From [[email protected]] Sat Sep 01 15:16:07 2001 Subject: [SBB] Saturday birds -------- 'lo all, Banding activities at CCFS netted 25 birds this morning, 9/1/01, including 5 warbler species: ORANGE-CROWNED, YELLOW, MCGILLIVRAY'S, WILSON'S and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. WESTERN FLYCATCHERs are still moving through, and one WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, a species not often netted at the site, was caught. Also, netted were singles of HERMIT THRUSH, HOUSE WREN, and WARBLING VIREO. 3 VAUX'S SWIFTs were flying over the overflow channel along with the swallows. The STILT SANDPIPER was still present at pond at State and Spreckles Streets in Alviso. I was not able to find the Ruff (Reeve) but did find 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERs and up to 5 LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Last Saturday morning (8/25/01) before dawn, I heard a WESTERN SCREECH- OWL calling along Skyline Blvd. approx. 3 miles south of Page Mill Rd. Branchling (semi-fledged) GREAT HORNED OWLs have been vocalizing along this stretch of road for the past 2 weeks. Les Chibana -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 02 07:51:18 2001 Subject: [SBB] : -------- On Sunday, 2 Sep 01, I started my birding along Coyote Creek near Coyote Ranch Road. Not much in the way of migrants, other than a single WILSON'S WARBLER. It was interesting to watch a BEWICK'S WREN hitching up the trunk of a tree just like a Brown Creeper. A whole lot of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS were calling from the marsh, just as if there was a breeding colony in there. Seems a little late in the year for that and worth keeping watch. The RUFF and STILT SANDPIPER continue at the pond near State and Spreckles. There were also about 14 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a larger number of GREATERS. 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 Sep 03 00:56:10 2001 Subject: [SBB] Common Poorwill @ Almaden-Quicksilver -------- On the night of the full moon (Sept. 2) Kay Partelow and I went to San Jose's Almaden-Quicksilver Park to look for the COMMON POORWILL written about in early August. Taking the McAbee Rd. entrance off Camden Ave., and parking next to the big barn, we walked up the trail to the location of the old mine where we were rewarded greatly with the extremely close appearance of a male (white corners on tail) Poorwill (8:00 PM). He flew so close to us we could almost touch him. We viewed this bird before hearing any calls. Shortly after spotting him we started hearing what appeared to be several different birds calling from up the hill side. We continued to watch a Poorwill flycatching, as it sat on the ground, flew up for food and sat again. We heard several Poorwills vocalizing the remainder of our time in the park. As we were leaving we listened to two WESTERN SCREECH OWLS calling to each other (9:00 PM). These birds were in the oak trees at the entrance to the park across the street from the neighborhood homes. A loud television in one ear and Screech Owls in the other! Other birds found at dusk - TURKEY VULTURE, CALIFORNIA QUAIL, MORNING DOVE, SWIFT (too high to ID), ACORN WOODPECKER, SCRUB JAY, CROW, BUSHTIT, BEWICKS WREN, WRENTIT (numerous heard only) , WESTERN TANAGER (heard only) , SPOTTED and CALIFORNIA TOWHEES. As it gets dark please watch where you step. We observed one HUGE Tarantula crossing the trail as romance is once again in the air for this species. Good Luck, Lisa Myers -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 03 04:14:29 2001 Subject: [SBB] : -------- Today, 3 Sep 01, I went to the CCFS to look for migrants along the riparian corridor. A fair amount of activity produced 6 HOUSE WRENS, 12 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, 8 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 12 YELLOW WARBLERS, 4 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, a WILSON'S WARBLER, 2 WESTERN TANAGERS, and 3 female/immature HOODED ORIOLES. Nine VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS were lingering overhead. Interesting was a SONG SPARROW at net lane 9330 that had a pale blue color band over the silver FWS band on the left leg (in case anyone's interested). The waterbird pond had 4 WILSON'S PHALAROPES still hanging out with the dowitchers. The STILT SANDPIPER was at State and Spreckles, and a woman there reported the Ruff still present, though it wasn't in view while I was there. Two VAUX'S SWIFTS were overhead with the BARN SWALLOWS. 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 Sep 03 15:30:16 2001 Subject: [SBB] Rails -------- Had a 3 rail species morning. Mtn. View Shoreline Forebay had 3 Sora and one Virginia between 7:45 and 8:15 walking/swimming along the cattails. Palo Alto had 1 clapper walking the old yacht harbor. -- Richard C. Carlson Full-time Birder, Biker, Skier, Hiker Palo Alto, California Part-time Economist [[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 Sep 03 18:01:02 2001 Subject: [SBB] Dipper???? -------- I have a friend coming (Sept. 20) from the East Coast who needs a Dipper. Has anyone seen the Dippers recently in Stevens Creek, or has the "creek done gone dry"? Just for fun, he also needs a Tufted Puffin. Thanks, Kendric ----------------------------------------- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~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]] Mon Sep 03 20:56:19 2001 Subject: [SBB] Swainson's Hawk in Alviso, other goodies -------- Howdy South-bay-birders, Today I did some birding around the county, from Calero Reservoir to Alviso. Took a while, but I eventually refound the RUFF and STILT SANDPIPER at State & Spreckles in Alviso this afternoon--when I did find them they were right next to each other! As I was leaving John Drum drove up to look for them, and while I was trying to point out the Stilt Sandpiper I spotted a light morph SWAINSON'S HAWK soaring high over the marsh to the east of us! It flew off to the east, finally vanishing against the Hamilton Range. Other birds there included 3 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, a LESSER YELLOWLEGS, and juv. SHORT-BILLED and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS (mostly the latter). At Charleston Slough there were 6 BLACK SKIMMERS on the island (1 was a juv.), and across the path, in the Palo Alto Flood Control Basin, there were 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, along with lots and lots of dowitchers and other birds. At Palo Alto Baylands, near the ranger's house, there was a WESTERN FLYCATCHER and a YELLOW WARBLER. Walked from the park office to the east end of Calero Reservoir. Had a flock of about 5 WILD TURKEYS in trees along the creek, and ORANGE-CROWNED (1) and YELLOW WARBLERS (5+) were in fennel along the levee. Birds at the reservoir included 3 WOOD DUCKS at "Bailey Cove," 60+ BLACK-NECKED STILTS, 1 COMMON SNIPE, about 8 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LEAST SANDPIPERS, AMERICAN WIGEON, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, and about 8 FORSTER'S TERNS. There is some nice riparian with large fennel patches along Alamitos Creek immediately downstream from the Camden Avenue bridge. Stopping there in the evening I found 2 YELLOW WARBLERS, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, and a WESTERN TANAGER. In the early morning hours of 9-1-01 a COMMON POORWILL was calling at my parent's house at the foot of the Santa Teresa Hills--I hear them here mostly in spring and fall, so I assume it was a migrant. John Mariani [[email protected]] www.birdswest.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]] Tue Sep 04 08:23:13 2001 Subject: [SBB] More on Wood Ducks -------- Hello All, Almaden Reservoir, evening of Aug 31: 32 WOOD DUCKS were seen at the marshy upper end of the reservoir along the far banks and among the willows. This is the highest count of Wood Ducks that I've encountered this early in the post-breeding season. I'm wondering if this is unusual or if I just haven't noticed it before. I suspect the latter - that it probably has always been this way but that I've just not been checking on their gatherings this early in the fall season. Any other opinions/comments? Anyway, the ducks are most visible in the early evening before sundown and gather not only in the quiet backwaters and mudflats, but also in the roots and branches of water-logged willows. Some of the adult males have achieved full breeding plumage and are quite stunning in their fresh crisp feathering. This is also a good opportunity to observe and study the plumages on the juvenile male and female Wood Ducks. Other waterbirds seen that evening include: 5 Green Herons (inc one juvenile), 3 Snowy Egrets, 2 Black-crowned Night-Herons, 1 Great Egret, 1 Great Blue Heron, 2 Spotted Sandpipers (both in basic plumage), and 2 Killdeer. Ann -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 04 08:27:22 2001 Subject: [SBB] - -------- Folks: A belated report from last Thursday afternoon, 8/30/2001. I found a female LESSER SCAUP at the Emily Renzel Wetlands with 5-6 precocial young, between 1 and 2 weeks old. Female scaup in summer are variable, but this was the palest bird I've seen with a good bit of white around the bill and a large white ear patch. A LESSER YELLOWLEGS was in the South Pond of the Palo Alto FCB. My BLACK SKIMMER count at Charleston Slough was 13. 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]] Tue Sep 04 13:26:35 2001 Subject: [SBB] County birding -------- All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I checked out the Sunnyvale Water Treatment Facility after having first gone to Ravenswood only to find that tide was out (we did have an adult Peregrine Falcon and a juvenile Cooper's Hawk). The number of ducks continues to build in the water treatment facility with Northern Shovelers predominant followed by Mallards and Gadwall. We did see Northern Pintail, Cinnamon Teal and Ruddy Duck but no obvious wigeon or scaup (but we didn't walk around the West Pond and these species are usually seen on the western portion of this pond). Most of the gulls were Ring-billed but Frank did manage to find a basic plumaged Bonaparte's. He also found a Semipalmated Plover in with a small flock of Least Sandpipers. The East Pond had a flock of 130 to 150 Red-necked Phalaropes, this seemed like a lot until we looked across Guadalupe Slough into Salt Pond A5 and saw thousands of them (determined to be Red-necked by GIS and by the manner in which they fed). We also had another Peregrine Falcon as well as both female and male Northern Harriers. Near the "Radar Tower" we had an adult and two juvenile Common Mohrhen. There were "lots" of Brown-headed Cowbirds in the reeds between the two ponds. It appeared that most of these cowbirds were male; including adults, and black-blotched molting juveniles. A none birding question. Does anyone know of a tides program for my home computer (IBM) and where I can purchase it (needs to cover the bay area)? Please answer to me directly. Thanks Take care, Bob Reiling, 1:24 PM, 9/3/01 -------- Attachment 1.9 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Tue Sep 04 13:31:07 2001 Subject: [SBB] Wrong date -------- All, My last posting should have been dated 9/4 (today) Take care, Bob Reiling -------- Attachment 168 bytes -------- From [[email protected]] Tue Sep 04 14:33:46 2001 Subject: [SBB] RUTU, migrants -------- All, On Friday 8/31/01, I made another check of Salt Pond A14 in Alviso for roosting shorebirds. The water level had risen significantly and the shorebird numbers (especially of the smaller species) were down. Nonetheless, I did manage to find one alternate adult (probably male) RUDDY TURNSTONE (perhaps one of the birds I saw here on 8/12/01?) and a SPOTTED SANDPIPER out there. The number of NORTHERN SHOVELERS has jumped, with several hundred present, including a recently killed one on the dike. The likely perpetrator, an adult PEREGRINE FALCON, was perched on a post in the pond. At least a dozen VAUX'S SWIFTS were circling the Marina parking lot with swallows. This morning 9/4/01, on the way into work, I again checked Stevens Creek from just south of L'Avenida to the Crittenden Road bridge. Ended up with 46 species, quite good for this stretch of creek. Migrants included 5 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS 1 HOUSE WREN 1 WARBLING VIREO 19 YELLOW WARBLERS 3 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS 3+ WILSON'S WARBLERS 2+ LAZULI BUNTINGS 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO 1 HOODED ORIOLE One of the buntings showed fairly obvious streaking across the breast and even on the back, being a reasonable match to Sibley's "Adult female breeding" Indigo Bunting, complete with blue tinged tail. However, the wing bars appeared whitish and fairly contrasting and although the bird did not have a rich buffy breast, it did not have warm cinnamon tones either. I suspect that this bird was in fact a juvenile Lazuli Bunting despite its similarity to Sibley's Indigo illustration. I also had a single Pheucticus GROSBEAK fly over the dike from Moffett Field to the riparian corridor. The light was miserable and I could not refind the bird, but the brief look I did get at this bird suggested that the underwing coverts may have been pinkish (we have had a Rose-breasted Grosbeak at this location three years ago, from 7-15 Oct 1998). Other species of interest included 5 species of HERONS/EGRETS, five CANADA GEESE over the nearby industrial park, an immature COOPER'S HAWK, 3+ BARN SWALLOWS, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES calling from the pines in the Moffett housing complex, and CALIFORNIA TOWHEES, one feeding young TOWHEES and another feeding a young BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD. 