For those who have not yet made it up there, the Falcated Duck was very
cooperative this morning, coming fairly close to the platform at Colusa NWR
and looking most spectacular in perfect light...courting and displaying for
the benefit of both female and male wigeon.

Of other nearby interest, a Eurasian Wigeon was on the north side of
Norman Rd/County Rd 68 just west of the Glenn/Colusa border (in Glenn County) in
the midst of a couple thousand Snow (and Ross's) Geese (one "Blue" Snow in
the  mix).


Ed Pandolfino
Sacramento, CA


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Ken et al
Where is this Grace's Warbler?  How do I find it???
Tom

Thomas Miko (Mi'ko' Tama's)
Mobile: 909.241.3300
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California
http://www.tgmiko.com
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(Daniel Patrick Moynihan)

Dec 7, 2012 08:30:30 AM, shrikethree@... wrote:

Yesterday, the GRAY HAWK was along the railway west of Salt in Carpinteria at
about 10:30 (thanks to Al DeMartini for spotting it) and the GRACE’S WARBLER
was in the pines at the north end of Bella Vista Open Space in Goleta at 11:20.

Ken Burton
Arcata

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Bella Vista Open Space is a very small city park in Goleta.  Google knows it
as Bella Vista Park, eBird as Bella Vista OSP.  Within the park, the bird
calls often and seems to prefer the pines but can be very hard to find.

Ken

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Ken et al
Where is this Grace's Warbler?  How do I find it???
Tom

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Dec 7, 2012 08:30:30 AM, shrikethree@... wrote:

Yesterday, the GRAY HAWK was along the railway west of Salt in Carpinteria
at about 10:30 (thanks to Al DeMartini for spotting it) and the GRACE’S
WARBLER was in the pines at the north end of Bella Vista Open Space in
Goleta at 11:20.

Ken Burton
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Now in its 7th year, the CBC4Kids continues to grow across America and
Canada.  This year Bird Studies Canada has 18 new events and growing.
Rock Mountain Bird Observatory is on board as well as several dozen
Audubon Chapters, schools, nature centers, botanical gardens, national
wildlife refuges, national parks and communities.  Here is the brief
program on NPR - BirdNote which will play in 250 markets in North
America. http://birdnote.org/show/christmas-bird-count-kids-tom-rusert
this week.
Big thanks to the California birders who are helping us with all of
these events and encouraging youngsters and birders to enjoy. We now
have ten CBC4Kids in Northern California.  Learn more about how you can
start and event here -
http://www.sonomabirding.com/cbc4kids_playbook.html
<http://www.sonomabirding.com/cbc4kids_playbook.html>
Happy Holiday!Tom Rusert & Darren Peteriehttp://www.sonomabirding.com/
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The Gray Hawk was found sitting on a dirt pile between the freeway and Santa
Claus Lane just west of The Salt store. It then flew back to the fence across
from th store where it is now. Scott and Linda Terrill

At Sand Pont for ~10 minutes, flew off in the dost n e over the freeway, flew in
and sat on the fence in front of The Salt store at 8:00 for many photos for 15
minutes, then flew off towards the north.

Scott and Linda Terrill

Not sure if this was passed along or not, so apologies if this is redundant.

Closest point of interest is the Cabrillo Aquarium, for those who may need a
point of reference or a locale to plug into their GPS/sat navs.

Cheers,
Dany Sloan
LA, Ca



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bernardo Alps <whalephoto@...>
> Date: December 8, 2012 9:55:51 AM PST
> To: LACoBirds@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LACoBirds] White Wagtail at Cabrillo Beach
> Reply-To: Bernardo Alps <whalephoto@...>
>
> Hi all.
>
> There is a White Wagtail at Outer Cabrillo Beaching in San Pedro. The bird was
seen from 9:15-9:30 a.m. this morning and was flying back and forth along the
entire length of the beach.
>
> Take care,
> Bernardo
>
> Bernardo Alps
> www.photocetus.com
> Whalephoto@...
> 310.597.0449
> P.O. Box 1667
> San Pedro, CA 90733
>
>


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Hi everyone,

Here are some photos of the bird, 
One cool thing that happen was, a crow chased the bird, just before we left
(bird was fine)
 
(Standing still shot, with insects)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nature_and_animals/8255221151/in/photostream


(Flight shot, catching insects)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nature_and_animals/8255222067/in/photostream/



(standing shot)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nature_and_animals/8255220723/in/photostream/

(Midair shot)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nature_and_animals/8256292880/in/photostream/



I have more, but I have to study for Finals so I will post them later. So check
on the my flicker page if you like to see more pic, after the next few days. 

