if anyone would be interested in keeping an eye on folks that might want to walk into the marsh. Please let me know if you can help out. Thanks, Deborah Bartens City Naturalist ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 07 17:30:53 1998 Subject: birds On Monday, 5 Oct 98, I spent some time birding Santa Clara County, starting at Ed Levin Park, where I found 2 RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKERS. At the North Pond of the Palo Alto flood control basin I had a COMMON SNIPE and a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL. In Alviso, the New Chicago Marsh had 3 STILT SANDPIPERS (2 adult basic and 1 juvenile 1st-basic), a PECTORAL SANDPIPER, a basic WILSON'S PHALAROPE, a couple LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and a BURROWING OWL that flushed off the railroad tracks. At the end of Nortech Pkwy 2 immature PEREGRINE FALCONS flushed up the flock of blackbirds, which contained 2 male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS. Mike Mammoser ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 08 08:49:38 1998 Subject: CSWA Folks: About 8:10 am this morning, 10/8/1998, Mike Rogers re-found the immature CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER on Stevens Creek below L'Avenida. It was almost exactly where it was yesterday, 80 yards upstream from the fallen cottonwood, but it was working the E side of the vegetation and we both watched from the levee on the E side. This area is easily accessible from L'Avenida if you have calf-high waders (I believe you can get a pair for $15 from Orchard Supply) as the creek is shallow. The activity this morning for all birds was much greater than yesterday afternoon when I spent an hour on the W side. Other birds this morning on my bike commute included a PRAIRIE FALCON on the transmission towers on the Stevens Creek Mitigation Area that are closest to the bay (probably Bill Carver's bird) and a partial albino GREEN-WINGED TEAL in Stevens Creek next to the mitigation area. The partial albino is a strange bird and I identified it as a Green-winged Teal only because it was next to a female and it size and shape were identical. It had a few gray feathers on the right side of the back or right scapulars (more likely) and it also had some mottled gray on the belly. The eye was black and the bill was yellow-orange, like a barnyard duck. It was alert and seemed to be part of a group of about 20 teal. Bill ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 08 09:24:04 1998 Subject: Chestnut-sided Warbler South-Bay-Birders: Just got back from the east side of Stevens' Creek about 80 yards upstream from the fallen tree. When I arrived, Mike Rogers and his girl-friend were looking at the Chestnut-sided Warbler which Mike Rogers quickly pointed out which I in turn saw about 4 times before leaving. Mike and his girl-friend proceeded further north along the trail. There is no telling what good things they will have seen. Yesterday, at about 5:30 PM I had some brief looks at the first-fall Rose-breasted Grosbeak just down-stream from the fallen tree. A year ago today I saw the Sabine's gull in Alviso, and today the Chestnut-sided warbler; both nice birthday birds. Mike Feighner, Sunnyvale, CA, [[email protected]] (work) Livermore, CA, [[email protected]] (home) on this date in history: 10-8-1871 Chicago Fire presumably caused by Mrs. O'Leary's Cow 10-8-1998 House votes for Impeachment Hearings ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 08 10:35:27 1998 Subject: UnIded _Spizella_ Yesterday I was in Mtn View for some reason and decided to make a swing-by for the Grosbeak. Walked the west side dike from Avenida to the fallen cottonwood from 4:00-4:15PM. Could not find the Grosbeak in that short time. In a low exposed branch of the tall cottonwood next to the fallen cottonwood, I saw a _Spizella_ sparrow. It was just above eye level and I was watching it head-on. Sometimes it dipped its head a bit and sometimes it turned, allowing for short looks at the side of its face. I was watching from the dike. From that distance it did not appear to have dark lores. The crown was darkish brown with a light median patch, giving it a somewhat striped appearance. The ear coverts stood out distinctly and appeared dirty brownish. There was a malar stripe the same color as the supercilium and this divided a distinct whitish throat from a distinct whitish broad submoustachial stripe. The broad supercilium appeared dirty greyish. The breast was light greyish which stood out clearly from the whitish throat. It flew down into the fallen cottonwood and I lost it after that. The crown plumage, distinct ear coverts and distinct throat and distinct malar stripe would seem to rule out Brewer's. The crown plumage and the absence of dark lore also makes Chipping Sparrow less likely. But the ear-coverts did not show any rufous, which I assume would have clinched Clay-colored. Any comments? Vivek Tiwari [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 09 07:17:47 1998 Subject: RBGR continuing Folks: On my bike commute home yesterday evening, 10/8/1998, I saw the immature ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK fly east across the levee and into Moffett Field, where it landed in first in an elderberry (little food left) and then a coyote bush. Its flight path indicated that it started from Stevens Creek within a few meters of where it has been seen over the last two days. This was 5:20 pm. Bill ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 09 08:36:21 1998 Subject: CCRS This morning I saw a White-throated Sparrow, a Willow FLycatcher, a Golden-crowned Kinglet, and a MacG. Warbler at CCRS, along with commoner migrants. ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 09 10:43:55 1998 Subject: Rose-breasted Grosbeak Frank Vanslager, Bob Reiling and I refound the ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK along Stevens Creek in the willows just downstream from the "lone bay tree" this morning at about 10. We had glimpses of it there, then it flew east into a tree just on the other side of the Moffett fence where we got brief good views (I with my bins saw the rosy axillaries when the bird fluttered, Bob with his scope saw the traces of rose on the breast). Then it flew west all the way across the opposite levee into the tree farm. Bob and Frank were still trying to relocate it when I left. It was a nice windless morning and we had in addition to the many Yellowrumps, several YELLOW WARBLERS, 2-3 WILSON'S WARBLERS, a WARBLING VIREO, and I briefly saw an empid sp. that I think was probably a Willow though I wasn't sure enough to call it. Also FOX & LINCOLN'S SPARROWS and a GREEN HERON. -- Tom Grey Stanford CA [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 09 14:09:02 1998 Subject: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, No Chestnut-sided Warbler All, Frank Vanslager and I continued to look but were unable to find the RBGR after Tom Grey left. An unknown birder was on the West bank of the creek so I thought that I would let him know where we had last seen the bird. He replied that the bird was in view near the top, west side of a tree just downstream from where the three of us had earlier re-found the bird. Shortly thereafter the bird once again flew into the "Tree Farm" on the West side of the creek. Start looking for the bird where the large white tank is on the West side of the creek. This bird does not call and considering it's size is very secretive. When we first found the bird on the upper, outside edge a tree it just melted back into the tree only to subsequently fly, several minutes later, from the next tree upstream to the bushes NE of the Moffett Field street sign for Hunsacker Rd and West Perimeter Rd. The bird flew into the bottom of one bush but reappeared several minutes later at the top of a bush some distance north of the first bush. It then flew to a short tree nearby where it tried to hide near the trunk about 2 feet from the top of the tree from which it flew over the creek to the "Tree Farm". I would suggest birding from the top of the dike(s) as you will have the best chance of seeing the bird fly, however, as the bird fly's low and direct you will probably miss flights into and out of the far side of trees. Take a friend and bird opposite sides of the creek. On our way home we once again tried to find the CSWA but the wind was starting to pick up and the number of warblers was down significantly from that of a few hours earlier. Take care, Bob Reiling, 3:43 PM, 10/9/98 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 09 15:46:13 1998 Subject: Nashville Warbler Late with this news. My friend and I spotted two NASHVILLE WARBLERS while walking the Alamitos Creek on Monday. We had entered the trail near Graystone. The warblers were not far up the trail in the fennel? weeds, along with YELLOW WARBLES. We had a very good look and could easily see the white on their undersides. Barbara Harkleroad ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sat Oct 10 19:13:51 1998 Subject: CSWA still around I spent 3.5 (1:00-4:30PM) hours today on the west side of Stevens Creek between the fallen cottonwood and L'Avenida. Around 3:00PM, I had good looks at the CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER. It was moving about at the edge of a large mixed flock of BUSTITS, R.C. KINGLETS and CHICKADEES. This was about 30 yds. upstream from the fallen cottonwood, near the outflow from a pipe that emerges from under the dike. Later I met a visiting birder from S. Cal. who had seen it from the eastern dike. When I left at 4:30 the mixed flock was still around. Also saw 3 FOX SPARROWS hiding in the riparian undergrowth. On one of the birds the basal 2/3rd of the lower mandible was pale yellow. The crown and back was a fairly uniform dark brown, and the streaks on the underside were almost the same color. The streaking was dense on the breast almost forming a band. Like the "Pacific Northwest" form shown in Peterson, and closer to _unalaschcensis_ as shown in Nat. Geo. Also saw couple of LINCOLN's SPARROWs, WILSON's WARBLER and several YELLOW-RUMPEDs. And distant looks at a swimming/wading GREAT BLUE HERON. No sign of the RBGR, but I did not look downstream of the fallen cottonwood. The birder from S. Cal. did not find it either, though he had crossed over to the eastern side. Vivek Tiwari [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sun Oct 11 07:54:33 1998 Subject: The week's birds All: On 3 October, I had my first MERLIN of the fall near the junction of Great America Pkwy. and Hwy. 101 in Santa Clara. On 4 October, I birded about 1/3-mile of the Guadalupe River upstream from Montague Expwy. in San Jose. Highlights included a PYGMY NUTHATCH in the eucalyptus (very unusual location and habitat), 1 SWAMP SPARROW in the overflow channel about 1/3-mile above Montague, and a late female/imm. BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD. Also here were 1 CASSIN'S and 10 WARBLING VIREOS, 2 WILSON'S, 25-30 YELLOW, 1 MACGILLIVRAY'S, and 8 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 1 PINE SISKIN, 7 WESTERN TANAGERS, and 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES. A GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET was at our apt. in Santa Clara that day. On 5 October, doing some surveys on private property near the mouth of Guadalupe Slough, I saw 5 PEREGRINE FALCONS (4 in view simul- taneously), 22 BROWN PELICANS, 200 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, 1 CASPIAN TERN, and 1 CANVASBACK. On 6 October, I saw a tan-striped or imm. white-striped WHITE- THROATED SPARROW on the levee behind the SFBBO building in Alviso. On 8 October, I saw my first THAYER'S GULL (an adult) of the fall in salt pond A3N near the mouth of Guadalupe Slough and my first MEW GULLS (5) and 14 LESSER YELLOWLEGS at State and Spreckles in Alviso. Nine more LESSER YELLOWLEGS were at Arzino Ranch. Very unusual at State and Spreckles was a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER in full alternate plumage, even though none of the other adults retained any obvious alternate plumage, and even many of the immatures already had much basic plumage above. What's more, the alternate feathering on this bird appeared very fresh, the underparts having broad pale edging and the upperparts showing no wear or fading at all. In fact, the outermost primary, which was old and faded, contrasted sharply with the blackish (with rufous stripes) tertials and greater coverts. I really do think that this bird was in fresh alternate plumage (even though the outermost primary was retained from a previous plumage), although I can't explain why this would be so. On 9 October, an OSPREY was at the Parkway Lakes in south San Jose. On 10 October, Steve Rovell, Mike Mammoser, and I saw the imm. CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER and imm. male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK along Stevens Creek in Mountain View. The CSWA was very similar to the one I had at CCRS earlier this fall, but the dark streaking on the back was more apparent on this bird (vague though it was) and the gray on the face did not seem to extend above the eye on this bird as it did (slightly) on the CCRS bird. Our views of the RBGR left much to be desired, as the bird was distant and backlit, but because it sat out in the open (in the open field east of the creek) for so long, we were able to see the nature and extent of streaking on the underparts and the salmon-pink underwing coverts (as it preened). Also here were single HOUSE WREN, WARBLING VIREO, imm. female BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 3 WILSON'S WARBLERS, and 10 or