From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Aug 15 22:47:44 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7G5jikU016287 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:45:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7G5j5VK016249 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:45:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Received: from rwcrwbc05 (unknown[204.127.197.115](misconfigured sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <2003081605450401500bluu9e>; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 05:45:04 +0000 Received: from [12.234.165.24] by rwcrwbc05; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 05:45:01 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (SBB Chat Group) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 05:45:01 +0000 X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Jul 22 2003) X-Authenticated-Sender: YmlyZGVybW9tQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 Subject: [SBB] Two Newly Fledged Barn Owls! 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]] Hi! On Wednesday, August 14, I hiked about the EEC/Alviso Marina areas. At the EEC, two recently fledged BARN OWLS were waddling around in the nest box next to the parking lot. With a scope, their fluffy white feathers could be seen sprouting out around their suprisingly developed face plates. But I have to say, their profile was all beak! Mom was probably sleeping on the side of the box, but these two younguns wanted to play... On a more serious note, I saw the RUFF in the pond, but came in from the back side. This was opportune, as the RUFF was only visible from this side (near the back of the pond) as it preened. It's bright rich orange legs glowed in the light. It's beak shorter than the many DOWITCHERS in the area, but not as short as that pictured in Nat'l Geo. The facial patterns were exactly the same as that pictured, and it was slightly taller than the DOWITCHERS. After about 5 minutes, it walked behind some more pickleweed to avoid peering eyes and was not visible from the other direction. Others of interest were a flock of 7 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES feeding together at the end of the levy heading SW (?) from the EEC. Also saw GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW, AMERICAN WIDGEON, many WILSON'S PHALAROPES, both GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, LONG and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS for a total of 47 species in 3 hours. That's not counting my first Grey Hairstreak butterfly! Good birding! Jean _______________________________________________ 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]]