From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Fri Sep 17 15:02:45 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i8HM0DwQ021602 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web50007.mail.yahoo.com (web50007.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.22]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i8HLwi1c021554 for <[[email protected]]>; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:58:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <[[email protected]]> Received: from [69.110.145.11] by web50007.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:58:42 PDT Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:58:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Barbara Harkleroad <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: [[email protected]] Subject: [SBB] White Crown Sparrow and Quail 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]] My first two White Crown Sparrows arrived in the back yard this morning. One adult and one 1st winter. I've documented their arrival for 14 years now. This is the second time I've seen one on the 17th, and one year on the 16th. They usually arrive around the 21st. The Gold Crowns arrive around the 28th. Is there any plumage difference between the male and female adults? I had the idea that the female did not have the white stripes, and now, after looking carefully at the Sibley book, I see only 'Adult' and '1st Winter.' I feel pretty dumb. A few months ago, The Wild Bird Store newsletter told how to make a dust bath for birds, (in our case, quail.) My husband dug an area, surrounded it with large stones, filled it with nice soil and ashes, etc. It took awhile for the quail to start using it, though their favorite places were next to our foundation where it was cool and damp. DAMP! was the answer, plus raking the Pine needles out regularly. Although they will dust bathe in dry soil, which they can quickly loosen and almost bury themselves, they really like the moist loose soil. They're happy, we're happy. Barbara Harkleroad Almaden Area __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ 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]]