I just got the latest catalog from Ciochon Natural History Books <natural-history-books.com> and of specific interest to those who bird southern California is...
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Steve Glover
countylines@...
Dec 1, 2005 7:03 pm
Hello all, Below is the quarterly reminder for North American Birds. Apologies for the loss of hyperlinks for the email addresses and the loss of format at the...
Driving home from Mendocino this past weekend, along Hwy. 101, just south of Healdsburg, my husband David and I saw an amazing sight. Flying over the vineyards...
Last week I witnessed an enormous flock of Starlings flying north at sunset over I-80 over the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area (between Sacramento and Davis). I...
I have seen huge clouds of blackbirds behave like this in late fall and winter, always over farm fields in Polk County, Oregon, which structurally and...
People who model this sort of behavior view it as an 'emergent' property, from a fairly simple set of basic behaviors followed by each member of the flock (or...
Years ago on my first trip to Texas (back in the 70s) I witnessed a huge mixed flock of blackbirds at Laguna Atascosa NWR that was literally carpeting the auto...
I posted the below essay on OrangeCountyBirding to try to increase participation on our County's Christmas Bird Counts. If you want to use the essay or modify...
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marjorie hastings
mhast27@...
Dec 3, 2005 2:05 am
Forwarded Marjorie Hastings Spring Valley,CA. mhast27@... I not only believe in miracles. I depend on them. ... From: "akamauro"; <akamauro@...> To:...
All, Many apologies - Steve Sosensky correctly pointed out that I had not identified which TBKI I was referring to in my previous post. The photos I posted are...
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CALBIRDS@yahoogroups....
Dec 5, 2005 4:05 pm
Reminder from the Calendar of CALBIRDS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/cal Gull Study at Doheny State Park, Dana Point Thursday December 8, 2005 8:00 am...
During an amazing day on the sea on a trip out of Bodega Bay to Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, led by Rich Stallcup and Ann Dewart we had excellent,...
Hi, all! Just finished up a couple of new pages for the Birding San Diego County website (below; scroll down to Birding San Diego): there's a new page for Pine...
Dear Birders, I'm pleased to announce that the Godwit Days web page is up and ready to receive on-line registrations for the 11th Annual Festival, April 21-23,...
Just saw this on the NARBA site. Just wondering why no one has reported it to CalBirds? See below...... California: On December 2nd, an adult SLATY-BACKED GULL...
San Diego, CA Rare Bird Alert, December 10, 2005 RBA [RARE BIRD ALERT] * California/Baja California, Mexico * San Diego and NW Baja California, Mexico *...
This morning, as everyone on the Santa Barbara County list already knows, Wes Fritz located a male BAIKAL TEAL during a La Purisma Audubon Sociery field trip...
Here is some more Baikal Teal info, posted by Brad Schram on the San Luis Obispo County email list. It includes some alternate directions for people coming...
I'm sure everyone is tired of hearing from me by now, but Brad's correction is very important. This is really not at all a "minor" correction as he says. Dave...
I posted into the Waterfowl folder in Photos link (to left of messages) 3 shots of the male BAIKAL TEAL near Lompoc. They were made through a cheaper scope...
Apparently, my message forwarding Brad Hines's correction of my Baikal Teal directions was not clear to everyone. This is what I was trying to say: Take...
Hi, I work with a wildlife rehabilitation center in Arcata, CA. We received in a Chuck-will's-widow about two weeks ago (first county record). It is ...
Hello All, There are but two documented records of Chuck-wills-widows for California. The first was of an injured bird found in Half Moon Bay on 16 October...
Hello All I am a canadian birder coming to California for a few weeks (mostly sticking to the coast) and am looking to find a white headed woodpecker, i...
Hi Calbirders: Yahoo! The system works! Thanks to everyone who took the time and trouble to post this exciting find along with details and directions, and to...
Wasn't there also another bird in rehab that died, in Ventura County ca. 3 years or so ago??? (I believe that the person who brought it in didn't even know...
Greetings all, Regarding the suggestion that this bird is molting into eclipse plumage, I respectfully submit that dabbling duck males go into eclipse in...