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]] Tue Sep 04 20:22:51 2001 Subject: [SBB] Selasphorus hummingbird -------- All, after returning from whirlwind trip to Arcata to see the Greenshank and Ruff , I had a pleasant surprise right in my Palo Alto back yard. I found, or rather heard, a Selasphorus hummingbird at my apartment feeder. I've never had any hummers other than Anna's here, so I was overjoyed at the presence of this "new" species. The SC County checklist suggests it would more likely be an Allen's, but since I got only the most fleeting glance as it whizzed away, I can't say for sure. I was mostly attracted by the distinctive trill of its wings. Yesterday, on an eight-mile skating trip in Shoreline Park we had the pleasure of watching young FORSTER'S TERNS being fed by adults atop some thick floating algae, and atleast six BLACK SKIMMERS near the new platform by the pumphouse. Crittenden Marsh had many of expected shorebirds but we managed to pick out 10 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS without any binoculars. Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 04 21:43:20 2001 Subject: [SBB] Re: Selasphorus hummingbird -------- All, I seem to have accidentally ommited the following thoughts on the Selasphorus hummingbird I saw briefly at my South Palo Alto feeder... I have not detected Rufous or Allens at my apartment before. That combined with the date, I assume this bird is on the move. If it is indeed moving southward now, what do the SC County records suggest regarding Selasphorus hummers in September? Are there a substantial number of a late moving Rufous in September or should I assume this to be the more common Allen's? Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net -------- Attachment 693 bytes -------- From [[email protected]] Wed Sep 05 02:24:39 2001 Subject: [SBB] Migrants along Alamitos Creek, upcoming birding class, SCVAS whale watching trip -------- Howdy South-bay-birders, Did a short walk this afternoon along the Alamitos Creek Trail, starting at Almaden Lake. As usual I didn't find many migrants here (the midday heat didn't help). Birds found in the riparian upstream from the lake included 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 1 YELLOW WARBLER, 1 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 1 WESTERN TANAGER, and 1 HOODED ORIOLE. Also there was a COMMON MERGANSER and an immature COMMON MOORHEN at the lake. Did a brief check of the riparian along Alamitos Creek opposite Carrabelle Park (on Camden Ave.). Near the large fennel patch across the creek I had 1 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, 4+ YELLOW WARBLERS, and 1 WILSON'S WARBLER. At least a few birds make it down to this part of the county :) Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society is sponsoring another birding class this fall. The class will meet 4 times on Monday evenings starting on September 24th. Tentative field trip destinations include Hawk Hill in Marin County, Carmel River & Monterey Peninsula, and Bolinas Lagoon, plus owling. More information is posted at http://home.att.net/~redknot/scvas_birding_classes.htm The following boat trip will be advertised in the October Avocet--since the boat is not chartered by SCVAS, and this trip is open to the general public, I thought it would be a good idea to get word out early, so any interested birders will have more opportunity to make reservations before the boat gets completely booked. On a recent trip (last month) we saw Black-footed Albatrosses and Blue, Humpback, and Killer Whales! Sunday October 21, 8:30 AM Whale Watching on Monterey Bay Join other SCVAS members for a whale watching cruise on Monterey Bay. Although primarily a whale trip, we will also have the opportunity to look for seabirds. Possibilities include Humpback and Blue Whales, porpoises, Black-footed Albatross, shearwaters, Northern Fulmar, storm-petrels, phalaropes, jaegers, Sabine's Gull, and alcids. Spaces are limited, and are also open to the general public (not exclusively reserved for SCVAS members), so make reservations as soon as possible. Cost is $39. per person. Meet at Sam's Fishing, on Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey, at 8:30 am. Boat departs at 9:00am, and returns 4-6 hours later. Bring layers of warm clothes, hat & sunscreen, drinks & snacks, and money for parking. Ocean conditions vary, and seasickness medication is reccommended. For information & reservations call Monterey Bay Whale Watch at (831) 375-4658 (with a credit card number ready to hold your spot). Identify yourself as a SCVAS member, and ask for space on the Oct. 21 trip. You can also reserve online at www.montereybaywhalewatch.com. John Mariani [[email protected]] www.birdswest.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 Sep 05 07:45:34 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] Re: Selasphorus hummingbird -------- On Tue, 04 Sep 2001 21:43:20 -0700, Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]> wrote: >Are there a substantial >number of a late moving Rufous in September or should I assume this to >be the more common Allen's? When I researched this for "Birds of Northern California" using banding records, it turned out that Allen's all but disappeared from Northern California by the end of August. Migrants trapped after that were virtually all Rufous. Of course that was some years ago. In any event, I would not assume it was Allen's at this time of year. -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA 94044: mailto:[[email protected]] Birding classes in SF start Sep 5: http://fog.ccsf.org/~jmorlan/ California Bird Records Committee: http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/ -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 05 08:23:23 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] Re: Selasphorus hummingbird -------- I can't personally vouch for the information, but some years ago for my personal interest I summed up the reports from the CCRS banding operation published in their "RipariaNews" bulletin. From 1987-1995 (no data from 1994) they reported September captures totalling 24 Rufous (80%) and 6 Allen's (20%). David Suddjian, Capitola [[email protected]] -------- Attachment 474 bytes -------- From [[email protected]] Wed Sep 05 09:51:30 2001 Subject: [SBB] Rufous and Allen's Hummingbird Fall Movement -------- Folks: It can be difficult to make a quantitative comparison between Rufous and Allen's Hummingbirds from banding data because the Allen's that are captured appear largely to be departing resident birds while the Rufous are migrants. A simple-minded approach is to define "fall" as starting July 1st, and then just compute percentiles. From CCRS data for 1986-1996 (almost the same data David referred to): Rufous Hummingbird (n=149): 50th percentile date = 8/18 90th percentile date = 9/6 95th percentile date = 9/13 last date = 11/19 Allen's Hummingbird (n=108): 50th percentile date = 8/3 90th percentile date = 8/31 95th percentile date = 9/4 last date = 9/11 Based on these numbers, Allen's is the less expected bird in September and later, as others have noted. Phillips (Phillips, A. W. 1975. The migrations of Allen's and other hummingbirds. Condor 77:196-205) argued that after July the only Allen's along the coast are immature males, which means that it is probably impossible to identify these birds out of hand. However, a detailed analysis of CCRS banding data would probably indicate later movements of females and males than Phillips claimed. It would be nice to see someone do the analysis and publish a note based on this wealth of data. 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 Sep 05 10:05:12 2001 Subject: [SBB] Los Gatos Creek Park -------- I went for a quick walk around Los Gatos Creek Park this morning before work. Not much out of the ordinary except for 4 Green Herons - three of which I saw in the small holding ponds off Dell Ave. They do seem to increase in number at this time of year in the park. Maybe coinciding with the presence of many bullfrog tadpoles. I also saw a lone Cedar Waxwing and two Belted Kingfishers. Don Ganton [[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 Sep 05 10:59:21 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] Re: Selasphorus hummingbird -------- Hi SBBers -- I imagine we are now convinced that a _Selasphorus_ hummingbird here in September is most likely a Rufous, but here is further evidence from the Big Sur River mouth in Monterey County. Of the dozens of _Selasphorus_ captured in nets in September by the Big Sur Ornithology Lab from 1992-2000, most were identified as Rufous and none to my knowledge were identified as Allen's. Although many of those captured could not be identified, there is no unequivocal record of Allen's Hummingbird at the Big Sur River mouth past mid-August. Jeff Davis Santa Cruz -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 05 11:26:16 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] Rufous and Allen's Hummingbird Fall Movement -------- Would there be any difference in the distribution between the coast and inland? On my way back from Los Banos on Monday I had one selasphorus hummer at the I-5 end of Del Puerto Canyon and one chasing off several Anna’s at the Junction café (putting it in Santa Clara Co.). I just assumed Allen’s for these but I guess I’m falling into the same trap as everyone else. Just for the record there was also a nicely posing Lark Sparrow further up San Antonio Valley. Andy. -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 05 11:45:46 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] Rufous and Allen's Hummingbird Fall Movement -------- On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 19:26:16 +0100 (BST), [[email protected]] wrote: >On my way back from Los Banos on Monday I had one selasphorus hummer at the I-5 end of Del Puerto Canyon and one chasing off several Anna’s at the Junction café (putting it in Santa Clara Co.). I just assumed Allen’s... Allen's would be accidental at those localities any time of year. -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA 94044: mailto:[[email protected]] Birding classes in SF start Sep 5: http://fog.ccsf.org/~jmorlan/ California Bird Records Committee: http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/ -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 05 11:49:25 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] Rufous and Allen's Hummingbird Fall Movement -------- If I recall correctly, Grinnell and/or Miller commented that Allen's were limited to a range of 20 miles from the coast. However, I think this refers to the breeding range. In migration, this apparently changes, and if you look at Sibley's map for Allen's, their migration path can take them as far east as the Sierra Nevada. In July, I heard that the birding hotline for the Grass Valley area reported Allen's as one of the 5 species of hummingbirds being seen in the area. I don't know what kind of verification they had for this report(s). I would assume someone had an adult male with a solid green back, or that someone had a banding record. I think that the sighting date may be more significant at this time of year since the location may be well within either species' possible migration routes. These are certainly species about which our knowledge is minimal. Les Chibana On Wednesday, September 5, 2001 11:26 AM, [[email protected]] wrote: >Would there be any difference in the distribution between the >coast and inland? On my way back from Los Banos on Monday I had >one selasphorus hummer at the I-5 end of Del Puerto Canyon and >one chasing off several Anna’s at the Junction café (putting it >in Santa Clara Co.). I just assumed Allen’s for these but I >guess I’m falling into the same trap as everyone else. > >Just for the record there was also a nicely posing Lark Sparrow >further up San Antonio Valley. > >Andy. -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 05 17:33:03 2001 Subject: [SBB] Blue Grosbeak at Pajaro River -------- Hi, Today (9/5) I observed a female BLUE GROSBEAK in SCL along the Pajaro River a short ways upstream of Pescadero Creek. She was in shrubby riparian growth south of the RR tracks and provided a some nice views before "permanently" dropping down out of view into the vegetation. David Suddjian, Capitola [[email protected]] -------- Attachment 454 bytes -------- From [[email protected]] Wed Sep 05 19:27:25 2001 Subject: [SBB] Calero Reservoir, Charleston Slough -------- Howdy South-bay-birders, Walked to the east end of Calero Reservoir today. Along the creek, between the park office and the reservoir, birds included a flock of 8 WILD TURKEYS, 1 WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 1 WRENTIT, a CALIFORNIA THRASHER, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and AT LEAST 5 YELLOW WARBLERS. One of the Willow Flycatchers was in the blackberries along the levee path right near the end of the road, the other was in the marshy basin near the east end of the reservoir. I think they represent the first records of Willow Flycatcher for Calero County Park. In the past 2 days I've seen 4 locally (I only know of 2 previous records for the Almaden Valley). Wonder how many are being netted/seen along Coyote Creek, where the number of migrants always seems to be greater? At the east end of Calero Reservoir I saw 1 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN and a good variety of duck species, including 3 NORTHERN PINTAIL. Counted at least 70 BLACK-NECKED STILTS, a pretty high number for this location, but otherwise shorebirds were scarcer than usual--only saw a few GREATER YELLOWLEGS and KILLDEER, and no peeps at all. Best sighting was a trio of GOLDEN EAGLES, 2 adults and an immature bird, that seemed to be traveling together. One adult went into a power dive and landed in a nearby field--looked like it missed whatever it was trying to catch; after landing it stomped around and seemed to be searching for something in the grass. Eventually it flew off to the west with the young eagle. Visited Charleston Slough this afternoon, and counted 16 BLACK SKIMMERS on the little island there. One of them was a juvenile bird. John Mariani [[email protected]] www.birdswest.