From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Nov 5 16:20:17 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iA60IPjm025090 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:18:25 -0800 (PST) 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 iA60GwVC025041 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:16:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id t.7f.5065360c (26116) for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:16:52 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 19:16:52 EST To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Notables 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 first went to the school located on Ocala Ave (northwest of Lake Cunningham Park) where we had the adult SNOW GOOSE, the adult ROSS'S GOOSE and three CACKLING GEESE with a good sized flock of CANADA GEESE in the far corner of the school yard near the baseball diamonds. One of the Cackling Geese seemed to be a bit larger than the other two and had a fairly obvious but narrow white neck band. All three of the Cackling Geese had a black band under the chin, running from the front to the back, dividing the white chin strap. One of the smaller birds had a solid, fairly wide, dark black band from the base of the bill to the top of the neck. The other smaller bird had a solid, fairly wide, dark black band about half way across the chin strap where it abruptly became a narrow black band for the remaining distance. The larger Cackling Goose had a wide black band across the front half of the chin strap and an equally wide lighter black (dark gray) band for the remaining distance. In one of the first Sludge Ponds to the left of the dike as you access the Coyote Creek Field Station we had many MEW GULLS with as many RING-BILLED GULLS and a few of the larger Gulls. Later we ran into Dave Weber at the Environmental Education Center where we had six species of Gull on the first island in Salt Pond A16 (WESTERN, GLAUCOUS-WINGED, HERRING, THAYER'S, CALIFORNIA and RING-BILLED). A PEREGRINE FALCON flew from one of the power towers along the side of the EEC entrance road (was later seen eating a bird on the top of a telephone pole on Los Esteros Road). The three of us then saw an AMERICAN PIPIT on the railroad tracks that run through New Chicago Marsh (it kept flying ahead of us as we walked out into the marsh) and several BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS and DUNLIN were in the pond at State and Spreckles. A late PECTORAL SANDPIPER was on one of the islands in the pond trying to hide in the pickle weed. Dave then went back to work and Frank and I went to the Jubilee Christian Center where we had a WILSON'S SNIPE (in the wet area of Arzino Ranch near the Center parking lot), a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (our second of the day), and a BURROWING OWL. We also had the pleasure of watching a GOLDEN EAGLE (a juvenile with a lot of white at the upper base of the tail but none on the lower wing) as it hunted the fields near us. At one point the GOEA just missed a rabbit which then darted for the protection of the fence line. Some excellent views of this bird as it perched in the field nearby and later on a telephone pole on Los Esteros Road. 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]]