Re: [SBB] South-Bay-Birds Digest, Vol 2, Issue 62

[Clint <[[email protected]]>]

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>    1. Palo Alto Baylands, Friday. (Chuq Von Rospach)
>    2. Re: Palo Alto Baylands, Friday. (Chuq Von Rospach)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:00:28 -0800
>From: Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>
>Subject: [SBB] Palo Alto Baylands, Friday.
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>Took time off Friday to get outside, and ended up off at the Palo 
>Alto Baylands. The set of photos from the trip are here: http://
>www.flickr.com/photos/chuqui/sets/72057594071114716/" (blog on this 
>with more details here: http://chuqui.typepad.com/teal_sunglasses/
>2006/02/palo_alto_bayla.html).
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>Seen were American Avocets, black-necked stilts, the pied-billed 
>grebe, Northern shoveler, and a green-winged teal, Canada Geese, 
>greater scaup, ruddy duck, a very habituated Ring-Necked pheasant 
>(who was as curious about me as I was about him -- the only thing he 
>preferred to hide from were the dogs -- and it was fascinating to see 
>him disappear into the weeds when one came near) -- and the 
>pheasant's four girlfriends; we were visited repeatedly by a Northern 
>Harrier, and a merlin made a dramatic visit, appearing out of nowhere 
>and skimming the mudflats at about 5' and then landing on light pole 
>for easy pictures... Also one great egret and the rare but not 
>photgenic Mallard Duck and Coot.
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>unidentified birds: a flycatcher of some sort, I think a Phoebe, but 
>I'm just not sure; a shorebird I think is a marbled godwit, but 
>again, I'm not comfortable labelling the photo with it (yet); and the 
>required Little Brown Bird, which might be a chipping sparrow.
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>--
>Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
>[[email protected]] -- http://chuqui.typepad.com/
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>Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't 
>fallen asleep yet.
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>Message: 2
>Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:06:38 -0800
>From: Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>
>Subject: Re: [SBB] Palo Alto Baylands, Friday.
>To: Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>
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>On Feb 26, 2006, at 9:00 PM, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
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>>  Harrier, and a merlin made a dramatic visit,
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>Correction: juvie Cooper's Hawk -- thanks to the folks who pointed 
>out the differences (that was my other choice, but I got messed up by 
>size, and I wasn't thinking juvenile).
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>>  unidentified birds: a flycatcher of some sort, I think a Phoebe, but
>>  I'm just not sure; a shorebird I think is a marbled godwit, but
>>  again, I'm not comfortable labelling the photo with it (yet); and the
>>  required Little Brown Bird, which might be a chipping sparrow.
>
>Black Phoebe, Marbled Godwit and Song Sparrow.
>
>Sparrows will be the death of me, but I'm starting to feel 
>comfortable with the rest.... (with all of your support and help! 
>thanks!)
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>--
>Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
>[[email protected]] -- http://chuqui.typepad.com/
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>Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh
>nervously and change the subject.
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