It's a good thing for all the Dr. Seuss-rhyme imitators that the bird wasn't a jacana! Cheers, Bruce Bruce Deuel Environmental Scientist Cantara Program ...
Hhhmm...I gather no one saw the Smew yesterday (Wednesday). If anyone does see the Smew today, or saw it yesterday, your input on Calbirders would be most...
Don't know about today (Thursday 1 Feb 07), but it was not at Willow Springs, or anywhere else for that matter all Tuesday and Wednesday. I actually searched...
... <BIG SNIP> Thomas, Boy, I sure hope that your boss (if any) doesn't read Calbirds, what with your calling in sick and all that. Sorry to hear that you...
Does anyone know if the Owl is still being seen or when it was last seen? Chuck Almdale Santa Monica [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
This will be my final posting for the Smew as this is the third day it has NOT been seen. I will continue checking the pond (and others) and will post if it is...
<<Why is it that Eurasian Collared Doves go so completely under reported? We hear more instances of people seeing Orange Bishops than we do of Collared Doves...
"The question for tomorrow likely will be how well will Mourning Doves and Spotted Doves compete for similar ecological niches with this westerly-migrating...
I'd welcome others' comments on this, but I have noticed that the Eurasian Collared Doves in the American Southwest are more rural or at best suburban, than...
Why are Orange Bishops more reported than EC Doves? My guess is that they are brighter and more exotic, thus lending themselves to being noticed more often,...
Hi Calbirders, We have had several posts lately where the posters have not trimmed the text from previous posts to acceptable levels. In general, you should...
I wouldn't be surprised if they are in all of the central and southern counties and in Inyo. They have also spread into Arizona, Sonora and Chihuahua at least....
One good source of information on reported locations is www.eBird.org <http://www.ebird.org/> . You can do a search by species and location and it will...
Here are my 1.5 cents on the Eurasian-collared Dove situation (some of which runs counter to previous posts). 1-Certainly, in many areas of its range, the...
Hi all. Fun below sea level! Paul Jorgensen and I went for a look at the Black-headed Gull on the excuse that we had to do some scouting of the Salton Sea...
Birded Rock River Rd. today. The only noteworthy bird to report is a Eurasian Wigeon on the pond on the north side of the road about 1 mile from Green Springs...
Eurasian collared doves have also been reported as far north as Humboldt and Siskiyou counties. -- Bill Miller Marysville, CA 530-742-2682 [Non-text portions...
Hi all. I have added a couple of shots of the Willow Springs Smew in the company of some of the Hooded Mergansers. I have placed them in the "Waterfowl" album....
Dang! I wish I'd had this e-mail in hand today. I went without my laptop computer on the Sea & Sage Audubon trip (led by the Leipzigs) to Salton Sea Saturday...
Hi folks, We visited Gray Lodge with the Yolo Audubon on Sunday the 4th and had a good time. The weather was great and we had fun meeting new birding friends....
As a very lucky Marylander, visiting California at just the right time, I was able to see your beautiful Smew on 1/29. I returned home with lots of photos and...
Hi all, I gave the wrong phone number for access to Torrez Martinez land at the Whitewater River Delta. My apologies. The correct number for Debby is...
Allow me to share some east coast perspective. ECD have been firmly established in coastal South Carolina for over a decade. Here, they favor the developed...
Birders This morning while walking the dog I stumbled upon two interesting gulls at Pt. Pinos. One was a classic first-cycle Glaucous Gull, the other a ...
Birders Some folks are having trouble viewing all the Slaty-backed Gull photos on my flickr site (you get what you pay for and it's free!). If you click the ...
My report of species seen on Sunday the 4th at Gray Lodge included Northern Shrike. That was an error. The report should have read Loggerhead Shrike instead....
Sorry for the serious cross-posting - trying to reach as many people as possible. 2007 KRV SPRING NATURE FESTIVAL - http://kern.audubon.org/bioregion.htm ...
Hi all, I'm doing a trip on a whim down to SoCal next monday from British Columbia. I realize it's a bit early for some species, but I thought I'd throw out a...