Re: [SBB] WWDO still present - 9/20/06

["Feighner, Mike" <[[email protected]]>]

All,

Did anyone try to refind the White-winged Dove yesterday afternoon?
There were no additional reports positive or negative after Mike Rogers'
report below.

--
Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, Alameda County

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Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:10 AM
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Subject: [SBB] WWDO still present - 9/20/06

All,

I arrived at the Morabito farm just after 8am and Mike Mammoser was
already there with the WHITE-WINGED DOVE in his scope. We watched the
bird for over a half hour as it sat in a dead willow. It moved around a
bit at 8:42am, then got very agitated when a COOPER'S HAWK came by at
8:49am, flying from the willow to the telephone wires by the road when
the Cooper's stopped nearby. A minute later, it flew off to the south,
then turned west over Highway 101 and disappeared.

This is a hatching-year bird, with white splays on the forehead and
auriculars (see Sibley), pale blue and limited skin in front of the eye,
a dull black whisker mark, brownish primaries (especially the tips), and
dull orange eyes. The bird was growing some new lesser wing coverts that
were a darker brown than the juvenile feathers. The rightmost of the two
central rectrices (visible from above on the closed tail) is missing its
tip, but the bird's age class (HY), its wariness when the Cooper's Hawk
showed up, and powerful flight all seem consistent with a wild bird -
although who knows whether the dove fancier at Maple and Murphy may be
keeping WWDOs or not. There were 15+ EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES and 2
RINGED TURTLE-DOVES at Morabito's as well.

Mike Rogers
Sunnyvale

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