Listen to the call, two note call. Sounds like  American Pipits. 

If you stand still it come pretty close!

Thanks for the great bird Bernardo Alps!!!

Good birding.
Dinuk Magammana
Torrance CA.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nature_and_animals/





________________________________
  From: Dinuk <dmagammana@...>
To: Bernardo Alps <whalephoto@...>
Cc: "LACoBirds@yahoogroups.com" <LACoBirds@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [LACoBirds] White Wagtail at Cabrillo Beach


 
It's still being seen.
Flying back and forth. It's seems to like the dried seaweed patches on the
rocks.

Dinuk M.

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 8, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Bernardo Alps <whalephoto@...> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> There is a White Wagtail at Outer Cabrillo Beaching in San Pedro. The bird was
seen from 9:15-9:30 a.m. this morning and was flying back and forth along the
entire length of the beach.
>
> Take care,
> Bernardo
>
> Bernardo Alps
> www.photocetus.com
> Whalephoto@...
> 310.597.0449
> P.O. Box 1667
> San Pedro, CA 90733
>
>

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Hi all.

My original message was sent from my iPhone and was brief as I wanted to get the
word out as quickly as possible.

I was leading a bird walk for Whalewatch naturalists and first spotted the bird
at approximately 09:15; we watched it for approximately 20 minutes before moving
on. During this time, the bird moved several times along the entire length of
the outer beach. When I returned at approximately 12:30, the group of birders
looking for the bird was out of sight from the beach along the rocky shore on
the bottom of the cliffs to the west of the beach. Just as I entered the fenced
in trail to the tidepool area, the wagtail returned from around the bend, rested
briefly on the rocks at the edge of the sand and then flew onto the sandy beach
where it foraged and changed location a few times. It was very conspicuous while
flying. I don't know when it was last seen.

The California Bird Records Committee website lists 12 records for White Wagtail
in the state,
http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?species=white+wagtail&partial=on&sort=da\
te&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county= . The last occurance was in Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County, December 2009/January 2010. The only previous record for Los
Angeles County is from Long Beach and is also the longest stay with 75 days from
11/04/1982 to 01/18/1983.

Cabrillo Beach is in San Pedro, in far southern Los Angeles County,
https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&q=cabrillo+marine+aquarium&fb=1&g\
l=us&hq=cabrillo+marine+aquarium&hnear=cabrillo+marine+aquarium&cid=0,0,26032782\
61867397232&ei=0PfDUO2hCoKxywGC-YDwBQ&ved=0CKYBEPwSMAA . From the the end of the
110 freeway turn left (south) on Gaffey Street; after 25 blocks turn left on
22nd Street; after two blocks turn right on Pacific Avenue; at the first
stoplight turn left on Stephen M. White Drive and the entrance to Cabrillo Beach
will be on your left. You can park outside and walk in to avoid the parking fee
but it can be crowded on weekends. The outer beach is on your right as you pass
the entrance booths.

There was some nice camera equipment on the beach today; good photos should be
available soon. Dinuk Magammana has some outstanding ones at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nature_and_animals/8255222067/in/photostream/ .

Take care,

Bernardo


Bernardo Alps
www.photocetus.com
Whalephoto@...
310.597.0449
P.O. Box 1667
San Pedro, CA 90733

Referencing White Wagtail records in California accepted by the California
Bird Records Committee and length of stay.  Bernardo Alps found 12 such
records from the California Bird Records Committee website (which I haven't
duplicated)  but the "Rare Birds of California" book by Hamilton, Patten and
Erickson of the Bird Records Committee shows 26 accepted records as of the
copyright of the book of 2007.  Included within those records are sightings
of Black-backed Wagtails that are now considered to be part of the White
Wagtail species.  Also stated by Bernardo on his recent Calbirds post is
that the longest stay for the species in California was 75 days, but the
White (Black-backed) Wagtail seen in Orange County in 1996 stayed for 79
days.