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]] Thu Sep 06 05:18:48 2001 Subject: [SBB] : -------- I went to the Sunnyvale Sewage Ponds at lunch today, 6 Sep 01. The fennel bordering the northwest end of the old landfill had 7 YELLOW WARBLERS, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 5 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER. There are good numbers of NORTHERN SHOVELERS on the sewage pond now. A VIRGINIA RAIL called from the marsh and an immature COOPER'S HAWK soared overhead. 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 Sep 06 16:15:19 2001 Subject: [SBB] County birding -------- All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I stopped at the State & Spreckles Pond to see if any new shorebirds had arrived. Unfortunately things were pretty slow and although we quickly found the Stilt Sandpiper we couldn't find the Reeve (nothing new about that). Nothing slow about the Vaux's Swifts (about 50) that were flying around the two Fan Palms near the intersection (the most that I have seen in one small location). Then, just as we were leaving a car pulled up asking about the Stilt Sandpiper, they were from New Hampshire so Frank put the bird in his scope for them. Frank and I then checked out the closest ponds and returned to let them know that we had not found the Ruff (or anything else for that matter). Just then a Northern Harrier flushed a large flock of shorebirds from Triangle Marsh and into the pond. Frank then quickly located a juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper and shortly thereafter they located the Reeve. We also noted a Peregrine Falcon on one of the distant power towers. The Coyote Creek Field Station (CCFS) Waterbird Pond (our original destination) had a fair number of shorebirds (including dowitchers, Semipalmated Plovers [at least 24] and a couple dozen plus Wilson's Phalaropes ). We then found a fairly brightly marked Golden-Plover with a wide, bright white supercillium, a dark spot on the nape (auriculars); a thin, fairly long black bill and blackish legs. The bird also had a fairly narrow black stripe on it's belly running from behind the legs to the lower chest (this did not seem to be a stain). Unfortunately the bird flew west southwest until out of sight shortly after we found it and we were unable to check the birds primary projection (beyond the tertials or the tail). My impression, from the NGS guide, is that this bird was most likely a juvenile American Golden-Plover (this is primarily because of the overall coloring, bill shape and the bright white supercillium). I have no explanation for the black belly stripe? Having only a few minutes left to bird we checked out the Mud Flats west of the pond (only a few Canada Geese & peeps there), Salt Pond A18 (the water level is higher but still no mentionables) and the area south of the Banding Trailers (almost immediately Frank spotted a flycatcher about 200 - 300 yards from the trailer). The bird unexpectedly turned out to be a first year Dusky Flycatcher (yellow lower mandible with 1/3 to 1/2 black tip, fairly bright yellow belly and undertail coverts, buff colored wingbars and short primary projection). Other birds included several Yellow Warblers (one flycatching with the Dusky Flycatcher for a while), two to three calling Pacific-slope Flycatchers, a Western Tanager, a House Wren and a silver banded (right leg) male House Finch. Take care, Bob Reiling, 3:56 PM, 9/6/01 -------- Attachment 3.2 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Fri Sep 07 08:28:43 2001 Subject: [SBB] RE: Oka Ponds Los Gatos Creek -------- Good Morning All.... Went over to the ponds last night to check up on the Pelican. The Brown Pelican is still there (looking very thin), but I do wonder if he can be rescued and taken where he belongs. He was caught in the fishing line and four fishermen had to untangle him. The bird does not know enough to be afraid of people or to get out of the way of the men fishing. Any ideas on this? Also, had 2 Belted Kingfisher in the center creek. 6 Green Herons with 4 being juvies, the Coots are still attending to their four 3 week old babies, 2 Snowy Egrets, 3 pairs of American Widgeons (2 in the center creek, one in the filtering ponds, Dell Avenue side). In the center creek I found a Yellow Warbler (first for my Oka./LG list). Barn Swallows over head, with two Cliff Swallows. I need to go back to check if the birds I saw last night may be female Common Yellowthroats? Lots of birds in the fennel patch, Chickadees were feeding off the fennel patch. Wishing you all good birding. My best regards, Linda Sullivan -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 07 11:35:38 2001 Subject: [SBB] CCFS YBCH; RUFF, StiltSA -------- All, This morning 9/7/01, I spent a couple of hours at CCFS, starting at dawn. Huge numbers of western migrants were present, with 47+ YELLOW WARBLERS and 28 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS dominating the action, all the ones seen well being unbanded. The highlight of the morning was a hatching-year YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in the reveg area along the dike south of the trailers. It was on the eastern edge of this area, not too far north of the south end. Got great looks at this silent bird for about a minute before it snuck off. Other birds of interest included 1 late CLIFF SWALLOW with 19+ VIOLET-GREEN and 12+ BARN SWALLOWS, 7 WILSON'S WARBLERS, 11 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS (most unbanded), 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 4 HOUSE WRENS (1 banded), 1 fem/imm SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD, 4 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 3 CEDAR WAXWINGS, 1 WARBLING VIREO, 1 adult male WESTERN TANAGER (plus another (same?) heard earlier), and 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (1 adult, 1 immature, my first this Fall). No sign of any Dusky Flycatchers... :( A very strange finch was along the dike north of the trailers. It somewhat resembled a leucistic American Goldfinch (AMGO), with all white primaries and tail feathers. However, it was as large as a HOUSE FINCH with a big bill and many of the non-leucistic portions of the "yellow" appeared almost orange. There were dusky patches on the nape and auriculars, this dusky extending further down than on an AMGO. In flight the bird gave a hoarse stutter that did not sound right for AMGO. The bird foraged and hung out with HOUSE FINCHES (no goldfinches with them). I got several photos, so maybe they will help determine the bird's real ID (an escapee Canary-type from the McCarthy Ranch pet store?). A quick stop at State and Spreckles on the way back to work turned up both the RUFF and the STILT SANDPIPER, both in nearly complete basic plumage. Also 8+ VAUX'S SWIFTS here. Mike Rogers P.S. Also had a PEREGRINE FALCON over my house in Sunnyvale as I left before the sun was up. -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 07 11:37:37 2001 Subject: [SBB] RE: Rose-breasted Grosbeak At Oka/LGC -------- Hi, Just flew home to post this, I spent one hour and twenty minutes studying Warblers at the fennel patch, when a bird flew into the small Euc tree and when I put my scope on it I was totally surprised to find a Rose-breasted Grosbeak. It had a pinkish red chest patch, not very large but definitely noticeable. It had some brownish feathers on its back white markings on its wings. It was still there when I left, it was flying from Euc to Euc in the center creek. I parked at Oka Lane, walked towards the bridge, make a right onto the path between Los Gatos Creek and the large Oka Pond (on your right as you walk down) walk down to the large section of fennel and a large patch of wild berries (on your left). There is a small Euc in the Creek mixed with other types of trees, it was in there. I will be going back in a little while and will put a ribbon to mark where you should stand to look across into the creek. Watch for the female Kingfisher being chased by a male Kingfisher, being chased by another male Kingfisher. Thanks and good birding. My best regards, Linda Sullivan -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 07 12:14:49 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] County birding -------- In a message dated 9/6/01 4:48:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [[email protected]] writes: > All, As Mike Mammoser correctly points out I should have said New Chicago Marsh. Triangle Marsh is a long way north of the Spreckles & State Pond and I would have no way of knowing if a bird flew from there or not. (I certainly wouldn't know if a Northern Harrier had spooked it.) Take care, Bob Reiling, 11:21 AM, 9/7/01 -------- Attachment 945 bytes -------- From [[email protected]] Fri Sep 07 12:32:53 2001 Subject: [SBB] Hammond's Flycatcher -------- Hi all, Today (7 Sept 2001) at approximately 11 am, Joanna Cezniak and I observed what we believe to be a HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER along Coyote Creek adjacent to the bike trail near the 85-101 Interchange (south) in San Jose. The bird was just downstream of the northbound 101 to northbound 85 overpass in a thicket of willows. It was very active and moving about, rarely staying in one place for more than 30 seconds. It frequently perched low over the water and against the trunks of trees. I have little experience with this species, but we got several excellent looks at it within 20 m and in good light. We mostly observed it in profile and rarely sitting completely still and did not get good looks at the wing projection or whether or not the tail was notched. The overall appearance was darker than a Pacific-slope Flycatcher with a smaller head. It did have a small crest. The head and throat were grey, the back was olive-green in color. We got good looks at the bill which was small and the lower mandible appeared to be all dark, or nearly so. The belly was yellow (rather bright yellow), the upper breast more of a greyish brown. The bird never called. I would encourage someone with more experience with this species to attempt to confirm the identification, but I am pretty confident in its identification. There are multiple Pacific-slope Flycatchers and Western Wood-Pewees in the area as well. This area can be accessed by exiting southbound 101 or 85 at Bernal and following the signs to Monterey Highway, go south and turn left at Menard (light), go left at the T-intersection and park at the end of the street. Take the paved trail north past the last overpass. Good birding, Tom Ryan -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 07 15:20:50 2001 Subject: [SBB] RE: Grosbeak, Pelican and Willow Flycatcher -------- Good Afternoon All... It certainly has been an exciting day for me. First I would like to thank Bob R. and Frank V. for coming out and looking for the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, it was not refound. Bob R mentioned that it is important to get a confirmation, so I would so appreciate the help in relocating this great bird. Also, thanks to Frank V and Bob R for ID on the flycatcher as a Willow, another one for my life list and Oka List. You guys are the greatest. On the Pelican, I waited four weeks to post about the bird, then last night I almost cried when it got hooked so I emailed for help. Today I am thrilled to say it was seen flying over highway 17 heading in the direction of Vasona. I would like to thank everyone who emailed me about the Pelicans. I appreciate the time you took to do that. Wishing you all good birding. My best regards, Linda Sullivan P.S. I marked the fennel bush with ribbons, look into the creek where the plaid ribbons would be for the Yellow Warblers, Orange-crowned Warblers, Willow Flycatcher and the Euc trees for the Grosbeak...GOOD LUCK and let me know. -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 07 15:46:19 2001 Subject: [SBB] AUGUST COUNTY LIST -------- Bill Bousman wrote: Four birds were added to the county list in August and, not surprisingly, three were shorebirds. This boosts the total to 260. John Mariani found a juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at Calero Reservoir on 17 Aug, a surprising inland location. Mike Rogers found eight juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPERS in the San Jose-Santa Clara WPCP drying ponds on 26 Aug. Mike Mammoser found an adult STILT SANDPIPER at the ponds at State and Spreckles in Alviso on 18 Aug and the bird has been enjoyed by many and remains there into September (with a female Ruff). Finally, Rogers and Mammoser found a SUMMER TANAGER along Guadalupe River below Trimble on 25 Aug. This bird, probably an older female, was not found subsequently. The complete list can be found on: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ ----------------------------------------- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~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 Sep 07 17:02:08 2001 Subject: [SBB] Los Gatos Creek -------- All, I spent some time looking for the Rose-breasted Grosbeak along Los Gatos Creek this afternoon 9/7/01. No grosbeak, but that fennel patch is full of birds. I had 11+ YELLOW WARBLERS, 1 fem/imm TOWNSEND'S WARBLER (first of Fall), 1 imm male COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER, and single BEWICK'S and HOUSE WRENS. Heading back to Oka Road, I had an OSPREY circling overhead and a migrant SAVANNAH SPARROW next to the path. Lots of good habitat here! 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]] Sat Sep 08 05:09:16 2001 Subject: [SBB] : -------- On Saturday, 8 Sep 01, I stopped at Los Gatos Creek to check for the grosbeak, without luck. The fennel patch and associated riparian had 15+ YELLOW WARBLERS, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 2 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, and 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS. The pond by the entrance off Dell had a flock of 30+ VAUX'S SWIFTS. I then stopped at CCFS to check the riparian corridor. Here I had 14 YELLOW WARBLERS, 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS, a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 4 HOUSE WRENS, 8 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, a WILLOW FLYCATCHER, a WESTERN TANAGER, and a WARBLING VIREO. 