RE: [SBB] CCFS Waterbird Pond and New Chicago Marsh

["Alvaro Jaramillo" <[[email protected]]>]

Birders

  Just to add to Bob's observations, I was at the waterbird pond yesterday.
The highlight there was an odd gull, which I think is a leucisitic (partial
albino) California Gull. What confused me was that it had yellow eyes and a
bright yellow bill with red gonys spot (no dark subterminal mark), very dull
gray-pink legs. All of this suggests something other than California Gull,
but I think they can all be accounted for by lack of melanin. Structurally
it looked like a California Gull, the wings were white however and there
were only some spotty grey mantle feathers. It appeared to be an adult. I
have some photos and will have to study them when I get some time. 
	Apart from what Bob saw, there were two or three Short-billed
Dowitchers there, staying on their own away from the larger groups of
Long-bills. The Wilson's Phalaropes included a few juveniles as well as well
molted adults. A Long-billed Curlew flew over the banding station. At CCFS
itself there was a female Lazuli Bunting, three Black-headed Grosbeaks (I
don't recall if we have nesting records for the station or not), and fledged
Hooded Orioles about. 

Regards

Al

Alvaro Jaramillo
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Half Moon Bay, CA

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> Subject: [SBB] CCFS Waterbird Pond and New Chicago Marsh
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> All,
> 
> This morning Frank Vanslager and I first went to the Coyote Creek Field
> Station Waterbird Pond.  Birds seen included at least eight  SEMIPALMATED
> PLOVERS,
> a couple dozen WILSON'S PHALAROPES, a few Dowitchers  (those ID'd were
> LONG-BILLED), LEAST SANDPIPERS and WESTERN SANDPIPERS.   Later we had good
> views of
> a "young, not fuzzy" BARN OWL in the nest box at the  Environmental
> Education
> Center, Western and Least Sandpipers from the  boardwalk on the
> northeastern
> corner of New Chicago Marsh (near the  center).  No Semipalmated
> sandpipers but
> we did find one WESA that has  already molted into several gray mantle
> feathers while still maintaining a  nicely spotted white belly and flanks.
> 
> Stay cool,
> Bob Reiling
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