With all of the chit-chat about the splits and lumps, another question comes to mind. I am curious about what to do with the rearrangement of the families....
A worn second-year gull in Eureka seen since 7-23 that had been tentatively identified as a Com. Black-headed Gull has been re-identified as a Mew Gull. ...
Hello! I will be in San Diego for a GIS Conference August 9-13, and staying the weekends before and after. I have received some local birding info, but was...
Hi You All, An Indiana birding friend of mine just returned from a trip to your beautiful state. He does not subscribe to this list so has asked me to post ...
CALBIRDERS, This was sent to me from Lee Cain with the request to forward to the list... ... From: Lee and Lori Cain [mailto:4cains@...] Sent: Monday,...
Geetings Calbirders, As the window for vagrant seabirds opens on the west coast of North America there are still spaces available for the both of Monterey ...
I have been asked to forward the following...Howard King CA DEN Alert: Support the Protection of Condor Habitat Dear California DEN Activist: Millions of...
Does anyone have any summer records of "Harlan's Hawks" for the San Joaquin Valley that they would care to share with me. I would be interested in hearing...
I found this on another listserv. Since I hadn't seen it here yet, I thought I would forward it. Lori Conrad Hermosa Beach, CA The 45th Supplement to the AOU...
Group... Just to update you about the bird reported earlier from Bolsa Chica Preserve in Huntington Beach, Orange County, Calif. and reported as a possible...
Calbirders, On Monday, July 20, Bruce Webb and I discovered a juv. EASTERN KINGBIRD at Blue Lake in Lassen County. From the far end of the parking lot, there...
Yesterday (Wed 7/21) Al Borodayko and Steve Smith were at the wooden bridge at Bolsa Chica Preserve in Huntington Beach when they spotted a bird with "an all...
Although we encountered up to 10 Red-billed Tropicbirds last September, we also had the good fortune of a Bulwer's Petrel and a Red-tailed Tropicbird. San...
Gary Owens Dick and I have put together a new poll to help us figure out what colors people assign to birds when only given a limited number of choices. These...
Please join us in Ashland, Oregon, for the 2004 annual meeting of the Western Field Ornithologists, September 8 to 12. If you're interested in making an oral...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Summer Barbecue at the Marsh Date: Saturday, July 31, 2004 Time: 5:30PM - 10:00PM PDT (GMT-07:00) Summer...
Hi There is a seal on the north bank of the Ballona channel just east of the Lincoln bridge..north of Jefferson. I see it from my balcony in Fountain Park Apt....
Per Pied-billed Grebe: I got an email from Bill Bousman who suggested that vegetative structure and tidal disruption might be more of an issue than salinity. ...
Hi All, 1) How common is a Common Eider in California? Do these birds move through on their way to and from the Arctic? Or is this an unusual sighting in ...
CalBirders - There is a movie of the Common Eider in Crescent City on my web page: http://www.petrels.com Click on the last pix. This will take you to a page...
I watched the Common Eider with Alan Barron last night for 3 hours between 1800 and 2100 hrs. Alan first spotted it roosting on a low rock about 1/2 mile...
Greetings, A Pied-billed Grebe nest has recently been discovered at Aquatic Park in Berkeley. This is a tidal situation and the watet is quite brackish; I am...
Birders The Masked Booby found 14 January by John Brollini on Bird Rock, San Clemente Island, was still present today, refound by Nicole Munkwitz. It is in an...
Hi folks, This past weekend my primary goal was to visit Clark Mountain in San Bernardino County, but I hit some other areas on the way to and from Sacramento,...
<<It would be a serious mistake underestimate the capabilities of birders and at the same time overestimate the capabilities of scientists.>> Suffice it to say...
The COMMON EIDER is still present in Crescent City near Keller Ave on Tues, 13 July at 8am according to Sylvia M. Other birds seen on the water in that general...
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Mr. Winter, You are absolutely right in your comments regarding amateurs vs "scientists". The former are all too often given short shrift by the latter. We...
Mr. Shire: It would be a serious mistake underestimate the capabilities of birders and at the same time overestimate the capabilities of scientists. An idiot...