Joel Weintraub
Dana Point, CA

At 1:40 Joanne Katanic and I saw the gray hawk on the Carpenteria Rd. exit sign
just opposite the Salt Building.

Liz West
Galt, CA.

On Dec 8, 2012, at 8:43 AM, turdus.obscurus wrote:

> The Gray Hawk was found sitting on a dirt pile between the freeway and Santa
Claus Lane just west of The Salt store. It then flew back to the fence across
from th store where it is now. Scott and Linda Terrill
>
>
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On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 19:55:44 -0800, "Joel Weintraub" <orcorba@...>
wrote:

>"Rare Birds of California" book by Hamilton, Patten and
>Erickson of the Bird Records Committee shows 26 accepted records as of the
>copyright of the book of 2007.  Included within those records are sightings
>of Black-backed Wagtails that are now considered to be part of the White
>Wagtail species.

The online update to the CBRC book indicates there are 27 accepted
records...

http://www.californiabirds.org/cbrc_book/update.pdf

Two photos by Kerry Ross are available on the WFO web site...

http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/

Direct link...

http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=575

Enjoy!
--
Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA
"It turns out we're very good at not seeing things" - Jack Hitt

Hi all.

A query of the CBRC database brings up 12 records for White Wagtail,
http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?species=white+wagtail&partial=on&sort=da\
te&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county= and nine records for Black-backed Wagtail,
http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?species=black-backed+wagtail&partial=on&\
sort=date&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county= . Since the update to Rare Birds of
California doesn't mention Black-backed Wagtail, we can assume that it lumps
both species under White Wagtail. There is a disclaimer that "certain pre-1997
records may be missing," from the CBRC database. In this case almost a quarter
of the records are missing.

Does anyone know the actual number of White Wagtail records? From the data
available we can surmise that it is at least 12 and as high as 18.

Take care,

Bernardo



-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Morlan
Sent: Dec 8, 2012 9:19 PM
To: Joel Weintraub
Cc: Bernardo Alps , LACoBirds , Calbirds , Birdchat
Subject: [CALBIRDS] Re: [LACoBirds] White Wagtail California Records





On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 19:55:44 -0800, "Joel Weintraub" <orcorba@...>
wrote:

>"Rare Birds of California" book by Hamilton, Patten and
>Erickson of the Bird Records Committee shows 26 accepted records as of the
>copyright of the book of 2007. Included within those records are sightings
>of Black-backed Wagtails that are now considered to be part of the White
>Wagtail species.

The online update to the CBRC book indicates there are 27 accepted
records...

http://www.californiabirds.org/cbrc_book/update.pdf

Two photos by Kerry Ross are available on the WFO web site...

http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/

Direct link...

http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=575

Enjoy!
--
Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA
"It turns out we're very good at not seeing things" - Jack Hitt



Bernardo Alps
www.photocetus.com
Whalephoto@...
310.597.0449
P.O. Box 1667
San Pedro, CA 90733

Bernardo,



The answer is YES - 27.



Rare Birds of California (Hamilton et al 2007) lists 26 CBRC endorsed
records (Rare Birds of California was published after the AOU "lumped" the
Black-backed and White Wagtails). The Table of Records updated through 31
October 2012 (see the CBRC website) lists one additional record. As such,
the CBRC has endorsed 27 records.



In cases like this, where the exact number of records for any given species
is required, I recommend using the number listed in Rare Birds of
California, the additional number listed in the updated Table of Records at
the CBRC website, and any very recent records a query of the CBRC DataBase
may show.



Guy McCaskie

Secretary CBRC

guymcc@...



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From: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Bernardo Alps
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 10:13 PM
To: Calbirds
Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] Re: [LACoBirds] White Wagtail California Records





Hi all.

A query of the CBRC database brings up 12 records for White Wagtail,
http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?species=white+wagtail
<http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?species=white+wagtail&partial=on&so
rt=date&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county=>
&partial=on&sort=date&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county= and nine records for
Black-backed Wagtail,
http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?species=black-backed+wagtail
<http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?species=black-backed+wagtail&partia
l=on&sort=date&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county=>
&partial=on&sort=date&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county= . Since the update to Rare
Birds of California doesn't mention Black-backed Wagtail, we can assume that
it lumps both species under White Wagtail. There is a disclaimer that
"certain pre-1997 records may be missing," from the CBRC database. In this
case almost a quarter of the records are missing.

