San Diego, CA Rare Bird Alert, February 10, 2006
RBA [RARE BIRD ALERT]

* California/Baja California, Mexico
* San Diego and NW Baja California, Mexico
* February 10, 2006
* CASD 06.02.10

BIRDS MENTIONED:
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Baja California, Mexico:
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None

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San Diego County:
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Brandt's Cormorant
Reddish Egret
Little Blue Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Greater Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bald Eagle
Swainson's Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Laughing Gull
Burrowing Owl
Common Poorwill
Gray Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Plumbeous Vireo
Varied Thrush
Townsend's Solitaire
Sage Thrasher
Brown Creeper
Summer Tanager
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Hotline:  San Diego County, California (also covering adjacent NW
Baja California, Mexico)
Date:   February 10, 2006
Number:  (619) 688-2473 [619-NUT-BIRD]
Compiler: Michael Evans, mailto:muevans@...
For SAN DIEGO FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS

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BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO REPORTS:
_________________________

None
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SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPORTS:
_________________________

Brandt's Cormorant, (Ad+Dwny), 2/5/06, La Jolla Cove, cliffs near
cave store:  Bauman, Dan (adults on nests w/downy young)

Reddish Egret, 1, 2/7/06, San Diego Bay, NWR-N-shore, salt works:
Patton, R. T.

Little Blue Heron, 1, 2/7/06, San Diego Bay, NWR, Otay R channel:
Patton, R. T.

Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 2, 2/7/06, Tijuana Estuary Visitors
Center, in trees E-of parking lot:  Patton, R. T.

Greater Scaup, 350, 2/7/06, San Diego Bay, NWR, N-2 ponds, E-Silver
Strand Hwy:  Patton, R. T.

Common Goldeneye, 23, 2/7/06, San Diego Bay, NWR, central salt works
ponds:  Patton, R. T.

Bald Eagle, 1, 2/4/06, Lake Henshaw:  Hunefeld, Terry

Swainson's Hawk, 3, 2/6/06, Borrego Valley, N-DiGiorgio Rd:
Jorgensen, Paul

Ferruginous Hawk, 5, 2/4/06, Ramona grasslands, Rangeland Rd :
Hunefeld, Terry

Golden Eagle, 1, 2/4/06, Black Canyon Rd, 0.7 mi S-Mesa Grande:
Hunefeld, Terry

Merlin, 2, 2/10/06, Corral Canyon Rec Area, Cleveland NF, chaparral
area and Los Pinos Rd:  Stowe, Mary Beth

Laughing Gull, 1 (2nd yr), 2/8/06, San Diego R Floodway, mouth:
Billings, M. J.

Burrowing Owl, 2, 2/4/06, Ramona grasslands, Rangeland Rd @ Highland
Vly Rd:  Hunefeld, Terry

Common Poorwill, 2, 2/8/06, Tierra Santa, S-end, La Cuenta Dr:
Patton, R. T. [1st of season heard calling]

Gray Flycatcher, 1, 2/4/06, Cuyamaca Rcho SP, Paso Picacho
Campground, meadow--NW of:  Rogers, G.

Vermilion Flycatcher, 1, 2/10/06, Nestor Park, Imperial Beach area:
Nordenberg, Jan

Tropical Kingbird, 1, 2/10/06, Nestor Park, Imperial Beach area:
Nordenberg, Jan

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 1 (Imm), 2/5/06, Santee, Mast Park, E-
grassy area, N-fence line; park is E-Carlton Hills Blvd, S-Carlton
Oaks Dr, N-side of SD Riv:  Hastings, M.

Plumbeous Vireo, 1, 2/7/06, Escondido, Kit Carson Park, betw pond &
Queen Califia's Magic Circle:  Grantham, Gary

Varied Thrush, 1 (M), 2/6/06, Coronado, Spreckel's Park, 6th & C
Ave:  Ridell, Bill

Townsend's Solitaire, 2, 2/4/06, Cuyamaca Rcho SP, near Cuyamaca
Peak:  Wilson, Jim

Sage Thrasher, 1, 2/4/06, Whalen Lake, Oceanside area:  Tingos, Guy &
1, 2/8/06, Ft Rosecrans NC, SW-corner--traffic circle:  Smyth, Dan

Brown Creeper, 1, 2/4/06, Cuyamaca Rcho SP, Paso Picacho Campground,
unburned area:  Unitt, Phil

Summer Tanager, 1 (M), 2/5/06, Coronado, Spreckel's Park, 6th & C
Ave:  Streit, Scott
________________________________________

See County Bird Rarity Code List prepared by Mark Billings at SD Bird
Files Section: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/files/

For directions to many of the locations listed here,
See Thomas Brothers Map Book for San Diego County, or:

See also: http://www.SoCalAudubon.org/socal/sd-locs.htm

Mary Beth Stowe’s Website for San Diego County birding locations:
http://miriameaglemon.com/San%20Diego%20Bird%20Pages/Birding%20San%
20Diego.htm

For maps of Baja California, Mexico locations, see:
<http://homepage.mac.com/aves/SW_Border_Birding/PhotoAlbum21.html>

Send reports on California Bird Record Committee
Review Species sightings to:

Guy McCaskie, Secretary
California Bird Records Committee
P.O. Box 275
Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275
mailto:guymcc@...

Send local rarity bird descriptions to:

Elizabeth Copper, Subregional Field Notes Editor
mailto:ecopper@...


End transcript

Folks

    David Vander Pluym found another good candidate for a first cycle Vega
Gull in Half Moon Bay today. We have not had a Vega candidate photographed
this winter yet so this is a new bird. The bird closely resembles the two
first year birds from previous years, links are on the page.

Comments on the ID are always welcome. Perhaps a question is warranted to
European birders, how could one know this is not a European Herring Gull
(however unlikely that is in Califoria)?