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]] Sun Sep 09 13:45:21 2001 Subject: [SBB] CCFS Sunday, 9/9/01 -------- Hi, Banding at the Coyote Creek Field Station of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory was jumping today, with 62 birds processed. Of these, 26 were YELLOW WARBLERs (all but one were newly banded), 14 were WESTERN FLYCATCHERs and 9 were SWAINSON'S THRUSH. Also netted were single birds of the following: WILLOW FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO, HOUSE WREN, BEWICK'S WREN (recaptured), ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. There were also 2 WILSON'S WARBLERs (one was a recapture), 3 COMMON YELLOWTHROATs, 2 recaptured SONG SPARROWs, and a HOUSE FINCH. Also, one ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was released from the nets. In one net run, there were 10 Yellow Warblers, 8 of which were in the same net! For a species that isn't known for forming flocks, this was a sizeable group! There was also a very vocal, and lonely, cockatiel flying around the area. At one point, it appeared to follow one person back to the banding trailer. We had to release about 5-7 large green dragonflies (green darners?) from the nets. These have what appears to be a single eye-like structure on the back of its head. Les Chibana -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 10 08:33:39 2001 Subject: [SBB] LG Creek/one more -------- Hello All - Just to add one more sighting for Saturday, Sept 8 at LG Creek - I found a SORA a couple of hundred feet downstream from the Rose-breasted Grosbeak location. Also a COMMON SNIPE was seen on "Snipe Island" further downstream on Sunday. Ann -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 10 08:59:50 2001 Subject: [SBB] Merlin -------- All, A female/immature MERLIN was in our neighborhood yesterday on the "raptor" tree at the corner of Forest Ave and Winchester (San Jose/Santa Clara). In the 10+ years we've been here we have Merlin every winter but this is easily the earliest we've ever had one. Cheers 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]] Mon Sep 10 09:35:34 2001 Subject: [SBB] western migrants -------- All, I spent both mornings this weekend birding riparian corridors, but didn't find any eastern vagrants among the many migrants that were about. On Saturday 9/8/01, I first spent two hours working the east side of the Guadalupe River between Montague and Trimble. There were surprisingly few birds around, so I headed to CCFS to see if things had quieted down there as well or whether Friday's birds were still hanging around. It was indeed a lot birdier there. This time I worked the riparian area north of the trailer, walking all the way to the waterbird pond and back. Migrants at both locations included: Guadalupe River CCFS Western Wood-Pewee 1 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 3 "Western" Flycatcher 6 23 House Wren 1 8 Swainson's Thrush 1 1 Cedar Waxwing 4 Hutton's Vireo 1 unbanded Warbling Vireo 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 10 55+ (1 banded) Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 HY fem Common Yellowthroat 3 unbanded 14 Wilson's Warbler 3 5 Western Tanager 5+ Black-headed Grosbeak 1 HY male Old worn bands on a SONG SPARROW and a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT well north of the trailers indicate that a few birds from the old days when banding was happening up here are still present. Also of interest were 2 immature NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS in with a group of 115 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS on the wires near the trailer (and a WHITE-THROATED SWIFT overhead), a SPOTTED SANDPIPER along the creek, and a BARN OWL that flushed from the willows up near the waterbird pond. I next made a quick stop at State and Spreckles in Alviso, where the STILT SANDPIPER was easily visible. Two VAUX'S SWIFTS were overhead. A BURROWING OWL was along the Gold Street onramp onto Highway 237 south of the Calabazas Ponds. And finally, at the Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant I had a group of 33 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and 3+ juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPERS with many other shorebirds on the floating algae mats in the northeast corner of the big pond west of the twin dikes. On Sunday 9/9/01, I met Mike Mammoser at CCFS. We checked the waterbird pond first, but did not find much of interest (no Golden-Plover). Eleven WILSON'S PHALAROPES werre still present. An adult PEREGRINE FALCON made a successful pass over the nearby WPCP ponds before feasting on a submerged tree stump in Salt Pond A18. After this, a quick check near the trailers showed many birds to be present. Mike picked out an ACORN WOODPECKER atop the dead snags just northeast of the trailer (a very unusual bird for CCFS!) and I located a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (early, first of Fall) nearby. Given these recent arrivals, and that the banders were catching many Swainson's Thrushes, which hadn't been netted the day before, we opted to recheck the riparian corridor north of the trailer. Although very birdy, most of the birds we saw were unfortunately the same as the day before, with the hatching-year (HY) female BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, the HY male BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, the WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, a WARBLING VIREO, and two WILLOW FLYCATCHERS all being near the locations where they were found on Saturday. We did, however, find a second YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER further north and two LAZULI BUNTINGS (one perched on the wire near the trailer). At least one of the NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS was also still present, as was a single CEDAR WAXWING. A unfamiliar call alerted us to the presence of a COCKATIEL flying over while we were in the riparian - later it was perched on the roof of the banding trailer. After this, Mike and I headed to Palo Alto, where the fennel patch had 3 YELLOW WARBLERS, 2 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, and 1 or 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS. The trees around the WPCP at the end of Embarcadero Way had 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 5 YELLOW WARBLERS, a cooperative MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, and 1 or 2 WILSON'S WARBLERS. I worked my way around the weedy edge of the industrial park, finding 5 more YELLOW WARBLERS, another WILLOW FLYCATCHER, and an out-of-place DARK-EYED JUNCO, while Mike turned up an immature/female SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD and an immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW; he later had 5 more YELLOW WARBLERS in the riparian at Matadero Creek. 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 Sep 10 09:57:17 2001 Subject: [SBB] binocular question -------- Hi Everyone (especially those that remember ol' me), I have a quick question that can be answered directly to me and I'm hoping I'm not being rude by asking. I've had the same binoculars since about 1977. I need a replacement pair which are Swift Audubons. Where can I get a fair deal? Please, no threads starting on whose is best. Sorry about the interruption. Don Starks -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 10 10:31:17 2001 Subject: [SBB] Baylands -------- The fennel patch near the ranger station at the Palo Alto Baylands had a Willow Flycatcher this morning. Other than Yellowthroats, the only Warblers I had were single Yellow and Wilson's. The fennel is rather tall and lush this year, so more stuff could well have been hiding inside. The trees im- mediately around the ranger house weren't productive, perhaps due to a noisy gardening crew. A brief stop at the end of Embarcadero Way only added 3-4 Yellow Warblers. 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 Sep 10 14:30:51 2001 Subject: [SBB] County Birding -------- All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I made a brief stop at the pond at State St. & Spreckles Ave. in Alviso (lots of low flying Vaux's Swifts). We quickly found the Stilt Sandpiper among the sleeping dowitchers but were unable to locate the Ruff (perhaps she was in New Chicago Marsh on the other side of the railroad tracks). A quick stop at the Coyote Creek Field Station (CCFS) Waterbird Pond failed to yield anything new (lots of dowitchers and a few Wilson's Phalaropes, etc.,). We then decided to bird the areas south of the banding station. We found lots of Yellow Warblers, 4 to 5 Willow Flycatchers , 2+ Pacific-slope Flycatchers (one not calling), at least five Lesser Goldfinches, a couple Vaux's Swifts (with the swallows around the Eucalyptus Tree north of the trailer) and two Cooper's Hawks. At one point the larger CUHA (a female?) was chasing/following the smaller CUHA (male?). We were surprised to find that there were at least seven White-tailed Kites roosting in the same small area south of the trailer. The pond at State & Spreckles was essentially empty when we stopped by on our way home at lunch time. Take care, Bob Reiling, 2:15 PM, 9/10/01 -------- Attachment 1.4 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Mon Sep 10 14:38:27 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] CCFS Sunday, 9/9/01 -------- In addition to the other birds mentioned, I also saw 2 Townsend's warblers - one near the banding trailer, another near the nets close to the creek. cheers, Vijay Les Chibana writes: > Hi, > > Banding at the Coyote Creek Field Station of the San Francisco Bay Bird > Observatory was jumping today, with 62 birds processed. Of these, 26 > were YELLOW WARBLERs (all but one were newly banded), 14 were WESTERN > FLYCATCHERs and 9 were SWAINSON'S THRUSH. Also netted were single birds > of the following: WILLOW FLYCATCHER, WARBLING VIREO, HOUSE WREN, BEWICK'S > WREN (recaptured), ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. There were also 2 WILSON'S > WARBLERs (one was a recapture), 3 COMMON YELLOWTHROATs, 2 recaptured > SONG SPARROWs, and a HOUSE FINCH. Also, one ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD was > released from the nets. -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 11 22:30:33 2001 Subject: [SBB] Possible flock of Greater White-fronted Geese -------- Howdy South-bay-birders, I just received a message that there may be a flock of 11 Greater White-fronted Geese at the lake at Hellyer Park. The observer stressed the the identification was tentative, and that they might have been domestic geese. Just thought I'd pass this along in case someone wanted to go check it out. This past Saturday I walked the Alamitos Creek Trail from Graystone Lane down to Almaden Lake. Not much to report. A NUTMEG MANNIKIN was just upstream from the lake, and other birds included 1 SELASPHORUS-type hummingbird (based on recent postings it would most likely be Rufous?), 1 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHER, 1 HOUSE WREN, and YELLOW WARBLERS. John Mariani [[email protected]] www.birdswest.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]] Thu Sep 13 08:54:59 2001 Subject: [SBB] Stilt Sandpiper -------- All, Yesterday at dusk, Matthew Dodder and I made a short trip to the pond at State St. & Spreckles Ave. in Alviso and, within five minutes or so, found the STILT SANDPIPER feeding amongst the Dowitchers. We did not see the RUFF. Regards, Brian Christman 9/13/01 -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 13 11:16:15 2001 Subject: [SBB] NOWA, western migrants -------- All, On Tuesday 9/11/01, I checked out Stevens Creek north of L'Avenida. Quantity was down (only 6 YELLOW WARBLERS), but quality and variety were good. Highlight was a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH about 50 yards south of the high tension power line crossing on the east side of the creek. I am a little surprised that this bird decided to stop here given the flood control "improvement", which has dried up the east channel and left steep banks with little cover on the west channel. The next morning 9/12/01, I made a quick check of the Palo Alto Baylands area. Numbers of migrants were again low, but 2 to 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS (first for Fall) and 2 immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS in the fennel patch were new arrivals. This morning 9/13/01, I spent two hours working CCFS, starting before 7am. Migrant numbers are down, with the area around the eucalyptus near the trailer and to the north harboring only 15 YELLOW WARBLERS compared to Sunday's 55+. An immature COOPER'S HAWK put on a surprising show, bursting forth from the creekside vegetation to relentlessly (but futilely) pursue a low-flying VAUX'S SWIFT. I also covered the southern areas, hoping for something unusual, but had to be content with the usual western migrants. 