From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Dec 3 14:09:07 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iB3M6YlG006072 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:06:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav12.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.170.116]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iB3M53YK006030 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:05:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:05:02 -0800 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Received: from 4.182.3.161 by BAY4-DAV12.phx.gbl with DAV; Fri, 03 Dec 2004 22:04:16 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [4.182.3.161] X-Originating-Email: [[[email protected]]] X-Sender: [[email protected]] From: "LINDA ADAMS" <[[email protected]]> To: "south-bay-birds" <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:04:13 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 9 Seal-Send-Time: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:04:13 -0800 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V9.10.0009.2900 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Dec 2004 22:05:02.0219 (UTC) FILETIME=[232BA5B0:01C4D984] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Violet-green Swallow(s) 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 iB3M6YlG006072 Hello SBBers, I still haven't got the whole picture of what is or isn't worthy of posting, so please be patient with me. Today, at 11 am in Coyote Lake County over the Sandy Beach Picnic Area we sighted at least four swallows flying/foraging, headed west. They were too high up for positive identification, but a straggler came by a few seconds later at a lower altitude and I could definitely see the white around the eye and all other characteristics that are consistent with the Violet-green Swallow. Although it would seem likely that, therefore, they were ALL Violet-green Swallows, we have seen an occasional Tree Swallow foraging in the winter, and even one year (years ago) saw a pair of Northern Rough-winged Swallows sitting on the fence up by the dam at the end of December. However, by their size and foraging style alone (although brief), I would have to limit it to either ALL Violet-greens or a combination that may have included Trees and/or Rough-wings. If this is something you might like to pursue, you might get another look tomorrow, if the campground/picnic area is as quiet as it was today, although swallows seem to be less affected by activity than other birds. Otherwise, I would definitely try Monday when you have the park to yourself. These birds did not appear to be going anywhere, so they might be wintering in the area and foraging regularly as a group. Well, at least it was exciting for US! Linda Adams San Martin _______________________________________________ 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]]