Here is a link to my photos of the bird, watched by a large group of birders
looking for Slaty-backed Gull.

http://www.coastside.net/chucao/gulls/Vega.htm

This is not a separate species yet according to the AOU, but the nearly
certain split of smithsonianus (American) Herring Gull from the Old World
taxa would make this a species separate from our local Herring Gull.

I have also added photos (by Ryan Terrill and David Vander Pluym) of the
adult Slaty-backed Gull that was around last week, found by Todd McGrath.
Those photos are up top.

http://www.coastside.net/chucao/gulls/Slatyback.htm

Good birding

Al

Alvaro Jaramillo
chucao@...
Half Moon Bay, CA

Field Guides - Birding Tours Worldwide
http://www.fieldguides.com/home.htm


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This morning, Rob Hewitt and I looked for the reported first-cycle Kumlien's
Iceland gull at the mouth of Redwood Creek in Orick.  We saw what may have been
a different bird that fit the description of Kumlien's even better than the one
photographed by Kerry Ross and Rob Fowler yesterday.  The bird we saw seemed to
have paler primaries, tail, and head and a finer bill.

Ken Burton
McKinleyville


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The Tufted Duck, seen intermittently for several weeks in Vallejo's
White Slough, was refound today.  The bird, in the company of several
female scaup, was observed at 12:50 pm (high tide) from the Sereno St.
access to the slough.

Kay Loughman
Berkeley

Hi All,

Sorry for the cross posting, but this is a message that wants to get
out. I received the following email this morning and it sounds like
an interesting film.

----------------- forwarded message --------------------

Hi,

My name is Michael Gitlin. I'm a filmmaker and birder in New York
City. My film, "The Birdpeople," will be showing at the Los Angeles
Film Forum on Sunday evening, February 26th, in a program called
"Looking at Surveillance." "The Birdpeople" will be screening with
one other film, "How Little We Know of Our Neighbors," by Rebecca
Baron (a small caveat: Rebecca's film is not birding-related). We'll
both be at the screening to introduce the films and answer questions.
I'm trying to spread the word about this screening to the birding and
ornithology community in and around Los Angeles. Please feel free to
forward this information to anyone who you think might be interested
in the film, or to post on your website, or forward to a bird-related
list-serve.

Thanks in advance,

Michael Gitlin


About "The Birdpeople," directed by Michael Gitlin

16mm film, 61 minutes, 2004

A loosely-knit community of birdwatchers in New York's Central Park;
ornithologists with their specimen collections at a dozen different
natural history museums; bird banders gingerly extracting birds from
mist nets and collecting data in upstate New York; six people
searching for a nearly extinct bird in a Louisiana bayou: these are
the strands that are woven together by The Birdpeople as it documents
a passionate fixation.

Part cultural history, part self-reflexive anthropology, by turns
humorous and elegiac, The Birdpeople examines the pleasures and
problems of looking and naming, and investigates the social
construction of nature, centered on ornithology and its amateur
counterpart, bird watching.

The film, which was completed in 2004, six months before the
re-discovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker was announced, takes as
its partial subject the story of the bird's disappearance and the
obsession that has compelled so many to keep searching for it.

Screening at:

The Los Angeles Film Forum
at The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA
Sunday, Feb. 26, 7:00 p.m.
general admission $8
students/seniors $6


for more information:

www.lafilmforum.org

www.flatsurfacefilms.com



Good birding,

Steve Sosensky,
SoCA Bird Guides <steve at sosensky.com>     www.sosensky.com/guides
Optics4Birding <steve at optics4birding.com>  www.optics4birding.com
Toluca Lake, CA 91602       818-508-4946     34.15645 N, 118.36715 W

A REVIEW: From -- thePhoenix.com
The Birdpeople
Rating: 1.5 stars
By: PETER KEOUGH

1/24/2006 10:53:19 PM

The Birdpeople doesn’t have much to do with birds or people, but it does
provide a good look at Michael Gitlin’s filmmaking pretensions. The
birdwatchers, bird banders, and bird collectors whom he portrays show
about as much life as the mounted avian specimens that share the screen
with them. The reasons so many people are drawn to birds emerge in
blurred montages of voiceover comments — words like “beauty,”
“obsession,” and “freedom” fall like so many bird calls, unappreciated
and unheeded. Instead of pursuing these cues, Gitlin imposes his own
pseudo-poetry (“When we look at you and you return the look what are you
looking at?”) and stylistic posturing. ...



On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:28:02 -0800 Steve Sosensky <mobile@...>
writes:
> Hi All,
>
> Sorry for the cross posting, but this is a message that wants to get
>
> out. I received the following email this morning and it sounds like
>
> an interesting film.
>
> ----------------- forwarded message --------------------
>
> Hi,
>
> My name is Michael Gitlin. I'm a filmmaker and birder in New York
> City. My film, "The Birdpeople," will be showing at the Los Angeles
>
> Film Forum on Sunday evening, February 26th, in a program called
> "Looking at Surveillance." "The Birdpeople" will be screening with
> one other film, "How Little We Know of Our Neighbors," by Rebecca
> Baron (a small caveat: Rebecca's film is not birding-related).

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Hi All,

   Please pardon my cross-posting.



   I have created a new group for those of you interested in environmental
issues that affect birds in California. There seems to be an increasing
number of posts on various birding listservs in California about
environmental issues. The birding listservs were setup primarily for bird
sightings. Hopefully, this new listserv will help with some of the off topic
posts.

To subscribe please go to:

birdingenvissuescalif@yahoogroups.com

   I have chose to keep the new group unlisted with Yahoo ( not in the public
directory ).

