From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Aug 14 18:55:45 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7F1s3GO006526 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:54:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com (imo-m27.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.8]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7F1qcDB006481 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:52:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.4.) id r.79.310468cc (3964); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:52:30 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:52:30 EDT To: [[email protected]], [[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 Cc: Subject: [SBB] Re: [pen-bird] Possible Condor - need "all eyes" 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]] In a message dated 8/14/2004 7:28:52 AM Pacific Standard Time, [[email protected]] writes: "That is an exciting find ... I wouldn't be so hesitant about your ID, it is pretty hard to mistake a condor for anything else. All the birds released at Pinnacles National Monument have numbered red wing tags so that is probably where the bird came from. After all, San Benito County is just a short hop as the Condor flies and your area of the Santa Cruz Mtns is certainly part of the relatively recent historic range. " Thanks to all for the responses. I should mention, my apologies by referring to a page # in a book instead of articulating the descriptive details. I was very excited and also very anxious to get the word out as soon as possible, and saw that (perhaps wrongly) as a shortcut method to describing. I should also mention, that the reference books matched my "visual image" and the notes I made while watching this bird for almost 30 minutes, rather than the other way around. Meaning, I pulled the references books out to look at _after_ I got the details fixed in my mind and my notes. Another detail I should include is that as the bird flew away southeast over Long Ridge, he did the typical vulture movement of "down-flexing" his wings one time. Today's conditions were different than yesterday. About 10 degrees cooler, with gusty wind & clouds in the mid afternoon (and still persisting.) I saw only 3 turkey vultures (and 1 peregrine falcon) here over the ridge today. Thanks again, and keep looking up! Regards, Georgia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Georgia Stigall 2400 feet elevation Southern San Mateo County phone: 650-941-1068 _______________________________________________ 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]]