From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Aug 12 14:46:06 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7CLhmdb009621 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:43:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-r06.mx.aol.com (imo-r06.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.102]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7CLgovj009581 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:42:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id t.28.3c1e469e (4320) for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:42:43 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:42:43 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6014 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] Pectoral Sandpiper & Ruff X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , 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]] All, This morning Frank Vanslager, Dean Manley and I saw a PECTORAL SANDPIPER [most likely the same bird recently found by Roland Kenner and Pat Kenny] near the northeast corner of the larger [west] pond of the Sunnyvale Water Treatment Facility. The bird was in the canal located immediately north of the pond and just west of the algae mat [near a large corrugated white pipe]. The PESA appeared to be an adult female with the breast being lightly streaked and with the edge of the streaking located quite high on the breast. Frank and I then went to the Coyote Creek Field Station "Waterbird Pond" where we found that the water level is now a bit high (in my opinion). Their were no "peeps" in the pond with no goodies spotted among the Dowitchers, Yellowlegs, LONG-BILLED CURLEWS or Gulls. Finally, after much futile effort we decided to try to refind the Ruff in New Chicago Marsh on our way home. On our way in we spotted Ann Verdi who was just leaving with her grandson [she had not seen the Ruff and could not spend more time looking]. We then spent several minutes trying to find the Ruff with several distractions by multiple LESSER YELLOWLEGS. Then just as we were leaving a NORTHERN HARRIER spooked all of the nearby sandpipers into the air where I immediately spotted the unique "U" shaped uppertail coverts of the RUFF as it flew to the north with the sun on it's back. A few minutes later the birds all landed and we quickly refound the Ruff actively feeding in the same pond where we had just been looking for it. The bird must have been sleeping, out of sight, in the pickleweed just beyond the pond. Take care, Bob Reiling, 2:39 PM, 8/12/03 _______________________________________________ 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]]