Thanks,

Doug Shaw
NBB Listowner & Moderator
Santa Rosa, CA

Hi,

   A few pointed out I posted an email address instead of an URL by mistake.
Anyhow to subscribe please follow the link below.

  birdingenvissuescalif-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Thanks,

Doug Shaw
Santa Rosa, CA

Although the new group is not in the public domain, I figured out the actual
URL to be:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/birdingenvissuescalif/

New members can either go to the above URL or

Send a blank email message to:
birdingenvissuescalif-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

--
Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, Alameda County


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> Subject: [CALBIRDS] URL Correction on New Group Created Post
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>   Hi,
>
>   A few pointed out I posted an email address instead of an
> URL by mistake.
> Anyhow to subscribe please follow the link below.
>
>  birdingenvissuescalif-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug Shaw
> Santa Rosa, CA
>
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Hi, all!

There are still a few months missing, but I've added a page for Otay
Mountain Road to the San Diego Birding Pages; the direct link is

_http://miriameaglemon.com/San%20Diego%20Bird%20Pages/Sites/Otay%20Mountain%20
Road.htm_
(http://miriameaglemon.com/San%20Diego%20Bird%20Pages/Sites/Otay%20Mountain%20Ro\
ad.htm)

or you can go to the main page (below), to San Diego Birding Pages, then By
Site.  Enjoy!

Mary Beth  Stowe
San Diego, CA
MiriamEagl@...
_www.miriameaglemon.com_ (http://www.miriameaglemon.com)




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ATTENTION HAWK WATCHERS!

There are still a few spaces left for this weekend’s Raptor ID Workshop
conducted by Bill Clark in Huntington Beach. The workshop, sponsored by
Sea & Sage Audubon, is designed for those birders who already have had
some field experience watching raptors. The workshop will consist of 6
hours of classroom instruction on Sat, Feb. 18 (with a break for lunch)
and an all-day field trip on Sunday to the Antelope Valley. Although the
basic field marks will be presented, emphasis will be on the more
advanced topics.

The required text for the workshop will be the 2nd edition of HAWKS by
Clark & Wheeler (Houghton Mifflin Co, 2001). Copies will be available
for purchase at the workshop.

Bill Clark has over 30 years of experience working with birds of prey,
and has published on a variety of raptor subjects, including many papers
on raptor identification.

Classes will be held at the home of Sylvia and Jim Gallagher in
Huntington Beach. Enrollment is limited to 25 persons.

The cost of the workshop is $120 per person for the Feb. 18-19 weekend.

Call Sylvia Gallagher at (714) 962-8990 if you are interested in
attending. If you decide late on Friday that you wish to attend, please
call the Sea & Sage Audubon office at (949) 261-7963; your call will be
returned if you call before 9:00 pm.

Nancy Kenyon
Sea & Sage Audubon
Irvine, CA
kenyon@...
http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org

San Diego, CA Rare Bird Alert, February 18, 2006
RBA [RARE BIRD ALERT]

* California/Baja California, Mexico
* San Diego and NW Baja California, Mexico
* February 18, 2006
* CASD 06.02.18

BIRDS MENTIONED:
____________________

Baja California, Mexico:
____________________

Brown Booby
Cassin’s Auklet
____________________

San Diego County:
____________________

*Ruddy Shelduck
Bald Eagle
Stilt Sandpiper
Thayer's Gull
Laughing Gull
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Sage Thrasher
American Redstart
Painted Redstart
Summer Tanager
____________________

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Hotline:  San Diego County, California (also covering adjacent NW
Baja California, Mexico)
Date:   February 18, 2006
Number:  (619) 688-2473 [619-NUT-BIRD]
Compiler: Michael Evans, mailto:muevans@...
For SAN DIEGO FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS

_________________________

BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO REPORTS:
_________________________

Brown Booby, 4 (2subad+M+F), 2/11/06, Islas Coronados: Altman, Eitan
[noted F seen on nest]

Cassin's Auklet, 1, 2/11/06, Islas Coronados:  Altman, Eitan

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPORTS:
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Ruddy Shelduck, 2, 2/17/06, Famosa Slough:  Puschock, John & 2,
2/17/06, Ft Rosecrans NC, flying towards ocean:  Morgan, John

Bald Eagle, 1, (Ad), 2/11/06, Lake Morena, Cottonwood Crk mouth:
Sharman, Paul

Stilt Sandpiper, 1, 2/11/06-2/17/06, San Diego R Floodway, W-West
Mission Bay Dr/Ingraham St bridge & Famosa Slough: Billings, M. J.,
Puschock, John, Mayers, S. B.

Thayer's Gull, 1 (1st yr), 2/11/06, San Diego R Floodway, near Robb
Field skate park:  Altman, Eitan

Laughing Gull, 1 (2nd win), 2/17/06, San Diego R Floodway, mouth:
Billings, M. J.

Eastern Phoebe, 1, 2/17/06, Tijuana R Vly Monument Rd @ Saturn Rd:
Adams, D.

Vermilion Flycatcher, 1, 2/11/06, Nestor Park, Imperial Beach area:
Borgstrom, Jonas

Tropical Kingbird, 1, 2/11/06, Nestor Park, Imperial Beach area:
Borgstrom, Jonas

Thick-billed Kingbird, 1, 2/16/06, Del Dios, near Lake Hodges: near
intersection of Third St & Rancho St, behind Hernandez Hideaway:
Adams, D.

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 1, 2/13/06, Santee, Mast Park, near
playground [park is E-Carlton Hills Blvd, S-Carlton Oaks Dr, N-side
of SD Riv]:  Stafford, Bob

Sage Thrasher, 1, 2/11/06-2/15/06, Ft Rosecrans NC, SW-corner--
traffic circle:  Stanley, Trent R., Altman, Eitan, Bauman, Dan,
Pryde, P.  [Analysis of photos of birds suggest that two individuals
may be present.]

