[EBB Sightings] Flamingo @ Coyote Hills!

[EBB Sightings] Flamingo @ Coyote Hills!

win kryda
Sun Oct 08 21:42:09 PDT 2006
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    After bowing out from a GGAS trip this am to photograph before the harsh 
    light got harser, at the first pond on Bay View trail after proceeding 
    along past the gate and bearing left up the hill to the observation 
    deck, I was surprised to see a Flamingo. I had assumed it was an 
    escapee. The first bicylist that stoped attributed it to Katrina. Then I 
    decided to check my Sibley and was surprised to find entries in the 
    Western edition. It was not the Greater because it had no black on the 
    undertail coverts; they were a brilliant salmon. It was not Chilean 
    because the legs were uniform in color. My view was not good enough to 
    see detail in the bill, but the back was a lovely shrimp color, not 
    pale. I would hazard a guess at a Lesser Flamingo. (I have to wait for 
    the film to come back). A third bicylist came up. When I told him about 
    it,  he said that Flamingos were S. American  and he was surprised there 
    weren't more. He then told me about the Chilean Flamingo which he sees 
    when he goes home.
    Has anyone else seen it? From the visitor center postings, a Flamingo 
    has been seen for several weeks now.
    
    


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