Re: Pink pelicans
Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:33:19 -0700
From: Joseph Morlan
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Jimm Edgar wrote:
I am not making this up and I was sober. At 4 PM today, Monday the 11th, I came east across the San Mateo bridge and in the salt ponds just south of the hiway were about 6 American White Pelicans, but they were a bright pink!! Not sure what to make of this.
A Pink-backed Pelican (Pelcanus rufescens) of Africa/Middle has just been reported from the Farallons. Could this be what you saw? Anybody know what zoo or waterbird collection they might have escaped from?
Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA
California Birding; Mystery Birds:
http://fog.ccsf.org/~jmorlan/
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White-throated Sparrow
Tue, 24 Oct 2000 11:00:45 PDT
From: Collin Murphy
Hi, EBBers.
The White-throated Sparrow I reported on Oct. 20 was still in the same small blackberry patch near Lake Anza, Tilden Regional Park, Contra Costa County, at 9:30 AM today. If you've never seen one, this is a beautifully-marked specimen. The blackberries are on the east side of Anza Rd, near the turnaround before the road goes up the hill to the Lake Anza parking area. Enjoy!
Collin Murphy
Re: Pink pelicans
Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:30:12 PDT
From: Peter Dramer
American White Pelicans have a preference for the ponds south of Highway 92. The entire area south from Hwy 92 to old Alameda Creek is now the property of Fish and Game and no longer in salt production. Salt production ponds further south are various shades of pink - it could be that the pelicans are chasing brine shrimp in pink water.
Peter
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November 11th long-distance pelagic
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 21:45:16 -0800
From: Mike Feighner
East Bay Birders -
I have promised Todd Easterla I would send this out to East Bay Birders who may not get CALBIRD. Sorry to those getting this more than once.
Pterodroma Tours still has a few spaces left to fill the boat for the November 11th trip out of the Berkeley Marina. This trip will most likely be headed to the southwest toward the Pioneer and Gumdrop seamounts and beyond to the continental shelf. Previous November trips here have yielded Stejneger's, Mottled, and Cook's Petrels and Parakeet Auklets as well. The boat that we will be using is very fast and stable compared to other boats used for long distance trips.
We proved On October 14th that this boat was made to take on rougher weather and still make decent time. I will be introducing a couple of new leaders on this trip. Hopefully we will hit good weather and find target birds. You may call me to reserve your spot on the boat (number below)
Todd Easterla (county twitcher)
Rancho Cordova CA
(916) 638-7007
Posted to EBbird by Mike Feighner, Livermore CA