American Redstart, 1 (F), 2/11/06, Tijuana R Vly Reg Park, Bird &
Butterfly Garden:  Borgstrom, Jonas

Painted Redstart, 1, 2/13/06, San Diego Zoo, in bamboo at Hunte
Amphitheater:  Stanley, Trent R. [same bird present for 129 days]

Summer Tanager, 1 (M), 2/14/06, Coronado, Spreckel's Park, SE-corner,
at 6th Ave & C St:  Myers, Tom & 1 (M), 2/15/06, Nestor Park,
Imperial Beach area:  Pryde, P.
________________________________________

See County Bird Rarity Code List prepared by Mark Billings at SD Bird
Files Section: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/files/>

For directions to many of the locations listed here,
See Thomas Brothers Map Book for San Diego County, or:

See also: <http://www.SoCalAudubon.org/socal/sd-locs.htm>

Mary Beth Stowe’s Website for San Diego County birding locations:
<http://miriameaglemon.com/San%20Diego%20Bird%20Pages/Birding%20San%
20Diego.htm>

For maps of Baja California, Mexico locations, see:
<http://homepage.mac.com/aves/SW_Border_Birding/PhotoAlbum21.html>

Send reports on California Bird Record Committee
Review Species sightings to:

Guy McCaskie, Secretary
California Bird Records Committee
P.O. Box 275
Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275
mailto:guymcc@...

Send local rarity bird descriptions to:

Elizabeth Copper, Subregional Field Notes Editor
mailto:ecopper@...


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For the Cornell Birds in Forested Lands project, I plan to study breeding
Lewis' Woodpeckers this spring and summer.  Although I realize there are
breeding populations a lot closer to San Francisco, I am especially
interested in locating potential Lewis' habitats in Modoc County.  Among my
reasons for wanting to go so far afield are that range maps indicate I
could possibly see as many as three lifer woodpeckers in the area as well:
Black-backed Woodpecker; White-headed Woodpecker; and Williamson's Sapsucker.

Do you know of, or can you direct me to people familiar with breeding
Lewis' populations in NE California?  Because the species is so
opportunistic, it might be as useful to identify appropriate habitats
rather than known populations.  Choice Lewis' breeding habitats include
open ponderosa pine, open riparian woodlands, and burned/logged over areas
between 10-25 years old.

Secondary to Modoc County, I'd also be interested in learning about Sierra
populations/habitats east of San Francisco.  I'd also be interested in
recommendations for finding the other three species mentioned, as well as
any suggestions of where else to post this query.

Please respond off-line.  If there are others who would want me to share
what I find out, also address me directly.  If interest seems great enough,
I'll post a summary back to the site, and, of course, I'll check in over
the summer and let CalBirders know if I'm finding anything interesting.

Thanks.

Nathaniel Wander
San Francisco

Hi Birders,
I hope all of you are finding good birds this week-end for the Great
Backyard Bird Count!  I would suspect that with the colder weather in
Northern California, feeders there will be quite busy.

I am looking to purchase the following two books:

Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands by Ian Sinclair / ISBN 1868729567

Mammals of Madagascar by Nick Garbutt / ISBN 0300077513

I have had them on order with Amazon since December, but they have not been
able to fill the order.

If you have either of these books and would be willing to sell them, please
email me.

Good birding!
Lynea

Lynea Hinchman
Michigan City, Indiana
Heart of the Indiana Dunes
CanyonWrenatComcastdotnet

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race. - - Victor Hugo

Hi,

   The two books are both available on abebooks.com which is a better source for
hard to find books than Amazon. There are 10 listings for  ISBN 1868729567
ranging from $24-$44. The mammale book ISBN 0300077513 is pricey with only two
listings for $72 and $179. There may be additional sources by searching through
bookfinder.com. I use to sell books on ABE and sellers are required to ship
books within 3 days.

Good Birding,

Doug Shaw
Santa Rosa, CA
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   From: Canyon Wren
   To: Calbirds@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 11:33 AM
   Subject: [CALBIRDS] GBBC & Looking for birding . . .


   Hi Birders,
   I hope all of you are finding good birds this week-end for the Great
   Backyard Bird Count!  I would suspect that with the colder weather in
   Northern California, feeders there will be quite busy.

   I am looking to purchase the following two books:

   Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands by Ian Sinclair / ISBN 1868729567

   Mammals of Madagascar by Nick Garbutt / ISBN 0300077513

   I have had them on order with Amazon since December, but they have not been
   able to fill the order.

   If you have either of these books and would be willing to sell them, please
   email me.

   Good birding!
   Lynea

   Lynea Hinchman
   Michigan City, Indiana
   Heart of the Indiana Dunes
   CanyonWrenatComcastdotnet

   Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race. - - Victor Hugo



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Is there anyone who knows if there ever was a sighting of a White Gyrfalcon
in California?
Is there anyone who has seen one ?Where is the best place to go to find  one?


      Randall Peterson

       Chico CA


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Randall good question.
Thursday afternoon 2/16/06 Ken Archambault  of Berkeley called me to say a
Gyrfalcon has been reported near Bodega Bay.
He left a voice mail it was very brief, not alot of details.
That was the last I have heard.
Did you hear of this sighting also ?
No one reported on line that I know of.
Rich Cimino
Pleasanton


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Is there anyone who knows if there ever was a sighting of a White Gyrfalcon
in California?
Is there anyone who has seen one ?Where is the best place to go to find  one?


      Randall Peterson

       Chico CA


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Hi Birders,
I hope all of you are finding good birds this week-end for the Great
Backyard Bird Count!  As cold as it is in the northern parts of
California, I would think that bird feeders should be very busy!

I am looking to purchase the following two books:

Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands by Ian Sinclair / ISBN 1868729567

Mammals of Madagascar by Nick Garbutt / ISBN 0300077513

I have had them on order with Amazon since December, but they have not been
able to fill the order.

If you have either of these books and would be willing to sell them, please
email me.

