From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Apr 7 12:48:32 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i37Jha0d024543 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:43:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i37JgO2D024495 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:42:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (c-67-161-19-48.client.comcast.net[67.161.19.48]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <20040407194223012002ki31e>; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 19:42:23 +0000 In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> <014301c41c3a$a3f35290$6401a8c0@KrisDesktop> <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: tapaculo <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Black-headed gull at CCFS- suggestion Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:42:21 -0700 To: Joseph Morlan <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) Cc: [[email protected]] 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]] As far as I know, the bird was not present this morning. I left around 11 am and it had not been seen. Steve Rovell On Apr 7, 2004, at 10:33 AM, Joseph Morlan wrote: > Hi birders, > > Does anybody know if the gull was seen this morning? Please post > either > way. If it's seen we'd like to try for it. > > Thanks in advance. > > On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:52:45 -0700, "Kris Olson" > <[[email protected]]> > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I stopped by at 4:30pm at CCFS to try to see the gull. No luck. I did >> not have a scope and you definitely need a scope! You also need >> membership to SFBBO.org and the combination to the CCFS gate! Going >> in the morning would be good, as the light would be right, behind you. >> >> Kris Olson >> Menlo Park, CA >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: south-bay-birds-bounces+kristenolson=[[email protected]] >> [mailto:south-bay-birds-bounces+kristenolson=[[email protected]]] >> On Behalf Of [[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:29 PM >> To: [[email protected]] >> Subject: [SBB] County goodies >> >> All, >> >> First thing this morning Frank Vanslager and I headed for Alum Rock >> Park >> where after some effort we managed to find an adult male RUFOUS >> HUMMINGBIRD. From >> the last parking lot we took the North Rim Trail southwest until we >> were >> about 100 feet past where the paved road doubles back on itself. The >> RUHU was on >> the hillside above the trail. We then decided to check out the slag >> ponds >> visible from the Coyote Creek Field Station access road. Almost the >> first bird >> we saw, at about 11:15 AM, was a BLACK-HEADED GULL. This gull was >> feeding near >> two BONAPARTE'S GULLS (the Gulls would walk in-place and feed on >> material >> brought to the surface by this action). The Gulls were in the first >> slag pond >> west of the first slag pond visible as you drive in to the Coyote >> Creek Field >> Station from southern gate. The BHGU was obviously larger than the >> BOGU, it >> stood taller, had dark red legs, a longer and heavier dark red bill >> (under >> certain lighting conditions, black at other times), it had a partial >> blackish hood >> (the black back of the hood looked well defined whereas the forehead >> and the >> base of the bill was mostly white), we also noted that the back >> portion of the >> hood stopped higher up on the back of the head than that of the BOGU >> (those >> with hoods) , a whitish split eyering was sometimes evident, and the >> mantle and >> wings of the feeding bird were essentially the same color as the that >> on the >> BOGU (the lower neck being white on the BHGU, light gray on the BOGU). >> Twice >> during our observations (once after Mike Rogers showed up) the bird >> flew a short >> distance showing an all white tail and most importantly the dark lower >> >> primaries. At various times the BHGU was quite aggressive toward >> nearby BOGUs. >> Mike was still viewing the bird when we left shortly after one >> o'clock. A quick >> stop in Alviso failed to produce the Ruffs. >> >> Take care, >> Bob Reiling >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/kristenolson >> %40yahoo.com >> >> 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/ >> jmorlan%40ccsf.org >> >> This email sent to [[email protected]] > > > -- > Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA 94044 [[email protected]] > California Birding & new rarities http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/ > California Bird Records Committee http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/ > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > tapaculo%40comcast.net > > This email sent to [[email protected]] > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. 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