From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Sun Nov 7 14:59:13 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iA7Mw9jo004664 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:58:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-m23.mx.aol.com (imo-m23.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.4]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iA7MubVC004610 for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 14:56:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id t.1a8.2a8bbacc (4380) for <[[email protected]]>; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:56:33 -0500 (EST) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:56:33 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] Lesser Black-backed Gull in Salt Pond A16 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, One o'clock this afternoon Mike Mammoser, Scott Terrill and I had a mostly adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL on the eastern end of the western most island in Salt Pond A16 (the island furthest from the Environmental Education Center parking lot). This bird appears to be one of the two LBBG seen last weekend. The back center portion of the long yellow bill on this bird was very "dirty" looking and it had a large red gonydeal spot. Legs were a pale yellow. The white back of the head and back of the neck extending down around the front of the wing and a bit of the side of the chest was heavily dark streaked. A darker area around the eye contrasted with the light yellowish iris. The mantle was a dark gray very similar in color to our Western Gulls while the throat, chest, belly, flanks and tail were white. The bird appeared to be missing at least one and possibly two of the outer most primaries on the left side giving the bird a short winged look (only two white wingtips were seen while at least one primary was seen sticking up above the wing). Earlier the bird was seen being aggressive toward a Herring Gull that was a bit too close for comfort. As we were watching the LBBG Mike Mammoser first heard and then spotted a SANDERLING as it flew past, it eventually landed on the eastern end of the third island in Salt Pond A16. Even earlier a couple dozen RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS (all females) were seen in Salt Pond A12. 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]]