From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jan 22 20:25:11 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0N4N3gV020051 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:23:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-d06.mx.aol.com (imo-d06.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.38]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0N4LgBe019989 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:21:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-d06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r4.12.) id t.138.2a482fc8 (3956) for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:21:24 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:21:24 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.2+ Subject: [SBB] Waterthrush no, WT Sparrow yes, Indigo Bunting maybe X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ 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]] Hi SB Birders- I tried to send this earlier today from work, but there may have been a problem with outgoing email from my company. It's possible that two earlier messages may eventually be posted. I tried and failed to find the N Waterthrush at Charleston Marsh again today. The WT Sparrow was still there, near par-course station #17. Also there was a very blue bird which I took to be an Indigo Bunting. It was seen at 12:20pm about half-way between stations 17 and 18. My impression was that the front half was brown and the rear half was varying shades of blue. The head was brownish and the blue began around the lower breast becoming more solid toward the rear, and on the belly, lower back and rump. I didn't see any white. The wings were dark but had blue edges or shafts. No obvious wing bars. Tail was dark blue. Beak was like a small bunting's, color inconclusive but not bright. Most field guides show winter male Indigos having some blue on the head. Natl Geographic shows a male with an all brown head. It stayed low in the vegetation at the edge of the marsh and was partly obsured. Comments welcome. Also in the area was a Wilson's Snipe, near station #18, standing still in shallow water. Dave Weber, Milpitas _______________________________________________ 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]]