9/11/01 9/12/01 9/13/01 St Creek Palo Alto CCFS VAUX'S SWIFT 5 2+ WHITE-THROATED SWIFT 2 among VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW 240 125 WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE 1 WILLOW FLYCATCHER 1 2 2 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHER 9 2+ 15 HOUSE WREN 5 MARSH WREN 1 singing SWAINSON'S THRUSH 1 1 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER 2 2 1 YELLOW WARBLER 6 8+ 29 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER 1 Aud TOWNSEND'S WARBLER 1+ fem/imm NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH 1 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT 1 8+ 11 WILSON'S WARBLER 3+ 1 WESTERN TANAGER 4 1 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK 2+ SAVANNAH SPARROW 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROW 2+ WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW 1 2 1 DARK-EYED JUNCO 1 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 Sep 13 15:34:01 2001 Subject: [SBB] Blue Grosbeak in Stevens Creek -------- All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I spotted a grosbeak in Stevens Creek, north of L'Avenida that we were having trouble identifying when Mike Rogers spotted us on the dike. From my description he quickly identified the bird as a Blue Grosbeak. We subsequently refound the bird which is a first fall or hatching year bird. The bird was feeding on grass seeds (as well something in the Eucalyptus tree) in the eastern half of the creek between the "Lone Eucalyptus tree" to just north of where the power lines cross the creek north of L'Avenida. Unless you work at Moffet Field it is recommended that you access the east side of the creek via Crittenden Lane (although the creek can be crossed just upstream from L'Avenida but you might get your shoes a little damp). The bird can be quite hard to find when feeding down in the grasses and tends to sound and look like a California Towhee as it flies away from you. Other mentionables include Fox Sparrow (our first of the fall), Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler (many), Wilson's Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler (one), Pacific-slope Flycatcher (all calling) and White-crowned Sparrows (first of the fall). We, of course, went there in hopes of finding a Northern Waterthrush seen by Mike Rogers (it was on our second attempt to find it at about 11:15 when we spotted the grosbeak). Take care, Bob Reiling, 3:29 PM, 9/13/01 -------- Attachment 1.5 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Fri Sep 14 05:09:41 2001 Subject: [SBB] : -------- At lunch time today, 14 Sep 01, I went to the Sunnyvale sewage ponds and checked the fennel patch. Here I had 14 YELLOW WARBLERS, 6 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS (2 of the gray-headed race), 4 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 1 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, 1 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHER, and 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. 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]] Fri Sep 14 09:47:00 2001 Subject: [SBB] BLGR -------- All, This morning 9/14/01, the first-fall BLUE GROSBEAK was still along Stevens Creek, mostly near/in the lone eucalyptus tree south of Crittenden Lane. The bird can be aged by "molt limits" in the median coverts, that is newly molted inner coverts with broad tawny tips that contrast with older, whiter-tipped outer median coverts. The greater coverts (lower wing bar) appear to be old, with tips and edges the same color as the outer median coverts (upper wing bar). Also of interest were single LINCOLN'S and FOX SPARROWS and two to three WARBLING VIREOS among the usual western migrants. 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]] Fri Sep 14 20:49:09 2001 Subject: [SBB] Stilt Sandpiper, Alviso -------- Hi folks, The STILT SANDPIPER was still present this morning at the marsh on the corner of State & Sprekles in Alviso. I found the bird at 11:00am with dowitchers, but almost all the birds were sleeping with bills tucked and never really got a good look. I came back around 12:30 and found the STSA preening and foraging. From the looks I got I would say it is an adult bird in basic plumage. No Ruff. Good birding, ~Brian ____________________________________________________________ Brian C. Acord Field Biologist (408)377-7150 Common Murre Restoration Project [[email protected]] http://desfbay.fws.gov/murre.html [[email protected]] (510)792-0717 ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 15 08:38:58 2001 Subject: [SBB] RE: Unusual hummingbird at Sierra Azul Nursery 13 Sept.'01 -------- Greetings SBB'ers and birders of Santa Cruz County, On Thursday, 13 Sept.2001 on a visit to the Sierra Azul Native Plant Nursery, Watsonville, we were told of an unusual hummingbird. This report is stated at the risk of redundancy since this may already be old info.to local birders. We were shown two snapshots of a strange hummingbird. The workers had observed this bird and thought it was larger than the Anna's they see in the gardens (quite active and conspicuous here this day). The photos depict a bird with an all white top of its head. The bird is pale, but shows a dusky band across the lower breast. The back is said to be greenish. A bit of color in a faint gorget indicated the magenta-red I associate with Anna's Hummingbird. I suspect this is a (symmetrically) partial albino (leucistic) male Anna's. The only other white headed bird I've had experience with were a couple of Snowcaps seen briefly at Rancho Ecologico Willie Mazu in western Panama', but these are tiny (2 1/2"), the male being dark looking (crimson-purple including the ventral surfaces) with the white cap somewhat tufted. The white bellied female has no white cap. I don't know all the 342+/- species of the Trochilidae, but I doubt any others have this white capped head. Hopefully a more local birder can get a look or additional photoes of this interesting bird. Although we couldn't find it this day, during the hour we were shopping we saw at least four Salasphorus hummers I would guess were Rufous. This garden has many flowering "hummingbird" and "butterfly" attracting plants in groups of garden settings at this time of year (some of which we purchased to go into a Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden being established in Fremont) - - a virtual hummer oasis, probably good any time of year (isn't this inside the Moss Landing CBC?) The Sierra Azul Nursery is along the Hecker Pass Hwy 152 (south side), just east of Watsonville. Happy Trochilidisting, Phil Gordon Hayward, ALA Co. 1(510) 538-3550 -------- Attachment 2.1 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Sat Sep 15 13:40:31 2001 Subject: [SBB] 18 SKIMMERS -------- All, My class visited Charleston Slough this morning for our first trip of the fall term. Highlights included an immature SORA and three SPOTTED SANDPIPERS. We also heard two VIRGINIA RAILS in the Mountain View Forebay. There was a high count of 18 BLACK SKIMMERS on their favorite island and a lone VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW flying overhead. A full list of species logged can be found at: http://www.birdguy.net/trip_report.html Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 15 17:59:41 2001 Subject: [SBB] Blue Grosbeak 9/15/01 -------- This morning, Vijay Ramachandran and I had great looks at the 1st fall BLUE GROSBEAK that Mike Rogers has reported on. We first saw it about 30 yds east of the lone Eucalyptus and later about 30 yds west of the tree, low in the vegetation along Stevens Creek. Also had a LINCOLN'S and FOX SPARROW, 2 WARBLING VIREOs. YELLOW WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, WESTERN FLYCATCHER. We were on the path on the southern side of the creek. Maybe a sign of the changed reality, a cop drove up the dyke, came down to the path with his hand on his holster and asked us for our ids and called them in on a radio. Vivek [[email protected]] -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Michael M. Rogers [mailto:[[email protected]]] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:47 AM To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] BLGR All, This morning 9/14/01, the first-fall BLUE GROSBEAK was still along Stevens Creek, mostly near/in the lone eucalyptus tree south of Crittenden Lane. The bird can be aged by "molt limits" in the median coverts, that is newly molted inner coverts with broad tawny tips that contrast with older, whiter-tipped outer median coverts. The greater coverts (lower wing bar) appear to be old, with tips and edges the same color as the outer median coverts (upper wing bar). Also of interest were single LINCOLN'S and FOX SPARROWS and two to three WARBLING VIREOS among the usual western migrants. 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]] -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 15 19:19:21 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] Blue Grosbeak 9/15/01 -------- Where is this on Steven's Creek??? -- Richard C. Carlson Full-time Birder, Biker, Skier, Hiker Palo Alto, California Part-time Economist [[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 Sep 16 18:51:15 2001 Subject: [SBB] PESA, STSA, RUFF 9/16 -------- Hi SBBers, I birded a few places in the south Bay, but all was dead (late start) except New Chicago Marsh along State and Spreckles, Alviso. The STILT SANDPIPER was still present and today I saw the RUFF. A new comer to join the Dowitchers, Lesser & Greater Yellowlegs, W. & Least Sandpipers, Avocets, and Black-necked Stilts was a PECTORAL SANDPIPER (juvenile?). Good birding, ~B ____________________________________________________________ Brian C. Acord Field Biologist (408)377-7150 Common Murre Restoration Project [[email protected]] http://desfbay.fws.gov/murre.html [[email protected]] (510)792-0717 ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 17 02:17:58 2001 Subject: [SBB] : -------- On Sunday, 16 Sep 01, birding was a little variable. Along Coyote Creek south of hwy 237 it was fairly dead, with only a single ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. However, at CCFS, across the hwy, it was quite active with 32 YELLOW WARBLERS, 9 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 5 WILSON'S WARBLERS, 4 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 1 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, 5 WARBLING VIREOS, 5 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER. The wires across the overflow channel near the station had 110 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS. 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 Sep 17 09:05:11 2001 Subject: RE: [SBB] Blue Grosbeak 9/15/01 -------- Take Shoreline Blvd (North) exit off 101. Turn right on Crittenden Lane. Park at the end of the Crittenden Lane. The lone Eucalyptus is on the right (south/west) of the parking area among otherwise low riparian vegetation. Further up, there are Cottonwoods etc. (Chestnut-sided Warbler spot from a couple of years ago). You can cross to the south side of Steven's Creek or stay on the north side. Its also possible to access the area from the other side by turning right on L'Avenida St. from Shoreline. Harder to cross to the south side of the creek from here. Vivek [[email protected]] -----Original Message----- From: Richard Carlson [mailto:[[email protected]]] Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 7:19 PM To: Tiwari, Vivek Cc: [[email protected]] Subject: Re: [SBB] Blue Grosbeak 9/15/01 Where is this on Steven's Creek??? -- Richard C. Carlson Full-time Birder, Biker, Skier, Hiker Palo Alto, California Part-time Economist [[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 Sep 17 13:46:55 2001 Subject: [SBB] YBCH -------- All, This morning's banding in the Diablos at my site near Felter & Sierra Roads, I netted an adult Yellow-breasted Chat. Besides this very special bird, I banded several of the usual western migrants, "Western" Flycatchers, Willow Flycatchers, Yellow Warblers, Black-headed Grosbeak, and had visuals on Wilson's Warbler. There also were 15 Wild Turkeys grazing in the open fields next to the garden area keeping the horses company. Rita Colwell -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 17 20:27:09 2001 Subject: [SBB] Brown Pelican still at Los Gatos Creek Park -------- Hi, I took the kids for a quick walk around Los Gatos Creek Park on Sunday. The wayward Brown Pelican is still around, fishing in the largest pond. In addition, we saw a female Hooded Merganser in the creek. Don Ganton [[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 Sep 17 23:27:18 2001 Subject: [SBB] Santa Clara County -------- Birded the county today and can update some birds. At the New Chicago Marsh (Spreckles and State Streets, Alviso) around 11 AM, the Ruff, Stilt Sandpiper, and the Peregrine that chased them and everyone else, were there. Back at 5 PM to try again for the Pectoral Sandpiper, revealed two, an adult and a juvenile. And as a bonus, a Ruddy Turnstone. Around 9:45 this morning, a second year Little Gull spotted flying and landing in the salt pond east of Shoreline Lake, then flying again around the area, and finally west over the trees out of sight towards Shoreline Lake next to the golf course by Charleston Slough. Jim Lomax -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 18 10:43:48 2001 Subject: [SBB] CCFS -------- All, An early-morning check of CCFS today 9/18/01 turned up no real surprises among many western migrants. Two juv NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS and one juv CLIFF SWALLOW (late) were still hanging out with the 105 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS on the wires near the trailer. Late season birds are starting to appear in bigger numbers, with at least 3 "AUDUBON'S" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, 3 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS (1 banded), and 5 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (1 imm, 4 adults, including some singing). Other birds included 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 16 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS, 4 HOUSE WRENS, 1 WARBLING VIREO, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, 29 YELLOW WARBLERS (1 banded), 12 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS (1 banded), 4 WILSON'S WARBLERS, 1 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, and 1 LAZULI BUNTING. 