Received: from mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.47]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6SJO0t18221 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:24:01 -0700 Received: from webmail.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.135.60]) by mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <[[email protected]]net.a tt.net>; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 19:23:50 +0000 Received: from [12.81.0.210] by webmail.worldnet.att.net; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 19:23:50 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (SBB) Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 19:23:50 +0000 X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (May 26 2002) Message-Id: <20020728192350.MAVL2117.mtiwmhc22.worldnet.att.net@webmail. worldnet.att.net> Subject: [SBB] Norther Flicker Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Linda and I watched a Northern Flicker forage in the lawn of our back yard. The most strange thing about this one was the lack of the 'normal' patterns. It was a plain brown bird. Linda saw a few indistinct spots on its belly when it first flew into the Atlas Cedar tree. Then as it foraged in the lawn beneath the tree we could barely make out a single black stripe and a reddish- brown stripe across its wings. No color change from its face to its, no mustache, no crescant chest barn red or yellow shaft. When it flew to the fence and out of sight, we were not aware of any white rump as described in the various field guides. The shape of its beak, head and body and the behavior are definitely those of a flicker. Our first observation of this bird was about a week ago. It woke us up about 6:30AM with a very steady, repeated 'klee-yer' call. We are wondering if this is a juvenile or a mutated color pattern. None of the field guides show a juvenile. Open to comments. Karl and Linda -- American Kestrel - Falcon Sparverius - The tiny but mighty falcon. Received: from mms2.broadcom.com (mms2.broadcom.com [63.70.210.59]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g6SLkut19784 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:46:56 -0700 Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms2.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS-2 SMTP Relay (MMS v4.7)); Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:44:56 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: 2a12fa22-b688-11d4-a6a1-00508bfc9626 Received: from mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.21]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA25736 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:46: 55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8/MS01) with SMTP id OAA10788 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:46:56 -0700 ( PDT) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:46:00 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-WSS-ID: 115ABA521164383-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] : Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Sunday, 28 Jul 02, I went back to the CCFS waterbird pond. On the way in I saw an immature ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER on the levee fence just south of the trailers. At the pond, I was quickly able to pick out 2 juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS among the small number of peeps there and gave Allen Royer, who had joined me, a quick look. We decided to walk around the pond to get closer and were joined by Debbie Wong. However, when we got there I couldn't refind the birds, which apparently flew off to the sludge ponds. We spent about a half hour talking and scanning shorebirds without much luck, although I saw my first juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPER of the season, and then Allen and Debbie decided to leave. They hadn't gotten too far away, though, when I saw a small group of peeps fly in, in which I found 3 juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. I called Allen and Debbie back, who got brief looks at these birds before they took off, flying back towards the sludge ponds (I don't know why the peeps weren't spending appreciable time at the waterbird pond - they seemed to fly in and then out after only a few minutes). I remained after Debbie and Allen left, and about 5 minutes later a large flock of a couple hundred peeps came streaming in from the sludge ponds. I started to scope at one end of the flock and quickly found a juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. Right at that point, though, the entire shorebird community got up into the air as an adult PEREGRINE FALCON came over and made a stoop on the flock. The falcon missed and circled on towards the north, but the damage was done. Not a single peep was left on the pond. So, I decided to quit, and left as well. I wouldn't necessarily say that all of these Semipalmated sightings were of separate individuals. They may have just been one or another of the group of 3, which was the largest number I saw together at any one time. Mike Mammoser Received: from pilot.lsus.edu (pilot.lsus.edu [198.182.205.252]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6T4Wgt24940 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 21:32:42 -0700 Received: by PILOTSERVER with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id <34ZDMFKK>; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 23:31:22 -0500 Received: from 2dee (adsl-65-43-176-20.dsl.clevoh.ameritech.net [65.43.176.20]) by pilot.lsus.