Re: [SBB] redstart?

[[[email protected]] (Bill Maney)]

Peggy Don also mentioned the tail.  I did not see my bird fanning its
tail frequently (or at all).
Bill Maney

Bob Power wrote:
> 
> Bill, I was adrenalinized by a possible Redstart in
> Kern County last week.  Bright yellow flashes from the
> tail were the best field marks. As the bird disappeard
> and I worked the field marks back and forth in my
> mind, it also occurred to me that female orioles were
> flying in the area, and I concurred that I had seen
> either a female Bullock's or a juvenile Bullock's.
> This is by no means to say you didn't see a Redstart!
> Just more info to think about. I'd encourage you to go
> back and look for the bird. That's where all the fun
> is.
> 
> Good Birding,
> 
> Bob Power
> Oakland, CA
> 
> --- Bill Maney <[[email protected]]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > This may be a red herring instead, since I am not a
> > very experienced
> > birder, but I believe I may have seen an American
> > Redstart in Sunnyvale,
> > yesterday at 1:38PM.
> >
> > I saw the bird from a levy at the southern part of
> > pond A4, across the
> > creek from the softball fields, very near a
> > pedestrian bridge that
> > crosses the creek.  It was in the rushes in the
> > creek.
> >
> > It was a nearly featureless brownish grey bird about
> > the size and shape
> > of a yellow-rumped warbler.  However, it had a
> > subtle yellow wash
> > forward of its wings (I think of armpits) and on the
> > tail, I think on
> > the outside only.  I thought it might be a yellow
> > rump, but the rump was
> > not yellow.
> >
> > It was moving through the reeds about a foot above
> > the water in the
> > channel.  It was taking little leaps within the
> > reeds from a few inches
> > to 2 feet at a time.  I only had about 5 minutes of
> > viewing before I
> > lost it while looking through my book.
> >
> > Looking through Sibley's last night, the redstart
> > seems the best fit for
> > plumage and motion.   But it would be rare here, and
> > was not in a
> > broadleaf habitat:  two big strikes.
> >
> > Does anyone have a suggestion of a better candidate?
> >
> > Bill Maney
> > Sunnyvale
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