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]] Tue Sep 18 11:23:23 2001 Subject: [SBB] Palo Alto -------- A check of Baylands area spots this morning didn't turn up much. Yellow Warblers were everywhere. (I had a total of at least 15 at my 3 stops.) The Baylands had a big immature Cooper's Hawk and a Sooty Fox Sparrow near the fennel patch. Past the end of Embarcadero Way I saw one "Western" Flycatcher and a Warbling Vireo, and probably heard a Yellow-Rumped Warbler. And I saw at least one White-Crowned Sparrow in a brief stop at Matadero Creek. Cheers, 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]] Tue Sep 18 15:00:31 2001 Subject: [SBB] County birding -------- All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I first checked out "The Pond" at State St. & Spreckles Ave. in Alviso. The Stilt Sandpiper was easily found but no Ruff, Pectoral Sandpipers or Red Knot. We were then going to do the EEC but we soon found that the entrance road was being torn up (lots of dump trucks and equipment and no access). The Waterbird Pond at CCFS was next (nothing new there) so we did a brief check of the Eucalyptus tree just north of the banding trailer (still nothing new). Per our usual practice these days we made a second stop at "The Pond" where the Stilt Sandpiper was again quickly found but this time we also found four Pectoral Sandpipers. The PESA a long ways from street and spent much of the time hiding among the Pickle Weeds where they ultimately disappeared into (or flew away from) while we were looking for other goodies. We were not able to properly age the PESA (my guess from the reddish coloring and striping on the back is that they were probably all juveniles). One of the PESA was much larger than the other three (making it a male). Still no Ruff or Red Knot :-( Take care, Bob Reiling, 2:02 PM, 9/18/01 -------- Attachment 1.2 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Wed Sep 19 07:27:05 2001 Subject: [SBB] Ooops! -------- All, In my e-mail of yesterday I should have said that we found no Ruddy Turnstone (instead of Red Knot). A Red Knot has not been seen in "The Pond" at State St. and Spreckles Ave. in Alviso. Take care, Bob Reiling, 7:29 AM, 9/19/01 -------- Attachment 336 bytes -------- From [[email protected]] Wed Sep 19 10:05:39 2001 Subject: [SBB] NOWA still present -------- All, Bird numbers were way down along Stevens Creek north of L'Avenida this morning 9/19/01. Despite this, I was once again lucky with the NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, getting brief looks after hearing it calling on both the way out and the way back. Today it was directly under the high voltage power line crossing, where the best habitat is. A single GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at the end of L'Avenida was the first I've heard of this fall. Other migrants included 1 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHER, 4 YELLOW WARBLERS, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 1 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, 1 adult WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. 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 Sep 20 08:53:55 2001 Subject: [SBB] more on Los Gatos RBGR -------- All, Hans Ernst reported a "female" ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK to the northern California Bird Box on Sunday 16 Sep. It was visiting a feeder in his yard and had been seen previously. I called Hans and it turns out that his yard is in Los Gatos in Rinconada Hills and that the bird is actually an immature male with pink in the breast. This yard is not far from the Oka Ponds and it may well be the same individual that Linda Sullivan reported on 7 Sep. In fact, Hans confirmed that his bird had been visiting their feeder about 4 to 5 times over the last two weeks, which seems to match the Los Gatos Creek bird date rather well. 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 Sep 20 14:59:53 2001 Subject: [SBB] No waterthrush in Stevens Creek -------- All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I once again tried for and failed to find the Northern Waterthrush in Stevens Creek north of L'Avienida. There also was no sign of the Blue Grosbeak. A quick trip further north on the dike to Crittenden Marsh revealed that there was practically no water or birds in it and as it was low tide the Mitigation Pond/Mudflat was also empty (of water and birds). Take care, Bob Reiling, 2:20 PM, 9/20/01 -------- Attachment 538 bytes -------- From [[email protected]] Fri Sep 21 10:16:39 2001 Subject: [SBB] L'Avenida -------- All, Another check of Stevens Creek north of L'Avenida this morning 9/21/01 turned up double-digits of WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (19) but low numbers of everything else. It seems this dense marine layer is dumping many American Redstarts, Chestnut-sided Warblers, Blackpoll Warblers, and Clay-colored Sparrows along the coast and we aren't even getting many western migrants :( Totals were 4 YELLOW WARBLERS, 1 WILSON'S WARBLER, 2 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, 1 HOUSE WREN, 2 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS, 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and a single FOX SPARROW. 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]] Fri Sep 21 12:38:32 2001 Subject: [SBB] Haywatd Shoreline -------- Today at the Hayward Shoreline Black Oystercatcher - 2 seen on the rocks from Hayward Landing at low tide. Surfbird - 6 also seen from Hayward Landing at low tide. Pacific-slope Flycatcher - 1 Western Scrub-Jay - 13 seen along the north side of Mt. Trashmore. I have only seen then about 6 times at the shoreline, with the number usually being 1 (2 were seen once). American Pipit - 6 flying overhead near Hayward Landing. Golden-crowned Sparrow - 2 were the first of the fall seen here. White-crowned Sparrow - 1 Warblers were in were low numbers. They included - Orange-crowned - 2 Yellow - 3 Wilson's - 1 Good Birding Bob -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 21 15:18:33 2001 Subject: [SBB] San Mateo hot-spots -------- All: I'm doing a SFBBO birdathon fundraiser in San Mateo County on Sunday and need a few location suggestions. I plan to start at Coyote Point at dawn, hit the Redwood Shores lagoons, then go to Princeton, Ano Nuevo Point, Gazos Creek and come back over to Menlo Park Bayfront. Any other hotspots I should hit to see lots of species?? I need suggestions for good spots for Bluebirds, Burrowing Owls, Lazuli Buntings, Orioles and other Owls. Also, where is Sunshine Valley Road?? Are pelagics still being seen from Pigeon Point? At what time? Thanks in advance. Dick Richard C. Carlson Full Time Birder, Biker, Skier, Hiker Part-time Economist Palo Alto & Lake Tahoe, CA [[email protected]] 650-949-9590 -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 21 20:52:44 2001 Subject: RE: [SBB] San Mateo hot-spots -------- Have you seen this URL, which lists birding sites in San Mateo county? http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/sm.htm -Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: [[email protected]] [mailto:[[email protected]]]On Behalf Of Richard Carlson Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 3:19 PM To: Alvaro Jaramillo; [[email protected]] Cc: SBB Subject: [SBB] San Mateo hot-spots All: I'm doing a SFBBO birdathon fundraiser in San Mateo County on Sunday and need a few location suggestions. I plan to start at Coyote Point at dawn, hit the Redwood Shores lagoons, then go to Princeton, Ano Nuevo Point, Gazos Creek and come back over to Menlo Park Bayfront. Any other hotspots I should hit to see lots of species?? I need suggestions for good spots for Bluebirds, Burrowing Owls, Lazuli Buntings, Orioles and other Owls. Also, where is Sunshine Valley Road?? Are pelagics still being seen from Pigeon Point? At what time? Thanks in advance. Dick Richard C. Carlson Full Time Birder, Biker, Skier, Hiker Part-time Economist Palo Alto & Lake Tahoe, CA [[email protected]] 650-949-9590 -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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]] Fri Sep 21 23:51:41 2001 Subject: [SBB] PESAs at Sunnyvale WPCP -------- This (Friday) evening there were six Pectoral Sandpipers at the Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant. They were along the inner levee surrounding the larger pond, just west of the gate at the northeast corner of the pond. --Peter ------------------------------------------------------ Peter LaTourrette North American Bird Photo Gallery: http://www.birdphotography.com/ Jasper Ridge, Hawai'i, New Zealand: http://www.stanford.edu/~petelat1/ -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 22 12:46:47 2001 Subject: [SBB] Eurasian Wigeon and lots of other birds at Calero Reservoir -------- Howdy South-bay-birders, Visited the east end of Calero Reservoir this morning. Right now the habitat is really good there, with islands, shallows, and mudflats attracting a lot of birds, best of which was a molting male EURASIAN WIGEON (russet head and russet mottling on flanks, no central crown stripe). Plenty of other ducks were there, including 1 WOOD DUCK, GREEN-WINGED TEAL, AMERICAN WIGEON, GADWALL, NORTHERN PINTAIL, NORTHERN SHOVELER, 2 LESSER SCAUP, and RUDDY DUCKS. Also there was a large flock of CANADA GEESE and a flock of 12 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS. Shorebirds there included 1 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, KILLDEER, 1 COMMON SNIPE, 72+ BLACK-NECKED STILTS, 4 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 25+ LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and several GREATER YELOWLEGS. Had a 2-3 YELLOW WARBLERS along the levee where it overlooks the reservoir. John Mariani [[email protected]] www.birdswest.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]] Sun Sep 23 11:28:51 2001 Subject: [SBB] Dipper in Stevens Creek -------- An early morning jaunt up Stevens Canyon Road yesterday turned up one American Dipper quite motionless on a rock. Its white eyelids were very obvious as it stood there blinking. Do we know if they breed there and are in fact year-round? On Friday I had my first American Wigeon of the autumn at Charleston Slough. I was surprised to notice from my records that I saw one at the same place on June 30th last year. Was that a glitch in my record-keeping? I also had a Green-winged Teal and a Shoveler the same day. Perhaps I was having a multiple hallucination. Andy. -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 23 18:45:22 2001 Subject: [SBB] More from Stevens Creek -------- An unusual sighting from the Stevens Creek Trail late this afternoon was a Greater Yellowlegs. A couple of Belted Kingfishers were having a right barney, which was still going on when I returned to the spot about an hour later. Dozens of Violet-green Swallows were wheeling way, way on high. Andy. -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 23 22:07:54 2001 Subject: [SBB] Almaden Lake - Brown Pelican and Nutmeg Mannikin nest. -------- Hi, On Saturday (9/22), I birded Almaden Lake Park with Will Valdez and Nils Hultman. The most unusual sighting of the day was a Brown Pelican flying around the lake and sitting on the small, reed-covered island. We also saw 4 Western Bluebirds, two Common Moorhens, a female Common Merganser, 4 Yellow Warblers and a Sora. While looking at the Sora, I noticed a small bird gathering grass upstream from the bridge. It turned out to be a Nutmeg Mannikin. We watched it make a few trips and were able to discern which tree it was flying to. Will quickly found where the nest was located and we watched as a second bird did the constructing while the first bird went for more building material. To find the nest, park on the Winfield Blvd. side. At the Southeast end of the lot there is an ornamental green post in the sidewalk. The nest is in the first pepper tree on the right, past the green post. Don Ganton [[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 Sep 24 13:29:02 2001 Subject: [SBB] Re: Dipper in Stevens Creek -------- Andy Gibb wrote: > An early morning jaunt up Stevens Canyon Road yesterday turned up one > American Dipper quite motionless on a rock. Its white eyelids were very > obvious as it stood there blinking. > > Do we know if they breed there and are in fact year-round? Yes, they regularly breed there, upstream of Mt Eden road. Just where was your sighting? I don't know if they are found in winter. 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 Sep 24 14:38:03 2001 Subject: [SBB] Frazier Lake Road -------- A belated report from Frazier Lake Road, south of Gilroy at the Santa Clara and San Benito border. I was there in the late afternoon on 9/22. The partially plowed grass fields immediately south of the county line in SBT Co. were thick with raptors. Best was a light morph adult SWAINSON'S HAWK, but also tallied were a MERLIN, no less than 23 NORTHERN HARRIERS in view at once in a 360 degree scan and an estimated 20-25 WHITE-TAILED KITES. Must have a ton of food out there. The fields along Bloomfield Ave. just west Fraizier Lake in SCL also had numerous, but lesser, numbers of NOHA and WTKI. A blackbird flock along Frazier Lake Road just north of Shore Road in SBT had two female YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS among 350 RED-WINGEDS. A partially flooded field in SCL was just southwest of the intersection of Bloomfield and Fraizier Lake. I only saw Killdeer and blackbirds, but it looked prime for other shorebirds if anyone should be down that way. David Suddjian, Capitola [[email protected]] -------- Attachment 1.0 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Mon Sep 24 18:23:02 2001 Subject: [SBB] Re: Dipper in Stevens Creek -------- I don't have the year-round records, but I think they've been reported along this drainage in winter. If records are few, it may be because people aren't looking, or don't think of looking, for them in winter. Year-round distribution (in Santa Clara county, at least) is a bit vague but records from other breeding locations suggest that they don't go very far during winter. They are known to move upstream in some locations (according to one source I have, but the Birdzilla site says that they go downstream...). In any case, you may be aware of John Muir's wonderful writings about the Water Ouzel singing along a river in the Sierra Nevada in the dead of winter after a snowfall. They seem to be very hardy, not needing to winter along a relatively warm stretch of water. Les Chibana On Monday, September 24, 2001 1:29 PM, Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> wrote: >Andy Gibb wrote: > >> An early morning jaunt up Stevens Canyon Road yesterday turned up one >> American Dipper quite motionless on a rock. Its white eyelids