Good birding!
Lynea

Lynea Hinchman
Michigan City, Indiana
Heart of the Indiana Dunes
L.hinchmanATgmail.com <http://l.hinchmanatgmail.com/>


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Hi Folks,

I tried Friday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. for the Rock Sandpiper in Santa Cruz, and
failed again (my 2nd attempt).  Saturday morning at 10:30 I followed David's
advice, and went during a rising tide i.e. 2 hours after low tide, and
immediately had the bird as soon as I walked up to the cliff, at Almar Street
and West Cliff Drive.  It was in a mixed flock of Surfbirds and Black
Turnstones.  Thanks also to Kyri, Ruth, and Jennifer.  Sibley has the Rock
Sandpiper too dark, and too fat & dumpy.  The illustration in Geographic has it
just right for the winter plumage, and fortuitously the bird is right under
Surfbird on the same page, giving a good size comparison.
Saturday afternoon halfway between this intersection and Natural Bridges State
Park I had a loon that looked more like an Arctic than a Pacific (bigger than
the Pacific, noticeable white on the side, no chin strap), but I couldn't
photograph it.  There were a 'good' Pacific Loon, a Common Loon, and a Sea Otter
here, too.

Friday morning while driving north on the 5 in Kern County I had a Swainson's
Hawk where the 5 crosses the 41.  Saturday afternoon I had one where the 152
crosses the 5, and another at the first rest stop due south of that
intersection.

Also Friday morning while on the 5 in Kern County I saw what were most likely 3
Tundra Swans in the lakes that are right off the 5 (west of it), a few miles
north of the 5/99 split, but I was doing 80 mph (and getting passed by everybody
else, who was doing 100).

Friday mid day while driving on the 152 from the 5 to Santa Cruz, I stopped at
Mount Diablo County Park.  There were so many Varied Thrushes that they were on
all sides of my car.  There were literally 100 Varied Thrushes all around me.  I
don’t know why the various field guides all neglect the white corner tail spots
on Varied Thrush.  None of them mention it; they are barely visible in Peterson,
and not at all in Geographic or Sibley.

As for the Slay-backed Gull(s): next winter I am going to take 3 weekdays off to
just sit there all day long at Venice State Beach, with a lawn chair, and a pile
of field guides and articles.


Thomas Miko (Mikó Tamás)

thomas.miko@...
thomas_miko@...

653 S. Indian Hill Blvd., #C
Claremont, CA 91711
U.S.A.
34.109167 N, 117.718293 W

home: (909) 445-1456
cell:    (626) 390-1935

FRS radio channel 11 code 22

http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/birdsofhungary
"I think it likely that one of these statements is a mistake, and the other is a
lie." -Mark Twain 1880

I had a Eurasian Collared Dove in the little park on Almar Street in Santa Cruz,
Friday.  I don't know how common they are there.

Thomas Miko (Mikó Tamás)

thomas.miko@...
thomas_miko@...

653 S. Indian Hill Blvd., #C
Claremont, CA 91711
U.S.A.
34.109167 N, 117.718293 W

home: (909) 445-1456
cell:    (626) 390-1935

FRS radio channel 11 code 22

http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/birdsofhungary
"I think it likely that one of these statements is a mistake, and the other is a
lie." -Mark Twain 1880

Greetings from NJ... I'll be visiting San Francisco from 4/8-15 on vacation with
my
girlfriend. I'm looking for some recommendations for birding areas near San
Francisco and
Napa that are productive that time of year. I may also be able to go to
Monterey, but for
a limited time. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Please respond off-list.

Patrick Belardo
Piscataway, NJ
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Patrick Belardo
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Photos taken this weekend of a gull resembling a
1st-basic Kumlien's Iceland Gull at Clearlake Park,
Lake County, are posted at:

http://www.geocities.com/floyd_hayes/mysterygull3
(best photos)
http://www.geocities.com/floyd_hayes/mysterygull2

The site limits the number of hits per hour, so if it
shuts down, wait an hour and try again. Comments on
the bird's identity are welcome.

The gull was seen by several individuals over the
weekend (and videotaped by Les and Cindy Lieurance, I
just learned), but was not seen for a month despite
numerous searches since it was first found on 16
January (see link in above websites to original
photos), so relocating it may be very difficult (the
movements of gulls on the lake are hard to predict).
Directions to this and other Lake County rarities have
been posted to Mendobirds.

Floyd Hayes
Hidden Valley Lake, Lake County

Hi,

Thanks a lot to all who responded to my RFI last month! We had
one-and-a-half great weeks of birding; below are som highlights. A more
comprehensive trip list is available if anyone is interested.

Eurasion Wigeon - 1 M in Bolinas Lagoon 26/1, 2 M at Grey Lodge WMA, 1 M NE
of Willows 1/2, 1 M between Grey Lodge WMA and Sacramento NWR 2/2.
Harlequin Duck - 1 F off Glass Beach, Fort Bragg 27/1 and 2 MF in Monterey
Harbour 4-5/2.
Barrow's Goldeneye - 1 M at Lake Solano 29/1 and 2/2 and 3 ad and 2 2cy M on
Lake Merritt 30/1.
Laysan Albatross - 1 in Point Arena Cove in the afternoon 31/1.
Prairie Falcon - 1 along Robinson Road, S of Dixon 29/1 and 3/2.
Mountain Plover - 170 along Flannery Road, S of Dixon 29/1 and 3/2.
Rock Sandpiper - 3 at Laguna Point, Fort Bragg 27/1.
Tufted Puffin - 1 on Pelagic off Monterey 5/2.
Lewis's Woodpecker - 2 in oak grove W of Winters 29/1 and 2/2.
Red-breasted Sapsucker - 1 at Lake Solano CPC 2/2.
Varied Thrush - 15 close to Big Basin Redwood SP 4/2.
Phainopepla - 2 at Lake Solano CPC 29/1 and 2/2.


