From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri May 23 13:40:30 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4NKc2a1022688 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 23 May 2003 13:38:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (rwcrmhc52.attbi.com [216.148.227.88]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4NKaofF022636 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 23 May 2003 13:36:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Received: from rwcrwbc06 (unknown[204.127.197.116]) by attbi.com (rwcrmhc52) with SMTP id <2003052320365005200nt4bue>; Fri, 23 May 2003 20:36:50 +0000 Received: from [12.234.165.24] by rwcrwbc06; Fri, 23 May 2003 20:36:49 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 20:36:49 +0000 X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (May 7 2003) X-Authenticated-Sender: YmlyZGVybW9tQGF0dGJpLmNvbQ== Subject: [SBB] Ibis at Llagas Creek 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! On Wednesday, May 21, I birded the Northwest side of the creek for about 5 hours (I know, I'm slow). YELLOW BREASTED CHATS were calling from both sides of trail near where there are lots of larg(ish) trees on the West side of the trail. Have yet to see them after 3 visits (saw and took pictures of the bobcat though...). Circled around to back side of ponds down one of the gravel levees to the west (where it is much cooler due to breezes and open terrain) to South side of 2nd to last water treatment (?) pond which appears to have little water and many browned out short grasses, but which is in reality filled with lots of water, subaquarian plants and bugs. At 1pm (hot - take lots of water), about 3/4 down length of pond, a WHITE-FACED IBIS in full breeding plumage flew in to feed next to a barely visible BLACK-NECKED STILT about 10-15 meters from me. It was barely taller than the stilt and looked mostly black at first glance (and without binoculars). Upon further scrutiny, the downward-curve of it's beak made it apparent that this was an Ibis, which seemed impervious to my curiosity. It had a deep chestnut body, neck and head (with a hint of purple) and the sort of black wing feathers that reminds you of a Brewer's Blackbird, occasionally glinting with a deep forest green. Was unable to pick out white near base of beak, but hints of red were visible. As it walked along, I got several pictures of the birds' head peeking out from the grasses along a small waterway where the Black-necked stilt was still feeding. After about 10 minutes and quite a bit of movement on my part (as I tried to capture the perfect shot - which probably didn't come out anyway due to the glare, etc.), it lifted and flew with an extended neck to the last pond before the hill at the end of the ponds, it's green irridescent wings catching the light in a breath-taking flash of color. Unfortunately, this display blinded me to details such as leg color and possible glints of the white near the beak, though the legs looked darkish. Happy birding! Jean Myers _______________________________________________ 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]]