From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Oct 17 22:59:45 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9I5umG1015151 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:56:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9I5teJl015112 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:55:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 204.127.197.114 ([204.127.197.114]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <2003101805553901500djie4e>; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 05:55:39 +0000 Received: from [12.234.165.24] by 204.127.197.114; Sat, 18 Oct 2003 05:55:39 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (SBB Chat Group) Subject: Re: [SBB] Parakeets Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 05:55:39 +0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 14 2003) X-Authenticated-Sender: YmlyZGVybW9tQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 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]] Dear John and other SBBers: Guess what? I flushed the birds from my old neighborhood at about 4:55pm on Wed. while trying to take photos (they were eating apples from a tree)! I guess it's a good thing I did, since I saw them head towards Las Palmas Park. The birds I saw on Wednesday were all Mitred Parakeets - makes me question whether or not I really saw a Red-Masked... The reason I say this is the facial pattern of the Mitred begins in the same way as the Mitred. Unless you can see the bird up very close and from the side (where the Mitred's fades to red spots and has a brownish forehead), it's hard to tell which. However, I think the red carpal feathers I saw during flight were indicative of Red-Masked. There were also a number of smaller 1st-year parakeets in the flock. Again, I couldn't identify. I'll have to try again - I wish they'd just sit still a little longer this time! Take care, Jean Myers > Inspired by the recent postings of Jean Myers and Vivek Tiwari I went to Las > Palmas Park in Sunnyvale this afternoon about 5:15 and immediately heard the > flock of parakeets (I would estimate at least 16). They seemed to be engaged in > driving the crows away. They eventually settled down in the large trees near the > palms but not in them. They are certainly loud and aggressive. > John > _______________________________________________ > 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/birdermom%40comcast.ne > t > > This email sent to [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]