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id 34ZDMFKJ; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 23:31:10 -0500 From: RMABRY <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 00:25:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [SBB] a visitor's question Message-ID: <3D448B72.16450.1412E17@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <013f01c23455$7225ce60$[[email protected]]> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.01) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-description: Mail message body Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thanks to SBB for the many replies (15!) to my question, all but one of of which identified the birds as bushtits. I had also sent the question to an ornithologist friend at LSUS (in Shreveport, LA, where I am a math professor). This chap, Dr. Jim Ingold, also thought they were bushtits. When I had searched the web, prior to posting the group, I thought the closest examples were bushtits, but then assumed they were not because the birds in my photos seemed fairly uniformly dark gray, while the ones in most of the web photos were usually lighter and with more brown or reddish brown. But I finally found an example in which the birds resembled the ones I photographed. If my memory is correct, I didn't see much variation in the color of the dozens of birds I saw, but there seems to be a great variety in the pics on the web. The following link seems to suggest it is a geographical difference, the final paragraphs mentioning some details. http://birds.cornell.edu/BOW/BUSHTI/ I presume I was observing the "Common Bushtit" in San Jose? Incidentally, I was also very amused with some of your area's other characters, especially the two versions of blue jay: Steller's Jay, which I saw in Big Sur, and the Scrub Jay, which I saw in San Jose and Big Sur. I probably should not have, but couldn't resist feeding a group of VERY NOISY Steller's Jays some crackers (low salt) and raisins during a stay in a cabin in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/stellerjays1.jpg http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/stellerjays2.jpg http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/stellerjays5.jpg What I was surprised to learn, when we went to breakfast the next morning, was that these rascals love butter! At this particular restaurant, at least, they seem to specialize in stealing small plastic containers of butter (and packets of sugar) from the customers' tables and flying off into the trees to somehow devour the contents. Or maybe only partly devour: the waitress explained that they strongly discourage this behavior because occasionally unfortunate tourists will have old, rancid butter drip down on their heads from the trees! Then there was this one, in Big Sur on the coast: http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/denise-and- scrubjay2.jpg http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/denise-and- scrubjay3.jpg http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/denise-and- scrubjay4.jpg http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/denise-and- scrubjay5.jpg But kids, don't try this at home! What the pictures don't show is that the jay flew up into the lady's face. It may have been after the earrings. Thanks again, Rick Mabry Shreveport, LA > Dear Rick, > > They are Bushtits, Psaltriparus minimus. Indeed minimus as they are one of the smaller birds of > California. Females have pale eyes, males dark. > They live in groups and are non-mirgratory. > <-----Original Message-----> > > > >From: Rick Mabry > >Sent: 7/24/2002 11:07:42 AM > >To: [[email protected]] > >Subject: [SBB] a visitor's question > > > >Hello, > > > >I hope I am not too off-base posting this question here, but I have exhausted > >my own resouces and stamina trying to identify these little cuties, which I > >saw while walking some roads in the hills of San Jose: > > > >http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/diana-and-john/tinybirds1.jpg > > > >http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/diana-and-john/tinybirds2.jpg > > > >The small tree was covered with dozens of these birds, flitting about very > >rapidly, hanging upside down, and being generally entertaining. (But I > >couldn't get a decent picture.) They seemed to be gobbling up tiny insects. > >When they decided I was too close they flew off, more-or-less together, to a > >nearby tree. They are extremely tiny and I'd estimate their size to be 3 - > >3.5". > > > >Thanks for any help, > > > >Rick Mabry > >Shreveport, LA > >_______________________________________________ > >south-bay-birds mailing list | [[email protected]] > >Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/listinfo/south-bay-birds > >Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6T5FOt25541 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 28 Jul 2002 22:15:24 -0700 Received: from sdn-ar-002casfrmp017.dialsprint.net ([158.252.209.19] helo=Default) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17Z2s5-0000bY-00; Mon, 29 Jul 2002 01:15:05 -0400 Message-ID: <000501c236bf$ae8fac60$dfa0fea9@Default> From: "Siobhan Ruck" <[[email protected]]> To: "RMABRY" <[[email protected]]>, <[[email protected]]> References: <3D448B72.16450.1412E17@localhost> Subject: Re: [SBB] a visitor's question Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 22:20:06 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: It looks like you can still see a bit of baby-type gape on the scrub jay. No wonder it was so tame and inquisitive. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RMABRY" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 9:25 PM Subject: Re: [SBB] a visitor's question > Thanks to SBB for the many replies (15!) to my question, all but one of of which > identified the birds as bushtits. I had also sent the question to an ornithologist > friend at LSUS (in Shreveport, LA, where I am a math professor). This chap, Dr. > Jim Ingold, also thought they were bushtits. > > When I had searched the web, prior to posting the group, I thought the closest > examples were bushtits, but then assumed they were not because the birds in > my photos seemed fairly uniformly dark gray, while the ones in most of the web > photos were usually lighter and with more brown or reddish brown. But I finally > found an example in which the birds resembled the ones I photographed. If my > memory is correct, I didn't see much variation in the color of the dozens of birds I > saw, but there seems to be a great variety in the pics on the web. The following > link seems to suggest it is a geographical difference, the final paragraphs > mentioning some details. > > http://birds.cornell.edu/BOW/BUSHTI/ > > I presume I was observing the "Common Bushtit" in San Jose? > > Incidentally, I was also very amused with some of your area's other characters, > especially the two versions of blue jay: Steller's Jay, which I saw in Big Sur, and > the Scrub Jay, which I saw in San Jose and Big Sur. I probably should not have, > but couldn't resist feeding a group of VERY NOISY Steller's Jays some crackers > (low salt) and raisins during a stay in a cabin in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park. > > http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/stellerjays1.jpg > http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/stellerjays2.jpg > http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/stellerjays5.jpg > > What I was surprised to learn, when we went to breakfast the next morning, was > that these rascals love butter! At this particular restaurant, at least, they seem to > specialize in stealing small plastic containers of butter (and packets of sugar) > from the customers' tables and flying off into the trees to somehow devour the > contents. Or maybe only partly devour: the waitress explained that they strongly > discourage this behavior because occasionally unfortunate tourists will have old, > rancid butter drip down on their heads from the trees! > > Then there was this one, in Big Sur on the coast: > > http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/denise-and- > scrubjay2.jpg > > http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/denise-and- > scrubjay3.jpg > > http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/denise-and- > scrubjay4.jpg > > http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/southerncoast/denise-and- > scrubjay5.jpg > > But kids, don't try this at home! What the pictures don't show is that the jay flew > up into the lady's face. It may have been after the earrings. > > Thanks again, > > Rick Mabry > Shreveport, LA > > > Dear Rick, > > > > They are Bushtits, Psaltriparus minimus. Indeed minimus as they are one of the smaller birds of > > California. Females have pale eyes, males dark. > > They live in groups and are non-mirgratory. > > > > <-----Original Message-----> > > > > > >From: Rick Mabry > > >Sent: 7/24/2002 11:07:42 AM > > >To: [[email protected]] > > >Subject: [SBB] a visitor's question > > > > > >Hello, > > > > > >I hope I am not too off-base posting this question here, but I have exhausted > > >my own resouces and stamina trying to identify these little cuties, which I > > >saw while walking some roads in the hills of San Jose: > > > > > >http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/diana-and-john/tinybirds1.jpg > > > > > >http://204.196.65.190/~rmabry/california-2002/diana-and-john/tinybirds2.jpg > > > > > >The small tree was covered with dozens of these birds, flitting about very > > >rapidly, hanging upside down, and being generally entertaining. (But I > > >couldn't get a decent picture.) They seemed to be gobbling up tiny insects. > > >When they decided I was too close they flew off, more-or-less together, to a > > >nearby tree. They are extremely tiny and I'd estimate their size to be 3 - > > >3.5". > > > > > >Thanks for any help, > > > > > >Rick Mabry > > >Shreveport, LA > > >_______________________________________________ > > >south-bay-birds mailing list | [[email protected]] > > >Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/listinfo/south-bay-birds > > >Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > _______________________________________________ > south-bay-birds mailing list | [[email protected]] > Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/listinfo/south-bay-birds > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.