ID-FRONTIERS for October 1-7, 2000

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Date   Time   Nelson's Sparrow   Bill Principe    Mon, 2 Oct 2000   6:01pm   Fwd: [BIRDCHAT] Odd Heermann's Gull   Steve Sosensky    Mon, 2 Oct 2000   9:47pm

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Subject: Nelson's Sparrow
From: Bill Principe <ThePrincipes(AT)EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: 2 Oct 2000 6:01pm

   The web site below has some very fine photos of a
hatching year Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus
nelsoni) banded Saturday in western Pennsylvania.
   BTW, why can't we just call it Nelson's Sparrow,
anyway?

http://www.westol.com/~banding/Sharp-tail.htm

Bill Principe                My heart in hiding
La Canada, California      Stirred for a bird,
Los Angeles County    the achieve of; the mastery of the thing!
34*11'N 118*12'W                        from "The Windhover"
ThePrincipes(AT)earthlink.net          by Gerard Manley Hopkins


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Subject: Fwd: [BIRDCHAT] Odd Heermann's Gull
From: Steve Sosensky <Steve(AT)SOSENSKY.COM>
Date: 2 Oct 2000 9:47pm

Hi IDers,

This message was originally sent to BirdChat, CalBird, and LACoBirds. Sorry
for any duplication, but there are probably some of you larophiles here
that are not on any of those lists, so have fun with this one. Please send
any correspondence to Bernardo.

>Hi, All.
>
>On 29 August I received a call from Larry Fukuhara, Programs Director at
>the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, to report a "white Heermann's Gull" at
>Cabrillo Beach. Cabrillo Beach is on the edge of the Port of Los Angeles
>in Los Angeles County, California.
>
>After some searching, I found a very striking, mostly whitish Heermann's
>Gull (Larus heermanni) in the local flock of Heermann's and Western
>gulls.
>
>Check out the photos at http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/pelagics . Click on
>"Photo Index Page," then on "Odd Heermann's Gull." (And do click on
>"Pelagics" for information on our overnight deep water trip on 4
>November)
>
>The gull was not refound the next day and has not been reported since. I
>wonder if anyone else has seen the bird elsewhere in California. This is
>a very distinctive individual that is easily recognizable. I would ask
>anyone who sees it to please contact me or post it to the list so that
>we can keep track of it.
>
>Thank you and take care,
>
>Bernardo
>
>Bernardo Alps
>Whalephoto(AT)earthlink.net
>Santa Monica, CA
>Deluxe deepwater SoCal Pelagic trips: next Nov. 3-5
>http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/pelagics

Good birding,
Steve <mailto:steve(AT)sosensky.com>

Steve Sosensky, photographer                        www.sosensky.com
10834 Blix Street #213                                  818-508-4946
Toluca Lake, CA 91602                      34*09'02" N, 118*22'47" W
Audubon in So. California                www.SoCalAudubon.org/socal/
San Fernando Valley AS       www.SanFernandoValleyAudubon.org/sfvas/