From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Oct 10 00:08:28 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9A75AID013438 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:05:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9A74KZP013370 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:04:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 204.127.197.119 ([204.127.197.119]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <20031010070420014009hds9e>; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:04:20 +0000 Received: from [12.234.165.24] by 204.127.197.119; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:04:17 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (SBB Chat Group) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 07:04:17 +0000 Message-ID: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Sep 30 2003) X-Authenticated-Sender: YmlyZGVybW9tQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 Subject: [SBB] 10-9-03 Red-masked Parakeets back in Sunnyvale 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! My friend called me up today to let me know that the parakeets were back in our old neighborhood. I drove over and got a couple of good looks; one of a bird perched, which exhibited the full front of head bright red coloring with light eye-rings and light around edge of bill and another of one flying, which had the red underwing coverts. At this point, I had to go thank my friend for the sighting. I'll go back this weekend and try to get pictures and check out the rest of the 20+ flock of birds that roost in this neighborhood periodically during the year. Is this bird an ABA species now? If so, I imagine quite a few people will want to see them. Since the neighborhood is very quiet with a mix of lots of small children (with nervous moms) and elderly homeowners around, I'd rather not give the location to more than a couple of people, and only if they promise not to tell others. A neighborhood invasion would be blamed on me, since they all know me, and even I make them nervous at first glance (a middle-aged, overweight housewife/birder driving a mom-mobile!). If you want to see them, let me know, and I'll try to find other roosting locations by following them in my car so more people can infiltrate the neighborhood with less impact. Hopefully, they'll stay for a couple of months so everyone who wants to can get a look. Take care, Jean Myers P.S. Since I'm also a mom (note my e-mail address), I often can't get to my e-mail until the wee hours, and may not get back to you as quickly as you'd like. _______________________________________________ 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]]