From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Feb 6 22:27:45 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i176PjGD020281 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 22:25:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from web11404.mail.yahoo.com (web11404.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.131.234]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i176OhCp020234 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 22:24:44 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Received: from [68.125.52.79] by web11404.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 06 Feb 2004 22:24:43 PST Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 22:24:43 -0800 (PST) From: Jack Cole <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5a1 Subject: [SBB] Interesting observations X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5a1 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]] Three of my non-birding friends shared experiences with me recently that I thought were worthy of passing along for your comments or information. The first concerned a movie entitled Baraka in which a very high-flying flock of unidentified birds were leaving vapor trails! My friend sent me a photo, and sure enough, behind about half the birds, maybe 100 or so, were white lines all the same length. The second report was of a yellow-shafted flicker that has been roosting at night on a friend's house for the past couple of months. The bird clings to a rock face above the front door, under the eves. I went over there this week and the bird flew off before I could see if it was a pure yellow-shafted, and never returned, although it was back the next night. Obviously flickers do not always roost in cavities. Finally, someone not too long ago reported on SBB a flock of pure white rock pigeons, and I saw such a flock, about 50 or so, at the intersection of Foothill and El Monte a week ago. What was unusual was that within the flock was one solid black pigeon, and I don't know if I have ever seen a black one before. Two days later, a friend saw what was probably the same flock (he said 40-50 birds) near Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road and Hwy 85. He didn't report a black pigeon. So, has anyone ever seen or known of birds leaving vapor trails, flickers roosting at night clinging to a stone wall, or a jet-black rock pigeon? Jack Cole --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online _______________________________________________ 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]]