We've had Rufous hummers at our feeders here at Tahoe since July 5. All adult males so far. Also Anna's and Calliope, all at 6800 ft. Richard C. Carlson Full...
... I was in the Greenhorn Mts above Lake Isabella last June, birding between 6000 and 6800 ft. Lots of Caropadacus finches, and to my surprise, all of them ...
On July 4th near the summit of Hwy 108 in Mono County, I watched a male Rufous Hummingbird feeding on paintbrush. Seemed a little early for the southbound...
NOTE: This is not a commercial announcement. The organizers of this trip, Don Desjardin and Walter Wehtje will not make any money on this endeavor. We just...
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Thomas Miko
thomasmiko@...
Jul 12, 2002 2:51 am
Hello! Has anybody seen Lawrence's Goldfinces near Big Morongo Preserve, Yucca Valley Golf Course, or the Big Bear area in the last 2 weeks??? Got a visitor...
On 7/7/02 I saw 6 Mountain Quail (1 adult and 5 babies) on Forest Service Road 7N09 (off Highway 4) in Calaveras County. Penelope Bowen Calaveras Regional...
Any ideas on where to see Mountain Quail now in Northern Cal? They're awfully quiet up here at Tahoe. Richard C. Carlson Full Time Birder, Biker & Rotary...
Hi Darrell, Sage Grouse can be relatively easy to see in Bodie (historic ghost town, turn off of 395 north of Mono Lake and south of Bridgeport, then 13 miles...
Hi Martin, For some information on WEFLs in the Warners you can search the Birdchat archives for some correspondence on the topic from several years ago. A ...
I'm considering spending a few days in the Warner Mountains some time in the next few weeks. My main interest would be listening to the "Western" Flycatchers...
... Hi Darrell Lee, Your friend mentioned he was coming out from Brunswick to visit you this month. I was talking to him about birding locales in that area at...
Yes! It is a Common Nighthawk! Many thanks to everyone who helped me with this, both on and off list. Dawn Harkins, South Lake Tahoe, CA USA PS: I saw it at...
... <snip> Anyone wanting to read about DVE can see our March 1994 newsletter at http://home.att.net/~cgbraggjr/v17n7.htm The duck symptoms are close to what...
The Department of Fish and Game has been plagued for years by die-offs of domestic ducks at parks where people feed them. The usual cause is duck viral...
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Patrick McNulty
mcnulty-p@...
Jul 8, 2002 5:16 am
Dawn, I'm not sure about the small short tail, but take a look at a Common Nighthawk in a Field Guide to Birds and see if that looks familiar. Patrick Patrick...
The most likely cause would be a bacterial infection in warm water -- from a combination of overly heated water, bacteria from sewage, animal waste and ...
Dear Moderator--I belatedly read the instructions for posting here--my apologies for not providing a signature. Can you still post my question about...
Hi everyone, this is my first posting here. I hike a lot in the high Sierra, Tahoe and Alpine County areas mostly. I am not a birder, but I do look at and...
Highlights from a trip to the Farallon Islands organized by the Oceanic Society in San Francisco: Birds: Heermann's Gull (5) Sooty Shearwater (hundreds) ...
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snorkler@...
Jul 7, 2002 5:54 pm
A friend of mine is coming out from Georgia next weekend and has the following wish list of lifers. He hasn't included pelagic species, but almost any of...
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snorkler@...
Jul 7, 2002 5:54 pm
Interesting questions. It looks to me that the common link is eating aquatic vegetation. The ducks and geese that died eat aquatic vegetation, while gadwall...
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mjbbirds@...
Jul 7, 2002 6:12 am
Dear Calbirders, I am hoping that you might be able to answer some specific questions that might help us determine why we are having a continuing bird and fish...
Hi, all! Just a quickie report today: spent most of the week camping up at Heart Bar with my friend Shirley, where there were LOTS of White-headed Woodpeckers,...
NOTE: This is not a commercial announcement. The organizers of this trip, Don Desjardin and Walter Wehtje will not make any money on this endeavor. We just...
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Thomas Miko
thomasmiko@...
Jul 3, 2002 11:23 pm
Dear Alvaro, Please email me. Several of us have your old email address, which no longer works. Thomas Miko (Mikó Tamás) 2445 Oswego Street Pasadena, CA...
Howdy Calbirders,
Just got back from a weekend trip to Yosemite National Park and the Mono Basin with a group from Santa Clara Valley Adubon Society....
A fellow poster dropped me a note that prairie dogs are not native to the FT Irwin area by several hundred miles, and what the local residents had called such...
Calbirders, This thread is closed due to an illegal subject line. The message has been erased from the archives and the poster set to "Moderated". ... Good...
I am from Columbus, OH, but spent the last 21 days training with my National Gaurd unit at Fort Irwin in San Bernadino Co. Highlights included: Barstow:...
