From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Dec 18 02:04:13 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBIA1QoM013645 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 02:01:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from darius.concentric.net (darius.concentric.net [207.155.198.79]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBIA0rwO013609 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 02:00:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from newman.concentric.net (newman.concentric.net [207.155.198.71]) gBIA0mg01309 ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 05:00:48 -0500 (EST) Received: from pii (da003d0166.sjc-ca.osd.concentric.net [64.1.0.167]) by newman.concentric.net (8.9.1a) id FAA14957; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 05:00:46 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001701c2a67c$947d7280$a7000140@pii> From: "Sheila Junge" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Palo Alto CBC Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 02:02:26 -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-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]] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:30 PM Subject: [SBB] Palo Alto CBC > real surprise was a RED PHALAROPE out on the bay with RING-BILLED > GULLS, found just after 1:00pm! After a few minutes, it flew towards > me and then east to the submerged grasses near the dike to a group of > AMERICAN AVOCETS. When a Northern Harrier flew by it flew over the > dike to Salt Pond B1 and dropped down. By the time I got through the > Cargill gate, I couldn't refind it; apparently it had continued > towards Crittenden Marsh. When the bird flew by near to me and when > I was scoping it with the Avocets I could see that it had some pale > rusty coloration to the breast and along the upper flanks. This > appeared to be some kind of oil staining rather than remnants or > beginnings of alternate plumage and was subtle enough that I had not > noted it when the bird was out on the bay. It may help to reidentify > this particular individual if seen again (I just heard from Bob that > his bird in Crittenden today did show some such staining. Mike and All - On Monday 12/16/02 around 3:30 pm, Peter Dramer and I counted 19 Red Phalaropes at Frank's Dump West at Hayward Regional Shoreline in Alameda County. One of them had distinct dark reddish edged staining on the breast. As it seemed to be trying to clean this off we assumed it to be oil staining rather than residual alternate plumage. It also had some staining on the flanks. Perhaps the same bird? Peter also counted 12 Red Phalaropes at the same location around 1:45 pm. To reach Frank's Dump West: From the end of W.Winton Ave. take the trail out to the bay. At the Bay Trail head north to the first pond north of the radio towers. Sheila Junge Hayward, CA _______________________________________________ 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]]