From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Feb 15 17:03:03 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1G11KG5009711 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:01:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1G103Cp009657 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:00:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from KrisDesktop (adsl-64-169-18-243.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.169.18.243]) by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1G101a3013355 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:00:02 -0600 (CST) From: "Kris Olson" <[[email protected]]> To: "'South Bay Birders'" <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 17:02:02 -0800 Message-ID: <036201c3f428$7d187590$6401a8c0@KrisDesktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal Subject: [SBB] Alamden Lake - Glaucous Gull and others 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]] Hello Birders: I spent the morning watching and waiting for the GLAUCOUS GULL at Almaden Lake Park in San Jose. I got there about 10:45am; it got there at 12:37pm and stayed for 8 or so minutes. Having picked through the large flock of gulls over and over, I was begnning to doubt my birding ability or sanity -- everyone else seemed to find it so easily. Was it there and I couldn't cull through the flock carefully enough? They ALL looked pale and white in the sun. Each prospect gull would turn, however, and show dark tips. Suddenly, a gull with white wing-tips flew through my binoculars, and it did indeed look different. Phew! When it flew it, it would land on the water (toward Coleman Ave.) and attack the nearest gull, suddenly decide that was not the right spot to land, and repeat the process 6 or 7 times until it finally settled down. It then drank and washed itself. It stayed by itself and took off by itself, flying away over Coleman. Headed for the landfill? I stopped at the Santa Clara Water Pollution District office and pond on my way back to 85. There I ran into Janna Pauser, who almost immediately spotted the AMERICAN BITTERN slinking behind some reeds. It was not until the Bittern moved out to the water's edge that I saw it. We also saw 2 GREEN HERONS. Nice comparison. No sign of the Peregrine or Osprey she has been seeing there. Good birding, Kris Olson Menlo Park, CA _______________________________________________ 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]]