http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/ Peninsula Birding Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:56:17 GMT Bill Bousman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8623 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8623 Folks: I went looking for ducks this morning, 2/9/10. At the Radio Road ponds I stayed clear of a birding trip, but admired at least six male and 3 female Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:41:03 GMT Matthew Dodder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8622 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8622 All, Patty McGann, member of my class, has photographed an interesting Green-winged Teal at the Nobb Hill Pond in Redwood Shores. It shows many of the Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:59:04 GMT andrewolson@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8621 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8621 I had three inquiries regarding my post, so here is a more detailed description of my sighting yesterday for the list: I had a fairly good look at the bird Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:01:18 GMT Laurie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8620 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8620 Submitted by Laurie Graham Are You Ready for the GBBC? The Great Backyard Bird Count is almost here! It starts this Friday, February 12, and continues through Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:56:08 GMT Ganesh K Jayaraman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8619 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8619 Yesterday from around noon till 4 pm I spent some good time in Pillar Point Harbor area. There was a group of 20 Brants in the beach area near the Radar and Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:27:29 GMT Laurie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8618 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8618 We went to Mori Point today to scout for our field trip next Sunday. The weather was cloudy and cold. High tide was 5.6' at 5:47 am, low tide was 0.1' at 1:24 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:53:16 GMT sonny mencher http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8617 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8617 One of the best spots to find Barrow's Golden eye is just outside Radio Road. When leaving the area make a right on Redwood Shores Parkway and look in the Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:45:14 GMT Donald Pendleton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8616 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8616 Birders, This afternoon there were five black skimmers sleeping on the mudflat of Charleston Slough. Also, the Am bittern was present in the small creek at the Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:26:42 GMT birdersue http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8615 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8615 Thursday, February 11th, Sequoia Audubon Society, San Mateo Garden Center, 605 Parkside Way, San Mateo, 7:00-8:30pm In September 2009, SAS members Larry and Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:52:02 GMT Dominik Mosur http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8614 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8614 This afternoon I visited various water fowl spots on the Bay Side of San Mateo County looking for another nemesis, Barrow's Goldeneye. Once again I was stymied Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:26:21 GMT sfstucco http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8613 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8613 2/7/10 3:15 p.m. I spotted an adult Bald Eagle, not far from the known perch tree, across from the so-called "ranger house" on Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:59:51 GMT Al Eisner http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8612 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8612 At the end of some coastal birding today (Feb. 7) I checked the south end of Pillar Point Harbor. Over the twenty minutes or so I was there, a Snowy Egret and Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:12:25 GMT Jennifer Rycenga http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8611 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8611 Sorry that I left out instructions about Wavecrest's location. It is large coastal bluff in Half Moon Bay, west of Pacific Coast Highway, stretching from Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:05:31 GMT Alvaro Jaramillo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8610 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8610 Folks, Today I saw a first cycle gull that shows the characteristics of a Vega Gull, the first good one I have seen in years now. It was at Princeton Harbor, Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:35:02 GMT Jennifer Rycenga http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8609 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8609 Peggy and I took a brief pre-Super Bowl walk around Wavecrest. Nothing unusual, but three WESTERN BLUEBIRDS were new to us at this site. Wavecrest is a very