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Hello All:

On a lunch walk yesterday (6/6), I found a pair (1 male, 1 female) of
BLUE-WINGED TEAL along the north channel of the West Pond of the Sunnyvale
Sewage Plant.  There were also about 20 LESSER SCAUP, 1 AM WHITE PELICAN,
and 2 male NORTHERN SHOVELERS in the main portion of the West Pond.  

Steve Miller

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All,

Today 6/7/02, I headed up to Windy Hill OSP to check on the apparent
hybrid INDIGO x LAZULI BUNTING that Al Eisner reported from the Palo
Alto Summer Bird Count.  The bird was quickly picked out by its Indigo
Bunting-like song, a sequence of three double notes.  It did, however,
spend much of its time quietly hanging out with a female LAZULI
BUNTING.  It seems likely that they have a nest in one of the Coyote
bushes up there.

This bird is definitely a hybrid.  The white is too extensive on the
underparts for any pure Indigo Bunting, being similar in extent to
that of a Lazuli Bunting in which the rufous has been replaced by
blue.  Extensive blue mottling was visible along the flanks and the
area from the vent to the tip of the undertail coverts was mostly
blue.  A few blue flecks were in the breast below the blue cutoff.
There were no wing bars, but a few middle greater coverts and median
coverts had some dull gray along the edges near the tips that may be a
result of Lazuli Bunting genes (or may be normal for Indigo?).

This is an ASY (after-second-year or older than a one-year old) bird.
This can be determined by the fact that all wing and tail feathers
have extensive blue edging.  The rectrices and remiges are black with
broad blue edges, the tertials are broadly edged blue, all the visible
(secondary) wing coverts have blue edges, the alula has a broad blue
edge, and the primary coverts, visible when the bird opened its wings
to balance in the wind, also had blue edges.  There were no brown
feathers lacking blue edges as would be expected on an SY (second-year
of one-year-old) bird.  No white should be present on the belly of a
pure male ASY Indigo Bunting.

The bird looks similar to the hybrid pictured by Sibley, but with less
blue in the lower breast, more blue in the undertail, and no white
wing bars.

Whether or not this bird is the same one that spent last summer here I
do not know (I did not see that bird), but I did get some photos today
that may be helpful for others who did see the bird last year to
compare plumage features.

Other birds of note in the same area included 10 LAZULI BUNTINGS,
5 singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, and a pair of LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCHES
with the male engaged in courtship.  In fact, all three species of
GOLDFINCH were there toady, with courting LESSER GOLDFINCHES and a
closely associating pair of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES (male in full
alternate plumage, got photos of them too).  This last species was
somewhat of a surprise on this late date, as we have no evidence of
breeding along Skyline in Santa Clara County (anyone know about
their status here in the San Mateo County atlas?).

Mike Rogers

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Left with an hour to kill between the Argentina game and going to work early this morning I walked up Stevens Canyon Road, where an American Dipper was collecting food. There's probably a nest around there somewhere!

I'm hoping that other night-time games in the World Cup will similarly prompt me to look for Pygmy and Saw-whet Owls. What are the most reliable spots for them?


Andy ([[email protected]])

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All,

This morning Frank Vanslager and I checked out the Alviso Marina (Salt Pond 
A12), the pond at Sate & Spreckles, the Environmental Education Center, the 
Coyote Creek Field Station Waterbird Pond, Salt Pond A18 and Arzino Ranch.  I 
know that WILSON'S PHALAROPES have been back a couple weeks but seven in Salt 
Pond A16 (EEC) and fifteen in the CCFS Waterbird Pond were county year birds 
for Frank and I.  At least three BLACK SKIMMERS were on the islands in Salt 
Pond A16 (didn't see any young or evidence of nesting).  Lots of nesting 
FORSTER'S TERNS while a CASPIAN TERN flew low overhead.  Of course, the 
BLACK-NECKED STILTS and the AMERICAN AVOCETS were busy distracting us with 
their loud calls and erratic flights (their young are all over the place).  
At least one BARN OWL was in the green box over the canal near the EEC 
headquarters.  At the CCFS Waterbird Pond we also had three Dowitchers, five 
MARBLED GODWITS, and an adult male RUDDY DUCK with a gorgeous powder blue 
bill (handsome devil).  The mud flats north of Salt Pond A18 were loaded with 
BLACK-CROWNED HIGHT-HERONS (young & old), an occasional COMMON MOORHEN, and 
at one point two Caspian Terns flew by overhead.  None of the gulls got our 
attention (not in Salt Pond A18, the mud flats or even over the dump).  At 
Arzino Ranch we had 8-10 BURROWING OWLS (many on tall posts in the field) but 
no Cattle Egrets.  

Take care,
Bob Reiling, 1:36 PM, 6/7/02 

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     I tried Loma Prieta again this morning in the hope of catching some of
those migrating Black Swifts, or maybe a Purple Martin, but no luck with
either.  There was moderate wind - I wonder how that affects the Swift
migration.  Also, I didn't arrive until a bit before 7, which probably cut
back my opportunities.
     The usual suspects were there, with the highlight being a cooperative
male Black-Chinned Sparrow which was singing at great length close to the
road at the 4-way intersection ("upper saddle").
									Al

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Regarding the question of American Goldfinches breeding along Skyline in
San Mateo County, our Atlas lists confirmations from two blocks that might
qualify:  #6025 (Memorial Park, Jones Gulch to La Honda) and #6045
(Edgewood Park, Filoli, Pulgas Ridge).  The difficulty in just taking this
data off of the Atlas is that the blocks extend downslope from Skyline
proper into what might be more expected habitat, and the bare Atlas data
does not indicate the precise location within the block where the
confirmation occurred.  There are also confirmations from blocks that could
be relevant, including #5525 (Pomponio Creek), 5520 (Pescadero Creek and
High School), 5515 (Cloverdale Road, Gazos Creek, Butano State Park), 6015
(east Butano State Park, Gazos Creek), and a probable from #6525 (Alpine
Road, Mindego Hill, Russian Ridge).

If Rick Johnson (Atlas data master and keeper of the sightings records) is
on either of these lists, perhaps he can give some idea of the precise
locations in the key blocks.

Francis Toldi
Burlingame, CA




> [Original Message]
> From: Dr. Michael M. Rogers <[[email protected]]>
> To: <[[email protected]]>; <[[email protected]]>
 > Date: 6/7/2002 1:40:06 PM
> Subject: [SBB] INBU x LABU hybrid
>
  In fact, all three species of
> GOLDFINCH were there toady, with courting LESSER GOLDFINCHES and a
> closely associating pair of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES (male in full
> alternate plumage, got photos of them too).  This last species was
> somewhat of a surprise on this late date, as we have no evidence of
> breeding along Skyline in Santa Clara County (anyone know about
> their status here in the San Mateo County atlas?).
> 
> Mike Rogers
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