Does anyone know the actual number of White Wagtail records? From the data
available we can surmise that it is at least 12 and as high as 18.

Take care,

Bernardo

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Morlan
Sent: Dec 8, 2012 9:19 PM
To: Joel Weintraub
Cc: Bernardo Alps , LACoBirds , Calbirds , Birdchat
Subject: [CALBIRDS] Re: [LACoBirds] White Wagtail California Records

On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 19:55:44 -0800, "Joel Weintraub" <orcorba@...
<mailto:orcorba%40cox.net> >
wrote:

>"Rare Birds of California" book by Hamilton, Patten and
>Erickson of the Bird Records Committee shows 26 accepted records as of the
>copyright of the book of 2007. Included within those records are sightings
>of Black-backed Wagtails that are now considered to be part of the White
>Wagtail species.

The online update to the CBRC book indicates there are 27 accepted
records...

http://www.californiabirds.org/cbrc_book/update.pdf

Two photos by Kerry Ross are available on the WFO web site...

http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/

Direct link...

http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=575

Enjoy!
--
Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA
"It turns out we're very good at not seeing things" - Jack Hitt

Bernardo Alps
www.photocetus.com
Whalephoto@... <mailto:Whalephoto%40earthlink.net>
310.597.0449
P.O. Box 1667
San Pedro, CA 90733





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Hi,

Although I ultimately do NOT know, I conclude the
following based on my reading and understanding
of the last sentence in Bernardo's recent email.

I believe Bernardo is seeking the answer to the following question.

Of the 27 accepted California White Wagtail
records, how many were of the subspecies ocularis
   and how many of the black-backed subspecies lugens?

Regardless, Continued Happy & Productive Birding!

Bob Barnes, Ridgecrest, Kern County, California


At 10:13 PM 12/8/2012, Bernardo Alps wrote:
>
>
>Hi all.
>
>A query of the CBRC database brings up 12
>records for White Wagtail,
><http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?species=white+wagtail&partial=on&sort=\
date&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county=>http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?species\
=white+wagtail&partial=on&sort=date&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county=
>and nine records for Black-backed Wagtail,
><http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?species=black-backed+wagtail&partial=o\
n&sort=date&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county=>http://www.californiabirds.org/mydb.asp?\
species=black-backed+wagtail&partial=on&sort=date&STARTDATE=&ENDDATE=&county=
>. Since the update to Rare Birds of California
>doesn't mention Black-backed Wagtail, we can
>assume that it lumps both species under White
>Wagtail. There is a disclaimer that "certain
>pre-1997 records may be missing," from the CBRC
>database. In this case almost a quarter of the records are missing.
>
>Does anyone know the actual number of White
>Wagtail records? From the data available we can
>surmise that it is at least 12 and as high as 18.
>
>Take care,
>
>Bernardo
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joseph Morlan
>Sent: Dec 8, 2012 9:19 PM
>To: Joel Weintraub
>Cc: Bernardo Alps , LACoBirds , Calbirds , Birdchat
>Subject: [CALBIRDS] Re: [LACoBirds] White Wagtail California Records
>
>On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 19:55:44 -0800, "Joel
>Weintraub" <<mailto:orcorba%40cox.net>orcorba@...>
>wrote:
>
> >"Rare Birds of California" book by Hamilton, Patten and
> >Erickson of the Bird Records Committee shows 26 accepted records as of the
> >copyright of the book of 2007. Included within those records are sightings
> >of Black-backed Wagtails that are now considered to be part of the White
> >Wagtail species.
>
>The online update to the CBRC book indicates there are 27 accepted
>records...
>
><http://www.californiabirds.org/cbrc_book/update.pdf>http://www.californiabirds\
.org/cbrc_book/update.pdf
>
>Two photos by Kerry Ross are available on the WFO web site...
>
><http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/>http://www.westernfieldornithologis\
ts.org/
>
>Direct link...
>
><http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=575>htt\
p://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=575
>
>Enjoy!
>--
>Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA
>"It turns out we're very good at not seeing things" - Jack Hitt
>
>Bernardo Alps
>www.photocetus.com
><mailto:Whalephoto%40earthlink.net>Whalephoto@...
>310.597.0449
>P.O. Box 1667
>San Pedro, CA 90733
>
>


