Hello all, Sorry for my absence I have been away birding in Bolivia for the past month but I am back and will be back posting on here. This post is late but...
Hey all as promised here are the gull photos from the Pajaro River Mouth. The Kumlien's pics are here http://www.garrulax.com/kumliensgull I also posted a...
Forgive me if this has already been established but I was wondering if there were photos of the Frigatebird that was found north of San Fransisco Bay and was...
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 16:04:21 -0800 (PST), David Vander Pluym ... Photos were posted at the IBRC site. http://www.ibrrc.org/pr_01_07_2008.html and.. ...
Folks I have been away for much of the fall, any Northern California Slaty-back records that could be forwarded to Thomas Johnson [jaegermaster@...]? ...
Hey all, This was posted to the Slo co listserve a new bird guide to San Luis Obispo County. http://morrocoastaudubon.org/birdguide.htm David Vander Pluym ...
Greeting, www.SoCalBirding.com was launched this year to charter pelagic trips out of San Diego to the Mexican Coronados Islands (3 species of booby and a...
Hi all, Just wanted to let everybody know that Jeff Allen found and photographed an adult Slaty-backed Gull yesterday morning, 19 January, at the mouth of ...
Birders, The California Bird Records Committee, a Committee of the Western Field Ornithologists, held its annual meeting in Los Gatos on 18-19 January 2008....
I thought that people throughout the state might benefit from this discussion as it pertains to all those who report and read about birds online. I don't...
Thought people would be interested in this, and would want to help out. David Vander Pluym Ventura FW: [kerncobirding] gull weekend survey in San Joaquin...
All, I wanted to point out several significant upgrades to eBird (http://ebird.org), which is an online bird checklist database, personal listing program, and...
Hi all, Today, Matt Wachs and I found a 3rd cycle Slaty-backed Gull around 9:00 am in the Ferndale Bottoms, Humboldt Co. Photos are at the link below: ...
Hello, I have noticed a recent proclivity among some birders posting sightings on many of the listservs, for using bird banding code (i.e. RTLO, GWFG, etc.) to...
Hey Scott! Actually, the proclivity lately is to *not* use the codes, as they seem to be the latest victim of political correctness. You should not assume...
IMHO, banding acronyms belong in one place: banding. The potential for a SNAFU is too great, as most of us aren’t banders (it’s not in our DNA), and...
Hello all, There is six letter banding code variation that works quite well in almost all instances. Cerulean Warbler would be CERWAR and Cedar Waxwing would...
I agree with Scott--not necessarily about people's motivations for using banding codes, but about the wisdom of using these in a general bird-related forum....
No, conciseness is not the ultimate goal, but it often helps communication. There are times, such as when the species has already been named or is a continuing...
The continued toll on Raptors at the Altamont Pass Wind Farms is making media news. Go to: http://www.kcbs.com/pages/1585239.php? Richard Cimino Pleasanton,...
It seems to me like aspects of this discussion are being blown out of proportion. I personally use banding code when taking notes in the field, as its a lot...
All, I photographed this Yellow Warbler at the mouth of the Alamo River at the South end of the Salton Sea, California on 18 December 2007 during the Salton...
Greetings, Again, the San Diego Audubon BirdFest did not disappoint. 45 birders and 5 intrepid leaders boarded the Constitution this morning and within 3...
All, David Vander Pluym and I birded around Santa Barbara County for most of the day today, concentrating on the north county. At the Santa Maria River Estuary...
Oscar and all, Very handsome FAR EASTERN HERRING GULL TYPE or VEGA GULL. The bird looks like a classic to me, for what ever that is worth. I seem to be finding...
Terry and all, It seems noteworthy that Western Gulls which in years past streamed by the thousands out from the Coronados' North Island nesting site to...
Hi all, This morning Kerry Ross and I followed up on a possible Arctic Loon at Stone Lagoon reported to the Northwestern California Bird Alert by "Wally" ...
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