were very >> obvious as it stood there blinking. >> >> Do we know if they breed there and are in fact year-round? > >Yes, they regularly breed there, upstream of Mt Eden road. Just where was >your sighting? I don't know if they are found in winter. > >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]] Tue Sep 25 00:52:58 2001 Subject: [SBB] RE: American Dipper in Stevens Creek -------- Hello All I have compiled the field notes from Avocets dating back to Sep 1997 and during that period, the Stevens Creek Dipper was reported in March, April, May and December. American Dippers were also reported in those months at Twin Creeks. Other valley locations reported them in January, June and July. These locations include Penetencia Creek, Uvas Creek, Saratoga Creek and Ross Creek. I think Les is right. We just don't look for them - the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Hope this helps. Larry Spivak -------- Attachment 628 bytes -------- From [[email protected]] Tue Sep 25 04:31:49 2001 Subject: [SBB] [Fwd: county birding website] -------- South-Bay (Santa Clara County) Birders: Sorry to those who have already seen this message someone else, but many subscribe currently only to SBB. For those interested in subscribing to the state-wide birding list serve, see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS Forwarding the following message for John Sterling.... -----Original Message----- From: John Sterling [mailto:[[email protected]]] Subject: county birding website Birders, Finally........I have a California county birding website up and running. My old website at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center was changed by my replacement, but I now have the Excel county list spreadsheet online. There will bemajor upgrades in the future, but this will be it for now. for the birding public, the URL is http://www.cal.net/~ani/california_county_birding.htm Anyone can join the County Birding group by sending me your county list totals for all 58 California counties. There are now 39 members, many of whom have zeros in several or many counties, so don't be bashful. However, I ask that you consider joining once you have birded in at least 20 counties. Members receive a color-coded CA map and access to the County Birders Website. The group seeks to motivate folks to bird in all California counties, especially those that are little-known in order to contribute to our collective knowledge of state-wide bird distribution. Enjoy, John ********************************** John Sterling 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695 530-668-1985 -- Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, Alameda County -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 25 08:35:32 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] Re: Dipper in Stevens Creek -------- In a message dated 9/24/01 6:26:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [[email protected]] writes: > If records are few, it may be because > people aren't looking, or don't think of looking, for them in winter. > Year-round distribution (in Santa Clara county, at least) is a bit vague > but records from other breeding locations suggest that they don't go > Hi SBBers, I'll offer a little perspective from the coastal slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains, where Dippers are a bit more plentiful. I've seen a combination of situations ranging from those where they may be found in certain sections of stream fairly reliably year round to others where they are only present in the breeding season or the non-breeding season. >From my observations along Waddell Creek, Opal Creek, Big Creek, San Lorenzo River, Fall Creek, Soquel Creek and Corralitos Creek the distribution of dippers along a given stream varies greatly over the seasons. They are often (but by no means always) to be found all year in the vicinity of areas where they nest, but they are also found more widely up and down the creek during the non-breeding season where there is suitable foraging habitat However, they seem to leave some streams entirely following the breeding season (especially the smaller streams) and their overall numbers appear to decrease following the breeding season. Probably some of the apparent decrease is because they are more widely dispersed along streams, but I think some of them go away somewhere...but where? An example from this year at Soquel Creek. I found 4 pairs along about 3.5 miles of creek, and all successfully reared 3-4 young. That's about 20-24 dippers. But then, during extensive visits along various parts of the stream in August and September I have only found about 4-5 different birds. I do not think they have moved upstream as the creek becomes rather small and stream flow in the headwaters area is meager in fall. There are several miles of stream downstream of my survey area, but very little of this is good dipper habitat (esp. in fall) and spot checks at several points have found none, nor any of the tell-tale "white wash" on the rocks that indicates recent use. Sort of mysterious. David Suddjian, Capitola Santa Cruz Bird Club Bird Records Keeper [[email protected]] -------- Attachment 2.5 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Tue Sep 25 09:54:57 2001 Subject: [SBB] NOWA continues -------- All, This morning 9/25/01, the NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was still along Stevens Creek, under the northmost high tension lines that are about halfway between L'Avenida and Crittenden Lane. Also of interest was an alternate-plumaged male ORANGE BISHOP near the lone eucalyptus tree south of Crittenden Lane. Migrants were scarce, but included 2-3 WILSON'S WARBLERS, 2 YELLOW WARBLERS, 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 3 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS and a singing FOX SPARROW. 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]] Tue Sep 25 10:41:14 2001 Subject: [SBB] Re: Dipper in Stevens Creek -------- There's a monograph about the dippers in the Front Range in the Colorado(?) Rockies. It's probably the best study of the species to date. Even within the scope of a monitoring effort focused on the species, the reasearchers weren't able to determine where the birds in their study range went after the breeding season. There was some evidence that they spread out along the waterway. But as David notes for the coastal birds, the numbers didn't add up. The study also noted that the species was rarely ever seen away from the drainage, and there was little evidence of migration. There might have been one sighted apparently flying from one drainage to another. Les Chibana, Palo Alto On Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:35 AM, [[email protected]] wrote: > >Hi SBBers, > >I'll offer a little perspective from the coastal slope of the >Santa Cruz Mountains, where Dippers are a bit more plentiful. >I've seen a combination of situations ranging from those where >they may be found in certain sections of stream fairly reliably >year round to others where they are only present in the >breeding season or the non-breeding season. > >From my observations along Waddell Creek, Opal Creek, Big >Creek, San Lorenzo River, Fall Creek, Soquel Creek and >Corralitos Creek the distribution of dippers along a given >stream varies greatly over the seasons. They are often (but by >no means always) to be found all year in the vicinity of areas >where they nest, but they are also found more widely up and >down the creek during the non-breeding season where there is >suitable foraging habitat  However, they seem to leave some >streams entirely following the breeding season (especially the >smaller streams) and their overall numbers appear to decrease >following the breeding season. Probably some of the apparent >decrease is because they are more widely dispersed along >streams, but I think some of them go away somewhere...but >where? > >An example from this year at Soquel Creek. I found 4 pairs >along about 3.5 miles of creek, and all successfully reared 3-4 >young. That's about 20-24 dippers. But then, during extensive >visits along various parts of the stream in August and >September I have only found about 4-5 different birds. I do not >think they have moved upstream as the creek becomes rather >small and stream flow in the headwaters area is meager in fall. >There are several miles of stream downstream of my survey area, >but very little of this is good dipper habitat (esp. in fall) >and spot checks at several points have found none, nor any of >the tell-tale "white wash" on the rocks that indicates recent >use. > >Sort of mysterious. > >David Suddjian, Capitola >Santa Cruz Bird Club >Bird Records Keeper >[[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 Sep 25 11:47:27 2001 Subject: [SBB] Fwd: Sparrow paper -------- SBB, Some interesting news from SFBBO. Way to go, Al, and anyone who helped with data collection! Les -- Les Chibana List Bureaucrat South-Bay-Birds List [[email protected]] -------------------------------------- Date: Monday, September 24, 2001 11:37 AM From: [[email protected]] Hi Les and South Bay Birds, I just want to share a quick note on a success at the Coyote Creek Field Station. SFBBO's Al Jaramillo and Brett Sandercock have had a paper titled "Annual Survival Rates of Wintering Sparrows: Assessing the Demographic Consequences of Migration," accepted by the Auk for publication in January. Thanks to all of you who help collect data at the field station! It is the first SFBBO paper accepted by the Auk. Anna -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 25 13:08:20 2001 Subject: [SBB] Re: Dipper movements -- a bit more -------- The Birds of North America account for the American Dipper by Hugh Kingery (1996, no. 229) discusses three types of migratory behavior: non-migratory, in-stream and interdrainage. Freezing or the prospect of freezing seems to be a major stimulus for in-stream and interdrainge movements. Monitoring of banded birds in Colorado recorded a farthest straight-line drainage switch of 75 kilometers. Tyler and Ormerod's 1994 monograph "The Dippers" cites autumn migrations of up to 1000 km for the European Dipper in northern Europe. Some observations in Alberta indicated migratory flights of American Dipper began in the late afternoon, and European Dippers are known to migrate at night. Thus, Kingery concluded that there are few reported observations of migrants because American Dippers apparently migrate at night. Maybe they'll catch one at Coyote Creek's banding station one day! Freezing of streams as a stimulus for migration does not, of course, apply to our area. Maybe local movements are more related to changes in habitat quality as our stream levels drop considerably by summer and fall and many suitable foraging areas become dry or too shallow. Habitat quality may also be poorer in some local streams during winter when waters are pretty turbid with a good deal of sediment. David Suddjian, Capitola Santa Cruz Bird Club Bird Records Keeper [[email protected]] -------- Attachment 1.4 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Tue Sep 25 13:25:33 2001 Subject: [SBB] More Dipper Stories -------- I have more familiarity with Dippers in Missoula MT, where one of our children lives. There is a city park there (Greenough Park) through which Rattlesnake Creek runs. There is a path (sidewalk) in the park along a portion of the creek, and there are signs spaced about listing what birds should be in a particular area (habitat) along the creek, and if appropriate listing at what time of year (e.g., Bohemian Waxwing). There is a Dipper sign on the creek (no time of year is mentioned), and we almost always see one or more Dippers near the sign on our many trips to the park at all times of the day and year, including Christmas in the snow. I conclude that this is where the Dipper family lives 12 months of the year. We have seen as many as four Dippers at one time. Presumably two of them were the kids. I guess the Missoula people knew what they were doing when they put up the permanent Dipper sign at that part of the creek. Kendric ----------------------------------------- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~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]] Wed Sep 26 10:38:19 2001 Subject: [SBB] Gray Catbird at CCFS -------- This morning a Gray Catbird was captured at the Coyote Creek Field Station in the "new revegetation" area (net Tran J). This is the brushy strip of vegetation with lots of Coyote Brush, just to the east of the banding trailer. The bird was captured in a net next to the lower levee road, to the south of the trailer. Please note that access to CCFS is limited. Call San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory if you have not signed an access agreement (408-946-6548). Happy birding! **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** Sherry Hudson Landbird Biologist San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory P.O. Box 247 Alviso, CA 95002 phone: 408/946-6548 fax: 408/946-9279 e-mail: [[email protected]] **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** -------- Attachment 1.3 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Wed Sep 26 11:30:19 2001 Subject: [SBB] Lower Stevens Creek -------- THis morning I visited the stretch of Stevens Creek south of Crittenden Lane. (I got, briefly, about 3/4 of the way to La Avenida (sp?), on the east side. I believe I heard the Northern Waterthrush call on several oc- casions, quite close to the northmost high-tension lines. However, I never got a look, and I'm not 100% confident on the calls. Consider this a "very likely". Western migrants were scarce. I had just 2 Yellow Warblers, and one each Pacific-Slope Flycatcher (Bill Bousman had a different one), Willow Flycatcher, and Western Tanager. Both Nuttall's and Downy Woodpecker were present, and a Loggerhead Shrike was near Crittenden. Last (but not least if the visuals count for anything), a bright adult male Orange Bishop was just south of the lone eucalyptus tree. Cheers, 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]] Wed Sep 26 12:32:18 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] Gray Catbird at CCFS -------- FYI, the Catbird was determined to be an adult (After-hatching year) bird. It was captured at 7:10 am and resighted in the same area at around 11:30 a.m. