From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Jul 29 22:46:48 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6U5irFg017895 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:44:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6U5hlkK017852 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:43:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Received: from rwcrwbc08 (unknown[204.127.197.118](misconfigured sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <2003073005434401400cji3ke>; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:43:44 +0000 Received: from [12.234.165.24] by rwcrwbc08; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:43:42 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (SBB Chat Group) Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:43:42 +0000 X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Jul 22 2003) X-Authenticated-Sender: YmlyZGVybW9tQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 Subject: [SBB] Black-bellied Plovers (msg very late - sorry) 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 everyone! Yesterday, July 23, while birding the Palo Alto Baylands mudflats across the street from the duck pond (tide was out at 11:10am), I spotted 6 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 4 female or immatures, one faded male and one breeding plumage male near the intersection of the two sloughs beyond the sleeping gulls. Also spotted were approx. 20 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERS. They were between 50-200 yards to the right of the Black-bellieds on the far side of the mud flat, where I've seen them before many times over the years. Some were next to the grasses on the far side. Both required a scope to see. Also spotted were LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, MARBLED GODWITS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, WESTERN SANDPIPERS, WILLETS and other common finds. At the duck pond was a CANADA GOOSE variant (adult) with a white forehead with the other Canada Geese (this variant is pictured in Sibley). I've only seen this variant one other time at Lake Cunningham last winter. This one was quite used to people and came on the sidewalks to eat stuff people were feeding it. Another interesting find was a GREATER SCAUP female with a white ring around her neck (possible hybrid with ?). To the right of pond in the little shallow bay area (tide was up over here), spotted 15 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Close-up photos really highlight the differences better than I've ever seen them. Last Saturday, I saw the GREATER YELLOWLEGS behind and to the left of the pond when tides were low. Great birding! Jean Myers P.S. Sorry about the delay in sending this message. My i-net service changed my e-mail address and it led to some confusion. _______________________________________________ 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]]