From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Apr 25 14:00:49 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3PKx2Gt021855 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 13:59:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mms2.broadcom.com (mms2.broadcom.com [63.70.210.59]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3PKvVAg021792 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 13:57:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 63.70.210.1 by mms2.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom SMTP Relay (MMS v5.6.0)); Sun, 25 Apr 2004 13:57:24 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: 011F2A72-58F1-4BCE-832F-B0D661E896E8 Received: from mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.23]) by mon-irva-11.broadcom.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id NAA24749 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 13:56: 44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-sjcw-1.broadcom.com (mail-sjcw-1.sw.broadcom.com [10.20.128.21]) by mail-sjcw-3.sw.broadcom.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/SSM3) with ESMTP id i3PKvHkp019823 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 13:57:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2kmikem (dhcpe1-sjcw-254 [10.20.64.254]) by mail-sjcw-1.broadcom.com (8.12.9/8.12.4/SSM) with SMTP id i3PKvLE0015173 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 25 Apr 2004 13:57:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "Mike Mammoser" <[[email protected]]> To: SBB <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 13:55:04 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> X-WSS-ID: 6C92F9BE2LO4259752-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [SBB] : 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]] > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Mammoser > > I was treated to great views of a > GRASSHOPPER SPARROW singing from the barb wire fence only 20 yards from > where I stood. While singing, it alternately flutter one wing and then the other. > ... this was obviously some kind of courtship display being given to an > unseen (by me) female below him. According to the literature, this is a territorial display between males, rather than a courtship display. > I don't have any references > handy at the moment, but I am wondering whether this bird might be a > Kamchatka Gull or a Common Gull - or maybe some kind of hybrid? This bird may not be as unusual as I thought, with the eye color and orbital ring evidently being typical of a high-hormone Mew Gull, although the wingtip pattern is still somewhat atypical to me. Mike Mammoser _______________________________________________ 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]]