From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Apr 22 17:59:33 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3N0vAH2010125 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:57:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3N0tcAg010074 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:55:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from KrisDesktop (adsl-64-169-18-243.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.169.18.243]) by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3N0tbY4013367; Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:55:37 -0500 (CDT) From: "Kris Olson" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]>, <[[email protected]]> Subject: RE: [SBB] Lapland Longspur - 4/22 - minor additions Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 17:55:36 -0700 Message-ID: <015001c428cd$b09b48f0$6401a8c0@KrisDesktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id i3N0tcAg010074 Cc: 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, Minor additions to Ann's message: Randy Little and I arrived at 6:40am today (what were we thinking?). In addition to the 40+ Vaux Swifts (one big flock and several smaller ones) and continual hummingbirds migrating along the ridge, we had a fly-over AMERICAN PIPIT and BAND-TAILED PIGEON. I had to leave the Longspur locale for a meeting at 9:45am. At 11:30am, Randy called me to say the Longspur had shown up at 11AM, so back I went after the meeting, and it was still there at 12:15pm-- stayed until 1:15pm when it flew into the long grass on the right side of the barbed wire fence across the street from the puddle/corral. Mike Mammoser had arrived by then and obviously the bird reappeared shortly thereafter. Randy Little mentioned that the bird did not drink or bathe at 11am, just flew in to the puddle area, walked in the mud, and stayed in the shade with a Savannah Sparrow. At the 12-1pm time, it was across the road, in the short grass or on the fence in some very strong winds. Guess it's used to those where it breeds. One birder (Dave P from Fremont) measured the wind at 20 mph, temperature at 67 degrees (I think) and elevation at 2040'. It was a lot windier when I returned. Sidd Ramachandramurthi was there in the afternoon to see his lifer Lapland Longspur [LALO]. It was so beautiful compared to wintering birds slinking through dead grass that it felt like a lifer, too! Good birding. It was fun to see everyone today! Kris Olson -----Original Message----- From: south-bay-birds-bounces+kristenolson=[[email protected]] [mailto:south-bay-birds-bounces+kristenolson=[[email protected]]] On Behalf Of [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:07 PM To: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] Lapland Longspur - 4/22 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/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/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]