From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu May 1 13:14:52 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h41KCVLZ026614 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 1 May 2003 13:12:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h41KC1E6026575 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 1 May 2003 13:12:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.9.3p2/8.9.3/NAS 8.9.3-5n) id NAA93542 for [[email protected]]; Thu, 1 May 2003 13:11:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 13:11:56 -0700 (PDT) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] DUFL at Smith's Creek X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1+ 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, This morning 5/1/03, I headed up to Smith's Creek with Richard Jeffers, hoping to find some migrants taking advantage of the dry weather. We started out at milepost 15.5 at 6:25am, hearing a WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE and the first 2 of 9 WILSON'S WARBLERS. Up at the bridge the WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was still hanging out with a small group of GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS (total of 11 of the latter species seen this morning). Other lingering birds included 62+ CEDAR WAXWINGS, a flock of about 15 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, and a pair of PINE SISKINS. It took us over an hour to find any migrant flocks, but we finally located a few groups on the hilltop behind the ranger station (north of the junction along the trail that heads back to Twin Gates). These flocks included a singing male WESTERN TANAGER, 3 LAZULI BUNTINGS (another was heard singing near the bridge later), 3 of the day's 7 WARBLING VIREOS, 3 silent ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS (many other likely breeders also seen today), 5+ YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS (all identified being AUDUBON'S, including at least one singing male), 4 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS, 9 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS, 4 HERMIT WARBLERS (only 1 adult male), 3 WILSON'S WARBLERS, 2 SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRDS, and a DUSKY FLYCATCHER. Although we watched the DUSKY FLYCATCHER for over half an hour, it never called. The bird was notably different from a Hammond's Flycatcher, however, in several respects. Most obviously, the bill was significantly larger than that of a Hammond's Flycatcher, being both longer and slightly wider and having a slight hook at the tip. The bill was narrow and straight-sided (like that of Hammond's, Dusky, and Gray), rather than broad with convex sides (like Pacific-slope and Willow). The underside was mostly dark, but there was some pale flesh color visible at the base of the mandible that extended almost halfway out along the bill centerline. Overall the bird was a fairly gray empidonax, with a distinct olive cast to the back and a faded yellow wash on the belly. The gray head contrasted with the back and weakly with the whitish eyering, which was complete and slightly broader at the rear, although not significantly "teardropped". The primary extension was short to modest and the wing tip barely reached the tips of the undertail coverts. The tail was relatively long with pale outer edges to the outer rectrices. 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]]