Re: [SBB] redstart?

[Bob Power <[[email protected]]>]

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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