Hi, Part of the reason could be because much of that stretch of I-5 is intensively farmed. Due to concerns about endangered species such as the San Joaquin...
It’s been suggested to me that irrigation water applied in dry environments concentrates animal life, and when it’s close to busy roads this is the result....
Nancy, et. al.: One of the integrated pest management techniques being passed on to farmers in the Central Valley is the recommendation to install nest boxes...
Thank you for the many replies I received about the owls being killed along I-5 in the central valley. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be anything we can do...
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Sally Walters & Don S...
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May 15, 2012 7:00 pm
Add Burrowing owls - smaller brown and blend into the sub-straight therefore easy to miss. SallyWalters & DonSchmoldt Sacramento County, Ca BajaOwl@... ...
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May 15, 2012 8:13 pm
This owl mortality along I-5 has been going on for decades and we always understood that the cause was uncovered truckloads of grain. The grain blows off the...
Might be a neat article explaining the problem in a local magazine or Newspaper article (Sac Bee or ?) That might get a grant/student research project or...
Some work has been done on this. I can't find the whole article, as it was part of a conference. One of these guys did work through UC Davis on the ...
It's not just an issue in the lowlands. Some work a few years ago on Bald Eagles up Feather River Canyon (I think) found several dead Saw-Whet Owls in their...
Still here 4:00 pm Steve Summers Porterville Sent from my Droid ... From: "John Sterling" <jsterling@...> To: "Central_Valley_Birds@Yahoogroups. Com"...
Hi Rich and All, I have seen the CHP pull over main big rigs for uncovered gravel loads, etc... I would assume they would do the same with grain as that can be...
There is more to it than loose grain loads. Jon Winter ... From: Doug Shaw Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 4:53 PM To: Sally Walters & Don Schmoldt ; Nick & Mary...
I remember an NPR story a few years ago about some road mortality research going on in Idaho. Interesting if nothing else. Lo and behold, I found it. Linked...
The Tulare Co. Black-bellied Whistling Duck was last seen at 4:34 pm flying off to the east and out of sight. In the next half hour it did not return. The...
Fraser Shilling here at UC Davis has a roadkill research project. You could ask him for insights on the barn-owl problem. Could also enter your observations at...
On May 4, 2012, a male grackle made a very brief appearance at my feeder. I got an unsatisfactory look and, based on probabilities, I thought it likely a...
I was studying Steve Howell's new book Petrels, Albatrosses and Storm-Petrels of North America which I highly recommend by the way. I noticed that in the...
I work for Caltrans in Los Angeles. The maintenance div. is most likely people to know more as they handled any roadkills, and in some areas they report this...
Sun, 20 May, 2012 -- A 1st year SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS was spotted by the sharp eyes of Todd Easterla on the Spring Mendocino Coast Audubon pelagic trip out of...
The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck was still present today (05.22.2012) between 11:00-11:15. The bird was "right where it was suppose to be" in the NE quadrant...
Dear CalBirders, yesterday while birding the Yuba Pass/Gold Lakes area we had a male black-backed woodpecker at SALMON LAKE. The bird flew into a bare topped...
After birding in the AM on Wednesday, 5/23/2012, I went to Skates on the Bay at Berkeley Marina for lunch (11:40 - 12:45) and I left my spotting scope...
The black-belly is present 16:30 on Thursday 24 May. Follow Steve's directions below. Flock on! Elias/Ηλίας Arcata CA/San Diego CA Walkie talkie primero...
Hi: As Lori Conrad stated in clear, concise post to the kerncobirding list serv Galileo/Silver Saddle will be closed to all birders all day Saturday, all day...
Hi, I just received a request for a re-post of the birding rules for Galileo/Silver Saddle. Of course, this Memorial Day long weekend is an exception with the...
The Black-bellied whistling duck in the NE quarter of the diked ponds. In this quadrant, it is in the se corner. 1030am. Calvin Lou San Francisco S Connected...