so YELLOW WARBLERS. Mike and I then went to Palo Alto, where we saw a BLACKPOLL WARBLER in the eucalyptus near the shed at the NE corner of the Baylands duck pond; this bird eventually flew to the eucs at the NW corner of the old harbormaster's residence. Four YELLOW WARBLERS were in the fennel patch, and the male WOOD DUCK (now in beautiful plumage and very tame, for those photographers on this list) and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE were still at the duck pond. A thorough check of the Palo Alto WPCP produced one ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, but nothing else of interest among the 100+ YELLOW-RUMPEDS. Today (11 Oct.), there were at least 2 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS near our apt. Steve Rottenborn ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 12 12:20:57 1998 Subject: birds On Saturday, 10 Oct 98, I went to Stevens Creek at the end of L=92Avenida= to search for recent vagrants. I ran into Steve Rottenborn and Steve Rovell after they had already seen the Chestnut-sided Warbler, and joined them in the hunt for the grosbeak. Near the downstream end of the riparian habitat Steve found the ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK sitting in the open in the field on Moffett property just east of the creek. In the poor light we still managed reasonable looks at the breast markings and the rose-pink wing linings. I then left them to look for the CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, finally finding it just as they rejoined me, in the landscaped cottonwoods just across the wall in the Moffett housing area. Steve Rottenborn and I then went to the Baylands, where we found a BLACKPOLL WARBLER in the trees just behind the Palo Alto Duck Pond. On Sunday, 11 Oct 98, I birded the Guadalupe River between Montague and Trimble. I bushwacked the riparian area near the Montague end, finding low numbers of typical migrants; many YELLOW-RUMPED, 3 ORANGE-CROWNED, a YELLOW, and a WILSON=92S WARBLER. Walking the west-side levee from Trimble, I found an adult white-striped WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. Further down by the Viking truck yard, a small flock of Yellow-rumpeds produced a female or immature male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER. = Mike Mammoser ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 12 12:45:48 1998 Subject: Sunday birds Saturday I birded Andrew Molera State Park in Monterey county. Sunday morning, I paid yet another visit to Steven's Creek and finally saw the Rose-breasted Grosbeak (a state bird!). Luckily I had decided to bring my scope and I could not have identified the bird without it. Also saw single Yellow and Wilson's Warblers. Later that day, I found a juvenile American Golden Plover, an American Bittern, 10 Pectoral Sandpipers, and 17+ American Pipits in private area off limits to the general public. I noticed that I have seen 4 Pacific Golden Plovers (all adults in July-August) and 7 American Golden Plovers (all juveniles in Sept-Oct) in the county over the past few years. Is this typical of other people's records? ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 12 14:19:58 1998 Subject: Palo Alto, Sunday On Sunday morning, I looked unsuccessfully for the Blackpoll Warbler at the Palo Alto Baylands. However, I did find one immature Hermit Warbler there. Al ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 12 16:16:10 1998 Subject: Birds on Skyline Blvd. This weekend I had an opportunity to check out the birds around the house. I found a total of 30 sp. Only one TOWNSEND'S WARBLER represented the warblers. Other migrant/wintering birds were VARIED THRUSH and GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS. A VATH-like call was heard the previous weekend and a week ago, Monday. It was only a partial phrase, one short tremulous note. My thought was that this might be a first-year bird developing its song. Has anyone else heard this partial song from VATH? An immature COOPER'S HAWK has been hunting in our area; the BAND-TAILED PIGEONS were bursting from their perches, and the SCRUB and STELLER'S JAYS actually went silent for a while. There might have been a Sharp-shinned Hawk around, too, but our sightings were too brief, and it could have been the Cooper's. I found a BEWICK'S and a WINTER WREN that are probably residents. A pair of OAK TITMOUSE were caching food. Four resident species of woodpecker were present: NORTHERN FLICKER, ACORN, HAIRY, and DOWNY WOODPECKERS. Migration is apparently not a big bird event up on the ridge. Butterflies were still around: a beautiful Red Admiral, many Buckeyes and West Coast Ladies, one Acmon Blue, and one unidentified sulfur or yellow (I don't know which species are still flying around here). Les ========================================== Les Chibana, Mountain View [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 12 16:57:48 1998 Subject: Pine Siskin Winter of 1996 I had quite a few Pine Siskin at my feeders (were not unusual) Winter of 1997 I had one sighting of a Pine Siskin. This year I've noticed a Pine Siskin at my feeders on 8 different days in October. But it appears as if I may have just one. My regular feeders are now: White Crowned and Golden crowned Sparrows, MODO, California and Spotted Towhees, Calif Thrasher, Band Tailed Pigeons (one has decided to become more of a pet and stays even when all the others leave), Juncos, Anna's, Quail, Chickadees and Titmouse, House Finch, Mocker, Scrubs, Nuttall's Woodpecker. Accidental this month have included: Bushtits, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped warbler, lesser goldfinch, stellar jay, song sparrow. My cat problem is increasing...My neighbor has increased his cat population from 1 to 3 and they have been joined by 2 other neighborhood cats...it is soooo frustrating. The cats have even gotten to where they stand their ground when I send my dog after them and hiss - so my dog retreats...they're beautiful cats...but, ohhhh...i've tried the live cage with sardines, with tuna, with peanut butter, but they sniff it from the outside and walk away...so besides being beautiful cats they are very intelligent cats. Gloria LeBlanc Los Gatos Los Gatos http://www.lgsia.com http://www.wallstreetgifts.com ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 12 17:05:48 1998 Subject: Strange Vireo near L'Avinida Along Stevens Creek below L'Avinida today I saw an unidentified Vireo. First, it was definitely a Vireo, both in bill and behavior. It had a uniformly pale yellow throat, breast and belly, medium gray (no greenish tint) head, back, wings and tail, and no hint of wing bars. There was no discernable supercilium stripe, and a faintly darker line starting at the beak and extending through the eye. I have checked several field guides, and the Birds of North America pamphlet series. The best fit I can find is a Philadelphia Vireo, especially the immature in Peterson. The lack of any supercilium stripe is discouraging, and I wonder if the back color is OK. Second best is a gray-backed immature Warbling Vireo, with much more yellow than the usual wash on the flanks, and darker lores than normal. How much variation is there in Warblling Vireos, and Philadelphia Vireos? Does anyone have any ideas? Can someone suggest a good reference? (The Audubon library had no books specializing on Vireos.) ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 12 19:16:41 1998 Subject: Quail I have been observing my QUAIL family in the backyard at dusk tonight. They find newly spaded and raked dirt, or any loose soil, and make a hollow. Then they rather squirm around in it for awhile. In the morning we find as many as ten such indentations in vaious places around our yard. My question: Are they taking a dirt bath, or do they spend the night in these hollows. I've never given much thought to where Quail roost or sleep. Barbara Harkleroad ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 12 19:27:58 1998 Subject: Broken glass I forgot to mention that a large hawk, probably a COOPER'S chased a dove right into my large kitchen picture window Saturday. The window didn't survive and it was lucky I didn't get hurt as I was standing at my kitchen sink by the window. In case anyone is interested, the cost was only about $80 to replace the window later that afternoon. The dove was plucked on the premises and only the feathers were left. Last year we saw a hawk pick up a dove and carry it off. Another time the feathers and feet were left on the lawn. Barbara Harkleroad Almaden Valley ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 12 19:37:03 1998 Subject: Guadalupe River All, I took advantage of the Columbus Day holiday and did some birding along the Guadalupe River today 10/12/98. I started at 7:15am just south of Montague working the overflow channel for sparrows before heading into the riparian corridor about a half hour later (once it got a little lighter). It took me until 11:15am to reach Trimble and then almost another two hours to make it back up the west side (slow going bushwhacking along the creek). The area around the eucalyptus not far south of Montague once again had the highest number of interesting birds (especially HERMIT THRUSHES), but there were birds all along the eastern side of the river. The west side was much more dead (later in the day?, tired of pishing?, too shady?, less attractive undergrowth?) but did yield the day's only WINTER WREN. Just north of Trimble on the east side of the river I had a large sparrow flock, but could not refind Mike Mammoser's White-throated Sparrow in it (there were few Zonotrichia on the west side here). Interesting birds included: 1 MERLIN, 1 probable THAYER'S GULL (flyover), at least a dozen NORTHERN FLICKERS (hard to get an accurate count as they move in and out of the corridor), 2-3 BEWICK'S WRENS, 1 WINTER WREN, many RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS (including some singing birds), 1 SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 18 HERMIT THRUSHES, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT, 27 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 1 WARBLING VIREO, 7 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 1 NASHVILLE WARBLER, 7 YELLOW WARBLERS, many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS (both Audubon's and Myrtle), 2 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS (a third bird was seen by Steve Rottenborn in the adjacent industrial complex as he drove through in mid-morning), 2 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS, 3-4 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 2+ WILSON'S WARBLERS, 4 WESTERN TANAGERS (including one singing male! with no red on the head), several dozen LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and 1 pale DARK-EYED JUNCO. I then checked the CCRS banding board. Of interest were no Black-chinned Hummingbirds since May 9th!, a WILLOW FLYCATCHER on 10/7 still, at least 4 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS in October, SWAINSON'S THRUSH still on 10/11, a VARIED THRUSH on 9/27, a CASSIN'S VIREO on 10/11, a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER on 10/10, and 17 MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLERS (+ 8 recaps) this Fall. Driving to the waterbird pond produced a SAY'S PHOEBE, but the only thing of note seen while looking through the fence at the WPCP ponds was a HOUSE WREN. A calling MARSH WREN along the edge of the waterbird pond made for a 4-wren day. Yesterday evening 10/11/98 the immature male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was again foraging in the Coyote bushes just north of the Hunsaker Road sign on Moffett Field. At 6:00pm it flew across Stevens Creek to the back of the tree nursery. Mike Rogers ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 12 21:02:58 1998 Subject: Re: Quail In winter I've noticed big quail flocks flying to roost near my home in the Almaden Valley. For roosting they seem to prefer the trees, and in particular one big dense eucalyptus--many times I've watched them fly in at last light, hurtling across a wide opening and disappearing into the tree. I've also disturbed them at night while walking under our smaller creekside trees. John Mariani [[email protected]] Glenn Harkleroad wrote: > I have been observing my QUAIL family in the backyard at dusk tonight. > They find newly spaded and raked dirt, or any loose soil, and make a > hollow. Then they rather squirm around in it for awhile. In the morning > we find as many as ten such indentations in vaious places around our yard. > My question: Are they taking a dirt bath, or do they spend the night in > these hollows. I've never given much thought to where Quail roost or > sleep. > > Barbara Harkleroad > > ========================================================================== > This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list > server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the > message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 13 07:13:32 1998 Subject: Re: Strange Vireo near L'Avinida All, Frank Vanslager and I saw the same vireo yesterday morning. From my vantage point near the creek the bird appeared to have a gray back but from Frank's viewpoint up on the dike the mantle was gray-green. I also noted that the supercilium was not very obvious but then this wouldn't help to make it a Philadelphia Vireo. I also think that the dark line on a PHVI should very striking (in contrast) and it wasn't on this bird. I therefore believe that the three of us saw a first fall Warbling Vireo. Take care, Bob Reiling, 7:21 AM, 10/13/98 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 13 07:44:26 1998 Subject: Golden-crowned Kinglets and Western Tanagers All, Recently Steve Rottenborn has mentioned the presence of GCKI near his apartment and Mike Rogers made note of GCKI that were banded at CCRS. On last Saturday's SCVAS field trip to Coyote Hills Regional Park we had GCKIs in the picnic area near the Visitor Center and in the fennel east of the Quarry Staging Area. I have also noted larger than usual numbers of Western Tanagers this fall (I have even seen them in my bird bath on several occasions, an unusual occurrence in and of itself). I was wondering if these might be early indications of a montane bird invasion in the valley this winter? Take care, Bob Reiling, 8:20 AM, 10/13/98 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 13 08:45:51 1998 Subject: Re: Strange Vireo near L'Avinida I also noted that the >supercilium was not very obvious but then this wouldn't help to make it a >Philadelphia Vireo. I also think that the dark line on a PHVI should very >striking (in contrast) and it wasn't on this bird. I therefore believe that >the three of us saw a first fall Warbling Vireo. In my view the facial pattern shown in the NGS guide is much more contrasting than shown by real Philadelphia Vireos, although there should be at least a dusky spot on the lores. More important is the underpart coloration. Philadelphia Vireos are typically brightest yellow on the vent, throat, and upper breast. The flanks are paler yellow and the bellu often white. Warbling Vireo are brightest yellow on the flanks, sides of the breast (and vent ??), but show a white throat and belly. Based on the initial description, this bird may be worth a second look. ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 13 09:55:48 1998 Subject: Stevens Creek All: This morning (13 Oct.), I checked Stevens Creek below L'Avenida fairly thoroughly, seeing single WARBLING VIREO and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, hearing single BLACK-THROATED GRAY and WILSON'S WARBLERS, and seeing 8 or so YELLOW WARBLERS. The vireo was so obviously a Warbling (yellow wash all over the underparts but very, very pale; vague greenish cast to the gray back), that I'm sure that it wasn't Chuck's bird. I heard the Black-throated Gray and Wilson's Warblers calling repeatedly but could never visually locate them, indicating that a much quieter bird (like a vireo) could go undetected there even if present. In other words, it's still worth having others look for this vireo. No sign of the Chestnut-sided Warbler or Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Steve Rottenborn ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 14 09:02:39 1998 Subject: Feeding Frenzy Not Folks: On my bike commute this morning, 10/14/98, Salt Pond A2W was quite attractive to piscivores despite the presence of hunters. I counted 605 AM. WHITE PELICANS, 7 BROWN PELICANS, 300 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, and 100+ SNOWY EGRETS. There were also good numbers of BONAPARTE'S GULLS and FORSTER'S TERNS plunge-diving. However, while I was watching, although the gulls and terns were actively feeding, none of the pelicans or cormorants appeared to feed. The cormorants had largely abandoned the pond by the time I left, even though additional pelicans were still flying in. So although there seemed to be good prey for the gulls and terns, it looks like the foraging for the larger birds was over by the time I arrived or never really got started. Bill ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 14 14:13:32 1998 Subject: Re: Quail Glenn Harkleroad wrote: > > I have been observing my QUAIL family in the backyard at dusk tonight. > They find newly spaded and raked dirt, or any loose soil, and make a > hollow. Then they rather squirm around in it for awhile. In the morning > we find as many as ten such indentations in vaious places around our yard. > My question: Are they taking a dirt bath, or do they spend the night in > these hollows. I've never given much thought to where Quail roost or > sleep. I don't have personal experience with this behavior in quail, but I did check some of my bird books. "The Birder's Handbook" makes a point of saying that California Quail do not roost on the ground, but instead use bushes and small trees. When I checked the article on dusting in the "Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds" it specifically mentioned quail as one of the species that most uses this bathing method. So I'd say you are running a bathhouse for quail. Rosalie Strait ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 14 15:30:09 1998 Subject: Eurasian Wigeon on Shorline Pond A1 This afternoon, on the southwest corner of pond A1, near the pumphouse, there was a male Eurasian Wigeon that is still molting. Also three male Blue-winged Teal on the Palo Alto flood control basin. Charles Coston ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 14 20:31:05 1998 Subject: High Tides in Palo Alto In case you have misplaced the e-mail sent out by Deborah Bartens, City of Palo Alto Naturalist,I have posted her message about the Black Rail High Tides on SBBU. Also posted is a URL that will calculate all of the Palo Alto tides for you. Kendric South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 15 08:22:09 1998 Subject: RBGR All, This morning 10/15/98 a brief check of the east side of Stevens Creek near the NASA-Ames bike path turned up the immature male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (in the "lone bay tree") and 1-2 WILSON'S WARBLERS, including the bird missing its left eye. Also had a Yellow Warbler-like chip but couldn't get on the bird to see if it was the Chesnut-sided Warbler or not. No sign of any vireos. Mike Rogers ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 15 12:30:39 1998 Subject: EUWI, BWTE Folks: On my afternoon bike commute yesterday, 10/14/98, I saw a male EURASIAN WIGEON in mostly breeding plumage at the south end of Charleston Slough. This is likely the same bird that Chuck Coston reported in Salt Pond A1 yesterday. At the Palo Alto FCB North Pond I saw one sleeping male BLUE-WINGED TEAL, again, probably one of Chuck's three birds. Bill ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 15 13:24:38 1998 Subject: Siskin, CEWA, GRHE at McClellan All, Unusual birding today (10/15/98) at McClellan Ranch. A single PINE SISKIN just visited our thistle feeder for the first time in a couple of years. A small flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS was present in the sycamore tops earlier today, and perhaps rarest of all at this location, a GREEN HERON was flushed out of the Stevens Creek riparian belt by one of the kids' groups out there this morning. A few other fall migrants are appearing in the park in small numbers: RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, Audubon's YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, and HERMIT THRUSH have all appeared in the past 2 weeks. HUTTON'S VIREO has been hanging around, too. No interesting sparrows lately, alas. --Garth Harwood ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 15 16:29:07 1998 Subject: Turkey's around?? Hello all A friend who rehabilitates injured birds has been nursing an adult Wild Turkey back to health, and expects the bird to be releasable very soon. It is always good to release birds in an area where they occur already. With that in mind, has anyone seen Wild Turkeys in the south bay RECENTLY?? How about places like Almaden Quicksilver park, or Grant Ranch Park?? Any recent local sightings may help. Thanks much Alan ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 15 17:23:51 1998 Subject: Re: Turkey's around?? Alan Walther wrote: > Hello all > > A friend who rehabilitates injured birds has been nursing an adult > Wild Turkey back to health, and expects the bird to be releasable > very soon. > > It is always good to release birds in an area where they occur > already. With that in mind, has anyone seen Wild Turkeys in the south > bay RECENTLY?? > > How about places like Almaden Quicksilver park, or Grant Ranch Park?? > > Any recent local sightings may help. > > Thanks much > > Alan > ========================================================================== > This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list > server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the > message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] You might want to check with Cal Dept. Fish and Game. Releasing Wild Turkeys willy-nilly may be illegal. Wild Turkeys are a upland game species regulated by Fish and Game. I am sure they can help out. Paul. -- Paul L. Noble [[email protected]] ^ ^ @ @ ( v ) ( ) / \ m m ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 16 08:01:38 1998 Subject: AMBI Folks: A note I received in the mail Wednesday from Barbara Hesse (?) says that she has seen an AMERICAN BITTERN three times in the last week at the Oka ponds. Bill ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 16 11:55:32 1998 Subject: Palo Alto birds I checked several landbird spots near the Bay this morning, mainly Matadero Creek east of Hwy 1, and briefly Embarcadero Way (where Tom Gray was also present). There were many Yellow-Rumped Warblers at both places, but not many other migrants found. At Matadero Creek, I had one Western Wood-Pewee, two Winter Wrens, and one Orange-Crowned Warbler. At Embarcadero Way we had one Hermit Thrush and one Orange-Crowned Warbler. (Tom had earlier had a probably Wilson's Warbler.) Finally, a drive-by at the Baylands turned up the usual Greater White-Fronted Goose; I didn't hear any interesting chips. Al ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 16 12:22:28 1998 Subject: Almaden Valley bird list & a request Howdy South-bay-birders, I am presently putting together a bird list for the Almaden Valley area. The arbitrarily defined area covered by this list extends from Blossom Hill Rd. south to include Calero Reservoir, and from the Santa Teresa Hills west to include New Almaden, Almaden Quicksilver Co. Park, Almaden Reservoir, Twin Creeks, all of Hicks Rd., Reynolds Rd., and Mt. Umunhum, This saltwater-deprived part of the county has been neglected for too long! I went back through old issues of the Avocet looking for interesting bird sightings from this area, and found them to be almost nonexistent prior to 1988. Compared to the heavily visited areas on the edge of San Francisco Bay, few birders come down this way. Those whose sightings I have included on this preliminary list include Ann Verdi, David Suddjian, Steve & Heather Rottenborn. Emelie Curtis, Jane Glass, Mike Mammoser, Frank Vanslager, Mike Feighner, Bill Lundgren, and Mike Rogers. The vast majority come from JUST THREE PEOPLE--Ann Verdi, David Suddjian, and myself. I would like to put together a more complete list for this area, and post an annotated version with place, date, and observer information. The species that I have records for are marked with asterisks. Obviously the list is incomplete (No N. Shoveler? And check out the poor representation shorebirds!). If any of you have seen any of the asterisk-free species on the list in this area, I would appreciate you sending me your sightings with the location, and if possible the date of your sighting, so that I can include them. Species with multiple asterisks are locally rare, and I would appreciate any info. about their occurrence as well. You can respond to me directly, so as not to deluge the listserv. I KNOW some of you are birding down here! ALMADEN VALLEY BIRD LIST Red-throated Loon* Pacific Loon* Common Loon* Pied-billed Grebe* Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Eared Grebe* Western Grebe* Clark's Grebe Northern Fulmar Sooty Shearwater Ashy Storm-Petrel Brown Booby American White Pelican Brown Pelican* Double-crested Cormorant* Brandt's Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant Magnificent Frigatebird American Bittern Least Bittern Great Blue Heron* Great Egret* Snowy Egret* Little Blue Heron Cattle Egret Green Heron* Black-crowned Night-Heron* White-faced Ibis Fulvous Whistling-Duck Tundra Swan Greater White-fronted Goose***** Snow Goose Ross' Goose***** Brant Canada Goose* Wood Duck* Green-winged Teal* Mallard* Northern Pintail* Garganey Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal* Northern Shoveler Gadwall* Eurasian Wigeon* American Wigeon* Canvasback* Redhead***** Ring-necked Duck* Tufted Duck Greater Scaup* Lesser Scaup* Oldsquaw Black Scoter Surf Scoter***** White-winged Scoter***** Common Goldeneye* Barrow's Goldeneye Bufflehead* Hooded Merganser* Common Merganser* Red-breasted Merganser***** Ruddy Duck* Turkey Vulture* California Condor Osprey* White-tailed Kite* Bald Eagle***** Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk* Cooper's Hawk* Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk* Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk* Ferruginous Hawk***** Rough-legged Hawk***** Golden Eagle* American Kestrel* Merlin***** Peregrine Falcon Prairie Falcon* Ring-necked Pheasant***** Wild Turkey* California Quail* Mountain Quail Yellow Rail Black Rail Clapper Rail Virginia Rail Sora Common Moorhen* American Coot* Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Pacific Golden-Plover American Golden-Plover Snowy Plover Semipalmated Plover Killdeer* Mountain Plover Black Oystercatcher Black-necked Stilt* American Avocet Greater Yellowlegs* Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper* Willet Wandering Tattler Spotted Sandpiper* Whimbrel Long-billed Curlew Hudsonian Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Black Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper***** Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff Short-billed Dowitcher Long-billed Dowitcher* Common Snipe* Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Little Gull Black-headed Gull Bonaparte's Gull Heermann's Gull Mew Gull Ring-billed Gull* California Gull* Herring Gull* Thayer's Gull* ??Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Western Gull Glaucous-winged Gull* Glaucous Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Sabine's Gull Caspian Tern* Elegant Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Forster's Tern* Least Tern Black Tern Black Skimmer Common Murre Ancient Murrelet Cassin's Auklet Rock Dove* Band-tailed Pigeon* White-winged Dove Mourning Dove* Yellow-billed Cuckoo Greater Roadrunner***** Barn Owl* Flammulated Owl Western Screech-Owl* Great Horned Owl* Northern Pygmy-Owl* Burrowing Owl Long-eared Owl***** Short-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl* Lesser Nighthawk Common Nighthawk Common Poorwill* Black Swift Chimney Swift***** Vaux's Swift* White-throated Swift* Black-chinned Hummingbird* Anna's Hummingbird* Costa's Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird* Allen's Hummingbird***** Belted Kingfisher* Lewis' Woodpecker Acorn Woodpecker* Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-naped Sapsucker Red-breasted Sapsucker* Williamson's Sapsucker Nuttall's Woodpecker* Downy Woodpecker* Hairy Woodpecker* Northern Flicker* Pileated Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher* Western Wood-Pewee* Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Hammond's Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Pacific-slope Flycatcher* Black Phoebe* Eastern Phoebe Say's Phoebe* Ash-throated Flycatcher* Tropical Kingbird Cassin's Kingbird Western Kingbird* Eastern Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Horned Lark***** Purple Martin* Tree Swallow***** Violet-green Swallow* Nor. Rough-winged Swallow* Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow* Barn Swallow* Steller's Jay* Western Scrub-Jay* Clark's Nutcracker Black-billed Magpie Yellow-billed Magpie* American Crow* Common Raven Chestnut-backed Chickadee* Oak Titmouse* Bushtit* Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch* Pygmy Nuthatch Brown Creeper* Rock Wren* Canyon Wren Bewick's Wren* House Wren* Winter Wren Marsh Wren American Dipper* Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet* Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* Western Bluebird* Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Swainson's Thrush***** Hermit Thrush* American Robin* Varied Thrush* Wrentit* Northern Mockingbird* Sage Thrasher Brown Thrasher California Thrasher* Red-throated Pipit American Pipit Bohemian Waxwing Cedar Waxwing* Phainopepla* Northern Shrike Loggerhead Shrike* European Starling* Bell's Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Cassin's Vireo* Plumbeous Vireo Hutton's Vireo* Warbling Vireo* Red-eyed Vireo Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler* Nashville Warbler* Virginia's Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler* Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler* Black-throated Gray Warbler* Townsend's Warbler* Hermit Warbler***** Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Connecticut Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler* Common Yellowthroat* Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler* Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager***** Scarlet Tanager Western Tanager* Rose-breasted Grosbeak Black-headed Grosbeak* Blue Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting* Indigo Bunting Dickcissel Green-tailed Towhee Spotted Towhee* California Towhee* Rufous-crowned Sparrow* American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow***** Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Black-chinned Sparrow* Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow* Black-throated Sparrow Sage Sparrow***** Lark Bunting Savannah Sparrow* Grasshopper Sparrow* Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Fox Sparrow* Song Sparrow* Lincoln's Sparrow* Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow***** Golden-crowned Sparrow* White-crowned Sparrow* Harris' Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco* Lapland Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird* Tricolored Blackbird Western Meadowlark* Yellow-headed Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird* Great-tailed Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird* Hooded Oriole* Baltimore Oriole Bullock's Oriole* Scott's Oriole Purple Finch* Cassin's Finch House Finch* Red Crossbill Pine Siskin* Lesser Goldfinch* Lawrence's Goldfinch***** American Goldfinch* Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow* John Mariani [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 16 12:52:43 1998 Subject: FWD: Almaden Valley birding I think this was meant for the whole list. I think it was inadvertently sent to the listowner. -------------------------------------- Date: 10/16/98 1:45 PM From: Grant Hoyt REPLY TO 10/16/98 13:24 FROM [[email protected]] John--- Very impressive list; it must have taken you many hours to compile. Here's a thought that a few of us have tossed around over the years but have never acted on---what a bout a Christmas Bird Count south of the San Jose CBC, including the Almaden Valley and many of the areas you mentioned. One could spend some time looking at the best habitats and come up with the "perfect" count circle with a little research. Let's see . . . who would be a likely person to organize such a CBC? Someone who's familiar with the area, knows the birds, has shown an interest in that region's bird populations and distributions . . . someone like yourself? I know, there are many reasons not to launch such an effort. Too few birders, too many other CBC's, the paperwork, organizing, number-crunching, etc. But I'll bet we could get 10 or 12 people at least on some day not already taken with nearby CBC's and have some fun, as well as start a good database for winter birds in the Almaden Valley. There may have been a GAvilan CBC sometime in the distant past, but I could be confusing that with the long-defunct Gavilan Audubon Society. Anyway, something for you to think over. I would be happy to talk it over with you sometime and maybe help get this CBC started if someone was willing to act as compiler. -----Grant To: [[email protected]] RFC822 header ----------------------------------- RECEIVED: from SF_Database by POP_Mailbox_-1303576882 ; 16 OCT 98 13:46:54 UT Received: from LISTS.STANFORD.EDU by auc.com with SMTP (QuickMail Pro Server for MacOS 1.0.3); 16 OCT 98 13:46:44 UT Received: from Forsythe.Stanford.EDU (forsythe.Stanford.EDU [36.54.0.16]) by lists.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.7.1) with SMTP id NAA03521 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:46:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 98 13:45:40 PDT From: "Grant Hoyt" <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: Almaden Valley birding ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 16 14:17:31 1998 Subject: COMMON SNIPE I don't know that this fits in with all the good migration reports we've had lately, but it seems worth adding to the county records. At 8 am tod= ay there was a COMMON SNIPE sitting on bare, dry ground in my back garden. = Assuming that it must be injured I enlisted my neighbor to assist in its capture so that it would be safe from the many neighborhood cats, and als= o to get it to Wildlife Rescue. However, we were clumsy at the job and saw= it first in a short flight to a raised planter (hiding under azaleas and nandina) and finally in another brief flight up over the fence into the next yard. Rosalie Lefkowitz ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 16 15:01:25 1998 Subject: Re: Clarification, Almaden Valley bird list & a request > Howdy again South-bay-birders, > > I was asked to clarify some points about the list I posted:. > > > Some pretty rare species that are on the list have only one asterisk--in a few > > cases (Solitary Sandpiper, Purple Martin, MacGillivray's Warbler) I just > > overlooked > > them in my hurry to send out the list. Aside from those, there are rare > > birds--like the loons and Eurasian Wigeon--that I already have a number of > > records for. Some of the 5-asterisk birds look common, but are really scarce > > down here. No doubt Tree Swallow is regular down here, but Ann Verdi has only > > seen that bird locally once, and I never have! Based solely on my information it > > is rarer than White-throated Sparrow, so I am soliciting sightings. This is > > just a preliminary list to get info., hopefully there won't be any errors in > > the finished draft. > > About the area boundaries--they are somewhat arbitrary, and I'll have to > > include > > a map when I post the "finished" list. After asking Ann Verdi about this I > > decided to limit the list area to the Almaden Valley and its surrounding hills > > and mountains. I didn't want to do a list for all of southern Santa Clara Co., > > so to tighten the focus I've excluded places farther afield, like Loma Prieta and > > Chesbro and Uvas Reservoirs. > > Bailey Avenue, Calero Reservoir County Park, and the end of Alamitos Road > > past Twin Creeks form the southern limit of the area. Santa Teresa Blvd. would > > make a convenient eastern boundary, although that would include some suburban and > > hill areas outside the Almaden Valley. I do want to include the Santa Teresa > > Hills, all of Hicks Rd., and mountains west of the Almaden Valley to the top of > > the ridgeline (Mt Umunhum, El Sombroso). Hope this isn't too much > > hair-splitting-- > > John Mariani > [[email protected]] > > > ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 16 17:31:35 1998 Subject: Shorebirds at Calero Reservoir Howdy South-bay-birders, If you are tired of reading about the Almaden Valley area, hit delete now. This afternoon I stopped by Calero Reservoir. Shorebirds there included 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, about 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, at least 10 LEAST SANDPIPERS, about 15 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, and 1 lost-looking AMERICAN AVOCET. The Lesser Yellowlegs and American Avocet are species I 'm sure I haven't seen down here before, but then I rarely check Calero Reservoir. The water is receding, exposing more mud, and there is some good shorebird habitat there, especially near the intersection with Bailey Avenue. Good birding-- John Mariani [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sat Oct 17 11:06:57 1998 Subject: Golden Crown Kinglet All, Saw a Golden-crowned Kinglet in a Cypress tree this morning while washing my truck. First time I have seen one here in the Belmont Hills in the three years I have lived here. Maybe this will be an "irruption year" for this species. Paul. -- Paul L. Noble [[email protected]] ^ ^ @ @ ( v ) ( ) / \ m m ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sun Oct 18 05:49:09 1998 Subject: Stanislaus County Big Day Hello Birders: Yesterday, Jim Gain, Kent VanVuren, the Wades of Sacramento, and I did a Big Day in Stanislaus County ending with a total of 132 species. The highlights included two new first-county records: SPOTTED OWL and MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE... The SPOTTED OWL and the MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE were at Frank Raines Park just 5 miles east of the eastern-most part of Santa Clara County. We listened to the SPOTTED OWL from 6:30 AM to 7:00 AM without ever really visually finding it. We used no SPOTTED OWL or imitation calls...it called down to us on its own. The SPOTTED OWL was on the hill-side above the restrooms located in the southern unit of the park (that is the part of the park south of the road. The MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE was in the picnic area in the northern unit of the park (that is the part of the park north of the road. Earlier we had a LONG-EARED OWL calling in Joe Domecq Park. To reach the park take Highway 132 from Modesto to Lake Road. Turn right on Lake Road and drive into the park. At the Modesto Sewage Ponds (opposite Jennings Road and Tayor Road) we had a total of three Golden-Plovers (one AMERICAN and two PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVERS among the many BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS resting on a levee between two of the main ponds. Also at the Modesto Sewage Ponds we found a female TUFTED DUCK (2nd County Record) on the southern-most pond. -- Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sun Oct 18 14:19:49 1998 Subject: Cackling Goose We spotted a lone Cackling Goose in a flock of domestic geese led by a Canada Goose on Vasona Lake in Los Gatos this Saturday morning. Is this unusual or a regular visitor to the lake? Pat Curtis Lily Douglas Dori Rhodes ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sun Oct 18 17:39:16 1998 Subject: SF I fled the jurisdiction again this morning in search of Tropical Kingbird and Clay-colored Sparrow (and also to see my daughter) in the City. Dipped on both target birds, but was it ever a beautiful day! Middle Lake had lots of birds, but no unexpected ones. I checked North Lake; no Prothonotary, but there was a male WOOD DUCK still partly in eclipse. On to Fort Mason, where the area around the community garden and behind the hostel was very birdy. I saw 3 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, which I recall once being told are unusual in SF. Also my first RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER of the Fall, and one BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER among scores of Townsend's. -- Tom Grey Stanford CA [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sun Oct 18 21:45:02 1998 Subject: Weekend birds On Saturday, I checked Loma Prieta at dawn, hoping for montane migrants, but saw very little apart from 100+ Varied Thrushes and a Merlin. Also heard a Red-breasted Nuthatch. At Wright's Station Rd, I saw a couple of Golden-crowned Kinglets and heard several Pygmy Nuthatches. On the way back, I stopped briefly at CCRS and saw one of the Swamp Sparrows found by Mike Mammoser. On Sunday, I saw a Poorwill at CCRS, along with 3 Golden-crowned Kinglets, and single Black-throated Gray and Wilson's Warblers. ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sun Oct 18 23:25:49 1998 Subject: Re: Stanislaus County Big Day [[email protected]],Internet writes: >Yesterday, Jim Gain, Kent VanVuren, the Wades of Sacramento, and I did a >Big Day in Stanislaus County ending with a total of 132 species. The >highlights included two new first-county records: SPOTTED OWL and >MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE... A quick comment about the MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE. I'm afraid we'll have to downgrade the sighting to a probable sighting. Kent and I both heard a distant fee-bee-bee call and we both responded with the same conclusion; MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE. However, there was no definitive repeat call and no conclusive visual confirmation. I cannot rule out a muffled, distant Golden-crowned Sparrow. I still feel it probably was a MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE, but I don't feel 100% about its identification. All other sightings mentioned were 100 percent acceptable. It appears to be another montane species year. We had Red-breasted Nuthatch, Varied Thrush, Spotted Owl, Northern Pygmy-Owl, Long-eared Owl, a probable Mountain Chickadee and another owl with a high pitched quick tooting call that we weren't able to confirm. I led another field trip Sunday morning to the Modesto Sewage Ponds and did not refind the Tufted Duck (not a surprise with over 200,000 birds present), but we did refind the Golden-Plovers and an adult Peregrine Falcon which we missed on the big day. Jim Gain Modesto (Work) [[email protected]] (Home) [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sun Oct 18 23:32:22 1998 Subject: Weekend birding, Big Sit Howdy South-bay-birders, Sunday afternoon I did a "Big Sit" at the Palo Alto Baylands. My chosen spot was a bench along the edge of the restored wetland (old yacht harbor), directly opposite the Palo Alto Duck Pond. From my limited vantage point I had a partial view of the duck pond behind me, with the wetland and dump in front of me. Of the 66 species I saw, highlights were 1 CLARK'S GREBE, at least 15 AM. WHITE PELICANS, 1 male WOOD DUCK (at the duck pond), 4+ CLAPPER RAILS, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 2 SORAS, 2 RED KNOTS, 1 adult THAYER'S GULL, 1 TREE SWALLOW, and 1 BARN SWALLOW. As soon as the falling tide exposed a little mud the shorebirds began to stream into the basin, and at low tide it was crowded with all the usual species. Didn't realize this was such a good place to see rails--at low tide I watched all 3 species sneaking along the edge of the cordgrass. Passerines were really tough though, and I almost missed SONG SPARROW! Saturday Jolene & I walked the trail along Alamitos Creek from Graystone down to Almaden Lake. Had 47 species, the best being 1 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER and 1 TOWNSEND'S WARBLER; both were a short distance north of the footbridge near Graystone. John Mariani [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 19 07:11:53 1998 Subject: [Fwd: Re: Stanislaus County Big Day] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------66AB64F375A1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, [[email protected]] --------------66AB64F375A1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 07:59:42 -0700 From: Mike Feighner <[[email protected]]> Reply-To: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-PBXG (Win16; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Gain <[[email protected]]> CC: [[email protected]] Subject: Re: Stanislaus County Big Day References: <[[email protected]]> <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jim and others: I apologize for including the Mountain Chickadee. I had neither seen or heard the actual bird in question and had misunderstood the consensus of the id. -- Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, [[email protected]] --------------66AB64F375A1-- ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 19 08:04:45 1998 Subject: Montane species: Hawk Hill Hi All, Just thought I'd note the following since montane species are being mentioned. We had a flock of 5 LEWIS' WOODPECKERS flying over Hill 129 on Saturday. Many VARIED THRUSH,a few RED-BRESTED NUTHATCHES and at least one CASSIN'S FINCH. Let's hope they're headed our way! Nick Yatsko ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 19 08:05:53 1998 Subject: Pine Siskins, Stellers Jays Two years ago (96-7), we had flocks of 50+ Pine Siskins at our feeders all winter. Last year, I think I saw one once. Yesterday AM, we had 15. Although they prefer thistle, when the crowd grows that large, they spill over to the sunflower feeder as well. Also, they seem to have chased away the few Lesser Goldfinches that were still hanging around. I've been seeing Stellers Jays in urban locations where I don't normally expect to find them, and I've seen and heard some other similar reports. In normal STJA haunts, they seem extremely numerous. Is a population boom forcing some to explore a larger territory? Or is it just that my imagination has been tweaked by a few coincidental sightings? ---------------- George Oetzel <[[email protected]]> ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 19 09:50:32 1998 Subject: birds On Saturday, 17 Oct 98, I birded CCRS, starting in the riparian corridor north of the trailers. An intergrade NORTHERN FLICKER was interesting, in that it had the head pattern of Red-shafted, but with a red nape spot and yellowish feather shafts. Migrants, and dispersants, included many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, many HERMIT THRUSHES, a few DARK-EYED JUNCOS, 3 HOUSE WRENS, 6 ORANGE-CROWNED, a TOWNSEND=92S, and a WILSON=92S WARBLER. = A GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET was seen early on among the many RUBY-CROWNEDS. Two SWAMP SPARROWS were in the overflow channel north of the trailers as well. = On the way out to the waterbird pond I saw an immature dark morph RED-TAILED HAWK that looked like it might be black enough for a Harlan=92s, but I was never able to see the underwing outer primaries to look for the indicative barring. The adult PRAIRIE FALCON was perched on a pole in the sludge ponds, and later I had a brief glimpse of a PEREGRINE in the riparian corridor. = On the way out I stopped at the southern net lane area briefly. Here I had a banded WINTER WREN at 9800 and a female-like BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER around 9700. On Sunday, 18 Oct 98, I birded along Coyote Creek south of hwy 237, behind the bus maintenance yard. I was interested in looking for vagrant sparrows in the weedy overflow channel, none of which I found, but had to settle for a BLACKPOLL WARBLER among the YELLOW-RUMPEDS. = A brief stop at the Guadalupe River produced nothing more of interest than an immature male BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK. Mike Mammoser ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 19 10:24:51 1998 Subject: more montane stuff Hi Everyone-- This report is from out of the immediate area, but it should serve as further indication that montane birds are moving. At my house in Pioneer (Amador County, 3600' elevation), I saw an immature WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER and heard at least 2 VARIED THRUSHES on Saturday. At about the same elevation, but about a mile away, I saw and heard a female-plumaged CASSIN'S FINCH. There are many RUBY-CROWNED and GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and HERMIT THRUSHES in the yard. In Mountain View, the first PINE SISKIN of the year came to my thistle feeder on Sunday. STELLER'S JAYS have been around off and on (coming to my feeders a few times to eat millet, surprisingly enough). A female COOPER'S HAWK has the doves on their toes. Mark Miller ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 19 16:00:29 1998 Subject: Ano Nuevo A visit to Ano Nuevo Reserve in San Mateo Cnty yesterday (Sunday 10/18) revealed a large quantity of BROWN PELICANS. There were 350 to 500 birds at the cliffs at the north end of Cove Beach, where the surfers go, and another 500 to 700 on Ano Nuevo Island. Three researchers went out to the island in a zodiac, and when they stepped out onto the island, it appeared that all the Pellicans there took flight, an awesome flock!! I try to visit Ano Nuevo every year in Spet or Oct, but I have never seen this many pelicans there. Nothing else out of the ordinary, however the hawks were good in the field just before the Permit-Only area. along the main trail. NORTHERN HARRIER's were very succesfful in hunting rodents. There were RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, and the usual pair of WHITE-TAILED KITES. Alan ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 19 16:30:55 1998 Subject: Sapsucker etc. All, A Red-breasted Sapsucker was present in the cottonwoods along McClellan Park nature trail this afternoon, 10/19/98. Hadn't heard much about this species yet this fall. An immature Sharp-shinned Hawk cruised over the park in tight circles at about the same time. --Garth Harwood ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 19 16:53:02 1998 Subject: RE: Sapsucker etc. REPLY RE: Sapsucker etc. A Red-breasted Sapsucker was seen in the Stanford dish area a couple of = weeks ago by Marianne Dieckmann in my birding class. = Les Chibana Sa Clara Valley Audubon Society wrote: >All, > >A Red-breasted Sapsucker was present in the cottonwoods along McClellan >Park nature trail this afternoon, 10/19/98. Hadn't heard much about this >species yet this fall. An immature Sharp-shinned Hawk cruised over the = park >in tight circles at about the same time. > >--Garth Harwood ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 20 08:10:33 1998 Subject: CVBS Dear Birders: The Central Valley Bird Club is hosting the 2nd Annual Central Valley Birding Symposium to be held at the Radisson in Stockton Nov. 19-22, 1998. Last year’s event was very successful as we launched the bird club, listened to great speakers, saw lots of neat Central Valley birds, and had loads of fun. This year’s CVBS promises to be even better. Some of the slated speakers are Pete Dunne, Jon Dunn, Arnold Small, Joe Morlan and Dave Shuford. There will be an artist’s display, birder’s market, book signing sessions, great meals……the works. If you would like more info, drop me a note and I’ll send you a brochure, or better yet, check out the web page at http://www.ns.net/~BruWebb/BirdingSymposium.htm David Yee ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 20 23:36:40 1998 Subject: Palm Warbler, N. Waterthrush All: On 14 Oct., I checked the east side of Coyote Creek near the end of Sycamore Drive (between Montague Expwy. and Hwy. 237). Highlights included 2 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS, 4 YELLOW WARBLERS, 4 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 2 WESTERN TANAGERS, 6 "OREGON" JUNCOS, 2 WINTER WRENS, 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER, and 3 VARIED THRUSHES. A WINTER WREN was in ornamental vegetation at our apartment on 15 Oct. A check of Lake Cunningham turned up a number of gulls but nothing unusual. On 16 Oct., Dave Johnston found a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW along the Alviso Slough levee behind the SFBBO building and was able to show it to Scott Terrill and me; it was not the same individual that I saw previously this fall at this location. On 17 Oct., I worked the east side of the Guadalupe River from Montague Expwy. upstream for about 1/2-mile. Highlights were 1 PALM WARBLER, 5 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS (these have been in very good numbers along these valley floor streams this fall), 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS, 8 YELLOW and 8 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 3 TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, 1 WARBLING VIREO, 1 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 1 SPOTTED TOWHEE, and about 65 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS and 45 ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS. On 19 Oct. at the EEC in Alviso, I had a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (very uncooperative) around the cottonwoods and willows along Artesian Slough near the EEC building. Also here were a CHIPPING SPARROW, 1 YELLOW WARBLER, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 2 SPOTTED TOWHEES, 4 "OREGON" JUNCOS, 1 RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, and 4 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS. Yesterday (20 Oct.), a brief check of the EEC found the NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH and 4 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS still present. Steve Rottenborn ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 21 08:49:24 1998 Subject: RE: Sapsucker etc. We saw a Red-breasted Sapsucker on the SCVAS field trip Sunday to Alum Rock... Gloria LeBlanc At 05:53 