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Robin still here at chiriaco summit on Sunday morning

Sent from my iPad

John Sterling
530 908-3836
26 Palm Ave
Woodland, CA. 95695

The Gray Hawk sat for photos this morning, Sunday at 9am on the chain link fence
across from the purple Salt building @ 3717 Santa Claus Lane  (for anyone using
a vehicle Nav system like a Garmin that prefers a street address). Then it
landed on the back corner of the Salt Bldg.

Bruce Webb, Granite Bay,CA
Sent from my Android phone

------Original Message------
From: Liz West <elizwest@...>
To: "turdus.obscurus" <sbTerrill@...>,<elizwest@...>
Cc: <CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, December 8, 2012 7:27:10 PM GMT-8
Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] Gray Hawk back on fence across from Salt now.

At 1:40 Joanne Katanic and I saw the gray hawk on the Carpenteria Rd. exit sign
just opposite the Salt Building.

Liz West
Galt, CA.

On Dec 8, 2012, at 8:43 AM, turdus.obscurus wrote:

> The Gray Hawk was found sitting on a dirt pile between the freeway and Santa
Claus Lane just west of The Salt store. It then flew back to the fence across
from th store where it is now. Scott and Linda Terrill
>
>
>
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Wagtail still there from 7-9 am on Sunday.

Sent from my iPhone

It's still here -- 10:45 - 11:30 -- mainly in the area near the bluffs and
the nearby lifeguard station.

Anil Antony
Glendale, CA


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Been watching it for about 15 minutes.  On the shop side, mostly about acroos
from the Grill and Garden Market along the fence and in the trees shop side of
the freeway.

Tori Collender
Pasadena

Hi Birders

Christopher Taylor, Nick, and I took our last look at the FALCATED DUCK at
Colusa  NWR at around 2:00pm today. We watched this impressive-looking duck from
the observation platform. We also saw it yesterday morning. Great birding in the
area!

Happy Birding!

Mary Freeman
Glendale, CA

Sent from my iPhone

The White Wagtail is present at the below given location at 4:30 pm, Monday,
December 10.

Thank you Laura for great detailed directions.

Matthew Page
Simi Valley, Ca



Begin forwarded message:

> From: "llmoser" <llmosermsw@...>
> Date: December 9, 2012, 6:51:54 PM PST
> To: LACoBirds@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [LACoBirds] White Wagtail/Cabrillo Beach parking tips
>
> The paid lot is free for 20 min, then $1/hour. Sunday at 10 am there were a
good number of free spaces on the road near the entrance to the paid lot Just
south of the entrance to the paid lot, a break in the trees gives a view of the
sandy beach from the sidewalk above, and you can scan for birders on the beach.
> Find the driveway-width dirt path south of the entrance to the paid lot, and
walk downhill 1 minute to the beach.
> The rocky point is called Pt. Fermin. For an overview drive all the way south
on Pacific. It dead ends at an overlook/mini park where you can take in the
sweeping view.
> The Wagtail spent most of the time Sunday am on the sandy beach well above the
high tide line catching insects amidst patches of kelp and other debris.
Occasionally it flew to the rocks at Pt Fermin but not for long.
> Excellent light on the bird. Beach faces south, with winter sun low to the
south all day.
> Laura Moser
> Pasadena
>
>


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To contribute to the already excellent documentation of the WHITE
WAGTAIL in San Pedro, here are photos/video from this afternoon at
Cabrillo Beach. He spent most of his time foraging between the sandy
beach and rocks - at many times very close to a nearby Say's Phoebe and
Yellow-rumped Warbler.

http://kiwifoto.com/f/white_wagtail

https://vimeo.com/55318655

Cheers,

Christopher Taylor
Marina del Rey, CA
http://kiwifoto.com

Just finished a Lomaxian day in southern CA and had five county birds while
birding four counties....see recent photos gallery on my website (my Virginia's
Warbler in LA photo didn't turn out well, so left it off). 
www.sterlingbirds.com

Also saw the Williamson's Sapsucker in San Luis Obispo County on Saturday
morning, but it was too foggy for photography.

