From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Nov 19 11:27:35 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAJJNIox016885 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:23:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (rtjones.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.19.30]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hAJJLng8016818 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:21:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/NAS-6n) with ESMTP id hAJJLlLF206804 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:21:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mrogers@localhost) by rtjones.nas.nasa.gov (SGI-8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id hAJJLlop207522 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:21:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:21:47 -0800 (PST) From: "Dr. Michael M. Rogers" <[[email protected]]> Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Bill Bousman finds FRANKLIN'S GULL at Baylands 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]] All, Bill Bousman informed me of a FRANKLIN'S GULL he found at the Palo Alto Baylands, so I headed out there to check it out. The bird flew in to the uncovering mud flats at about 10:30am and Bill and I got nice scope views until it flew off towards the nearby water pollution control plant at 10:41am. Bill is away from his SBB computer today, so he asked me to post the following for him. Mike Rogers ===================================================================== Folks: This morning, 11/19/2003, I stopped by early at the Palo Alto estuary to sort through the Bonaparte's Gulls. It was near a high tide, so loafing Bonnie's were positioned poorly with regards to the rising sun. Nonetheless, I went to work and found a first-winter FRANKLIN'S GULL, which later flew off to the water pollution control plant. The estuary will uncover for the rest of the day, so viewing should improve and I hope the bird will return after it has eaten. Afterwards, I stopped at Shoreline Lake and from the Terminal Way end I saw the immature WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, still pretty much at the western end. Nearer the boathouse I saw an interesting goldeneye, so I drove around to that side and watched what appears to be a male COMMON X BARROW'S GOLDENEYE. The facial crescent ended just level with the eye and the wing pattern seemed between Common and Barrow's, but varied substantially as the bird preened. However, under no conditions was there any black spur or shoulder mark as expected for Barrow's. This bird appears very similar to the one here last winter. Bill _______________________________________________ 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]]