From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Feb 8 18:13:52 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i192CFG4003301 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 18:12:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from blount.mail.mindspring.net (blount.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.226]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i192BLCp003251 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 18:11:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-2ivfjga.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.206.10] helo=Robertson) by blount.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Aq0tL-00080b-00 for [[email protected]]; Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:11:20 -0500 From: "Philip Robertson" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 18:11:16 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Thread-Index: AcPusf+ebMPtra3JQGWeR6jQdHOgwg== Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5a1 Subject: [SBB] Northern Bobwhite 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]] This is my first posting so comments and suggestions are welcome. About 3:30pm my wife and I spotted a Northern Bobwhite on the southeast corner of Thrush Way and Thrush Court in Sunnyvale. The lone male bird was standing near the sidewalk adjacent to shrubs. We stopped the jeep and watched the bird; it seemed a little nervous but not very frightened. Weeks earlier I had heard the typical Bob White call along Calabasas Creek nearby but I thought it must have been my imagination. After viewing the bird we went home (only a few blocks away) to get my camera. I took photos but the slides will not be developed right away (unlike digital). The 10 inch bird had a white supercilium running from the upper mandible above the eye and down the black nape. A black stripe ran from the lower mandible, under/through the eye to the nape. The crown was dark, either black or dark chestnut, the throat was white separated from the breast by thick black "necklace" with small white spots. The belly was spotted black and white and the flanks had long streaks of chestnut. The back was mottled reddish-brown. Would this be an escapee? Good birding! Phil Robertson _______________________________________________ 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]]