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sherry Hudson To: [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:38 AM Subject: [SBB] Gray Catbird at CCFS This morning a Gray Catbird was captured at the Coyote Creek Field Station in the "new revegetation" area (net Tran J). This is the brushy strip of vegetation with lots of Coyote Brush, just to the east of the banding trailer. The bird was captured in a net next to the lower levee road, to the south of the trailer. Please note that access to CCFS is limited. Call San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory if you have not signed an access agreement (408-946-6548). Happy birding! **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** Sherry Hudson Landbird Biologist San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory P.O. Box 247 Alviso, CA 95002 phone: 408/946-6548 fax: 408/946-9279 e-mail: [[email protected]] **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** -------- Attachment 2.4 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Thu Sep 27 10:51:39 2001 Subject: [SBB] CCFS -------- All, I spent some time at lunch yesterday 9/26/01 and early this morning 9/27/01 looking for the CCFS Gray Catbird without any luck. The number of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS is starting to build and two HERMIT THRUSHES this morning are the first I've had this fall. Numbers of migrants included: 9/26/01 9/27/01 NORTHERN FLICKER 1 1 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHER 13 13 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW 8 4 BARN SWALLOW 1 1 HOUSE WREN 1 4 HERMIT THRUSH 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER 1 3+ YELLOW WARBLER 10 19 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER 5 23 TOWNSEND'S WARBLER 1 fem/imm COMMON YELLOWTHROAT 4 6 WILSON'S WARBLER 1 1 WESTERN TANAGER 1 FOX SPARROW 1 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW 1 3 (5+ by RJe) Also of interest this morning were a GREAT HORNED OWL, found perched in the riparian corridor by Richard Jeffers and a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET seen by John and Maria Meyer. A quick check of the waterbird pond yesterday turned up 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER. 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]] Fri Sep 28 11:11:04 2001 Subject: [SBB] - -------- Folks: This morning, 9/28/2001, I birded Stevens Creek from L'Avenida to near Crittenden Lane. Western migrants were scarce with a "WESTERN" FLYCATCHER and a male WILSON'S WARBLER. Wintering sparrows appear to be increasing with 3+ LINCOLN'S SPARROWS along the creek. Continuing here is the male ORANGE BISHOP, which was calling below the lone eucalyptus. 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]] Sat Sep 29 09:21:47 2001 Subject: [SBB] County birding, Thursday -------- All, On Thursday, 9/27, Frank Vanslager and I did a quick checkout of a windy Ogier Ponds. Birding was very slow with the biggest miss being the American Bittern (this is one of the few places in county with verified breeding of the species). We did get a distant view of an Osprey (unable to sex or age) which was one of several species represented by single birds (including a female/immature Common Merganser, a female Ring-necked Duck, a male Greater Scaup, a Great Blue Heron, a Great Egret, a Snowy Egret and a pair [okay that's two] American Wigeon). Most abundant species were American Coot, Mallard and Gadwall with fair numbers of Wood Ducks where the creek flows into the first pond on the right near the entrance. I don't know how important fluctuations in the level of the flow in the creek might be but it appears to me that the level has not changed in the last few years and that this has resulted in the edges of the creek becoming overgrown and unavailable to the birds. I know that we want at least some water flow in the creek all year long but it seems that the current control is too artificial and is impacting the quality of the creek (perhaps the ponds as well). Take care, Bob Reiling, 9:23 AM, 9/29/01 -------- Attachment 1.3 KBytes -------- From [[email protected]] Sat Sep 29 13:06:02 2001 Subject: [SBB] Sabine's Gull -------- All, Today, our Palo Alto Adult School Birding Class found an immature SABINE'S GULL, in the first large pond just north of the Environmental Education Center (EEC) in Alviso. The bird was observed well, and even photographed by our group. Other gulls included HERRING, RING-BILLED, CALIFORNIA and WESTERN. Large numbers of EARED GREBES were seen in the distance. As well, the area produced a WILLOW FLYCATCHER in the trees by Mallard Slough. Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 29 16:00:37 2001 Subject: [SBB] More Sabine's Gull -------- All, If you visit the Santa Clara County Bird site assembled by Kendric Smith, you will find a section called "Santa Clara Year Lists". This is basically an attendence sheet showing which of the possible birds for the county have been logged each year. As of today, the Sabine's Gull has not been reported in the county this year. As well, it has the highest rating "6 = casual or vagrant, generally fewer than 10 records." Yeah team! Matthew http://www.birdguy.net -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 29 17:36:28 2001 Subject: [SBB] Banding activity at CCFS 9/29/01 -------- No Gray Catbird or other rarity to report, but there were a lot of birds on the premises this morning, as many migrants and wintering birds showed up. We processed 105 birds of 14 species. We were burnt out by the end of the morning. Here's how it broke down: (B/R= newly banded/recaptured) B/R species ------------------------- 5/1 "Western" Flycatcher (they don't call in the bag or in your hands) 1/0 Black Phoebe 0/1 Bewick's Wren 0/1 House Wren 1/0 Marsh Wren (uncommon at CCFS) 10/0 Hermit Thrush 9/0 Yellow Warbler 26/4 "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler 1/1 "Myrtle's" Yellow-rumped Warbler 1/0 possible hybrid "Audubon's x Myrtle's" Yellow-rumped Warbler 2/2 Common Yellowthroat 2/0 Fox Sparrow 6/5 Lincoln's Sparrow 10/0 Song Sparrow 10/0 "Puget Sound" White-crowned Sparrow 3/0 "Gambel's" White-crowned Sparrow 9/0 Golden-crowned Sparrow Les Chibana, Palo Alto -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 30 11:22:12 2001 Subject: [SBB] NOWA (?) at L'Avenida -------- I walked Stevens Creek from L'Avenida to Crittenden Lane and back this morning. (Found Wellingtons useful for this trip, though by no means necessary.) I heard a likely Northern Waterthrush chipping at ground level in the vegetation just where Mike Rogers reported the bird five days ago, under the northernmost of the powerlines crossing the creek. I waited a half-hour or so, but didn't see the bird, and I don't know the chip well enough to i.d. the species on the basis of that alone, but this may encourage others to check again. I saw a first-of-fall RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET; a LINCOLN'S SPARROW (I had seen a very early one of these on 9/9 in the fennel patch at Palo Alto Baylands); also first-of-fall for me GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS in goodly numbers, some singing; YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS aplenty, particularly in the lone eucalyptus; one ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER; 3 YELLOW WARBLERS; and a GREEN HERON. Tom Grey Stanford Law School [[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 Sep 30 17:20:41 2001 Subject: [SBB] RE: Almaden Lake, Alamitos Creek & Guadalupe Oak Grove -------- Good Evening, First birding stop today was Guadalupe Oak Grove, and had some nice birds in one tree at the same time: Kestrel, (2) Western Bluebirds, (4) Goldfinch, (4) Starling and (2) House Finch. In the park where Gold-crowned Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, Oak Titmouse, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Red-shafted Flicker, White-breasted Nuthatches and lots of Acorn Woodpeckers. The next stop was Lake Almaden: On the little island where (2) Common Mergansers, American Widgeon, Female Northern Shoveler, Common Moorhen, lots of Killdeer, (6-8) Cormorants and a Snowy Egret that acted strange by sitting down on the island. I have never witnessed this behavior before, is it common? I thought maybe it was sick? Also, down the Los Alamitos Creek path under the first bridge, to my right in the berry patch and cattail patch were 2 mature and 4 juvie Nutmeg Mannakins. Super to finally get to see them out and about. Walking down towards the bridge, there were: Yellow Warblers, Bewick's Wrens, (2) Belted Kingfishers, Spotted Towhees, CA Towhees, Song Sparrows, Yellow-rumped Warblers, White & Gold-crowned Sparrows, and a juvie Cooper's Hawk learning to hunt for food. The Cooper's Hawk was not doing such a great job, but it gave wonderful views of flying, perching and hunting. Probably the best Red-shafted Flicker I have ever seen perched and calling from the large Sycamore Tree. Acorn, Nuttall's and White-breasted Nuthatches abound. A very large Coyote was spotted on the other side of the Alamitos Creek path. Finally two small rabbits...... Last stop was the Almaden Water Company, lots of Cormorants, (3) Ruddy ducks, (4) Gadwalls, tons of Coots, (4) Pied-billed Grebe, a Great-blue Heron in a tree trying to cool itself, and a Cooper's Hawk being chased by a crow. Two Black-crowned Night Herons, and Marsh Wrens could be heard. Wishing you all good birding. My best regards, Linda Sullivan -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 30 18:31:49 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] NOWA (?) at L'Avenida -------- Pliss, what means "Wellingtons"? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Grey" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:22 AM Subject: [SBB] NOWA (?) at L'Avenida > I walked Stevens Creek from L'Avenida to Crittenden Lane and back this > morning. (Found Wellingtons useful for this trip, though by no means > necessary.) I heard a likely Northern Waterthrush chipping at ground level > in the vegetation just where Mike Rogers reported the bird five days ago, > under the northernmost of the powerlines crossing the creek. I waited a > half-hour or so, but didn't see the bird, and I don't know the chip well > enough to i.d. the species on the basis of that alone, but this may > encourage others to check again. > > I saw a first-of-fall RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET; a LINCOLN'S SPARROW (I had seen > a very early one of these on 9/9 in the fennel patch at Palo Alto > Baylands); also first-of-fall for me GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS in goodly > numbers, some singing; YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS aplenty, particularly in the > lone eucalyptus; one ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER; 3 YELLOW WARBLERS; and a GREEN > HERON. > > Tom Grey > Stanford Law School > [[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]] > -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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 Sep 30 21:04:04 2001 Subject: RE: [SBB] NOWA (?) at L'Avenida -------- Waders. Rubber boots to keep your feet dry while wading through the water. http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Main Entry: Wel.ling.ton Pronunciation: 'we-li[ng]-t&n Function: noun Etymology: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Date: 1817 : a boot having a loose top with the front usually coming to or above the knee -- usually used in plural -----Original Message----- From: [[email protected]] [mailto:[[email protected]]]On Behalf Of David Kohler Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 6:32 PM To: [[email protected]]; Tom Grey Subject: Re: [SBB] NOWA (?) at L'Avenida Pliss, what means "Wellingtons"? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Grey" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:22 AM Subject: [SBB] NOWA (?) at L'Avenida > I walked Stevens Creek from L'Avenida to Crittenden Lane and back this > morning. (Found Wellingtons useful for this trip, though by no means > necessary.) I heard a likely Northern Waterthrush chipping at ground level > in the vegetation just where Mike Rogers reported the bird five days ago, > under the northernmost of the powerlines crossing the creek. I waited a > half-hour or so, but didn't see the bird, and I don't know the chip well > enough to i.d. the species on the basis of that alone, but this may > encourage others to check again. > > I saw a first-of-fall RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET; a LINCOLN'S SPARROW (I had seen > a very early one of these on 9/9 in the fennel patch at Palo Alto > Baylands); also first-of-fall for me GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS in goodly > numbers, some singing; YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS aplenty, particularly in the > lone eucalyptus; one ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER; 3 YELLOW WARBLERS; and a GREEN > HERON. > > Tom Grey > Stanford Law School > [[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]] > -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== 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]] Sun Sep 30 22:11:39 2001 Subject: [SBB] Osprey -------- An Osprey flew over Horseshoe Lake at about 10 a.m. this morning. -- Richard C. Carlson Full-time Birder, Biker, Skier, Hiker Palo Alto, California Part-time Economist [[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 Sep 30 22:13:06 2001 Subject: Re: [SBB] NOWA (?) at L'Avenida -------- Rubber boots for the mud that is on the North side of the channel. No mud on the South side. -- Richard C. Carlson Full-time Birder, Biker, Skier, Hiker Palo Alto, California Part-time Economist [[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]]