Received: from darwin.UCSC.EDU (darwin.ucsc.edu [128.114.141.165]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g82HFCV29472 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:15:12 -0700 Received: from newberry.darwin.ucsc.edu (dhcp-44-88.ucsc.edu [128.114.44.88]) by darwin.UCSC.EDU (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g82HEHDG022409; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 10:14:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 10:17:16 -0700 To: Alvaro Jaramillo <[[email protected]]>, Al Eisner <[[email protected]]>, [[email protected]] From: Todd Newberry <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] BARS, BANS, BASW In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]].> References: <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: At 06:55 PM 9/1/02 -0700, Alvaro Jaramillo wrote: >Well, there are at least a couple of different sets of four letter codes, >and some may have changed over time. I don't think that BASW is anything >right now. Bank Swallow = BANS, Barn Swallow = BARS according to the >latest banding code list. > >This site has the complete list. > >http://www.pwrc.nbs.gov/bbl/manual/bandsize.htm > >Whenever possible I suggest we try to write out the full names of these >birds, makes for easier reading, even for folks that know these codes. >Thanks to Al for pointing this out. **** Yes, writing them out eases SBBers' perplexity. But the SIX-letter code avoids almost the all the "collisions" -- coinciding code-names -- that afflict the four-letter system. In this case, Bank Swallow = BANSWA and Barn Swallow = BARSWA. Even better, most of the six-letter code names can actually be pronounced -- yelled as the bird flies by, even. "M'gosh -- it's a BANSWA!" Todd Newberry UC Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, California [[email protected]] Received: from highstream.net (mail.highstream.net [65.214.41.101]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g82IP1V30408 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:25:02 -0700 Received: from default [68.130.95.36] by highstream.net (SMTPD32-7.07) id ACB1E3C800EE; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 14:23:45 -0400 Message-ID: <05de01c252ad$9e3e5460$3f5f8244@default> Reply-To: "Roland Kenner" <[[email protected]]> From: "Roland Kenner" <[[email protected]]> To: "south bay birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:21:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-Note: This E-mail was scanned for spam. X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98b X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Subject: [SBB] Pacific Golden-Plover still at New Chicago Marsh Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: At 7:15am this morning, Pat Kenny and I saw the PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER at the same spot it was seen last night. The bird was on the far side of the nearest pond east of the tracks, about 200 yds up from the EEC entrance road. The underwing and axillaries were a mostly uniform gray. When in flight, the rump and upper tail were brown; there was no noticable wingstripe, coloration of upperparts a warm brown. The face shows a poorly defined whitish patch below the eye and forward on the face. The bird is molting towards basic plumage and has no solid black. The underparts and flanks, from wing to wing in the perched bird, seemly blotchy black, white, and gray, with somewhat blacker parts a ways down from each wing (but not extending across the belly). The blotchy underparts extend well behind the legs, nearly all the way out the tail. When the underside of the tail is seen from the rear as the bird dips forward, the blotchiness is outlined by a relatively pure white band. The primaries extended only slightly past the tail, the tail a little further past the tertials. With a grain of salt: I could make out only a single primary feather edge between tertials and tip of primaries; I assume the two longest primaries were indistinguishable. About 9am a NORTHERN HARRIER scattered all the shorebirds, the bulk of whom went west of the tracks towards State and Spreckels, including a RUFF that I saw land. We lost the GOLDEN-PLOVER in all the confusion. Other birds: PECTORAL SANDPIPER in the ditch along the EEC entrance road before the tracks, both PHALAROPES, both YELLOWLEGS. Roland Kenner Received: from mms2.broadcom.com (mms2.broadcom.com [63.70.210.59]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g82IuUV30848 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:56:30 -0700 Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms2.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom MMS-2 SMTP Relay (MMS v4.7);); Mon, 02 Sep 2002 11:54:20 -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 LAA08919 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:56:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com (8.12.4/8.12.4/SSM) with SMTP id g82IuU1Z010152 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:56:30 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:55:42 -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: 116D6C56345576-01-01 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: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This morning, 2 Sep 02, I started out at the CCFS, where Mike Rogers, Linda Sullivan, and Peggy Don were already knee deep in warblers and flycatchers. Mike will provide a summary of their sightings, as I was generally birding away from them. I did have 5 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 3 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS, a WESTERN TANAGER, a handful of YELLOW WARBLERS, a couple WILSON'S WARBLERS, and I heard a couple chip notes from a MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER that Mike had glimpsed earlier. A recently fledged LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was accompanied by an adult, and 2 CASPIAN TERNS flew over. We all then headed for New Chicago Marsh, where the molting adult PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER was still present in the pond east of the railroad tracks. The primary projection is very short on this bird. As Roland noted, the 2 longest primaries are nearly equal in length and are the only ones projecting beyond the tertials. This is easiest to see on the bird's left side, as the longest tertial on the right side may have molted out (in any case, there is an asymmetry there). The wings extend just a smidge beyond the end of the tail. Also present were the RUFF and STILT SANDPIPER, in the pond at State and Spreckles, and 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS in the channel along the entrance road. Mike Mammoser Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g82JpaV31547 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:51:36 -0700 Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-4n) id MAA31861 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:51:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 12:51:30 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] CCFS, Alviso Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: All, Linda Sullivan, Peggy Don, and I started out at CCFS at 6:30am this morning, hoping for newly arrived migrants. We were treated to quite a show of birds in the eucalyptus by the trailer, although things quieted down rather quickly as it warmed up. Almost the first bird