From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Jul 20 09:26:04 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6KGOFFh001163 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 09:24:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp809.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.168.188]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h6KGNWkK001123 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 09:23:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from adsl-63-193-245-244.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (HELO epochsoftware.com) ([[email protected]]@63.193.245.244 with plain) by smtp-sbc-v1.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Jul 2003 16:23:29 -0000 Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 09:21:22 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v552) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Karen DeMello <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) Subject: [SBB] Palo Alto Baylands 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]] The Clapper Rails at Palo Alto Baylands continue to be cooperative. I must say, they sure put on a good show! A little after 8 AM I parked in the farthest parking lot, and as I walked over the pier/bridge towards the floating dock I spotted the adult Clapper Rail walking towards the pier. It passed under the pier, and continued in the mudflats along the edge of the cordgrass towards the bay until it rounded a bend, out of sight. There were 3 or 4 juvenile Clapper Rails. The 4th might have been the 3rd popping out a ways away; they were never all out at once. I was surprised at how spread apart they were. I had expected them to be sort of clustered together, but for the most part they were 10-50 feet apart at the edge of the cordgrass. At one point one of the young passed another, and then the chase began: the one juvenile running after the another! I was also surprised how big they were, maybe 2/3rds of the size of the adult. Their bill was mostly grey, with a tinge of orange on the edge, and there was a little orange barely starting to show on the neck. One of the young took a bath in a puddle just off to the side of the pier. I wish I had taken my camera -- these were great looks in the low morning light at close range. I watched them for a good 45 minutes. What a great way to start the day! Karen DeMello _______________________________________________ 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]]