From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Apr 2 09:10:22 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i32H7pAo021083 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 09:07:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from BAY0-SMTP04.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-smtp04.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.241.111]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i32H6IpJ021032 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 2 Apr 2004 09:06:18 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [204.31.163.109] X-Originating-Email: [[[email protected]]] Received: from pavilion ([204.31.163.109]) by BAY0-SMTP04.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); Fri, 2 Apr 2004 09:06:17 -0800 From: "Donna Heim" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 09:11:04 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Apr 2004 17:06:18.0327 (UTC) FILETIME=[D07E0670:01C418D4] Subject: [SBB] 2 Alviso ruffs X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 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]] This morning at 7:15 am I swung by Alviso to look for the Ruffs where Dave Weber reported them yesterday around noon. Standing on Spreckles between Wabash and Michigan, with a Bullock's oriole singing in the tree behind me, I found the ruffs in about 3 minutes almost straight ahead (east) about halfway between the street and the railroad tracks. I watched them for about 20 minutes. As earlier reported, they like to forage together, in deep water or pickleweed, and were often within 1 - 6 feet of eachother. In the distance both birds appeared to have yellow green legs, and there appeared to be some barring on the tertials, which blew around in the morning breeze. When one Ruff had a brief dust-up with a passerby shorebird, the feathers on his neck appeared to rise up a little, giving a darker appearance. The birds' upperparts appeared noticibly scaley, with the feathers' buffy and white edges and dark centers. I didn't see any substantial difference in the 2 birds' sizes. Also there were no dowitchers around them to compare *their* relative size. Good birding! Donna Heim _______________________________________________ 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]]