From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Feb 8 05:54:19 2005 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j18DpnGo002981 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 05:51:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from psmtp.com (exprod6ob7.obsmtp.com [64.18.1.217]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id j18DopAf002938 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 05:50:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from source ([193.95.148.142]) by exprod6ob7.obsmtp.com ([64.18.5.12]) with SMTP; Tue, 08 Feb 2005 05:50:49 PST Received: from inner-relay-1.corp.adobe.com (inner-relay-1.corp.adobe.com [153.32.1.51]) by outbound-smtp-2.corp.adobe.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j18DuoTG008378 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 05:56:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from calsj-dev (calsj-dev.corp.adobe.com [153.32.1.193]) by inner-relay-1.corp.adobe.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j18DolBQ017639 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 8 Feb 2005 05:50:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from david-pc.adobe.com ([130.248.178.17]) by mailsj-v1.corp.adobe.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <[[email protected]]> for [[email protected]]; Tue, 08 Feb 2005 05:50:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 05:50:43 -0800 From: David Forthoffer <[[email protected]]> To: [[email protected]] (SBB Chat Group) Message-id: <6.2.0.14.2.20050208053851.03f6f9a8@mailsj-v1> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: [SBB] Want help identifying a bird 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]] I am a long-time lurker on this mailing list, and a novice bird watcher. Could someone perhaps identify the following bird for me? The bird was about 6 inches from head to rump, plus tail feathers about 2.5 inches long. Its head, back, primaries, and upper tail were blue. Its chest and side of its belly were reddish. The middle of its belly was very light gray, as was its vent and under tail. So far, it sounds like a Western Bluebird, but... its under tail had a very distinct black band about a quarter inch wide (maybe 1 cm wide), which was especially visible when stretching and spreading its tail feathers. It had a similar distinct black band underneath its primaries, contrasting in both cases with very light gray feathers. It was perched on top of a telephone pole in a field near Pescadero. I did not hear any vocalizations from it. After about three minutes, it flew away. Any possibilities? Thanks, David Forthoffer P.S. I estimated its size by comparing it to the width of the telephone pole. It was slightly bigger than half the width of the pole. _______________________________________________ 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]]