[SBB] Fwd: RE: Ruffmania and other stuff

[Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]>]

Folks:

Eugenia Larson and Hugh Harvey were the kind people who found the 
Ruff for us yesterday.

Bill

>From: "Eugenia Larson" <[[email protected]]>
>To: "'Bill Bousman'" <[[email protected]]>
>Subject: RE: [SBB] Ruffmania and other stuff
>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:16:06 -0800
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>Hi Mr. Bousman,
>
>Just thought I'd let you know that Hugh Harvey and I found the Ruff a
>little after 12:30 p.m. today and showed it to the others who were
>stopping to see what we were looking at.  We were very fortunate because
>it was out resting on one of the little land bars near a dowitcher when
>we first drove up.  Only after about 5 minutes or so did it move off to
>the right to feed in the taller grasses where I'm sure we would have
>easily missed it!
>
>Eugenia Larson
>San Ramon
>Mt. Diablo Audubon Soc.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [[email protected]]
>[mailto:[[email protected]]] On Behalf Of Bill
>Bousman
>Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 5:53 PM
>To: [[email protected]]
>Subject: [SBB] Ruffmania and other stuff
>
>Folks:
>
>Today, 1/26/07, I stopped by the Alviso EEC and Salt Pond A16
>midday.  In A16, I checked the islands for gulls and found a
>1st-winter GLACOUS GULL on the second island.  Walking on, I found a
>second bird on the fourth island.  (Or maybe I didn't, as the initial
>bird was no longer around when I walked back.  Both (The) bird(s)
>showed juvenile mantle feathers and a pink bill with the distal third
>black.  Seven CACKLING GEESE are still out in A16 (The looked more
>like _minima_ to me, rather than _leucopareia_).  I also scoped the
>near part of Salt Pond A18 and spotted a male EURASIAN WIGEON among
>the thousands of wigeons and a male REDHEAD as well.  I ran into Dean
>Manley and then some Santa Cruz birders: Jeff Poklen, and Wally and
>Lois Goldfrank.  They were looking for the Ruff, but without
>success.  Leaving along the entrance road, some birders had found the
>male RUFF hiding in the pickleweed south of the entrance
>road.  Within 15 min., I counted 8 cars parked along the entrance
>road (oh, what a field day for the refuge police!), all eagerly
>watching this Siberian gentleman.  Unfortunately, I never got the
>name of the first couple that found the Ruff, but thanks.  Others
>enjoying the Ruff were Mike Mammoser and Ann Verdi.
>
>Bill Bousman
>Santa Clara County records compiler
>
>
>
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