From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Nov 29 09:50:29 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gATHmV7t029510 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:48:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (smtp2.stanford.edu [171.64.14.116]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gATHm5ZS029476 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:48:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gATHm4a05474 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:48:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from [171.66.164.205] (DNab42a4cd.Stanford.EDU [171.66.164.205]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gATHlwJ05469 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:47:59 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 09:47:57 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: "Kendric C. Smith" <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1b4+ Subject: [SBB] Raptor Report 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]] I have been out of town birding (Elderhostel, Spain), and our e-mail has been down so I am a little late on reporting on Merlie (the Merlin), and Jamie (our female Red-tailed Hawk). Merlie had been fairly constant at his tree since 11/16/02. He arrives early morning; 7:30 - 11:20 am is the range of times. I saw him eating on 11/21 (10:20 am) and 11/23 (11:15 am). I haven't had the greatest looks at him since the weather has been cloudy or dark, but presumably it is the real Merlie. The supercillium seems to go a little further behind the eye than last year, but otherwise he seems the same. If this is the real Merlie, and I think it must be, then it is the 11th year of record. His web page is at: South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU) http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/ On 10/17/02 we had our first Merlin sighting (on Merlie's tree). It was 5:25 pm with late sun. The bird was very dark, and I had no view of the front. I saw no tail bands except for the one at the end of the tail. I do not think that it was Merlie. The point of this is that there were two small bright yellow (in the sun) dots on the back of its neck, one on each side of the neck. I have never seen this before, and can't find anything in books about it. They were quite striking, and were observed over a period of several minutes. Does anyone have information on this? Jamie is our female Red-tailed Hawk with unusual coloration that sits on a Redwood tree on Mears Court most of the day all Winter. [Buteo jamaicencis, in case you wondered about her name.] Her husband (?) joined her for a time on the top of the tree on 11/22. They seemed very friendly, but I did not observe what told me last year that she was a female. I do not know where she spends the rest of the year. We also occasionally have a Cooper's Hawk in our tangerine tree that is next to one of our bird feeders. I have never seen it catch a bird. It would take a lot of Lesser Goldfinches to fill a Cooper's Hawk. ----------------------------------------- Kendric C. Smith, Ph.D. 927 Mears Court Stanford, CA 94305-1041 (650) 493-7210 (voice or fax) [[email protected]] http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/ ------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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]]