PM 10/19/98 -0700, you wrote: > REPLY RE: Sapsucker etc. >A Red-breasted Sapsucker was seen in the Stanford dish area a couple of weeks ago by Marianne Dieckmann in my birding class. >Les Chibana > >Sa Clara Valley Audubon Society wrote: >>All, >> >>A Red-breasted Sapsucker was present in the cottonwoods along McClellan >>Park nature trail this afternoon, 10/19/98. Hadn't heard much about this >>species yet this fall. An immature Sharp-shinned Hawk cruised over the park >>in tight circles at about the same time. >> >>--Garth Harwood > > >This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list >server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the >message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] > > http://www.lgsia.com http://www.wallstreetgifts.com ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 21 09:08:02 1998 Subject: Some SCL birds Monday, 10/19, I saw an Oak Titmouse in a conifer at my office near Mtn. View Forebay. I've never seen one around here in 10 years. I don't know if there is an oak within a half mile. Great Horned Owls (loudly) and Western Screech Owls (minimally) have been vocalizing for the past week up along our bit of Skyline Blvd. about halfway between Page Mill Rd. and Saratoga Gap (Hwy 9). Les ========================================== Les Chibana, Mountain View [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 21 10:13:46 1998 Subject: Steller's Jay Folks: A number of people have commented about increasing numbers of STELLER'S JAYS in urban areas lately. I doubt very much that any of these birds are part of a montane incursion. Rather, what we are seeing, I believe, is a limited breeding range extension onto the valley floor, particularly in the northwestern part of Santa Clara County. Limited range extensions, such as this, are very hard to document. Qualitative comments, especially from long-time residents who keep some sort of yard list are quite valuable. Of more value, are breeding records that can be pinned down to location. Not to belabor this point, but a breeding record requires location, date, precise evidence of breeding observed, and observer. As with most of our corvids these birds are secretive while nesting. The most common breeding evidence obtained is dependent (and noisy) juveniles observed in May and June. These young birds often show extensive yellow rictal marks that take a few weeks to fade after leaving the nest. Belated reports from my bike commute home last Friday, 10/16/98, include a male EURASION WIGEON in Charleston Slough and two male BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the North Pond of the Palo Alto FCB. Bill P.S.: Trivia question: what bird's name is more often mis-spelled than any other bird in our local area? Yup, Steller's Jay, a lovely bird, and a stellar example of corvid pulchritude, but not a stellar jay. ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 21 10:23:49 1998 Subject: Juncos Question: Is it at all likely I would have an Oregon "pink-sided" Junco in my yard here in the Almaden area? This morning I saw the palest of Juncos, no definable collar, definitely the pinkish color was seen as it flew a short distance. Not long afterward, I did see an "Oregon" Junco of the type I am accustomed to seeing. Only one other time, perhaps last year, have I seen the very pale bird. Barbara Harkleroad ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 21 10:30:07 1998 Subject: Stevens Creek All, A quick check of the east side of Stevens Creek near Moffett Field this morning 10/21/98 turned up the WILSON'S WARBLER with no left eye (this bird seems like a candidate for a bird that might try and winter here), 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 2+ YELLOW WARBLERS, and 2 adult male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS (seen simultaneously). Tons of SPARROWS, and a few WAXWINGS and JUNCOS around too. Mike Rogers ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 21 11:02:06 1998 Subject: LBBGU Steve Rottenborn reports that he and Scott Terrill had the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the island in Salt Pond A16 just north of the EEC in Alviso between 11:15 and 11:45 this morning 10/21/98. It was still there when they left. No sign of the waterthrush. Mike Rogers ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 21 11:53:40 1998 Subject: Re: Juncos Glenn Harkleroad wrote: > Question: Is it at all likely I would have an Oregon "pink-sided" Junco in > my yard here in the Almaden area? This morning I saw the palest of Juncos, > no definable collar, definitely the pinkish color was seen as it flew a > short distance. Not long afterward, I did see an "Oregon" Junco of the > type I am accustomed to seeing. Only one other time, perhaps last year, > have I seen the very pale bird. > > Barbara Harkleroad Over the past several falls/winters, I've seen a number of individuals similar to what you've described. They have noticeably pinkish sides and flanks and paler gray hoods than our breeding Oregons, and overall they appear paler than our breeding birds. These birds usually have brownish on the nape and hindneck, and often have fairly bright rust-tinged backs. I don't think that they are Pink- sided Juncos, which should have almost entirely pink underparts with white limited to a very narrow stripe down the midline of the belly, but they are interesting. I've only seen them in winter (fall until late winter or very early spring), so I don't think that they are simply imm. females of our local breeders, and I suspect that they are some other race of "Oregon" Junco. I know that there have been a few reports of true Pink-sided Juncos in the S.F. Bay area, but I don't know that any have been confirmed. Steve Rottenborn ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 21 14:42:30 1998 Subject: Wood Ducks On Thursday, October 15, Jeanne and I observed 51 WOOD DUCKs at Almaden Reservoir. 35 males, 16 females. There were also 2 COMMON SNIPEs. - Chris Salander ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 21 15:06:52 1998 Subject: Stellers Jays All this banter about Stellers Jays has me thinking. Here in Belmont/San Carlos, Stellers Jays occur right down to ECR (El Camino Real) along Belmont Creek in Belmont and along Cordilleras Creek in San Carlos. I don't know if they cross ECR, but I doubt it as most creekside vegetation ends at ECR. Further north on the peninsula they may cross over ECR, but I have not seen any in these areas east of ECR. Can anyone comment, even anecdotally, about the presence of Stellers jays east of ECR from say Belmont north? Just being curious, Paul. -- Paul L. Noble [[email protected]] ^ ^ @ @ ( v ) ( ) / \ m m ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 21 23:49:07 1998 Subject: Follow-up to Almaden Valley bird list & a question Howdy South-bay-birders, Thanks to all of you who responded with information. I just counted up the species known to occur within the list area, and they number 208 so far! This follow-up list is composed of species for which I either have no record yet or no sighting date (I'm including species without sighting dates on the finished list, but if dates are available I would like to have them for the annotations). I have a question that someone out there might have an answer for. Grinnell and Miller report sightings for a place in Santa Clara Co. called "Sargents." Any idea where that may be (or have been)? Anyway, here's the list: ALMADEN VALLEY BIRD LIST Horned Grebe Red-necked Grebe Clark's Grebe Northern Fulmar Sooty Shearwater Ashy Storm-Petrel Brown Booby Brandt's Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant Magnificent Frigatebird Least Bittern Little Blue Heron Cattle Egret White-faced Ibis Fulvous Whistling-Duck Tundra Swan Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Brant Garganey Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Redhead Tufted Duck Oldsquaw Black Scoter California Condor Northern Harrier Northern Goshawk Broad-winged Hawk Swainson's Hawk Peregrine Falcon Mountain Quail Yellow Rail Black Rail Clapper Rail Virginia Rail Sora Sandhill Crane Black-bellied Plover Pacific Golden-Plover American Golden-Plover Snowy Plover Semipalmated Plover Mountain Plover Black Oystercatcher Willet Wandering Tattler Whimbrel Long-billed Curlew Hudsonian Godwit Bar-tailed Godwit Marbled Godwit Ruddy Turnstone Black Turnstone Red Knot Sanderling Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper—Undoubtedly more common than the lack of records indicates. My only record is of 40 birds in the Coyote Valley, northwest of the intersection of Santa Teresa Blvd. and Bailey Avenue, on 4-17-98 (SCR). White-rumped Sandpiper Baird's Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper Ruff Short-billed Dowitcher Wilson's Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Red Phalarope Pomarine Jaeger Parasitic Jaeger Long-tailed Jaeger Laughing Gull Franklin's Gull Little Gull Black-headed Gull Heermann's Gull Mew Gull ??Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Sabine's Gull Elegant Tern Common Tern Arctic Tern Least Tern Black Tern Black Skimmer Common Murre Ancient Murrelet Cassin's Auklet White-winged Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Northern Pygmy-Owl Flammulated Owl Burrowing Owl Short-eared Owl Lesser Nighthawk Common Nighthawk Black Swift Costa's Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird Lewis' Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-naped Sapsucker Williamson's Sapsucker Pileated Woodpecker Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Tropical Kingbird Cassin's Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Horned Lark Bank Swallow Clark's Nutcracker Black-billed Magpie Common Raven Pygmy Nuthatch Canyon Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Mountain Bluebird Townsend's Solitaire Sage Thrasher Brown Thrasher Red-throated Pipit American Pipit Bohemian Waxwing Northern Shrike Bell's Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Plumbeous Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Tennessee Warbler Virginia's Warbler Northern Parula Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Hermit Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Connecticut Warbler Hooded Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Scarlet Tanager Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Dickcissel American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Black-throated Sparrow Lark Bunting Grasshopper Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Harris' Sparrow Lapland Longspur Chestnut-collared Longspur Bobolink Tricolored Blackbird Yellow-headed Blackbird Great-tailed Grackle Baltimore Oriole Scott's Oriole Cassin's Finch Red Crossbill Evening Grosbeak ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 22 08:03:03 1998 Subject: Sargent Folks: Sargent is an old railroad stop just off Hwy 101 at the San Benito County line. Maybe at one time there was more there than a broken down sugar beat loader. Corporal was up the line a bit, I believe, and Betabel was somewhere along the Pajaro River downstream. Not near John's list unfortunately. Many of the old references refer to _Sargents_ as well, but I don't know whether this is a proofing error (mostly Grinnell and Wythe use _Sargent_) or that it once had that name, just as Hayward was once called _Haywards_. Bill ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 22 08:36:01 1998 Subject: late flycatchers All, Just a note about some recent flycatcher records: Al Eisner reported a WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE from Matadero Creek on 10/16/98. This is the latest county record I am aware of (although I believe that there are some unsubstantiated reports from the local CBCs). The only other October records I came up with were a bird banded at CCRS on 10/1/90 and a bird seen by Steve Rottenborn and others at Arastradero Preserve on 10/12/96 (a montane invasion year - coincidence?). Steve Rottenborn reported a WILLOW FLYCATCHER along Coyote Creek between Montague Expressway and Highway 237 on 10/14/98. From what I could find this is also the latest county record. Typically we do get about one October record a year of this species (a quick search dug out nine October records up to and including October 9th before this year). This year we had at least two birds at CCRS (bandings on 10/4 and 10/7, sighting by Nick Lethaby on 10/9) and at least two birds along Stevens Creek north of L'Avenida (2 by Steve Rottenborn on 10/1, 1 by Bill Bousman on 10/7, and a "probable" by Tom Grey on 10/9) prior to Steve's late record. The Fall 1982 report in American Birds listed the latest Willow Flycatcher for all of northern CA in that year as 10/13/82, so Steve's bird may not be completely unprecedented - but still late. Many birds seem to be staying for extended periods during this warm weather and it may be possible to obtain further late dates for some species - keep checking those riparian areas! Mike Rogers ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 22 13:41:37 1998 Subject: Clay-colored Sparrow All: This afternoon I had a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at the northwest end of Spreckles Ave. in Alviso. From the intersection of State and Spreckles, go NW on Spreckles until you pass the chain-link fence on your right. The CCSP was initially in the weedy area on the left side of the road. It flew to the other side of the road, then back. Later, Scott Terrill, Dave Johnston, and I looked for it and flushed a Spizella, but the bird flew farther NW over the buildings and out of sight. Steve Rottenborn ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 23 10:10:47 1998 Subject: MERLIE IS BACK! Merlie the Merlin is back again for the SEVENTH year on his tall Redwood Tree in College Terrace, easily seen from Peter Coutts Road, and from our house on Mears Court. A light colored Merlin was on Merlie's tree on 10/17/98 and then flew off to attack another Merlin in a nearby tree, and they both flew off. Merlie (a black Merlin) arrived on 10/22/98, and was eating an unidentified bird today (10/23/98). More information is given on Merlie's Web Page at: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ Kendric ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 23 20:30:16 1998 Subject: today at CCRS. Birders: A quick note to let you know that today was an interesting day at the banding 'lab' at CCRS. Joelle Buffa and Joyce Bartlett caught some interesting birds. One was a 'red' Fox Sparrow which I figured was of the subspecies 'zaboria', it was quite a dull one for a Red Fox Sparrow - as they often are in California. Later on another odd Fox Sparrow was like a 'Sooty' but had a contrasting reddish tail and wings but no back streaking. This may have possibly been of the race 'altivagans' but I am not sure. Finally, the star bird was a hatch year Grasshopper Sparrow. As far as I can tell (looking at our database) this is the first one we have ever banded at CCRS!! Not a bad morning. Al Alvaro Jaramillo Wildlife Biologist Half Moon Bay, Coyote Creek Riparian Station California P.O. Box 1027 Alviso, CA 95002 [[email protected]] Birds of Chile, New World Blackbirds at : http://www.sirius.com/~alvaro ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 23 21:48:27 1998 Subject: Loma Prieta birds Friday morning I had to visit my boss who lives off Summit Rd, so I took the opportunity to bird the saddle at Loma Prieta at dawn. Arriving while it was still pretty dark, I got a Pygmy Owl to toot back at my imitations (from Santa Cruz County). About 7.30 some movement began and I saw 12 Varied Thrushes, 13+ Pine Siskins, 24+ Purple Finches, 4 American Pipits, a Red-breasted Nuthatch, and about 20 'Yellow-rumped' Warblers. There was at least one Merlin around and 2 Sharp-shinned Hawks flew over. I then checked along Loma Prieta Avenue. I good views of another Merlin and a Pygmy Nuthatch here, plus lots of Robins, Juncos, and Cedar Waxwings. In Milpitas I saw and heard a Golden-crowned Kinglet on an evening walk with my family. Where are all these 'montane migrants'?. ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sat Oct 24 07:02:52 1998 Subject: Ogier Ponds All, On Friday Frank (yes, Vansalger) and I did a survey trip of Ogier Ponds in preparation for the SCVAS field trip on Sunday (10/25). We saw an ad male Osprey (which caught and was eating a fair sized fish), two Sora Rails (in the pond just south of the entrance, one chasing the other), four separate sightings of at least three American Bitterns (in flight in two ponds, two of which were in the same place that Steve Rottenborn noted breeding previously), one Green Heron (in flight in the southeastern most pond), one Spotted Sandpiper (in Coyote Creek near the washed-out portion of the road) and two imm/female Common Mergansers. There were fair numbers of Wood Ducks, Ring- necked Ducks and Gadwall with a few Cinnamon Teal, American Widgeon and Ruddy Ducks. We also had a Greater Yellowlegs and about six "peeps" (most likely Least Sandpipers) in and flying over Coyote Creek, lots of White-tailed Kites but only one ad male Northern Harrier, one ad female American Kestrel and a couple of Red-tailed Hawks. One can only guess as to the effect that today's weather will have on the quality and quantity of birds available for tomorrow's trip. Take care, Bob Reiling, 7:37 AM, 10/24/98 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sat Oct 24 17:13:09 1998 Subject: Clay-Colored Sparrow, continued The "continued" in my title refers to a message which Nick Lethaby will no doubt post later. This afternoon he found a Clay-Colored Sparrow along Spreckles St. in Alviso, presumably (but not necessarily) the bird reported by Steve Rottenborn three days ago. When I arrived, I managed to get only a glimpse in his scope; but while I went for my own scope, the bird had gotten lost. However, about a half hour later I refound it in the identical location, on the east side of Spreckles at a telephone pole with two broad white bands near the bottom. This pole was only a few poles north of State St. The Clay-Colored enjoyed feeding in and under the weeds here (no other sparrows were seen to be coming to this spot). When I turned to call Mike Mammoser, who was up the road, the bird again left. But a little while later we saw it flying out of the weedy field across the street (where there were other sparrows) and back to its favorite spot, where it provided us with lengthy excellent views. In some very limited birding today, I had earlier failed to pick up any hint of the Waterthrush near the EEC. There was, as is often the case, a Peregrine Falcon perched on a tower along the EEC entrance road; and at least one Lesser Yellowlegs was at Spreckles/State. Al Eisner ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sun Oct 25 22:28:14 1998 Subject: Calero Reservoir on friday Howdy South-bay-birders, Stoppped by Calero Reservoir on friday afternoon. A LESSER YELLOWLEGS was still at the receding arm of the lake near Bailey Ave. There I also saw a pair of CASPIAN TERNS (a little on the late side for fall?). John Mariani [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 26 11:11:29 1998 Subject: TROPICAL KINGBIRD-Mt.View I'm new to this list, but I wanted to report a Tropical Kingbird behind our office flycatching from a telephone pole. My office is located in the 400 block of East Middlefied Road. I have observed this bird on two occasions for about 5 minutes each time. Both times the bird flew off across a large field behind our property headed in the direction of Moffet Field. Bird hard. Ken ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 26 11:36:06 1998 Subject: birds On Saturday, 24 Oct 98, I went to the CCRS annual meeting to lead a bird walk. Unfortunately, the rain hit right athe start and went on all morning. I managed to walk the creek a little bit later with Steve Rottenborn and Nick Lethaby. A couple of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS were located towards the south end of the net lanes. = Later, I trailed Nick over to Alviso, where he refound the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW before I arrived. Al Eisner refound it after Nick left, and we studied it from close quarters, with me remaining for a good half hour. At least 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS was in the pond at State and Spreckles. On Sunday, 25 Oct 98, I checked Stevens Creek at the end of L=92Avenida. Not a lot in the way of migrants: 3 ORANGE-CROWNED, 2 TOWNSEND=92S, a WILSON=92S, and a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER. I flushed a PURPLE FINCH from the riparian area, and had a MERLIN flyby. At the Palo Alto Baylands the WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and WOOD DUCK were still present, and CLAPPER RAILS were calling from the marsh. An immature COOPER=92S HAWK was staking out the duck pond. Otherwise, fairly= quiet. Mike Mammoser ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 26 13:31:01 1998 Subject: Clay-colored Sparrow All, This morning we (FV & I) saw the Clay-colored Sparrow that has been in Alviso for several days. We first found the bird on the fence (100-150 ft from the street) on the north edge of the lumber yard (L & S Stakes?) located on the west side of Spreckels and north of State St.. The bird then flew to the fence on the eastern edge of the lumberyard and after several seconds of great, close viewing to the weeds on the eastern side of the road. After several minutes of active feeding (with great, close viewing) the bird flushed when a truck entered the lumberyard and it flew to the base of the third telephone pole from the intersection of State & Spreckels (counting the pole at the intersection). We were unable to locate the bird in this area as it was clearly hiding and not feeding. After a few minutes the bird flew to fence on the eastern edge of the lumber yard (just south it's entrance) where we got great looks of the uppertail coverts when for the first time the bird dropped it's wingtips for several seconds. The bird then flew to the area where we first found it and out of sight at about 10:45 AM. Take care, Bob Reiling, 1:25 PM, 10/26/98 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 26 14:01:06 1998 Subject: weekend birds Hi Everyone-- The SCVAS Princeton trip was washed out, so I drove along Tunitas Creek Road and Gazos Creek Road to see if anything was about. Surprisingly, a flock of 6 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS were dashing through the rain. No catbirds or thrashers. I counted 20 VARIED THRUSHES on Tunitas Creek Road (meaning that they were standing on the blacktop) in a 5 mile stretch. Most were picking through downed redwood needles. The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was easy to find at Spreckles and State on Sunday afternoon. Count 3 three telephone poles beyond the intersection, then look in the Baccharus along the guardrail on the right side of the road. It's not easy to see the bird's rump, but the lack of rusty flecking in the crown, tan wash on the breast and face, and gray nape area seem to eliminate other Spizellas. Mark ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Mon Oct 26 14:49:56 1998 Subject: Clay-colored Sparrow On Saturday, 24 Oct 98, I observed a Clay-colored Sparrow found some days previously by Steve Rottenborn in Alviso, Ca. The bird was foraging alone in a small stand of weeds around the base of a telephone pole near the intersection of State and Spreckles Streets. It would occasionally fly to cover in a weedy field across the road, but generally did not associate with any other birds. I watched the bird for approximately a half hour in the afternoon, sometime around 3:00pm, using a pair of Zeiss 10x40 binoculars and a Kowa 20-60x scope, from a distance less then 10 yards. The sky was partly cloudy with the sun shining for most of the observation, from directly behind me. The bird was a small rather long-tailed sparrow, being distinctly smaller and less bulky than nearby zonotrichia sparrows. It looked to be about the size and shape of a Savannah Sparrow, but with a proportionately longer tail. The bill was short and conical, as is typical of sparrows, being dark on the upper mandible and fleshy-colored on the lower. The crown had medium-brown lateral stripes and a grayish median stripe. The median stripe started as a point on the forehead and gradually widened towards the rear of the crown. The entire crown, both lateral and median stripes, was covered with short thin blackish streaks. The bird had a warm brown auricular patch that was thinly edged by a sharply-defined darker brown border, this border starting at the rear of the eye and extending straight back towards the nape, turning down at the back of the auriculars, and then forward to the gape. The rear of the auricular patch gave a fairly squared-off appearance, with rounded corners. The lores were pale, with the warm brown of the auriculars blending smoothly into the light buff color of the supercilium. This buff color was evident just above and forward of the eye, with the rear of the supercilium being more whitish. The lower edge of the auricular patch was bordered by a rather thickish white mustache line, which itself was bordered below by a thin dark gray malar stripe that widened just slightly away from the bill. The side of the neck behind the auricular patch was a medium gray, which extended around to the other side of the neck on the lower nape. This gray collar was uniform and unpatterned. The eye was dark and looked to be bordered on the lower edge by a fairly indistinct pale eye-ring. The upper half of the eye was bordered by the already pale supercilium. The throat was white, which contrasted only slightly with the pale gray color on the rest of the underparts. The sides of the breast were washed with a hint of buff color. The pattern of the back and scapulars was of bold dark brown stripes on a more extensive buff brown background. The rump and uppertail coverts were an unpatterned pale brown. The greater wing coverts were dark with small white tips, forming a distinct thin wing bar. The median wing coverts had buffy tips and formed a less distinct wing bar there. The flight feathers were generally dark with some buff to rust edges, and the tertials had some thin whitish edges. The tail was generally dark, seemed to be proportionately long and thin, and was distinctly notched at the tip. The legs and feet were fleshy-colored. I believe that closely related species, that could cause possible confusion, can be eliminated by the observed characteristics. Chipping Sparrow should have a dark line through the lores, between the eye and the base of the bill, in any plumage. The auricular patch is generally less well defined along the lower edge. The median crown stripe tends to be shortish and restricted to the front of the crown; as well as being whiter in color. Also, the rump should be gray in color. Brewer's Sparrow tends to lack any median crown stripe at all. It generally has a paler gray/brown tone to the upperparts and crown. The facial pattern is typically less contrasty, with a grayer supercilium and a less distinct border to the auriculars. Also, the gray neck collar would be streaked in this species. It is tempting to age this bird as an immature, simply because vagrants tend to be young birds