From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Feb 8 19:42:40 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i193e8G4004853 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 19:40:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from hall.mail.mindspring.net (hall.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.60]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i193dUCp004814 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 19:39:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-2ivfjai.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.205.82] helo=default) by hall.mail.mindspring.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Aq2Ge-0006xZ-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 08 Feb 2004 22:39:29 -0500 Message-ID: <002901c3eebe$99bcf3c0$52cdf7a5@default> From: "JOHN B. HUTZ" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 19:41:25 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5a1 Subject: [SBB] Exotic Finch ? 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]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id i193e8G4004853 This afternoon at 4:20 I was walking west along the road parallel to Hwy 237 next to the wooden wall that runs east/west from the lavatory at the east end of Sunnyvale Baylands Park when I saw a bird on the fourth fence post on the fence that runs north/south from the fence that parallels the road about 100 yds from the lavatory. It was sparrow size with a massive black bill such that it followed the profile of the head in a smooth curve. There appeared to be a small protuberance at the base of the upper mandible. The crown, face and chin were a deep red. The eye was black with a touch of a white eyering. The nape and back were dark brown as were the wings. The primary and secondary feathers were edged in white. The breast and belly were very pale and faintly stripped in tan. The stripes were in the finch fashion but were much wider and wider spaced such that in profile I could see only two and the beginng of a third. The legs appeard black. The bird remained in profile for the 2-3 minutes that I observed it so that I could not see the tail beyond its length, which was neither noticeably long or short, and its color which was the same as the nape and back. When it flew I lost the scope view and when I found it again it had flown into the sun. I looked in what resourses I have and can't identify the little devil but I think it was probably an exotic finch escapee. Any thoughts? Thanks John Hutz _______________________________________________ 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]]