From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Apr 7 10:39:13 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i37HZQ0U021299 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:35:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (mta7.pltn13.pbi.net [64.164.98.8]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i37HXC2D021231 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:33:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (adsl-64-175-33-36.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net [64.175.33.36]) by mta7.pltn13.pbi.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i37HXBnr006761 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:33:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 6.0.0 [419]); Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:33:06 -0700 From: Joseph Morlan <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: Re: [SBB] Black-headed gull at CCFS- suggestion Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:33:06 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> <014301c41c3a$a3f35290$6401a8c0@KrisDesktop> In-Reply-To: <014301c41c3a$a3f35290$6401a8c0@KrisDesktop> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 2.0/32.646 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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]] 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. 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