From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Oct 3 10:48:24 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h93HjdIB002210 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:45:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-r08.mx.aol.com (imo-r08.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.104]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h93HiTZP002142 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:44:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-r08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id t.6b.1a17ed25 (15886) for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:44:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cs.com (mow-m18.webmail.aol.com [64.12.180.134]) by air-id08.mx.aol.com (v96.8) with ESMTP id MAILINID81-3e0e3f7db56d38a; Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:44:13 -0400 Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:44:13 -0400 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 X-AOL-IP: 198.81.26.111 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [SBB] pygmy nuthatches 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]] Got several close-up views of PYGMY NUTHATCHES yesterday and today as they visited my mixed nutfeeders right outside the window in a redwood/douglas fir neighborhood of Los Gatos. This morning I saw five together on the feeder. Birds are smaller than a chestnut back chickadee, brown head was paler than in peterson's, but darker than Sibley.  Brown extended all the way to the eyes with a darker eyestripe.  Not allot of color on the belly - though yellowish wash noticeable. On at least two of the birds there seemed to be a blondish spot near the nape of the neck - larger than the spot depicted in sibley, perhaps as large as the blonde spot of the brown-headed on page 382. This morning there's allot of activity in the trees - Chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, lesser goldfinches, jays, juncos, hummers, both spotted & Brown towhees, wrentits, black phoebes; all the usual suspects.  Still visited regularly by my leucistic chickadees. Amy Rufe _______________________________________________ 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]]