we heard was a MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER in the brush just towards the creek from the eucalyptus. Pishing induced it to show itself only briefly (a fairly drab hatching year bird) and unfortunately Linda and Peggy missed the brief look. Mike Mammoser later heard the bird from the same area but also failed to get a peek at it. Other birds included: 2 BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS (both apparent hatch-year birds chasing each other around) 1 WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE 9+ WILLOW FLYCATCHERS 18+ "WESTERN" FLYCATCHERS, about 1/2 PACIFIC-SLOPE by call. 1 CASSIN'S VIREO 2 WARBLING VIREOS 1 HOUSE WREN 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS (1 freshly banded) 12+ YELLOW WARBLERS 3+ WILSON'S WARBLERS 4+ WESTERN TANAGERS 2 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS We also had the LOGGERHEAD SHRIKES and CASPIAN TERNS reported by Mike Mammoser and a Gray Fox. Later we all headed over to New Chicago Marsh and with a crowd of birders saw the adult PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, the female RUFF, the STILT SANDPIPER, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 92+ WILSON'S and 5+ RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and 6+ LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Hearing that 3 BANK SWALLOWS had been seen near SFBBO earlier in the morning, we headed over there and had six species of swallows on the wires: many molting BARN SWALLOWS, about 15 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS, 4 immature TREE SWALLOWS, 3 immature CLIFF SWALLOWS, 2 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS (1 immature, 1 adult), and an apparent adult BANK SWALLOW (no pale edgings one the coverts). Mike Rogers Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net (hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g82LVfV32735 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 14:31:41 -0700 Received: from sdn-ar-010casfrmp080.dialsprint.net ([158.252.241.82] helo=earthlink.net) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17lynN-0002wp-00 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 14:31:41 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2002 14:30:09 -0700 From: Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]> Reply-To: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] Stilt Sandpiper, Ruff in Alviso Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: All, I birded the Alviso area today and a brief stop at the intersection of State Street and Sprekles Street produced the STILT SANDPIPER and RUFF, which Al Eisner and I felt was an adult female (REEVE). Both birds were easily found and allowed extended views. The Reeve had a rather short, slightly drooped, black bill with much white at the base. The upperparts were warm grayish with much less scaling than seen on immatures. The legs were fairly bright orange. It appeared longer-legged and more slender than the nearby Dowitchers. It had quite a bit of buffiness on its breast. The Stilt Sandpiper was a more pale gray and somewhat streaked on the upperparts and flanks, again, longer-legged and more slender than the Dowitchers with a delicate, slightly dropped bill and an obvious white supercilium. Its legs were pale greenish. As well, the intersection had great numbers of WILSON'S PHALAROPES, spin-feeding in the shallows. Near the entrance gate to the EEC, an adult PEREGRINE FALCON (thanks Al!) perched on the power towers. Matthew Dodder http://www.birdguy.net Received: from imo-d04.mx.aol.com (imo-d04.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.36]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g82NsOV02049 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 16:54:24 -0700 Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.10.) id t.190.c75a028 (18251) for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 19:54:17 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 19:54:16 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10509 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.98b X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Subject: [SBB] Pacific Golden-Plover continues at New Chicago marsh Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: All, This afternoon, based on a call from Mike Mammoser, Frank Vanslager and I refound the mostly breeding plumaged female PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER in New Chicago Marsh in the first pond northwest of the EEC entrance road and east of the railroad tracks. We also had a PECTORAL SANDPIPER on the marsh side of the entrance road about 100-150 feet from the entrance gate (didn't try to age or sex it). The basic plumaged REEVE was fairly easily found in the pond at State & Spreckles but an extensive search failed to turn up the Stilt Sandpiper (seen earlier by Al Eisner). Take care, Bob Reiling, 4:40 PM, 9/2/02 Received: from webterminator19.CRYSTALTECH.COM (webterminator19.crystaltech.com [216.119.106.20]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g831XxV03646 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 18:34:00 -0700 Received: from john [12.234.228.171] by webterminator19.CRYSTALTECH.COM (SMTPD32-7.11) id A1863B8D007C; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 18:33:58 -0700 Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> From: "John Kriewall" <[[email protected]]> To: "Birds \(E-mail\)" <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 18:36:06 -0700 Message-ID: <000201c252ea$4645ce40$0100a8c0@john> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Subject: [SBB] Juvenile Sharpie Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: About 6 months ago, I ID'd a Sharpie. Today, my wife saw a probable juvenile Sharpie. Something in common between both observations was a tail waggle of the perching bird. My question: I did notice a feature I hadn't noticed before-a tail waggle, left-right-left. (Or was it Right-left-right) Pause. Then another tail waggle. Is this a hawk characteristic, an accipiter characteristic, or a Sharpie-only characteristic? Received: from dsl081-078-186.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net (dsl081-078-186.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.78.186]) by plaidworks.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g833JGV04974 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 20:19:16 -0700 Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 20:19:12 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v543) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.543) Subject: [SBB] Fwd: HOOR / HOOORO / HOODED ORIOLE Sender: [[email protected]] Errors-To: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: sent to me directly accidentally... forwarding to the list. Begin forwarded message: > From: [[email protected]] > Date: Mon Sep 2, 2002 8:10:11 PM US/Pacific > To: [[email protected]] (Chuq Von Rospach) > Subject: HOOR / HOOORO / HOODED ORIOLE > > We continue to observe Hooded Orioles at our backyard > feeder in suburban South San Jose. Today we had three > immature/females together at our feeder. We expected > them to be long gone by now, but have seen them daily. > Isn't this a little late? > > Karl & Linda Fowler > > -- > American Kestrel - Falcon > Sparverius - The tiny but > mighty falcon. > > > > -- Chuq Von Rospach, Architech, Apple IS&T E-mail systems [[email protected]]