From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Dec 1 11:12:31 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gB1JAi7s022563 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 11:10:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from highstream.net (mail3.highstream.net [65.214.41.67]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gB1JA8ZS022529 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 1 Dec 2002 11:10:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from default [68.130.95.99] by highstream.net (SMTPD32-7.07) id AE6655BD00E8; Sun, 01 Dec 2002 14:09:26 -0500 Message-ID: <024101c2996d$3a49df40$935f8244@default> From: "Roland Kenner" <[[email protected]]> To: "south bay birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 11:08:57 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-RBL-Warning: This E-mail came from 68.130.95.99, a potential spam source listed in OSDUL. X-Note: This E-mail was scanned for spam. Subject: [SBB] Long-tailed Ducks on A1 X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b4+ Precedence: list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Pat Kenny and I went back out to A1 this morning and soon found a LONG-TAILED DUCK about 8:15 am. Soon thereafter Frank Vanslager arrived, and while we were all watching the bird's brief spells on the surface, Frank called out a second Long-tailed Duck. The two spent a few minutes in close proximity, then went their separate ways. Our first bird of the day had a whiter face, better defined dark cheek patch, lighter gray neck/crown stripe, and some light gray feathers on its back. The second bird, presumably the one Kris Olson saw yesterday, was darker overall, poorly defined cheek patch, especially in front at the neck, and no light gray on the back. Neither bird had much of a tail. Both were dark at the waterline until the back half or less, where they were white, the second bird showing gray smudges towards the undertail. We watched until 9:15. We had lost the first bird by then; the second was still there. All viewing was from the paved path that runs along the south side of A1, between A1 and Shoreline Lake. The Long-tailed Ducks were seen on the far edge of the flotilla of mostly COOTs and RUDDYs in the south part of A1. The two ducks covered much of the south edge of A1 in their travels. Closest parking is at the Shoreline Lake boat launch. Back at Shoreline Lake we got good looks at both a male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE and a BARROW'SxCOMMON, as described in earlier mailings. Roland Kenner _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]