Hi all, At the beginning of the month, I took a trip to Los Angeles. On the way back to utah, I stopped in Newberry Springs, where there is a water park along...
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sayers68
Jun 2, 2005 4:55 am
As we were doing our Western Snowy Plover survey today, we got to see a Crested Caracara flying north along the sandspit in Montana de Oro State Park. It was...
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Bob Power
bob_power55
Jun 2, 2005 5:06 am
Oh those crafty Caracara.... From Birds of North America Online: Generally viewed, erroneously, as primarily a carrion feeder (Knowlton 1909, Bailey 1925, Bent...
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Bob Power
bob_power55
Jun 2, 2005 5:07 am
Oh those crafty Caracara.... From Birds of North America Online: Generally viewed, erroneously, as primarily a carrion feeder (Knowlton 1909, Bailey 1925, Bent...
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Chris Conard
chrisconard2002
Jun 2, 2005 6:26 am
Folks, The highlight of a great trip to Clark Mountain in East Mojave National Preserve, San Bernardino County, last weekend was finding two RED-FACED WARBLERS...
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CALBIRDS@yahoogroups....
Jun 2, 2005 7:03 am
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival Date: Sunday, June 5, 2005 Time: All Day IBA Morro Bay is one of the most...
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Guy McCaskie
guymcc2
Jun 2, 2005 9:28 pm
Doug, Do you have some information that is not published? To my knowledge, the two records you cite were "one day only" records, with no indication that ...
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s.doug
ds95407
Jun 3, 2005 1:08 am
Hi, I apologize for not noting thoses records were single day records as Guy states. But, I was under the impression that Rob was just inquiry about the ...
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Don DesJardin
birder_don
Jun 3, 2005 1:31 am
2005 September Long Range Pelagic "Going Out Deep in Southern California" is now a reality, and has been for the last two years aboard the 95' Searcher, based...
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Monte M. Taylor
tsuru8
Jun 3, 2005 4:09 am
Do they always have WINTER bird festivals in JUNE?? Seems odd but just wondering!! Monte M. Taylor Wildlife Photography tsuru@... (Orange County, CA) ...
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Morgan
mmcjawa
Jun 3, 2005 5:36 am
Received alot of requests for Pinnacles info to be forwarded to them...so I figured I would just give a brief summary of relevant data. Note that this is...
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Mark Paxton
paxtonm2000
Jun 3, 2005 5:10 pm
Just to clarify Morgan's directions, the east side of Pinnacles can be reached from Highway 101 via two routes. Northbound travelers should exit at King City,...
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tertial
Jun 3, 2005 7:10 pm
Many years ago, a friend of mine (Michael Plotkin) found a freshly molted Blue Jay tail feather while hiking in the Trinity Alps. I forget the date, but it...
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Patrick McNulty
psmcn44
Jun 3, 2005 8:18 pm
Hello Calbirds, My apologies for using the bandwidth for my personal needs, but since the weekend is approaching, perhaps any answers will be useful to others ...
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Matthew Dodder
mdodder1
Jun 3, 2005 9:48 pm
All, I'm heading up to Yuba Pass this month and am curious if there have been any recent sightings of the Black-backed Woodpecker that I could follow up on. I...
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vireoman2004
Jun 4, 2005 12:10 am
Zev Labinger and I found a "pair" of Summer Tanagers in Soledad Cyn near the US Forest Service campground that is a few miles east of Agua Dulce road. The male...
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Paul Keller
wrentitpk
Jun 4, 2005 6:14 am
Today I searched for the Morro Bay sand spit Crested Caracara with no success. I bumped into 5 other birders at the sand spit who at the time I talked to them...
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Les Chibana
lchibana
Jun 4, 2005 6:36 am
Also, it should be noted that the main (?) manager of the private campground, on the east side, has become very surly toward groups of birders parking in the...
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erpfromca@...
erpfromca
Jun 4, 2005 8:04 pm
John Ranlett and I visited the east Sacramento County Cassin's Sparrow spot early this morning (around 6:30AM) and could not find the bird. By 9:30AM when we...
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stephen_winter@...
stephenlouis...
Jun 4, 2005 9:47 pm
Greetings All A couple of weeks ago I made a request to CALBIRDS for info about places that I could take a visiting friend so he could fill in some of the gaps...
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vireoman2004
Jun 5, 2005 8:50 pm
The Summer Tanager photo I posted the other day migrated to its proper location, being the "Finches" folder. Jim Greaves Santa Barbara CA...
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MiriamEagl@...
miriameaglemon
Jun 6, 2005 3:21 pm
Hi, all! I'm passing this on to Calbird as requested; if anyone can help this lady please respond to her directly at _shirleyywilkerson@..._ ...
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Joseph Morlan
Joe Morlan
Jun 6, 2005 4:01 pm
Calbirders, The US Fish & Wildlife Service has published the results of its 2001 survey, "Birding in the United States: A Demographic and Economic Analysis." ...
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creagrus
creagrus1
Jun 6, 2005 4:33 pm
Part of the 'problem' with the survey is in the definition for 'birdwatcher/birder' used in the project. To be counted as a 'birder' one had to (a) travel away...
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Lidia Seebeck
ladygaura
Jun 6, 2005 4:57 pm
Apologies, forgot the posting rules. Blame the lack of caffeine. Lidia Seebeck Riverside CA lidia@... ... From: Joseph Morlan To:...
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Lidia Seebeck
ladygaura
Jun 6, 2005 5:00 pm
Having spent three years in Montana... I can tell you that birding is much more popular up there. It was a rare morning when I bundled up in subzero temps to...
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sgloverccc@...
sgloverccc
Jun 6, 2005 5:58 pm
Hi all, Apparently the list gurus are away from their computers so I thought I would try to squeeze one more message in before the thread is closed. First,...
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Lidia Seebeck
ladygaura
Jun 6, 2005 6:19 pm
There are a lot of birders out here. Look at CALBIRDS, the membership is over 1100. However, in view of our gigantic population, it's not that much. Montana...
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creagrus
creagrus1
Jun 6, 2005 7:14 pm
One more thought before I end my part in this thread. I think it was William Tecumsah Sherman who said: "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics." Statistics...
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John Harris
jhhwifl
Jun 6, 2005 7:31 pm
Don et al., The quote "lies, damned lies and statistics" is of somewhat obscure origin but was attributed to Disraeli (British Prime Minister) by no less than ...
