[EBB Sightings] Eastern phoebe?

[EBB Sightings] Eastern phoebe?

Sharyn F. Galloway
Thu Aug 10 18:31:03 PDT 2006
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    Well maybe...
    
    NOT having our binoculars on a 'quick walk' along Lime Ridge Open Space,
    Concord the other evening, (never leave binoculars behind!),  we saw from
    the trail what looked like a Says Phoebe to me at first; but further study
    it seemed to be more 'grayish' then I was thinking 'flycatcher', but it
    still looked strange - not as large and shape of head different (& def. NOT
    black phoebe). 
     After checking a website" http://www.birdphotography.com, Dennis thinks it
    may be an Eastern Phoebe, going by the 'whitish throat' this had, which I
    really couldn't confirm since no binocs, bad lighting & constant moving of
    the bird of concern.
    
    We don't have time to return until next Monday at the soonest , but if
    someone in the area has the time and would care to see if they can site it,
    here are the basic directions:
    
    This is the section of Lime Ridge "off Treat" at the end of "Navarrone",
    going towards Ygnacio Blvd.(i.e. if you're coming up Treat Blvd from 680,
    it's the first right turn after San Miguel (after you pass the Canal) at the
    light, if that makes any sense. (Across the street from the main parking
    lot. You drive/ride to the end of Navarrone, and take the trail leading to
    Ygnacio Blvd ( or the underpass before it), but you'll pass two ponds and
    it's about 1/2 mi from the trailhead across from the second Pond; it was out
    in the field between the pond and the trail. Also, there's a resident coyote
    usually around this pond. We say it about 6PM on Wed., Aug. 9th.
    
    Sorry hope it's not a wild goose chase; or contact me after Aug. 13th, maybe
    we can meet out there...
    
    good birding
    
    Sharyn & Dennis Galloway
    
    


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