anyway. However, it may be difficult to age this bird by plumage criteria, since basic-plumaged adults can be very similar to immatures (Byers et al). It may be best to leave it unaged. Michael Mammoser ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 27 09:43:42 1998 Subject: PEFA I forgot to mention that on Saturday, 24 Oct 98, I had an immature PEREGRINE FALCON over Zanker and hwy 237. Michael Mammoser ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 27 10:51:47 1998 Subject: Ogier Ponds Field Trip Report All, On Sunday, 10/25/98, most of the 34+ birders who had started the SCVAS field trip at Ogier Ponds were along the southern edge of the pond bordering the Model Airplane Park. Model airplanes were buzzing overhead when suddenly an American Bittern burst from the reeds and flew the length of the pond (and the birders) providing excellent, in flight views of the bird at distances of less than 30 feet. Earlier as the group assembled near the pond immediately south of the entrance (I'll call this West Pond) a Sora was found feeding in open water several feet from the reeds. After prolonged views of this bird a second, much closer Sora, also feeding in open water, seemed anti-climatic to some. In the pond on the north side of the entrance road (North Pond?) a pair of Wood Ducks mixed in with hundreds of American Coots, Gadwall, Double- crested Cormorants and Canada Geese. Later, as the group cautiously approached the point where Coyote Creek empties into "West Pond" a small group of American Pipits seen there were an unexpected surprise that was soon surpassed by a very cooperative, bobbing, Common Snipe seen feeding on the edge of the creek. A somewhat more expected, tail dipping, Spotted Sandpiper was nearby. An adult male Osprey then flew in and perched in a large bare tree on the far side of "West Pond". White-tailed Kites, American Kestrels, Red-tailed Hawks and a Cooper's Hawk were also seen as well as a distant Golden Eagle soaring over the hills east of the ponds. Northern Harrier was a big miss for the day. Seven Common Mergansers were in the pond nearest the freeway (I'll call this East Pond). Although migrating ducks have not yet reached Ogier Ponds in numbers; we did see Gadwall, a small flock of Ring- necked Ducks, Mallards, a few Ruddy Ducks, a couple of Cinnamon Teal, a couple of Green-winged Teal, a single female Northern Pintail and a single female Northern Shoveler. A Ring-billed Gull in "North Pond" was a single representative of the hundreds of gulls that will, later in the year, bath in this pond. Despite high winds during most of the morning a respectable total of 54 species were seen. As some would say it was a case of quality over quantity. Take care, Bob Reiling, 10:23 AM, 10/27/98 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 27 14:25:37 1998 Subject: a good week of birding All: On 21 Oct., Scott Terrill and I saw an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the island at the east end of pond A-16 near the EEC in Alviso. Presumably this is the same adult that has overwintered for the past few years, although anyone seeing adult LBBG in the South Bay this winter should pay careful attention to plumage pattern (particularly the extent and density of streaking on the head and neck) and molt in case there are actually multiple individuals present. On 22 Oct., there was a YELLOW WARBLER at the EEC and a female/ imm. MERLIN in Alviso. Also on that day, I found the CLAY- COLORED SPARROW at the NW end of Spreckles Ave. At Ed Levin County Park, I had 8 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and, in the pond near the ranger's residence at the southern end of the park, I had an unusual hybrid duck. This bird is virtually identical to the one present last year (which I called a MALLARD X NORTHERN PINTAIL), except that the sides of the bill are dull orange this year instead of blue-gray as they were last year. I called this bird in to the RBA as a MALLARD X GADWALL by virtue of its apparently fairly extensive white speculum, although subsequent study of the bird on 23 Oct. revealed green in the speculum as well. At this point, I know that one of its parents was a MALLARD but the other parent will remain a mystery for now. I took a number of photos of the bird in flight, so hopefully they will help identify it. Also on the 22nd, a quick check of the south end of Calaveras Reservoir produced 7 Aechmophorus grebes, including a pair of adult WESTERNS with two medium- sized young. On 23 Oct., Ed Levin C.P. had the hybrid duck and 3 RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKERS. The adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was in the marsh at the intersection of State and Spreckles in Alviso, proving very good close scope views. Two GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS and two SPOTTED TOWHEES were in the overflow channel at CCRS. On 26 Oct., I had an OSPREY at the Parkway Lakes in south San Jose. Unusual on the urban valley floor was a HORNED LARK on a playfield across the street from our apartment in Santa Clara, while another was along Zanker Road near Agnews West in northeastern San Jose. Today (27 Oct.), I found another CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and 2 PALM WARBLERS at Sunnyvale Baylands Park. The CCSP was foraging with many SAVANNAH SPARROWS (there were over 100 at the park) in the bunchgrass field on the northeast side of the entrance fee booth, while the PAWA were in eucalyptus trees around this field. More unusual was a very late WESTERN KINGBIRD perched on the fence of the nearby Twin Creeks softball fields. Four GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS were in the cottonwoods here (sorry to keep harping on the GCKI thing, but this species is present in very good numbers on the valley floor this fall). This park was loaded with birds. Steve Rottenborn ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Tue Oct 27 22:28:36 1998 Subject: Alviso Clay-colored Sparrow South-Bay-Birders: Today at 2:30 PM I finally saw the Alviso Clay-colored Sparrow. I had originally tried on Thursday in vain and once again in vain on Sunday. The area is basically the same area described by Steve Rottenborn, Mike Mammoser, Al Eisner, and Bob Reilling. I had parked near the intersection of State and Spreckles and walked NW along Speckles past the lumber yard and into the vacant lot past the abandoned furniture. I spent about ten minutes searching through the various Savannah, White-crowned and Lincoln's Sparrows in the weedy lot until I came across the Clay-colored Sparrow along the north side of the lot which soon flew to the nearly leafless elderberry bush with 7 white snails attached to its branches which is just SW of the nearest telephone pole along Spreckles. Here the Clay-colored Sparrow posed along-side a Savannah Sparrow for about three minutes before flying on. Its longish tail may have given me a false impression of being slightly smaller (but not by much) than the neighboring Savannah Sparrow. I agree with Mike Mammoser’s detailed description and will not repeat it here. Is this a Clay-colored Sparrow year? I don't recall ever hearing of so many reports in one season...much less two separate Clay-colored Sparrow reports in one day in Santa Clara County. You may have noticed the I have placed in the title line. What do you think of that? This informs you, if you receive other e-mail from other listservers that this is South-Bay-Birds e-mail, and you can skip over other e-mail (CALBIRD, PEN-BIRD, BIRDWEST and jump right to that e-mail. -- Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 28 15:45:51 1998 Subject: Curious behavior All, For about the last three weeks a Hermit Thrush has been coming to my bird baths for water and a bath. Twice in the last three days a California Towhee has chased the HETH from the bath (while the thrush was bathing), to some bushes and from there on over the fence. The CATO may be my resident CATO. Any comments? Take care, Bob Reiling, 3:40 PM, 10/28/98 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 28 16:00:22 1998 Subject: Re: Curious behavior [[email protected]] wrote: > Bob: CATO is a common resident species where I live up in Santa Rosa. I frequently see CATO's chasing one another. They often play musical chairs in groups of 3-4 birds. This chasing behavior appears to be playful. I have not noticed a CATO chasing any other species. Doug Shaw Santa Rosa [[email protected]] > All, > > For about the last three weeks a Hermit Thrush has been coming to my bird > baths for water and a bath. Twice in the last three days a California Towhee > has chased the HETH from the bath (while the thrush was bathing), to some > bushes and from there on over the fence. The CATO may be my resident CATO. > Any comments? > > Take care, > Bob Reiling, 3:40 PM, 10/28/98 > ========================================================================== > This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list > server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the > message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Wed Oct 28 16:16:30 1998 Subject: Nearsighted California Towhee Chases Hermit Thrush ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Thu Oct 29 07:44:34 1998 Subject: SBB: MERLIN Hi All, Had the first MERLIN sighting this fall at "our" raptor tree. This large evergreen (at the corner of Forest/Winchester on the San Jose/Santa Clara border) has provided a scouting perch for Merlin every winter we've been in the neighborbood. Kestrals use it year round, while Sharpies/Coops are occasional visitors. As I walked out the front door this morning, I heard quite a bit if chattering from the local birds. I looked up to see a House Finch just miss being breakfast for this Merlin who then landed in our tree. As a side note, Merlin sightings at Hawk Hill have been running from 6-12 a day for the past week +. Up significantly from the usual 0-3 they had been seeing. Cheers Nick Yatsko ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 30 07:42:21 1998 Subject: EUWI continues Folks: Yesterday afternoon, 10/29/1998, on my bike commute I noted that the male EURASIAN WIGEON remains at the south end of Charleston Slough. Up to three basic HORNED GREBES have been at Shoreline Lake since 10/14/1998, which is a bit early for arriving winter birds. Bill ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 30 09:16:37 1998 Subject: CCRS Today All: A quick check of CCRS this morning (40 minutes) revealed a White-throated Sparrow, 4 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 2 each of Townsend's and Orange-crowned Warblers. I heard a Winter Wren. Nick ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Fri Oct 30 16:25:26 1998 Subject: Some birds All, Today at the Sunnyvale Water Treatment Facility Frank V. and I were watching a Forster's Tern which, when recovering from a dive into the water, got the surprise of it's life when a imm Peregrine Falcon took it. The falcon had previously tried for one of two low flying Northern Shovelers but had missed when, as it was rapidly approaching them from the rear, they both dove into and under the water. Fourteen Black Skimmers were on the southern edge of Salt Pond A4. We had an imm Merlin and a single (1) Golden-crowned Kinglet (a county year bird) at the EEC. Several Dunlin were in the pond at Spreckels Av and State St. in Alviso. Take care, Bob Reiling, 4:20 PM, 10/30/98 ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sat Oct 31 09:08:57 1998 Subject: Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher at CCRS Today At CCRS today, we banded a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. This bird seemed very late to me. The bird was molting its inner greater coverts and its head. Jennifer ============ Jennifer Matkin San Francisco, CA [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]] From [[email protected]] Sat Oct 31 14:40:05 1998 Subject: Halloween birds I started in Alviso, checking out Spreckels and Grand again for the Clay-colored Sparrow - no luck. But 1000 Cal gulls, 700 Dowitchers, 500 Avocets, and at least 25 Dunlin among the peeps. One LESSER YELLOWLEGS. On to Ed Levin Park, where 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES seen and another one heard. One RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER. Up to Sierra Rd, where 2 ROCK WRENS were being very cooperative right at the Summit; also 2 GOLDEN EAGLES. Saw about 20 HORNED LARKS in flyovers and a couple stopped and perched, one big flock of AMERICAN PIPITS (about 75) flushed by a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. several SAVANNAH SPARROWS, lots of singing Western Meadowlarks, and 2 SAY'S PHOEBES. However no longspurs, and I'd had this feeling I'd find one because I saw 10 Laplands *last* Saturday in Connecticut. So much for irrational feelings. Mike Rogers was up there too, and even he didn't see anything more, at least while we overlapped. Took Sierra Rd down, stopped at the wet spot near the eucalypts where I saw 4 LARK SPARROWS and a PURPLE FINCH; also a beautiful Red Morph RED-TAILED HAWK. A very birdy spot. I stopped by Alviso on the way home for one last shot at the Clay-colored. No luck, but a MERLIN perched on one of the pylons, and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on a light standard. Finally, checked out the Shoreline parking lot, but could not find any flock of pipits/larks, much less anything more rare. -- Tom Grey Stanford CA [[email protected]] ========================================================================== This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message body of "unsubscribe south-bay-birds" to [[email protected]]