From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri May 16 11:23:44 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4GIL3a3002781 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 May 2003 11:21:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mms1.broadcom.com (mms1.broadcom.com [63.70.210.58]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4GIKVfF002741 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 May 2003 11:20:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms1.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom SMTP Relay (MMS v5.5.2)); Fri, 16 May 2003 11:20:18 -0700 Received: from mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.23]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA13861 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 May 2003 11:20: 04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-sjcw-1.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.21]) by mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/SSM3) with ESMTP id h4GIKNMW028735 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 May 2003 11:20:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.broadcom.com (8.12.9/8.12.4/SSM) with SMTP id h4GIKN0N017474 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 16 May 2003 11:20:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 11:18:52 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4910.0300 Importance: Normal X-WSS-ID: 12DBF4685270270-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] : 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]] Last night, 15 May 03, I drove to the top of the hill in Santa Teresa County Park to watch the lunar eclipse (as did a number of other people). Searching for a vantage point, I wandered down a dirt road/trail away from the crowd at the paved road. In the quiet of the grassy hillside I picked up the calling of COMMON POORWILLS off the trail. Soon, one of the birds, a male, came flying low over my head at about 15 feet above the ground in its fluttery moth-like flight style, repeatedly issuing a soft "wik" call. It circled above my head and then landed on the trail about 10 yards away, where, even in the dim light, I could see it with my binoculars. As it sat there, it occasionally jerked its head up, flashing its white throat patch. After 10 seconds or so it took off again and repeated the flight, looping over my head and calling, before landing again. Above me, silhouetted against the sky, I could see a small gap in the middle of the left wing, caused by a missing feather. Whether an outer secondary or an inner primary, I couldn't say; anymore than I could say if it was a scheduled or adventitious molt - so little is known of this bird's life cycle. Anyway, it executed its aerial performance about 4 times before moving off up the trail and disappearing. I then turned my attention to the east, where a dull reddish moon had just appeared above the hills - giving me another awesome aerial display. Mike Mammoser _______________________________________________ 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]]