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From: mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser)
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Subject: winter tides
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Date: 16 Jan 89 21:31:27 GMT
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	Well, it seems that the winter tides, especially the solstice
tides, have been pretty wimpy this year in the San Francisco Bay area.
Although the listed heights in the tide table have been on par with
previous years, the actual tides just haven't measured up. As a result,
sightings of Black Rail in the Baylands have almost been nonexistant.
I know of only two people who claim to have gotten a "glimpse" of a
Black Rail on one of the tides. I haven't seen one of these rails in a
year and now it looks like I'll have to wait another year before getting
another chance. However, I was able to scare up a Sharp-Tailed Sparrow
on one of the tides.

	I had a long dry spell of vagrant chasing where I was missing
everything in sight. It seemed that I might never get another vagrant
again, until a couple of weeks ago. I chased after a King Eider that
was reported at Moss Landing and, after missing it the first two times
(Oh no! not again), I managed to find it on my third trip. Then I got
a White Wagtail along Elkhorn Slough. Finally, last Saturday I chased
and found a Worm-Eating Warbler in the town of Pescadero. It looks like
I'm back in the vagrant business.

Mike