From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Dec 18 13:59:27 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBILshoL021955 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:54:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gBILs4wO021905 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:54:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-5n) id NAA34731 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:54:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:54:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] roadrunner and phalarope 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]] All, I took advantage of our day of nice weather to head up to Crothers Road near the south rim of Alum Rock Canyon at lunch today 12/18/02, hoping to refind the Greater Roadrunner found on the San Jose CBC. As I drove past 11011 Crothers Rd, I immediately saw the GREATER ROADRUNNER foraging on the grassy hillside across the road (actually closer to across from 11041 Crothers Rd). Got some nice pictures of this bird from the car. On the way back to work I decided to check Lake Cunningham to see whether I could add Lesser Black-backed Gull as a count week bird for the San Jose count (last day for that!). No such luck, but I did have a RED PHALAROPE foraging close to shore on the north side of the lake (more photos). Seems like every body of water warrants checking for this species! Also at Lake Cunningham were 12 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, 1 adult GREEN HERON, 8 "CACKLING" CANADA GEESE, and a larger CANADA GOOSE with whiter chest, whiter and more extensive cheek patch, and a white mottling in the forehead. Whether this latter goose had some domestic goose genes in it I don't know, but it sounds like what Tony Moribito of Morgan Hill goose farm fame calls a "Giant" Canada Goose. (Note that Sibley illustrates a white-foreheaded variant CAGO.) Mike Rogers _______________________________________________ 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]]