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Folks,

      This morning, 9/20/2002, I made a circuit of the fennel patch and 
eucalyptus at the Palo Alto Baylands.  I counted 14-18 YELLOW WARBLERS and 6-8 
COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, but no unusual birds.  A couple of immature 
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS indicate more of these birds arriving.  Quite a few 
SONG SPARROWS were in the fennel and a few SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and both species 
may be migrants/wintering birds rather than residents.

      					Bill

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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 12:51:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Al Eisner 
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Bill wrote:

>       This morning, 9/20/2002, I made a circuit of the fennel patch and 
> eucalyptus at the Palo Alto Baylands.  I counted 14-18 YELLOW WARBLERS and 6-8 
> COMMON YELLOWTHROATS, but no unusual birds.  A couple of immature 
> WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS indicate more of these birds arriving.  Quite a few 
> SONG SPARROWS were in the fennel and a few SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and both species 
> may be migrants/wintering birds rather than residents.

I made a tour of several Bayside locations this morning.  Stevens Creek
between Crittenden and La Avenida was quite slow - the only Warblers I found
were 1 Orange-Crowned, 4 or so Yellow, and at least 4 Common Yellowthroats;
only one Chickadee!  There were also at least 6 White-Crowned Sparrows (at
least one adult) and a (probably immature) Junco.  

By the time I reached the Baylands, a check around the ranger station 
turned up only 4 to 8 Yellow Warblers (probably closer to 8).  I also saw a
White-Crowned Sparrow.

Finally, I made a brief stop past the end of Embarcadero Way in Palo Alto.
There's still construction going on on a concrete pad, but it looks like it
is nearing completion.  In addition to 2 Yellow Warblers, I had 2 Wilson's
and (the bad news, a precursor of the hordes) 3 or 4 Yellow-Rumped.

									Al

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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:40:42 -0700
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Hi everyone,
We were operating a bird banding station today along Coyote Creek and captured
an adult female American Redstart.  The location is on the east side of the
Creek, about 1/2 mile south of the Tasman bridge, in the revegetated area
between the levee road and the older riparian vegetation next to the creek.
More specifically, if you walk south along the levee road south of Tasman
(east side of creek), go down the second ramp accessing a 'lower levee road'.
The bird was captured in the vegetation on your right.

Another bird of note that we captured and released was a young Western
Flycatcher with no upper mandible.  However, this bird was in good energetic
condition (i.e., it had a substantial amount of fat), so it has been feeding
somehow.

Thanks,
Sherry
**** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
Sherry Hudson
Landbird Biologist
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory
P.O. Box 247
Alviso, CA 95002
phone: 408/946-6548
fax: 408/946-9279
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Subject: [SBB] Slightly out of area sparrows & European Goldfinch
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Hi all,

Unfortunately not many of my recent projects are within Santa Clara County.
Could someone please forward this to east bay birders as well.

Yesterday (9/19/02) I observed a European Goldfinch among a flock of Lesser
Goldfinch and House Finch along the north side Alameda Creek in Fremont
between I-880 and Alameda Blvd at approximately 8:30 am.  I believe that is
can reasonably assumed that this is an escapee, similar to Orange Bishop and
Nutmeg Mannikin.  Although, some years ago they established a colony in
southern Long Island in NY, something else to watch for along our creeks as
well...and escapee or not, its always fun to stumble accross something that
is not in the NA bird book!

Also, Alameda Creek between Alameda Blvd and Decoto Road went from 0
White-crowned Sparrows and Lincoln's Sparrows yesterday to 35+ White-crowned
Sparrows and several Lincoln's Sparrows this morning (9/20/02).

Cheers,
Tom

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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 07:30:47 -0700
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While banding with others this morning at the Coyote Creek Field
Station (CCFS), I found a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH on a bank under a
cottonwood tree.  Several of us viewed the bird from 06:55 to 07:15.
We resumed our duties; the bird is probably still in the area.
It was seen on the east bank near the Egret rookery near training 
trans-nets 1 and 2.

