Week-long rains dampened the spirits and equipment of birders last week at the Sierra Nevada Field Station, just west of Yuba Pass. And even though I was also...
I just got a phone message from Eric Hopson, the San Joaquin River NWR manager. He will NOT allow any birders, other than refuge staff and PRBO folks out on...
Yesterday afternoon, a tour of the Hayward Area Recreation Department39;s visitor center area (on the Hayward Regional Shoreline near the San Mateo Bridge Toll...
Jim Gain says "If anyone has any additional ... McCaskie and DeBenedictis39;s Birds of Northern California has a June 15, 1977 record from Dog Island, Red Bluff,...
Since they are so far "off course", photos of adults and/or young and/or voice recordings of the male would be appreciated. Both photos (and especially voice)...
Yesterday, June 11, 2005, a vocalizing Greater Pewee was discovered in the Laguna Mountains of San Diego County by Tom Myers and Barbara Carlson. The Greater...
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Brooke McDonald
BMcDonald@...
Jun 13, 2005 1:34 am
Does anyone have any advice on where one might go to find a Flammulated Owl in Northern or Central California? Thanks, Brooke McDonald Oakhurst, CA [Non-text...
I am planning a 3 day camping trip to Yosemite June 25-27 to try for Great Grey Owl. I understand that Crane Flats is the best place for this magnificent bird....
Jeff Davis sent me some additional records of eggs collected from Del Puerto Canyon, STA in May of 1927 and 1928. I can only find two other records for Least...
Hi. I am proposing to visit California in August for a fortnight. This would be mainly a birding trip, but with a couple of days' normal tourist activity, as...
Group, When I set up the Orange County Rare Bird Alert several years ago, I looked for a suitable digital answering machine and picked the AT&T 1845 model...
Gr5eetings, I was on an extended trip to northern California and only just got back. At Burney Falls State Park at the end of May (probably Memorial Day...
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Roger Wolfe
rogwolfe@...
Jun 8, 2005 1:43 pm
Greetings Calbirders, We still have spaces available for this Sunday's Monterey Seabirds trip, heck we've got too many spaces and need more birders on board to...
Hi, After looking at a map more closely, I now reallize that the Rufous Hummingbird I reported earlier was just a few miles north of the Tehama Co line in...
Hi, Today I saw my first fall migrant of the year, a male Rufous Hummingbird, and spring isn't even officially over yet. Seconds after finishing a point count...
Sunday June 5 was the LA Audubon Society pelagic trip to Santa Cruz Island and the surrounding waters with Jon Feenstra, Todd McGrath, and Kimball Garrett as...
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Chet Ogan
cogan@...
Jun 7, 2005 2:22 am
Hi All! That's 5,025,132 birdwatchers in California! While a small percent of our 35,893,800 population (estimate by the census bureau), over 5 million ...
Birders, I have uploaded the PDF survey to the files section at Steve Sosensky's suggestion. If you have any trouble reaching it, simply e-mail me and I will...
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CALBIRDS@yahoogroups....
Jun 7, 2005 1:20 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CALBIRDS group. File :...
I volunteer at Debs Park, which is run by National Audubon and leased from the city of L.A. It's a terrific place, 200+ acres of oak/walnut scrubland tucked in...
Birders, The current committee deciding the fate of the Salton Sea (in Southeastern California) has prepared a survey on the recreational uses of the sea to ...
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Brooke McDonald
BMcDonald@...
Jun 6, 2005 11:38 pm
Kaufman's got his "Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America" guide out in Spanish. In Spanish it's "Kaufman guia de campo a las aves de norteamerica." ...
Stan Moore's response... With all due respect, I don't think it is seemly for a recreational birdwatcher to be carrying copies of the Civil Code in order to...
The law according to...... unless it's changed...... Signage don't matter....... A law-enforcement officer must be present during the time that a land-owner...
A number of folks have emailed privately regarding my post on Civil Code section 846. Some expressed the point that landowners "have a perfect right to refuse ...
Don - I don't have the text handy, but if it's convenient, it might be handy to define trespassing. I've read the laws before and could paraphrase, but I'd...
While I agree with this analysis, I also note that people who have no legal basis for making a claim for damages still sometimes file lawsuits, forcing...
All California nature lovers, including birders, should be aware of California Civil Code section 846, which relieves landowners of almost any liability when...
Dear birders -- Stan Moore, a raptor biologist and conservationist from Marin County, kindly allowed me to forward this letter he sent to the Ornithology ...