[EBB Sightings] RE: Greater Flamingo at Coyote Hills

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Arlyn,

But the bill pattern and plumage of the birds in my photo don't match  
Lesser. Also, is Sibley's guide incorrect in showing Chilean with  
different colored "knees" and Lesser with uniformly red legs?

Les


On Oct 16, 2005, at 9:47 PM, Arlyn Christopherson wrote:

> Les,
> I think the "knees" are the Lesser giveaway in your photo. The  
> greenish legs with the rosy joint make the joint stand out. The way  
> they feed is another giveaway: the Lessers skim the upper couple of  
> centimeters of water; the Greaters are bottom feeders, so their  
> entire heads tend to be under water when they feed. Has anyone seen  
> them feeding?
> Arlyn Christopherson
> On Sunday, October 16, 2005, at 09:15  PM, Les Chibana wrote:
>> Flamingoes have been seen around the South Bay for quite a while.  
>> But these have usually been IDed as Chilean Flamingo. Was the  
>> Coyote Hills bird definitely a Greater Flamingo? I have a distant  
>> photo of a group from Salt Pond 18 in the Alviso/Milpitas area  
>> from 1996 on my website > gfla.htm>. You can see from the HTML page name that I originally  
>> thought they were Greather Flamingoes. I enlarged the birds and  
>> some of the details are better illustrated.
>>
>> Les
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>> Les Chibana
>>
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>> web 
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>> ph 650-949-4335
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>> fx 650-949-4137
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>> snailmail: SR2 Box 335, La Honda CA 94020
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>>
>> On Oct 16, 2005, at 8:55 PM, Jim Scarff wrote:
>>
>> I saw this flamingo a couple of weeks ago. It stands out! The  
>> ranger at
>> Coyote Hills was quite familiar with it, and said that it was an  
>> escapee
>> from the days when MarineWorld Africa/USA was in Foster City.
>>
>> Jim Scarff
>>


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-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Arlyn,

But the bill pattern and =
plumage of the birds in my photo don't match Lesser. Also, is Sibley's =
guide incorrect in showing Chilean with different colored "knees" and =
Lesser with uniformly red legs?

Les


On Oct 16, 2005, =
at 9:47 PM, Arlyn Christopherson wrote:

Les,

I think the "knees" are the Lesser giveaway in your =
photo. The greenish legs with the rosy joint make the joint stand out. =
The way they feed is another giveaway: the Lessers skim the upper couple =
of centimeters of water; the Greaters are bottom feeders, so their =
entire heads tend to be under water when they feed. Has anyone seen them =
feeding?

Arlyn Christopherson

On =
Sunday, October 16, 2005, at 09:15=A0=
 PM, Les Chibana wrote:
Flamingoes have been seen around the South Bay for quite a =
while. But these have usually been IDed as Chilean Flamingo. Was =
the=A0Coyote Hills bird definitely a Greater Flamingo? I have a distant =
photo of a group from Salt Pond 18 in the Alviso/Milpitas area from 1996 =
on my website=A0<http://www.birdnutz.com/=
gallery/gfla.htm>. You can see from the HTML page =
name that I originally thought they were Greather Flamingoes. I enlarged =
the birds and some of the details are better =
illustrated.=A0

Les

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Les Chibana

BirdNUTZ(tm) - Ornigasmic Birding

em =
<les at birdnutz.com>

web <http://www.birdnutz.com>

ph 650-949-4335
fx =
650-949-4137

snailmail: SR2 Box 335, La Honda CA =
94020


On Oct =
16, 2005, at 8:55 PM, Jim Scarff wrote:

I saw =
this flamingo a couple of weeks ago. It stands out! The ranger =
at
Coyote Hills was quite =
familiar with it, and said that it was an escapee
from the days when MarineWorld Africa/USA was in =
Foster City.

Jim Scarff

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