CCFS is closed to the general public except for individuals who have
signed appropriate paperwork with SFBBO and agree to abide by those
terms, such as respecting the research conducted at the banding
station.

Debbie Wong

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Soouth Bay Birders:

Just a quick note to let you know that the PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER was still
present on the west side of the railroads tracks on the edge of the pond
before where the two tracks join in Alviso this morning.  The primaries
extended just beyond the tertials which makes me think this is a Pacific
rather than an American (although I was hesitant at first).  Other field
marks have already been summarized by others.

Good birding!

Jim Danzenbaker
San Jose, CA
408-264-7582 (408-ANI-SKUA)
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Falcon's Eye Guiding


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>From: "Sherry Hudson" 
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>Subject: [SBB] American Redstart along Coyote Creek
>Date: Fri, Sep 20, 2002, 2:40 PM
>

> Hi everyone,
> We were operating a bird banding station today along Coyote Creek and captured
> an adult female American Redstart.  The location is on the east side of the
> Creek, about 1/2 mile south of the Tasman bridge, in the revegetated area
> between the levee road and the older riparian vegetation next to the creek.
> More specifically, if you walk south along the levee road south of Tasman
> (east side of creek), go down the second ramp accessing a 'lower levee road'.
> The bird was captured in the vegetation on your right.
>
> Another bird of note that we captured and released was a young Western
> Flycatcher with no upper mandible.  However, this bird was in good energetic
> condition (i.e., it had a substantial amount of fat), so it has been feeding
> somehow.
>
> Thanks,
> Sherry
> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
> 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@hidden
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All,

I led my Palo Alto Adult School class to Arastradero OSP today. The
weather was stupendous! Sunny, warm and beautiful! Our group logged a
modest list of woodland birds with highlights including several
California Thrasher, a Red-sholdered Hawk being harrassed by an American
Kestrel (which in turn was bombarded by a Brewer's Blackbird) and to top
it all off, we saw a glorious adult Golden Eagle which flew right
overhead. I think any trip with a Golden Eagle should be immediately
considered a success!

Pied-billed Grebe
White-tailed Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Falcon species (we assumed to be Peregrine but poor looks)
California Quail
American Coot
Killdeer (heard only)
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker (heard only)
Hairy Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub Jay
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Western Bluebird
Wrentit
California Thrasher
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird (heard only)
Western Meadowlark (heard only)
Brewer's Blackbird
Purple Finch (female)
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch

A side trip to Byxbee Park produced many expected species, but most
notabe was a large flock of American Pipits by the posts:

Kelly Hayashi and I also made a scouting trip to Charleston Slough in
preparation for next week's class trip. We saw the following birds of
interst:

Sora
Common Moorhen
Black-bellied Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Black Skimmer
Yellow Warbler

Good birding,
Matthew Dodder
http://www.birdguy.net

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Date: 22 Sep 2002 00:28:36 -0700
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FYI, Hawk Hill was fogged out on 9/21/02, at least til Noon, and it looked
the same around 2:00p. Rodeo Lagoon area had a few regular landbird
migrants. And I know that Strawberry Hill in Stow Lake was not where
the rare birds were in San Francisco on Saturday. 

Saturday evening, I took one more group into Almaden-Quicksilver seeking
Common Poorwill. We tried a slightly different approach, going further up
the trail to a point where Ann Verdi has seen up to 5 birds in Septembers
of past. This year they seemed to be more vocal below the Senador Mine
plaque. Last night, we were only able to hear about 1 or 2, very distant. 

We did get great views of 2 WESTERN SCREECH-OWLS which made the
wonderful walk in the warm night extra special. No toads, deer, nor
Armageddon-like rocket trails were seen, and only a few bats seemed
to be flying. 

I will be trying again in the spring.

Les
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