From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun May 9 11:37:29 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i49IYiV0028379 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 9 May 2004 11:34:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m22.mx.aol.com (imo-m22.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.3]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i49IXRD6028320 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 9 May 2004 11:33:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r1.3.) id t.1ed.2022ceab (15899) for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 9 May 2004 14:33:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aol.com (mow-d13.webmail.aol.com [205.188.139.129]) by air-id09.mx.aol.com (v99.12) with ESMTP id MAILINID92-3e1b409e797233b; Sun, 09 May 2004 14:33:23 -0400 Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 14:33:22 -0400 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 X-AOL-IP: 68.126.195.58 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [SBB] Swainson's Hawk - Alum Rock Park 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]] While leading a trip to Alum Rock Park yesterday (5/8/04) we observed a mystery raptor. As we hiked the North Rim Trail we spotted a raptor flying north toward us as it came from the south. It was quite high but we could see its tapered wings. At this distance there appeared to be a dark eye line which first brought Peregrine Falcon to mind. But as it got closer it was clearly not a falcon. The wings were almost all white with no color in the leading egdes. The tail showed a bit of color showing through as we observed from far below. Once returning from the days trip I was able to refer to additional books and discovered the bird we saw looks almost identical to the Swainson's Hawk pictued in Wheeler's Raptor Book - plate 307 on page 291 showing a, "juvenile light morph (1-year-old)[May]" example of a Swainson's. We observed this bird around 11:30 AM is it flew north, up and over Alum Rock Park. We also observed nesting activity and begging nestlings all over the park. Other birds of note on the North Rim Trail - Pair of Cassin's Vireos Rufous-Crowned Sparrow With an entirely rufous back and buzzy, wing whistle I believe the Selasphorus Hummingbird we saw (and had great views of) was a Rufous Hummingbird. Lisa Myers _______________________________________________ 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]]