From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Aug 21 10:38:15 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7LHa1GS022598 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:36:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i7LHYHDB022533 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:34:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DON011304 (c-67-161-43-14.client.comcast.net[67.161.43.14]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2004082117341501600jrkd7e>; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 17:34:15 +0000 Message-ID: <002201c487a5$11137d20$0e2ba143@DON011304> From: "Peggy Don" <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 10:34:08 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Ruffs, Pacific Golden-Plover, Stilt Sandpiper 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]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id i7LHa1GS022598 SBBers: Yesterday (08/21/04) morning I had been watching the REEVE in New Chicago Marsh when the dowitchers and Reeve flew across the RR tracks toward State and Spreckles. Shortly thereafter two other birders and I saw the PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER on a small island very close to the pickleweed on the RR side. Five minutes after the other birders left the plover flew to an island in the middle of the pond. For the next hour and a half it stayed there camouflaged in the pickleweed. During that time Ann Verdi, Kathy Parker and Bob Reiling and his daughter dropped by. We also saw the Reeve sleeping with the dowitchers and then, apparently waking up in a foul mood, chasing and bullying any WILSON'S PHALAROPES in sight. We did not see the Stilt Sandpiper. In the evening around 6 PM I returned to look for the Stilt Sandpiper from State and Spreckles. I found Dave Weber who had it in view on a small island. While looking at a half dozen SEMIPALMATED PLOVERs on the opposite side the sandpiper slipped out of our view. After Dave left I found the RUFFs in the northeastern area of the pond. Looking for the STILT SANDPIPER again I saw its head. You can distinguish its head from the yellowlegs that it was sleeping with by its white supercilium and slight rufous on the back edge of the auriculars. Depending on the lighting you can also see a rufous cast on the crown. When viewed in total it is noticeably smaller; and its underparts are barred. My general impression is that it is gray and not as dark as the drawing in the Sibley Guide. I hope that this helps those who like me wondered if they could pick it out among the sleeping birds. Good birding, Peggy Don _______________________________________________ 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]]