From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jun 10 19:46:04 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i5B2huit014533 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:43:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hotmail.com (bay4-dav121.bay4.hotmail.com [65.54.171.151]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i5B2fucu014444 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:41:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:41:54 -0700 Received: from 65.142.46.143 by bay4-dav121.bay4.hotmail.com with DAV; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 02:41:53 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.142.46.143] X-Originating-Email: [[[email protected]]] X-Sender: [[email protected]] From: "LINDA ADAMS" <[[email protected]]> To: "south-bay-birds" <[[email protected]]>, "Bill Bousman" <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] So. County Tricolored Blackbird? Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:41:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: MSN 8.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By MSN MimeOLE V8.50.0017.1202 Seal-Send-Time: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:41:54 -0700 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Jun 2004 02:41:54.0152 (UTC) FILETIME=[A7F37680:01C44F5D] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Cc: 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]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id i5B2huit014533 Hello Bill and SBBers, You raise some good questions. I had originally wondered if the Red-winged and Tricolor Blackbirds might be closely enough related that they might gather up odds and ends of other blackbirds liking similar habitat and nest together on a small site like the Roop Rd. Pond. There may have very well been a female mate, but I couldn't recognize anything that dull in coloration from that distance. The flash of bright white on the wings of a male is the only thing that caught my attention. I don't think that it was just eating because it appeared to forage and then take the food down somewhere (maybe to a nest?); then come back out and forage again. In fact, there could have been more birds with white wing patches besides this one, but at that particular time, he was the only one that I could see. Is it a possibility that he and his mate had a nesting failure earlier, and they stayed at the nesting site longer, running into the Red-winged Blackbirds nesting time slot? These birds are new to me so I think I will pay close attention from now on when we visit or drive-by; and gather as much information on them as possible. I'll try to bring a spotting scope instead of binocs next time so I can look into the mass of water plants. Another lesson learned: "DON'T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT SPOTTING SCOPE!" It would be really great if there are more of him there! Thanks again for your insight. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Bousman To: LINDA ADAMS ; south-bay-birds Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [SBB] So. County Tricolored Blackbird? At 04:41 PM 6/10/04, LINDA ADAMS wrote: >Hello SBBers, > >While we were doing volunteer work at Coyote Lake Park on Mendoza Ranch >(Roop Rd. & Quail Ridge Rd.) Pond today (about 11 a.m.), I noticed a >blackbird amongst the reeds that did not appear to be one of the many >Red-Winged Blackbirds. The patch on its wing was bright white below the >red and could have been tinged with a separate small yellow band, but the >position of the sun could have produced that yellow cast. But there was >definitely a lot of bright white. Since I don't recall ever seeing a >Tricolored Blackbird, I wasn't sure if this was one or if it was some >genetic variation of a Red-wing. > >I watched from Roop Rd. for about 15 minutes and I saw it fly in and out >of the reeds a few times on the right side of the pond closest to the >road. It did not do a lot of flying or move into sight very often, so I >had to concentrate on finding it each time. It could easily be >overlooked. I could not see any others even similar to this bird. Would >any of you know whether Tricolors have ever been seen there, and if in >fact, this is one? Any information would be greatly appreciated. I'm >afraid it will move on when it finishes nesting and I will never know. . >. Thanks. Dear Linda/SBB, I wonder if a lone Tricolored Blackbird is a nonbreeder or just foraging, as we sometimes run into these single birds in the summer. But this is a colonial nesting species and we usually find groups of them at once, generally near their nesting colonies (which are sometimes ephemeral). Mike Rogers had a huge flock in the San Antonio Valley in May and I had a small flock near the Ogier Avenue ponds later in the month. But I don't recall that anyone has seen a nesting colony recently. Bill _______________________________________________ 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/ll-rwadams%40msn.com This email sent to [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. 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