From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Jul 4 16:03:18 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i64N14sI022949 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:01:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ylpvm15.prodigy.net (ylpvm15-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.46]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i64MxqQC022895 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 15:59:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (adsl-64-171-4-32.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net [64.171.4.32]) by ylpvm15.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i64N0VP7003746 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 19:00:32 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: [[email protected]] Message-Id: Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:00:05 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Gordon Barrett <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Subject: [SBB] Unexpected Ducks X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 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]] Today, Sunday, July 4, 2004, I found some unexpected ducks at the Palo Alto Baylands Flood Control Basin. Chief of these was a rufous morph female Eurasian Wigeon. I know, not likely, but that's why I'm posting this. It had a green speculum, brown and grey speckled body, and a rich, rufous brown head, a grey bill with a black tip., and yellow legs. It was on a round concrete stump in the north most pond near the back away from the road. Also seen was a male Blue-winged Teal, with the clear moon on the face and the white spot on the rear flanks. A very young Northern Shovelor with short wings and a huge bill was close to the shore eating. The Ruddy Ducks were in full breeding plumage with great powder-blue bills. It would be nice to have someone else see the Wigeon as it is a life bird for me. Gordon Short List with scope: Mallard Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon Northern Shovelor Blue-Winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck American Coot American White Pelican Herring Gull Snowy Egret Black-Necked Stilt American Avocet Long-Billed Curlew Marbled Godwit Long-Billed Dowitcher Black Phoebe Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Marsh Wren Northern Mockingbird Savannah Sparrow -- Gordon Barrett [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]