From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Aug 17 14:25:42 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7HLMpGP029683 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:22:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m25.mx.aol.com (imo-m25.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.6]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7HLLSDB029636 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:21:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m25.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.4.) id t.1e8.27ed7de7 (4560) for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:21:21 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:21:20 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5113 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Stilt Sandpiper in New Chicago marsh 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]] All, At 11:30 this morning Frank Vanslager, Dave Weber, Dean Manley. a couple (she just had cataract surgery), and I had a mostly alternate plumaged STILT SANDPIPER in the first pond on the right side of the railroad tracks as you head northwest from the Environmental Education Center entrance road. The entire lower body was heavily barred all of the way back to and including the lower tail, uppertail coverts were also barred. The crown was nicely rufous (being brighter red on the back of the head), the back edge of the auriculars and the lores were also rufous when seen under good light. A white supercillium was accented on the lower edge by a dark eyeline. Most of the feathers on the back had dark centers but at least two lower scapulars on each side were a pale gray. Upper scapular and mantle feathers were raised (Ruff-like) during the entire observation period. Bill was black with a slight decurve near the tip. The legs were a dark yellow-green (much darker than the nearby Dowitchers). The STSA was still feeding and preening when Frank and I left. The REEVE was in the northern edge of the pond at State & Spreckles all morning long (still has a couple barred outer tertials with new dark centered central tertials). Frank and I found a couple sick juvenile WESTERN SANDPIPERS on the trail near the pond on the south side of the railroad tracks a couple hundred yards short of it's junction with the railroad main line. Both birds, within 20 feet of each other, were unable to walk and would try to evade us by flapping their wings. Except for the legs the birds looked healthy Any ideas on what I should do, if anything? I don't know how Nile Virus affects birds or if it may be something else of concern? The only other bird of note was a possible COMMON TERN in the far northwestern corner of New Chicago marsh. The bird had a partial black cap, white on the forehead, a dull orange bill with a black tip that on occasion looked entirely black (depending on the light angle), had dark reddish legs, had a black edge to the fairly short tail but had very little if any indication of a carpal-bar. No other adult terns were near it for comparison (some FORSTER'S juveniles only and even then not near enough for comparison). The question is could we be seeing adult FOTEs at this time of the year with black caps with white foreheads and a bill that is already turning black? It's hard to get the length of the tail from any distance, would the black edge of the tail be adequate for separating the two species? Take care, Bob Reiling _______________________________________________ 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]]