Also, there is space left for the Gull ID workshop that Todd Easterla and I are
teaching on Jan 12-13th.

John


John Sterling

26 Palm Ave
Woodland, CA 95695
530 908-3836
jsterling@...

www.sterlingbirds.com (photos, classes, tours, county birding)

Doug Aguillard reports the White Wagtail is still present this (Tuesday
12/11 ~10am) morning in the usual location at Cabrillo Beach.

--
Christopher Taylor
Marina del Rey, CA
http://kiwifoto.com



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To contribute to the already excellent documentation of the WHITE
WAGTAIL in San Pedro, here are photos/video from this afternoon at
Cabrillo Beach. He spent most of his time foraging between the sandy
beach and rocks - at many times very close to a nearby Say's Phoebe and
Yellow-rumped Warbler.

http://kiwifoto.com/f/white_wagtail

https://vimeo.com/55318655

Cheers,

Christopher Taylor
Marina del Rey, CA
http://kiwifoto.com




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Apologies if I have missed all of the discussion on this bird but the
extensive yellow at the base of the lower mandible is not a feature I have
noticed on first-winter White Wagtails before, certainly not those that occur
regularly in West and NW Europe. Intriguing

Superb photos Christopher

Best wishes

Lee Evans



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I think Lee was speaking specifically about the lower madible gape on HY
birds. The speculation is it's either M.a. ocularis or M.a. lugens. I've
photographed HY M.a. lugens in Japan in Dec/Jan that are very similar to
our bird here in San Pedro - but not quite as distinct wingbars as our
bird.

White Wags in UK are typically M.a. yarrellii while the ones in the rest
of Western Europe are the nominate M.a. alba

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Christopher Taylor
Marina del Rey, CA
http://kiwifoto.com



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The White Wagtails I've seen in Europe look a bit different from the one at
Cabrillo Beach, but if a subspecies can be determined, I'm guessing that this
one would differ from the Euro birds.

Cheers
Dany Sloan
LA, CA



On Dec 11, 2012, at 10:48 AM, LGREUK400@... wrote:

> Apologies if I have missed all of the discussion on this bird but the
> extensive yellow at the base of the lower mandible is not a feature I have
> noticed on first-winter White Wagtails before, certainly not those that occur
> regularly in West and NW Europe. Intriguing
>
> Superb photos Christopher
>
> Best wishes
>
> Lee Evans
>
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The White Wagtails I've seen in Europe look a bit different from the one at
Cabrillo Beach, but if a subspecies can be determined, I'm guessing that this
one would differ from the Euro birds.

Cheers
Dany Sloan
LA, CA



On Dec 11, 2012, at 10:48 AM, LGREUK400@... wrote:

> Apologies if I have missed all of the discussion on this bird but the
> extensive yellow at the base of the lower mandible is not a feature I have
> noticed on first-winter White Wagtails before, certainly not those that occur
> regularly in West and NW Europe. Intriguing
>
> Superb photos Christopher
>
> Best wishes
>
> Lee Evans
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Birders:

Having arrived shortly after the Talleys (who posted to SBCoBirds) and David
Tomb saw the Gray Hawk in Carpenteria at about 9:00 am this morning, I continued
to search  . . .  At about 1:30 pm the bird was spotted directly across Santa
Claus Lane from "Salt," perched on a chain-link fence post just east of a
cypress that I gather it's previously used as a perch.  In the 10-15 minutes I
watched it, it hunted the vegetation strip between the freeway and Santa Claus
Lane, and twice flew eastward over the vegetation strip.  When I left it was
perched in a cypress across the street from the Padaro Beach Grill (which makes
a fine burger), still hunting.

Dave Quady
Berkeley, California
davequady@...

Folks,

On Dec 13 it continued at the base of the cliff on the right, seen from the
end of the boardwalk by the tidepools.  I arrived late in the day and
didn't see it until 420pm.  Shortly after that a Peregrine flew through and
the wagtail flew up the hill.

Sorry for the brevity...this is sent from a phone.

Chris Conard
Sacramento


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