From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sat Jul 17 19:10:13 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6I285OR027263 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:08:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-out3.apple.com (mail-out3.apple.com [17.254.13.22]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6I27JMR027225 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:07:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate1.apple.com (a17-128-100-225.apple.com [17.128.100.225]) by mail-out3.apple.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6I27iD2012020 for <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:07:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay4.apple.com (relay4.apple.com) by mailgate1.apple.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]>; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:07:18 -0700 Received: from [17.112.105.63] ([17.112.105.63]) by relay4.apple.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6I271lo001948; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:07:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v618) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> From: Barry Langdon-Lassagne <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Ruffs in New Chicago Marsh Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:06:58 -0700 To: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.618) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id i6I27JMR027225 Cc: [[email protected]], Ginger Langdon-Lassagne <[[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]] I think I was the "other birder" as I met Dean this morning, and was on the tracks with Dean at 9am today. Dean pointed out the approximate location of the male Ruff to me and I was able to find it without trouble. I took field notes before comparing with the description in Sibley since I wanted to practice my observation skills, and Ruff is a life bird for me! Below is a transcription of my notes. I also took some pictures through my spotting scope, which you can see at: http://www.goldbug.com/barry/birds/ruff.html - Overall: Looks kind of like a Yellowlegs, but with a shorter bill. Black on stomach reminiscent of Dunlin. Body thinner than nearby Dowitchers, but more plump than the Wilson's Phalaropes nearby. Bigger than the phalaropes. - Bill: black near tip, dark reddish towards base. Straight. - Face: Partial (split?) eye-ring. White around base of bill. Darker on top of head. Neck grayish - Back: many feathers have beautiful pattern of reddish-brown in center, with a thick border of black around the brown, and outermost a thin white border. Towards the neck two or three largeish rusty brown feathers - Belly: many black feathers, but with gaps showing white in between. More black nearer wings, but at least a few black feathers across the front to form a band across belly - Tail kind of curves up at the end. He never showed his rump for me - Undertail coverts pure white - Legs: Pale gray or tan Barry Langdon-Lassagne ----- On Jul 16, 2004, at 4:38 PM, [[email protected]] wrote: > The RUFFS continued in New Chicago Marsh this morning. Dean Manley and > another birder were studying the male when I arrived at around 9 AM. > The bird was ------------------------ Note: I am going on leave beginning August 1, 2004. Please direct Java queries to François Jouaux or Tom O'Brien in my absence. --Barry ------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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]]