All the best,
Andreas Meyer Winnem,
Trondheim, Norway



On 1/15/06, Andreas Meyer Winnem <andreas.winnem@...> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> A friend and I will spend ten days birding central/northern California in
> late January / early February. To aviod too much driving, we are planning on
> birding the coast and Central Valley, limited by Fort Bragg to the north and
> Monterey to the south, but we are somewhat flexible. We have bought and read
> the excelent 'Birding Northern California' (BNC) by John Kemper and have
> read e-mails posted on the various Californian birding mailing lists
> archived on www.surfbirds.com this winter, but we still have a few
> enquiries regarding a few difficult to find species.
>
> Laysan Albatross at Point Arena Cove: Has there been certain times during
> the day when the bird has been more likely to be seen lately?
>
> Trumpeter Swan: Has there been any sightings this winter, besides the
> family group in Butte County? When were these birds last seen/looked for?
>
> Harlequin Duck: Any stationary birds this winter?
>
> Montain Plover: Any sightings, besides the two groups reported south of
> Dixon and north of Davis, Yolo Co? Do the flocks move a lot around, or do
> they tend to stay in one favoured field?
>
> Rock Sandpiper: Any sightings, besides the birds in Fort Bragg? Have these
> birds been seen/looked for since they were discovered?
>
> Skimmer: BNC states that there was a small population of resident Skimmers
> at Palo Alto Baylands in 1998. Is this still the case?
>
> Rails: We are planning on visiting Palo Alto Baylands. Is there any
> web-site with information on the tides in the California Bay area?
>
> Lewis' Woodpecker and Red-breasted Sapsucker: Any good stake outs for
> these species this winter?
>
> Dipper: Any creeks with wintering birds this winter?
> Canyon Wren: Any recent sightings?
>
> Varied Thrush: Is this species easy to find? If not, are there any
> particular sites where it has been seen on a regular basis during the last
> weeks?
>
> Any help with one or more of these birds would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Andreas Meyer Winnem,
> Trondheim, Norway
>
>
> --
> Andreas Meyer Winnem
> Nordahl Brunsvei 14
> 7052 Trondheim
> Tlf: +47 97042313
>




--
Andreas Meyer Winnem
Nordahl Brunsvei 14
7052 Trondheim
Tlf: 97042313


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Floyd,

That bird certainly fits the notion of "Kumlien's Gull".  We've had some birds
like that here in Yolo Co. over the years as well.  It's certainly not pure
Thayer's, of course.  Many now consider "Kumlien's" to be a hybrid swarm between
pure Thayer's and pure glaucoides Iceland Gull (which means that virtually all
"Iceland Gulls" in the US are hybrids).  It also means that anything not pure
Thayer's is "Kumlien's", somewhere on the cline between Thayer's and pure
Iceland.  For an illustration of these viewpoints, see my figures at

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/6181/kuml3.htm

I believe the CBRC has only accepted two Iceland Gulls, and they appear to be
pure glaucoides (the Otay bird at
http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/photos/icgu2.html; and the adult bird from Bodega
).  A photo of the latter and a discussion by the CBRC of kumliens and Iceland
is in the 1999 report at http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/98report/98report.pdf.

Very pretty bird, by the way!




Steve Hampton
________________
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Office of Spill Prevention and Response
California Dept of Fish and Game
PO Box 944209
Sacramento, CA 94244-2090
-----------------------------------
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(916) 324-8829 fax

>>> Floyd Hayes <floyd_hayes@...> 2/20/2006 11:42 AM >>>
Photos taken this weekend of a gull resembling a
1st-basic Kumlien's Iceland Gull at Clearlake Park,
Lake County, are posted at:

http://www.geocities.com/floyd_hayes/mysterygull3
(best photos)
http://www.geocities.com/floyd_hayes/mysterygull2

The site limits the number of hits per hour, so if it
shuts down, wait an hour and try again. Comments on
the bird's identity are welcome.

The gull was seen by several individuals over the
weekend (and videotaped by Les and Cindy Lieurance, I
just learned), but was not seen for a month despite
numerous searches since it was first found on 16
January (see link in above websites to original
photos), so relocating it may be very difficult (the
movements of gulls on the lake are hard to predict).
Directions to this and other Lake County rarities have
been posted to Mendobirds.

Floyd Hayes
Hidden Valley Lake, Lake County





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Hello,
I made a trip up to the Klamath Basin this past weekend and saw some
great birds...eagles and Buffleheads and got to see a Mountain
Bluebird really close. It was very cold up there but well worth the
trip!

Photos here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47915015@N00/103208619/


-Janice Clark
Sacramento

Hello all-

   My wife (a tolerant non-birder) and I will be visiting the Bay Area/Yosemite
from March 11th-19th.  Our itinery is as follows:
   March 11th - arrive late San Francisco
   March 12-13 - Inverness (Point Reyes)
   March 14-16 - Yosemite area
   March 17-18 - San Francisco
   March 19th - depart

   I am looking for any local information for the birds on my list.  I have
Kemper's Birding Northern California guide.  Below is my list with some specific
questions in regard to some species.  I am sending this message to multiple bird
groups, so I realize some birds won't be present in each group's area.
   Blue Grouse - accessible site in March?
   Mountain Quail
   Rock Sandpiper - any Point Reyes sites or Bodega Bay only?
   Thayer's Gull - Point Reyes sightings/Gull areas?
   Short-eared Owl
   Great Gray Owl - Accessible Yosemite meadows (Wawona, Chevron?); winter vs
breeding areas
   Spotted Owl - Tomales Bay State Park traditional site
   Northern Pygmy-Owl
   Northern Saw-whet Owl
   White-headed Woodpecker
   Lewis' Woodpecker
   Williamson's Sapsucker - lower elevations/Yosemite?
   Red-breasted Sapsucker
   Nuttall's Woodpecker
   Black-backed Woodpecker - recent burned over areas?
   Pacific-slope Flycatcher - too early?
   Cassin's Vireo - too early?
   Hutton's Vireo
   Yellow-billed Magpie - Central Valley locations between Bay area and Yosemite
   Oak Titmouse
   Hermit Warbler - wintering sites?
   Sage Sparrow - any Point Reyes locations
   Lapland Longspurs - Point Reyes sightings?
   Tricolored Blackbird
   Lawrence's Goldfinch

