From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Jul 9 23:02:47 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6A60t7e019946 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 23:00:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.fm.intel.com (fmr01.intel.com [192.55.52.18]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6A5xixV019907 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:59:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from petasus.fm.intel.com (petasus.fm.intel.com [10.1.192.37]) by hermes.fm.intel.com (8.11.6p2/8.11.6/d: outer.mc, v 1.66 2003/05/22 21:17:36 rfjohns1 Exp $) with ESMTP id h6A5skt10915 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 05:54:46 GMT Received: from fmsmsxvs041.fm.intel.com (fmsmsxvs041.fm.intel.com [132.233.42.126]) by petasus.fm.intel.com (8.11.6p2/8.11.6/d: inner.mc, v 1.35 2003/05/22 21:18:01 rfjohns1 Exp $) with SMTP id h6A5qfo14702 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 05:52:41 GMT Received: from fmsmsx331.amr.corp.intel.com ([132.233.42.135]) by fmsmsxvs041.fm.intel.com (NAVGW 2.5.2.11) with SMTP id M2003070922560031734 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 09 Jul 2003 22:56:00 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx405.amr.corp.intel.com ([132.233.42.209]) by fmsmsx331.amr.corp.intel.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:59:44 -0700 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:59:43 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [SBB] belated arrival Thread-Index: AcNGhcuS7bsxnLleRL+Wr+ALFT5LqQAHE1gw From: "Tiwari, Vivek" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Jul 2003 05:59:44.0069 (UTC) FILETIME=[75C34F50:01C346A8] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id h6A5xixV019907 Subject: [SBB] imm. PACIFIC LOON at a bizzare location 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]] Today at 2PM I was walking with a colleague along San Tomas Aquino creek upstream from Mission College Blvd. Saw a bird swimming alone just below the first bridge upstream from Mission College Blvd (and downstream from Rt. 101). I believe it was an immature PACIFIC LOON! I watched it from perhaps 30-40 feet away but without any binocs. Right body and bill shape and structure. Sharp, tapered bill, bluish grey on the lower mandible and blackish on the upper. Bill wasn't upturned and wasn't held pointing straight. Thicker neck than a Aechmophorus grebe. Different structure than a Red-necked Grebe. Upper mandible tip wasn't rounded like a Cormorant. I have occasionally seen Common Mergansers here (which I always forget to report) but the bill was thicker and rounder and wasn't orangish. Upperparts were brownish grey with paler feather margins but were dishevelled without a clear pattern. Throat and front of the neck were white demarcated from darker coloring on the back of the neck. The back half of the crown, nape and upper part of the back of the neck though was much lighter than the bottom of the back of the neck but appeared to have some scattered dark feathers for somewhat of a dirty look. The first summer plumage shown in Sibley handbook (not included in the compact field guide) appears to be a good match. The bill shape, posture and the pattern on the neck is what I am using to differentiate from imm. Red-throated Loon. Hope it sticks around tomorrow since I would like to reconfirm with binocs anyway. Vivek [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]