From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Oct 12 14:45:59 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9CLhFjh020522 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:43:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m15.mx.aol.com (imo-m15.mx.aol.com [64.12.138.205]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9CLg9VC020459 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:42:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m15.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id t.f5.433f1d31 (2612) for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:42:01 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:42:01 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] Broad-winged Hawk & Morgan Hill Eurasian Collared-Doves 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 checked out the Eurasian Collared-Doves near the intersection of Murphy Ave and Maple Ave in Morgan Hill. (Frank and I have been expecting these birds in the county for the last couple years.) When we first arrived we saw a confusing array of perhaps a couple dozen Collared-Doves. These clearly wild birds were drawn to the back yard of a house on the southwest corner which had a "Birds for sale" sign in the driveway. We further noted that at least one cage had several Collared-Doves in it. In a subsequent talk with the owner he indicated that the "free" Collared-Doves in the area were his (released by him over the years) and that he has feed set out for them. Some of the birds in the cage appeared to be almost all white (young fawn-colored Ringed Turtle-Dove?) while others appeared to be mostly Eurasian Collared Doves. I don't think that the owner knew or cared which they were. Do they interbreed? They have been nesting in the trees near his home. In any case a couple of the wild doves in the neighborhood looked like and cooed like Eurasian Collared-Doves. Looks like we'll have to find our county lifers elsewhere. Just as we were leaving Frank spotted what I'm convinced was a lightly marked, light phase BROAD-WINGED HAWK soaring low, just east of and parallel to Maple Ave and appeared about to land a half mile or so south of us. We were unable to re-find the bird in a subsequent search of the area. The underparts of the bird were whitish overall with the tail being a shade or two darker (with fine dark bands) than the wing and the essentially, unmarked body. The tips of the underwing coverts at the base of the primaries formed dark arcs back from the leading edge of the wing. There was not even the slightest hint of a patagial bar, of any sort, on the leading edge of the wing. The throat was white (the dark head ending at a blackish malar stripe). The upper parts were a fairly uniform brown with some grayish highlights along the wing. This was definitely not any of the hawks we normally see in the valley, Red-tailed, Red-shouldered or Ferruginous nor does it fit any of the other Buteos with obvious identifying characteristics that tend to include large dark areas of the wing and/or light upper body parts. 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]]