From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Aug 9 21:03:43 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7A41ROP009358 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 21:01:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m22.mx.aol.com (imo-m22.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.3]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7A40TMR009318 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 21:00:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.4.) id t.1c2.1ccd8cb7 (2519) for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:00:24 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 00:00:24 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Louisana Waterthrush 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]] Linda Terrill and I made it out to look for the waterthrush reported this morning at Oak Meadow Park in Los Gatos by Janna Pauser and Joan Brauch. Linda saw the posting and alerted me to it for precisely the reason brought up by Steve Miller: the early date. In addition, the moving stream habitat was intriguing, since Louisiana Waterthrushes prefer fast moving, often rocky streams, while Northern Waterthrushes prefer swampy wetlands, although there is much crossover, especially during migration. We were able to relocate the bird late in the day after work. It was difficult, but right were it was seen in the morning. Linda found it along the creek between the parking lot and the bathrooms across from an old airplane adjacent to a playground. Although skulky and silent, we did see the bird in the open several times. It has what appears to be an entirely white supercilium that widens behind the eye and is widest at it's termination at the nape unlike Northern Waterthrushes in which the supercilium typcially tapers behind the eye, often to a point near the nape. The underparts were white with the exception of a cinnamon-buffy wash on the flanks, being slighter paler on the undertail coverts, that contrasted conspicously with the white underparts. I briefly saw the throat, which appeared unstreaked white to me. Linda got a better look at the throat and stated that it was unstreaked and white. The bird bobbed the tail in a slow deliberate rotating motion unlike the more incessant up and down tail motion typical of a Northern. The legs were pink (very pink in Linda's estimation). All in all, the white supercilium, widening behind the eye and the contrasting wash on the flanks indicate the bird is a Louisiana. Linda noted a pale base to the mandible. Louisiana Waterthrushes are very early migrants (both in spring and fall). There are two accepted August records for California ( 7 Aug 85 at Deep Springs and 17 Aug 1908 in Mecca; the first for California) and at least two July records for Arizona 31 July 1980 and 31 July-15 Aug). There are only 3 previous records for Northern California (two for se Farallon and one for Monterey County). Unfortunately, we did not have a camera with us. We hope to relocate the bird in the morning and further document it. We appreciate the timely posting! Scott and Linda Terrill _______________________________________________ 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]]