Re: [SBB] Snowy Plover at ECC

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In a message dated 8/17/05 1:00:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
[[email protected]] writes:

highlight was 
the ORANGE BISHOP 


All,
 
Shortly after Summer left the male and the female ORANGE  BISHOP were both 
spotted perched at the top of a tree by Juliette (Bryson?)  and a friend.  The 
two birds were perhaps a foot and a half apart.  After I got the scope on the 
female she perched for perhaps another  30 seconds in the tree with a large 
insect in it's beak.  She then  flew with the insect to a spot in the 
northwestern corner of the marsh  were the male and female have both been seen 
previously.  The male then  flew to the perch just vacated by the female.  Later the 
male flew  off, until out of sight, in nearly the exact opposite direction that 
the female  took.  It'll be interesting to see what kind of young they raise?  
I  then returned to New Chicago Marsh where Dave Weber and I had a distant  
view of a single BAIRD'S SANDPIPER.  Unfortunately we lost the bird when we  
moved to a new location in hopes of getting a better look.  An adult  PEREGRINE 
FALCON was on one of the nearby Power Towers shortly after  noon. 
 
The water level at the Coyote Creek Field Station Waterbird Pond looked  
really good (to me) today.  Unfortunately, one can almost see New Chicago  Marsh 
drying out (is this the New Chicago Meadow of the  future?). 
 
Take care,
Bob Reiling     
 
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