Date: 9/4/24 11:43 am From: Brian Fitch via groups.io <fogeggs...> Subject: Re: [SFBirds] Western Cattle Egret - Crissy Field
Here's another twist...
At around 6:45 this morning, a Cattle Egret flew by me as I stood on the
concrete bridge at South Lake Merced. It quickly vanished in the fog
heading toward Daly City, but I had a good view of the small size compared
to nearby cormorants, the bright yellow beak, and the black legs and feet.
I suspect that it had been flushed from one of the golf courses, as I could
hear mowers already hitting the greens. There was also an eclipse drake
Green-winged Teal, and the N. Waterthrush continues on the east side
boardwalk as previously reported. The canal had a huge number of Yellow
Warblers, and there is a new dam/weir on the canal, which creates a small
waterfall and a swampy reservoir backed up toward the county line.
Brian Fitch
On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 10:08 AM Alvaro Jaramillo via groups.io <chucao=
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> Adam et al.
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> There is an Eastern Cattle-Egret specimen in breeding plumage from
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> Alvaro Jaramillo
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> *From:* <SFBirds...> <SFBirds...> *On Behalf Of *Adam Winer
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 4, 2024 10:02 AM
> *To:* <keith.maley...>
> *Cc:* SF Birds <SFBirds...>
> *Subject:* Re: [SFBirds] Western Cattle Egret - Crissy Field
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> Throwing something out there... while the odds are extremely high that
> any Cattle Egret in San Francisco is a Western Cattle Egret, I don't think
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> Eastern Cattle Egret has been recorded on Midway Island (nw Hawaiian
> Islands), and while Midway is a long, long way from California, it's
> amazing that it got to Midway in the first place! Cattle Egrets have a
> remarkable dispersal ability. It's not inconceivable that an Eastern
> Cattle Egret might make its way to North America. Unfortunately, the
> identification criteria for a non-breeding Cattle Egret are tricky -
> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318600580_Subspecific_identification_and_status_of_Cattle_Egret > - you'd be looking for a longer-legged, longer-billed bird, and that's
> something most easily accomplished with a side-by-side comparison. And
> that's cruelly unlikely to be an option here in SF.
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> (Nice find, Keith!)
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> On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 7:43 AM Keith Maley via groups.io <keith.maley=
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