From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Feb 14 15:51:19 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1ENmY4s025248 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:48:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.6/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1ENltSE025214 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:47:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-5n) id PAA52973 for [[email protected]]; Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:47:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:47:27 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] PGPL is back X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 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, I rode my bike out to the mouth of Stevens Creek over lunch today 2/14/03, arriving just as the flats were uncovering. I immediately found a single SANDERLING that must of moved on quickly, as I did not see it again later. I saw a dark-backed 3rd winter gull, somewhat smaller than a nearby GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, that got me excited for a moment. This bird had some black in the tail, a black ring near the bill tip, and some brown in the coverts. From behind the legs looked like they might have had a yellow hue, but better views later proved they were mainly pink. The bird had a dark eye, some limited vague dusky mottling on the head, and fairly pale undersides to the secondaries. The back, while slightly darker than most California Gulls, was perhaps a tad light for a pure Western Gull and given the faint markings on the head I imagine this was a third winter WESTERN GULL with perhaps some GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL genes in it (although not an F1, or first generation, hybrid). As the mudflats uncovered, more and more BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS arrived from the east. Another scan of the flats turned up the first-winter PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, still quite brightly marked. Guess it's survived the last 5 1/2 weeks just fine despite going undetected. It might be worthwhile checking the Stevens Creek Tidal Marsh again if this bird is reverting to its old habits. On the way back out, the EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was in Stevens Creek north of the rusty bridge. 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]]