From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Oct 20 11:52:20 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9KImVG3011287 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:48:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9KIlWJl011233 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:47:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from c363625c (12-234-107-254.client.attbi.com[12.234.107.254]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2003102018473101100gnkdte>; Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:47:31 +0000 Message-ID: <003301c3973b$42b79ce0$[[email protected]]> From: "Peggy L. Don" <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:52:05 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] Interesting Bird at Sunnyvale 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]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id h9KImVG3011287 SBBers: This a belated posting because I've been busy staining my fence. Wednesday, October 15th, 2003, I stopped at the Sunnyvale Baylands for a quick visit. From the long observation deck I saw about 15 KILLDEER on the dry bed, a SAY'S PHOEBE on the fence by the baseball field and a couple of WESTERN MEADOWLARKs. I was leaving via the path closest to the Twin Creeks parking lot when a large bird flew from the field to the right of me. I noticed a spot of white and my first impulse was that it was a Northern Harrier. But as the bird flew past me diagonally toward a row of trees to the left and landed about 75 yards away I could see clearly that there was a white bar on each wing about a third of the wing length from the tip. The tips of the wings were long and pointed. The overall color of the bird was dark brown. The tail was not fanned. I'm not sure if the initial spot of white I saw was on the wing or elsewhere on the body. The tail had a terminal, narrow, dark band. As I tried to spot it in the leafy tree the bird flew farther down the row of trees. I lost it when it flew away from the trees. The call I heard was brief and buzzy, the notes evenly spaced. My conclusion was that it was a COMMON NIGHTHAWK. I have seen this species previously. However, because it seemed so unusual to me seeing one there, I called Bob Reiling to discuss my sighting. He went down around dusk but did not refind the bird. Mike Rogers said that it probably was migratory. I didn't receive confirmation but I thought despite the late date I should report it. You never know what you might see in our area. Peggy Don _______________________________________________ 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]]