From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Aug 9 16:25:24 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i79NMWOQ005218 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:22:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (smtp2.stanford.edu [171.67.16.125]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i79NL9MR005169 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:21:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lawmail1.stanford.edu (lawmail1.Stanford.EDU [171.64.212.80]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i79NL768015046 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:21:08 -0700 To: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.0 September 26, 2002 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> From: "Tom Grey" <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:15:15 -0700 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on lawmail1/stanford(Release 5.0.12 |February 13, 2003) at 08/09/2004 04:21:08 PM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [SBB] puzzlements resolved 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]] Thanks to the many good teachers on this list who responsed to my posted puzzlement pictures. I thought I should summarize results for anyone else who might have been puzzled, or at least curious. 1. On the fem/imm oriole I posted a few days ago, I had a couple of responses agreeing with my conclusion that it was a Hooded Oriole, as shown by the solid yellow of the visible underparts. A Bullock's would have some white. One respondent identified the bird as an immature rather than an adult female. http://www.pbase.com/image/32286998 2. On the "Stiltpiper" everyone confirmed that it is indeed an adult Least Sandpiper, as I'd said -- everyone thinking it was no surprise, just a bird in alert posture. It was odd, though, to watch the bird stay in this posture for some minutes, while it flew from perch to perch, walked around, did various activities, as I took a dozen pictures or so. I guess just a LESA "with attitude" as one person put it. http://www.geocities.com/tgrey41/LeastStiltpiper.jpg 3. On the "Wilson's Yellowlegs" everyone agreed with my conclusion that it was indeed a Lesser Yellowlegs, but gave much better reasons for that conclusion than I did. Not only is the bill shape somewhat wrong for Wilson's Phalarope, the factor I mentioned, but more importantly, the spotting on the upper chest and throat, and the notching and scalloping on the coverts, scapulars, and tertials, rule out that species. The pictured bird is not an adult LEYE that has already molted to winter plumage as I had conjectured -- rather it is a juvenile, which explains the difference from the adult breeding plumage bird whose picture I posted. One respondent pointed out that Greater Yellowlegs molts to winter plumage much earlier than LEYE, so my analogy between the species on that score was misleading. Incidentally, the pictured Wilson's Phalarope -- the one whose the "superficial" resemblance to my bird got me puzzled, is also a juvenile. http://www.geocities.com/tgrey41/WilsonsYellowlegs.jpg Thanks to all for the tutorial! It really is a pleasure and a privilege to draw on the pool of birding knowledge represented on this list. Tom Grey http://www.geocities.com/tgrey41 _______________________________________________ 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]]