From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Nov 25 09:08:37 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gAPH697q026015 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:06:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from merlin.arc.nasa.gov (merlin.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.219.21]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gAPH5RZS025972 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:05:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV by merlin.ARC.NASA.GOV (PMDF V6.1 #46498) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:05:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:05:22 -0800 (PST) From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii cc: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] - 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]] Folks: Yesterday afternoon, 11/24/2002, I spent a little time admiring the 700+ BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the Palo Alto estuary, but spent quite a bit more time with a strange GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. This gull stood out from a distance as it appeared to have the outer third of its bill black and clearly demarcated. The inner two thirds were pale, not pink. With good looks at the bill, I could see that the demarcation, while vertical on both upper and lower mandibles, was slightly offset so that the black on the the lower mandible extended slightly further towards the base. The general pattern of an apparent black tip on Glaucous-winged Gulls is uncommon, but regular (see Steve Hampton's gull site and quiz bird #5. Steve's quiz bird, in my experience, is the typical variant with the black extending inward on the cutting edge of the lower mandible. The back, scapulars, and retrices seemed normal for a 2nd-winter Glaucous-winged (3rd-winter?), but I didn't get as good as look as I wished. Gulls is amazing. I made a brief stop on Geng Road and found 2 male and 6 female/immature HOODED MERGANSERS in the Palo Alto Muni GC pond. This morning, 11/25/2002, four adult BROWN PELICANS were on the catwalk on Salt Pond A2W. A male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was on Shoreline Lake at the boathouse (east) end. Two MERLINS were along Stevens Creek: one on at a tower at the tidal marsh (male _columbarius_) and a second below L'Avenida, which flew before I could sex and age. Bill _______________________________________________ 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]]