From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jul 15 14:45:49 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6FLgjOP016222 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:42:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu (mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.18.92]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6FLfMMR016172 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:41:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from flora05.slac.stanford.edu (flora05.slac.stanford.edu [134.79.16.59]) by mailgate02.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6FLfIr2010392; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:41:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from [[email protected]]) Received: from localhost (eisner@localhost) by flora05.slac.stanford.edu (8.12.10+Sun/8.12.5/Submit-solaris) with ESMTP id i6FLfIZa022726; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:41:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: flora05.slac.stanford.edu: eisner owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:41:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Eisner <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] Subject: Re: [SBB] Ruffs in New Chicago Marsh In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: [[email protected]] 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]] Bob Reiling wrote: > This morning Dean Manley and I spent some time studying a partial alternate > plumaged male RUFF in New Chicago Marsh (head and neck in basic plumage with > the rest of the body in alternate plumage). This bird was clearly much bigger > (taller and more massive) than any of the Dowitchers seen near it. The base of > the bill, the throat, front and side of the neck and upper chest were an > off-white with the lower belly and undertail coverts being a brighter white (but > not as bright as the white on Black-necked Stilts nearby). Large blackish > areas extended down both sides of the chest coming to a "point" on the lower sides > in the area of the legs. A thin section of white running between the two > blackish areas connected the white of the chest to the white on the belly. White > from the belly extended forward on the flanks, narrowing to a point at the > front some distance behind the "shoulder." The back was quite dark and under > certain lighting conditions when viewing the bird from the rear and side, > alternating rows of rufous and blackish-brown could be seen. The tertials were > barred. Fairly large, bright, unmarked rufous patches were in the area of the > "shoulders." The crown was a dark grayish-black, the back of the neck and the > upper mantle were a light gray. The bill looked to be primarily black with > orange at the base and extending along the bottom side of the lower mandible. The > legs were a pale yellowish-pink (looking much more toward orange-pink earlier > in the day). Based on the large black patches and the whitish throat and > neck Dean was absolutely certain that this was not the Ruff he had seen and that > this male is most likely the bird reported by Al Eisner (hopefully Dean will > also write something on this). I'm sure that this is the same bird I saw. I didn't have as prolonged (or possibly as close) a view, but what details I got were consistent with the above. (In retrospect, I should not have used the word "chestnut" for the shoulder patches as a possible alternative to "rufous" -- I was mis-using the former word. Rufous or orange would be fine.) Al Eisner _______________________________________________ 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]]