From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Oct 29 11:19:58 2002 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g9TJGM19014229 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:16:22 -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 g9TJFfhh014186 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:15:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-5n) id LAA01057 for [[email protected]]; Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:15:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:15:30 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Subject: [SBB] YHBL, LAGO X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b3+ Precedence: list Cc: South Bay Birding <[[email protected]]> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: [[email protected]] Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] All, Thanks to the sharp eyes of Pat, the three of us saw the YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in a sycamore near the start of the levee dike at the end of the road by the stables at Calero Reservoir. The bird was flushed by a vocal immature male COOPER'S HAWK, but Pat refound it again twice on roofs in side the stables. Then Linda Sullivan showed up, at which point the bird became less cooperative. However, Pat eventually worked her magic once again and we all got great looks at the YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in a small tree right in the dirt entrance road to the stables. This bird does indeed have narrow frosted white fringes on two or three of the visible primary coverts, indicating a first-winter male, but was surprisingly only barely larger than the other blackbirds it was with (adult males, at least, are normally notably larger than Red-winged and Tricolored Blackbirds). Other birds of interest included all three species of Goldfinch, including a vocal flyover female/immature LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH, a single high-flying AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, and at least 33 "WILD" TURKEYS. A remarkably birdy area, with 70 species seen or heard between yesterday and today. 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]]