http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/ Peninsula Birding Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:04:24 GMT squirtz72 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8263 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8263 Time: 8:30 am ? 3:25 pm Tides: high 05:08am, 6.1'; low 10:32 am, 3.4'; high 15:08pm, 6.6' The weather was cool and cloudy, with a few sprinkles. We spent 1.5 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:36:05 GMT geodani55 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8262 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8262 After checking out the Brussels Sprout field on the East side of Highway 1 at Cascade Ranch, I walked the West side of Cascade Creek from Highway 1 to the Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:10:04 GMT George Chrisman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8261 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8261 All,  I went out to the Brussels Sprout National Monument today, Sunday 11/22/09, and saw pretty much the same warblers and sparrows mentioned by Matthew. The Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:26:07 GMT Matthew Dodder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8260 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8260 All, I visited Radio Road this morning. I didn't see much unusual, but 10 BLACK SKIMMERS, and 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL were certainly nice. . . . Matthew Dodder Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:19:24 GMT cmaci2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8259 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8259 Yesterday John Esterl (from ABQ, NM) and I made our way up to SF first via Bedwell Bayfront Park, where we saw a female N. Harrier and a Red-tailed Hawk having Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:06:41 GMT Kris Olson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8258 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8258 It was pointed out to me that my comment on "professional mushroom hunters" leaving a mess in the park was hearsay, which is obviously correct; I did not see Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:31:30 GMT Mark Eaton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8257 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8257 Now available at the same page below as a 9MB .mov file. Maybe we'll get it on YouTube too... Mark ... Mark Eaton mark@... ... [Non-text portions of Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:19:58 GMT Kris Olson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8256 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8256 I decided to try something different today, so I spent a hour or two this afternoon in Laurelwood Park in Belmont. I had birded there once before, with a Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:15:48 GMT Tronthorn@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8255 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8255 This morning, Leonie Batkin and myself did a seawatch from Pigeon Point. Time 07:15-10:00 Sky clear Visibility good, haze near the horizon Wind north 7-12 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:43:21 GMT Matthew Dodder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8254 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8254 All, Today, Eric Goodill and I visited the ranch. We found nothing unusual in the way of Warblers or Sparrows, but the area is shaping up nicely. Among the Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:23:23 GMT Matthew Dodder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8253 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8253 All, A quick stop at Skylawn provided good looks at a single male RED CROSSBILL perched on a pine tree near the metal sculpture. Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:37:34 GMT Kris Olson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8252 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8252 Hello Birders: I got my quarterly copy of North American Birds this week. It's published by the American Birding Association and collects in one place all the Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:55:21 GMT James Barnes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8251 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8251 Birding this morning with Jeff Miller, we noticed a flock of 29 Black Bellied Plovers strung out along the edge of the Half Moon Bay airport tarmac across from Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:57:19 GMT Barbara Kossy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8250 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8250 Seen 11/20 From the bench (near the visitor's center parking lot) at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve it's easy to see some 6 Common Goldeneye. In with them were 2 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:12:03 GMT Kris Olson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8249 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/message/8249 I stopped by Oyster Point today during and after the storm (roughly 1-2pm). Drove down to the marina and parked by the bait house/fishing pier. Yesterday I had