From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Nov 12 14:06:32 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hACM1J6X019316 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:01:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.slac.stanford.edu (smtp.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.80]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hACM0PMU019267 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:00:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON.smtp.slac.stanford.edu by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:00:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpserv2.slac.stanford.edu (smtpserv2.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.19.101]) by smtp.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:00:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from flora03.slac.stanford.edu ([134.79.16.55]) by smtpserv2.slac.stanford.edu (PMDF V6.1-1 #37665) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:00:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (eisner@localhost) by flora03.slac.stanford.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id hACM0M407056 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:00:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:00:22 -0800 (PST) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Message-id: <[[email protected]]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Authentication-warning: flora03.slac.stanford.edu: eisner owned process doing -bs Subject: [SBB] Mountainview 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]] At Shoreline Lake this morning, I saw a female-type Goldeneye with a mostly yellow bill near the boathouse. The appearance of the bill was rather similar to Mike Rogers's previously-described Barrow's: the upper mandible was largely yellow, except near the tip; the underside and cutting edge had a lot more dark. While I had repeated views of the bird, they were all imemdiately after a dive (it was always actively feeding). Under these conditions (which could affect its appearance), I never saw much of an angle (if any) between bill and forehead, and the bill size did not seem noticeably smaller than on female Common. Unfortunately, there was never a Common available for side-by-side comparison of size or bill. But based on what I saw, I'd be reluctant to put a species name to this bird. Hopefully I can catch it at rest some time. Of course, I don't really know if it's the same bird previously reported. [Comment: we've had several hybrids in the area in the past few years, but so far as I can recall they've all been males. Surely female hybrids must also occur, but aren't reported for obvious reasons. I'm not suggesting this applies to this bird, but it's worth keeping in mind.] All the Scoters were at the other end of the Lake. When I got there a bit later, however, all I found were Surf. Evidently the White-winged came in later (for Bill and Mike). I did see at least two Horned Grebes. On my way out from the boathouse, I noticed that the overflow parking lot had some first vegetation coming in, so I walked around it. There were a great many birds using it, but unfortunately they were all Pigeons, Starlings, and Brewer's Blackbirds. (There was also an unseemly amount of glass strewn about.) A Kestrel in direct Merlin-like flight provided only momentary excitement. Of most interest: one Greater White-fronted Goose flying east (toward Stevens Creek) with two Canadas; a minute later, they had circled back to the west, and appeared to land on the golf course. Finally, there was still a male Blue-winged Teal at Adobe Creek. Al Eisner _______________________________________________ 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]]