From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Jul 20 15:09:53 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6KM7rOP020839 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:07:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-d21.mx.aol.com (imo-d21.mx.aol.com [205.188.144.207]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6KM6tMR020789 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:06:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r2.6.) id t.30.5b9fd7e7 (16335) for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:06:45 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:06:45 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5113 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Reeve, New Chicago Marsh 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]] All, This morning Frank Vanslager and I had an adult female mostly alternate plumaged RUFF in New Chicago Marsh. The bird was in with a flock of WILSON'S PHALAROPES about 125-150 yds northeast of the railroad tracks and about a half mile from the Environmental Education Center entrance road (opposite a point of land where the railroad curves toward the south). This could well be the female that Dean Manley has seen a couple times flying northwest from the pond nearest the EEC entrance road (usually not re-found after it flew). She stood taller and was much bigger bodied than the largest female Wilson's Phalaropes (no Dowitchers nearby). The bird had a warm brown head and upper neck (whitish at the base of the bill and a dark eyestripe) which became blackish-brown through the chest and extending back along the flanks (spotty toward the rear). The lower chest, belly and undertail coverts were whitish. The upper body had dark centered warm buffy edged coverts and scapulars (some evidence of molting along the coverts). Tertials were boldly barred (one looked loose as the wind moved around it). Bill was black with a slight de-curve and with a hint of color at the base of the bill. Legs were yellowish-orange. We ran into the "Tuesday Birding Group" at the nearest pond and hope they were able to re-find the Reeve from our directions. Otherwise things looked pretty slow in the marsh with a big reduction in the number of Phalaropes and Dowitchers (also possibly the male Ruff). The only Dowitchers identified were SHORT-BILLED. Good numbers of Yellowlegs in the pond at State and Spreckles. We then did a quick check of Salt Pond A-4 (no Little Blue Heron) and walked out along the inside edge of the West Pond of the Sunnyvale Water Treatment Facility. Lots of foraging FORSTER'S TERNS but no Black Tern. The WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL continues near the northeastern corner of the West Pond (never left the water so we could not look for tags). Take care, Bob Reiling _______________________________________________ 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]]