   For some species (Great Gray Owl/Spotted Owl in particular), I realize the
sensitive nature of these birds, especially on the breeding grounds.  I
certainly understand if some are unwilling to provide info about them.  However,
if you trust me with it, I will use it wisely and ethically.  Thanks for your
time and responses.  This is one of the few areas of the country that I have
never visited/birded.  For anyone planning a trip to Central Florida, I would be
pleased to return the favor.

   Regards,
   Andy Prather
   Orlando, FL


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San Diego, CA Rare Bird Alert, February 25, 2006
RBA [RARE BIRD ALERT]

* California/Baja California, Mexico
* San Diego and NW Baja California, Mexico
* February 25, 2006
* CASD 06.02.25

BIRDS MENTIONED:
____________________

Baja California, Mexico:
____________________

None
____________________

San Diego County:
____________________

Reddish Egret
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
*Ruddy Shelduck
Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon
Bald Eagle
Stilt Sandpiper
Pacific Golden-Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Laughing Gull
*Eurasian Collared-Dove
Long-eared Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Thick-billed Kingbird
Grace's Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Painted Redstart
Summer Tanager
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
____________________

- Transcript

Hotline:  San Diego County, California (also covering adjacent NW
Baja California, Mexico)
Date:   February 25, 2006
Number:  (619) 688-2473 [619-NUT-BIRD]
Compiler: Michael Evans, mailto:muevans@...
For SAN DIEGO FIELD ORNITHOLOGISTS

_________________________

BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO REPORTS:
_________________________

None

_________________________

SAN DIEGO COUNTY REPORTS:
_________________________

Reddish Egret, 1 (Imm), 2/19/06, San Diego Bay, NWR, salt ponds N-7th
St:  McCaskie, Guy

Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 2 (Ad), 2/19/06, Imperial Beach, roosting
in eucalyptus trees, apartment complex, E-TJ slough, in Mariner's Pt,
Caspian Way at 351-261:  McCaskie, Guy

*Ruddy Shelduck, 1, 2/22/06, Mission Bay, Mission Bay HS, Soccer
field:  Bradley, Patrick

Eurasian Wigeon, 2 (M), 2/19/06, San Diego Bay, J-St Marina tidal
flats:  McCaskie, Guy
& 1(M), 2/19/06, San Diego Bay, NWR, salt ponds N-7th St:  McCaskie, Guy
& 1 (M), 2/23/06, Tijuana R Estuary, channel SE-observation platform
at end Seacoast Dr.:  Patton, R. T.

Eurasian x American Wigeon, 1 (M), 2/19/06, San Diego Bay, J-St
Marina tidal flats:  McCaskie, Guy

Bald Eagle, 2, 2/19/06, Lake Henshaw, on nest, tree, S-end lake: pull
out, 2.5 mi NW-junction SR 76/SR78, near sign Cow Beach:  Bauman, Dan
& 1 (Imm), 2/23/06, Otay Lake (Lower), along Otay Lakes Rd:  Povey, Dave

Stilt Sandpiper, 1, 2/19/06, 2/22/06, 2/23/06, Famosa Slough, Ocean
Beach:  Breisch, R., Nordenberg, Jan and Sadowski, Matt

Pacific Golden-Plover, 4, 2/23/06, Tijuana R Estuary, sandbar at
mouth:  Patton, R. T.

Black Oystercatcher, 1, 2/21/06, Cabrillo National Monument,
tidepools:  Bauman, Dan

Laughing Gull, 1, 2/23/06, San Diego R Floodway, near Robb Field
skate park, Sadowski, Matt

*Eurasian Collared-Dove, 6, 2/19/06, Ramona area, betw San Vicente Rd
& Julian Rd, on Warnock, at dairy:  Bauman, Dan

Long-eared Owl, 20, 2/23/06, Anza Borrego DSP, Tamarisk Grove
Campground:  Scofield, Anne

Eastern Phoebe, 1, 2/19/06, Tijuana R Vly, Monument Rd @ 19th St:
McCaskie, Guy

Vermilion Flycatcher, 1 (M), 2/19/06-2/23/06, Nestor Park, Imperial
Beach area:  McCaskie, Guy, Sweeney, Joe & Patton, R. T.
& 1 (F), 2/20/06, Oceanside, El Camino CC [?], green 10-11, Martin, Mike
& 1 (F), 2/23/06, Otay Lake (Upper), NE-corner:  Povey, Dave

Tropical Kingbird, 1, 2/19/06, 2/22/06, Nestor Park, Imperial Beach
area:  McCaskie, Guy, Sweeney, Joe

Thick-billed Kingbird, 1, 2/19/06, 2/20/06, Del Dios, near Lake
Hodges: near intersection of Third St & Rancho St, behind Hernandez
Hideaway:  McCaskie, Guy, Patton, R. T.

