From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Oct 25 14:32:25 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9PLTN6U011222 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:29:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from highstream.net (mail.highstream.net [65.214.41.101]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h9PLSXMU011177 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:28:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from denhpa200y [65.136.68.108] by highstream.net (SMTPD32-8.03) id AB4B7E21011E; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 17:29:47 -0400 Message-ID: <008b01c39b3e$f2fcb070$30588741@denhpa200y> From: "Roland Kenner" <[[email protected]]> To: "south bay birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 14:27:49 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 X-Note: This E-mail was scanned for spam. Subject: [SBB] Tufted Duck at Sunnyvale WPCP, Audubon Walk 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]] Frank Vanslager led an Audubon walk from the Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant this morning. While heading home on the south side of the "West" pond, Frank found a TUFTED DUCK briefly in mid-pond. Later Kirsten Holmquist refound the bird for extended but distant views, something like midway east to west, and on the north side. The bird's age and sex were much debated; my guess was an adult female. The head, face, and back were all dark brown with little or no white at the base of the bill. The breast was lighter than the face, and the flanks were lighter still, but near enough the same as the breast that a second look was necessary. The underside of the tail terminated in a dark band with a lot of white below. The tuft was usually visible, though not always, and appeared to be an inch or two long depending on pose. The eyes were light, probably yellow. To start, we walked up and along the hill to the west seeing a GREEN HERON, WESTERN MEADOWLARKs, a SAY'S PHOEBE, AMERICAN PIPITs, and (first-of-fall for some of us) CANVASBACKs amongst the usual ducks on the "West" pond. Back on the levees along Lockheed we saw a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL, a BELTED KINGFISHER, a SORA, a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, and several large flights of AMERICAN WHITE PELICANs. On A3W we had a single FORSTER'S TERN, three BROWN PELICANs, a THAYER'S GULL, EARED and WESTERN GREBEs and a fly-by pair of PEREGRINE FALCONs that eventually landed on a far-off power tower; one of the Peregrines was carrying prey. Heading back along the "West" pond, we had a few small groups of SCAUPs, mostly LESSER and at least one GREATER, the TUFTED DUCK, and a pair of BUFFLEHEADs. There were many dense, rotating rafts of NORTHERN SHOVELERs. Thanks again Frank. Roland Kenner _______________________________________________ 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]]