From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Apr 22 13:10:44 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3MK8PH2004119 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:08:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-d22.mx.aol.com (imo-d22.mx.aol.com [205.188.144.208]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3MK7MAg004066 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:07:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-d22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r1.3.) id t.48.2ac7c114 (3996) for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:07:12 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:07:12 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Lapland Longspur - 4/22 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]] Hello All, Today (Thurs, 4/22) the LAPLAND LONGSPUR appeared almost as if on schedule around 11:00 am in the vicinity of the water hole by the horse corral at the summit of Sierra Road. It first flew in to perch obligingly on a fence post on the north side of the road and then flew over to the south side to drink from the pond. It later took off heading north along the fence line up the short grass hill. The lucky observers included John Hutz, Randy Little, Dean Manley, Roy Carlson, and myself (Ann Verdi). Other birds of interest seen on this bright but windy morning included several LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH, HORNED LARKS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS, and W. MEADOWLARKS. A pair of W. BLUEBIRDS hovered about the fence posts and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW perched on a hillside boulder. A pair of CALIFORNIA QUAIL scampered back and forth by the pond and a LARK SPARROW made a few visits to the pond edge. A pair of COMMON RAVENS cruised around, an immature GOLDEN EAGLE flew by overhead, and a YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE was seen at the corral. WESTERN KINGBIRDS were seen on fenceposts along the road. Several very small hummingbirds zipped by heading north - possibly Allen's/Rufous types - but these little hummers moved too fast to ID. Randy noted that earlier before I arrived a sizable flock of about 40 VAUX'S SWIFTS was seen heading north. Guys - please add any corrections and/or additions to this report. Ann Verdi _______________________________________________ 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]]