Grace's Warbler, 1 (F), 2/19/06, Ft Rosecrans NC, N-fence line:
McCaskie, Guy

Palm Warbler, 1, 2/19/06, Ft Rosecrans NC, W-side, bottom of dip
area:  McCaskie, Guy

Black-and-white Warbler, 1, 2/19/06, Presidio Park, near El Cid
statue:  McCaskie, Guy
& 1, 2/20/06, Pt Loma residential area, 3744 Dupont St, E-Catalina
Blvd:  Smith, Susan

American Redstart, 1 (F), 2/22/06, Tijuana R Vly Reg Park, Bird &
Butterfly Garden:  Sweeney, Joe

Painted Redstart, 1, 2/20/06, San Diego Zoo, in bamboo at Hunte
Amphitheater: St. John, Jonathan

Summer Tanager, 1 (F), 2/19/06-2/20/06,2/24/06, Point Loma area,
Westminster Park (private, open to public), Canon & Talbot Sts:
McCaskie, Guy, Smith, Susan, Worley, Joe
& 1(M), 2/24/06, La Jolla, UC San Diego, Muir Bio bldg:  Holway, David
& 1(M), 2/24/06, La Jolla, Torrey Pines Rd & La Jolla Village Dr,
below soccer fields:  Bagley, Sidney

Baltimore Oriole, 2 (M+F), 2/19/06-2/21/06, Point Loma area,
Westminster Park, Canon & Talbot Sts:  McCaskie, Guy, Smith, Susan &
Bauman, Dan

Common Grackle, 1(F), 2/19/06, Tijuana R Vly, Wigginton Rch stables,
Hollister St, S-Sunset Ave, N-side, large paddock w/white pipe fence--
stall 40 w/white horse:  McCaskie, Guy

________________________________________

See County Bird Rarity Code List prepared by Mark Billings at SD Bird
Files Section: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/files/

For directions to many of the locations listed here,
See Thomas Brothers Map Book for San Diego County, or:

See also: http://www.SoCalAudubon.org/socal/sd-locs.htm

Mary Beth Stowe’s Website for San Diego County birding locations:
http://miriameaglemon.com/San%20Diego%20Bird%20Pages/Birding%20San%
20Diego.htm

For maps of Baja California, Mexico locations, see:
<http://homepage.mac.com/aves/SW_Border_Birding/PhotoAlbum21.html>

Send reports on California Bird Record Committee
Review Species sightings to:

Guy McCaskie, Secretary
California Bird Records Committee
P.O. Box 275
Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275
mailto:guymcc@...

Send local rarity bird descriptions to:

Elizabeth Copper, Subregional Field Notes Editor
mailto:ecopper@...


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Dear Birders,



The following activities are available for birders who wish to head up Hwy
101 for spring birdwatching fun.

A variety of free public and paid events can be attended through the
following bird festivals.  Automatic registration and on line payment make
it easy to confirm your trips.  Contact information is at the following
sites or one can always contact me by return address.



Yours Rob Hewitt



http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=11590



Humboldt Bay National Wildlife refuge - Hookton Road

Family Fun and Goose Fly-off March 4-5, 2006



http://www.aleutiangoosefestival.org/



We invite you to the 8th annual Aleutian Goose Festival
March 30 -- April 3, 2006



Six spaces left on Sunday's Pelagic trip



http://www.redbudaudubon.org/events.htm



APRIL 21- 23, 2006
Clear Lake State Park, Kelseyville, CA



www.godwitdays.com <http://www.godwitdays.com/>



April 21 - 23, 2006



1 space left on Friday's Pelagic,

6 spaces left on Saturday's Pelagic

(Sunday roll over option if bad weather)







Robert W. Hewitt

Wildlife Biologist - LBJ Enterprises

Eureka, California

(w) 707-442-0339, (cell) 707-845-3189, (fax) 707-269-0632



Chairman, Godwit Days Steering Committee

www.godwitdays.com

April 21-23, April 2006

Keynote Speaker: John Fitzpatrick

Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology







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Dear Birders,



The following activities are available for birders who wish to head up Hwy
101 for spring birdwatching fun.

A variety of free public and paid events can be attended through the
following bird festivals.  Automatic registration and on line payment make
it easy to confirm your trips.  Contact information is at the following
sites or one can always contact me by return address.



Yours Rob Hewitt



http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=11590



Humboldt Bay National Wildlife refuge - Hookton Road

Family Fun and Goose Fly-off March 4-5, 2006



http://www.aleutiangoosefestival.org/



We invite you to the 8th annual Aleutian Goose Festival
March 30 -- April 3, 2006



Six spaces left on Sunday's Pelagic trip



http://www.redbudaudubon.org/events.htm



APRIL 21- 23, 2006
Clear Lake State Park, Kelseyville, CA



www.godwitdays.com <http://www.godwitdays.com/>



April 21 - 23, 2006



1 space left on Friday's Pelagic,

6 spaces left on Saturday's Pelagic

(Sunday roll over option if bad weather)







Robert W. Hewitt

Wildlife Biologist - LBJ Enterprises

Eureka, California

(w) 707-442-0339, (cell) 707-845-3189, (fax) 707-269-0632



Chairman, Godwit Days Steering Committee

www.godwitdays.com

April 21-23, April 2006

Keynote Speaker: John Fitzpatrick

Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology







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Hi,

On Feb 24th at 1PM, I stopped by McSwain Forebay and
saw at least 7 Cliff Swallows inspecting last year's
mud nests on the underside of the bridge.  Anybody
else seeing early Cliff Swallows?  There were also at
least 5 Tree Swallows inspecting the mud nests.  I
wonder if the mud nests would be suitable for the Tree
Swallows except that the Cliff Swallows out compete
them due to their size.  Also, an adult Bald Eagle
flew over and there were a pair of Ospreys present.  2
Herring Gulls, an adult and a 1st year, were sitting
on the water.  7 White-throated Swifts flew over
chattering.

At noon on the same day, at the corner of Hornitos Rd
and Slate Gulch Rd I saw a Ferruginous Hawk.  And
there was another Ferruginous Hawk west of Hornitos Rd
just across the county line in Merced Co.

Good birding,
Jim

Jim

James R. Tietz
Bootjack, Mariposa Co.
Elev = 2400'

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