From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Nov 6 14:10:13 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA6M5n6S022185 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:05:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net (snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.62]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hA6M44MU022091 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 6 Nov 2003 14:04:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-vcaunl7.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.94.167] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1AHsET-0002gk-00 for [[email protected]]; Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:04:02 -0800 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 14:04:33 -0800 To: [[email protected]] From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Barrow's Goldeneye (Shoreline) 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]] Folks: Both yesterday and today, 11/6/2003, I stopped by Shoreline Lake in the morning to study the goldeneyes there. With the overcast the visibility is quite good in the morning from the end of terminal way. Both days 15 to 20 birds were foraging between the island and the shore here. Yesterday I did not see the female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE that Mike Roger found, but today I had good looks at what appears to be the female Mike described. This bird, actively foraging, had a typical bulbous profile (but see below) of Barrow's and a bill that was yellow on the outer half (except the black nail) and blended to a dusky color on the inner half. Adjacent to the feather of the forehead and lore, the bill was lighter. This bill may be changing color as Mike suggested. On a few occasions I saw other goldeneyes that also seemed to have a typical Barrow's profile, including a bird with a completely dark bill and one with the outer half yellow and the inner half black. These may will be immatures. Occasionally, just before diving, they appeared to slick their feathers back, giving a more Common-like profile. On one instance one of these birds switched from a Barrow's profile to a Common profile as it swam along. Makes life difficult. Yesterday, 11/5/2003, I also visited the CCFS waterbird pond, but did not find the ibis there and settled for a SPOTTED SANDPIPER along the creek and a grey-headed ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in the willows there. Today, I also made trip to Rancho San Antonio CP/OSP to look for Jim Liskovec's Black-and-White Warbler, a task akin to the proverbial needle in a haystack. Along the Coyote Trail I was lucky to find one chickadee flock and I picked through them until an immature Sharp-shinned Hawk came along and messed up the works. Other than the chickadees, I noted a Brown Creeper, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and a male and female Townsend's Warbler. Bill Bousman Santa Clara County records compiler _______________________________________________ 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]]