From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Oct 22 16:53:31 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9MNp5jn009023 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:51:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m20.mx.aol.com (imo-m20.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i9MNoCVC008983 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:50:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [[email protected]] by imo-m20.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id t.1e4.2db067d8 (4394) for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:50:05 -0400 (EDT) From: [[email protected]] Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:50:05 EDT To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5034 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] SAGu in PA Flood Control Basin 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 i9MNp5jn009023 All: At 2:42 PM today, Friday, I had shouldered the Questar in defeat and was preparing to investigate one of the ponds further north, when a small bird flew in. I cautioned myself, “At least you should put down the scope and see what that dark bird was before leaving.” It was the immature Sabine’s Gull. In another minute or so, a Bonaparte’s Gull moved into my field of view. The SAGU was uniformly grayish-brown over its back, extending up the back of the neck to the top of the head, with a cusp of gray extending behind and under the eye. There was no hint of yellow on the end of the bill. At first no other birders showed up, except for a bicyclist who wanted to know what those other strange people had been looking for. I showed him. Eventually Peggy Don showed up (for her second look), and we watched the bird powerfully swimming throughout the north pond. At 3:57 the bird, after doing a bit of preening to show its black-notched tail tip and black outer primaries, flew off low to the north. It seemed a picture-perfect juvenile. Frank Vanslager _______________________________________________ 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]]