A new yahoo group has been formed, and your help is requested.

If you are on a California Pelagic birding trip or you are birding
along the coast of California and you see any whales, dolphins, or
porpoises. Then please report them to the New CalWhales Yahoo Group.

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CalWhales

You are all welcome to join.

Douglas Aguillard
San Diego, CA
doug@...

With about a week away, there is still time to get involved with the
10th Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway -  Jan 22-25 in
Chico, California

Get all the details here:   http://www.snowgoosefestival.org/  and
register to participate in field trips or workshops.

There are  49 field trips, 17 workshops, the works of 18 participating
artists, an outstanding banquet speaker, an incredible selection of
auction items, numerous youth activities and a full house of
exhibitors.   If you want to compare the top birding optics lineup, or
get some hands on experience of different birding products, this is the
place to visit.

The exhibit area is free to the public on JAN. 24th -25th  SAT.9:AM-5PM
- SUN.9AM-3PM at the Chico Masonic Center 1110 West East Avenue.

All this and a great town makes for quality birding time in Northern
California.  Don't miss out.

--
Bruce Webb
Granite Bay, CA  95746
U.S. Distributor for Wildlife Computing Software products
http://home.surewest.net/bruwebb/WildlifeRecorder.htm

Greetings,

Albatrosses, Cookilaria Petrels, Leach's & Ashy Storm-Petrels (and
who knows what else?) is on the docket for this spring's mother of
all pelagic trips out of SoCal.

The first two exploratory trips on the 95-foot live-aboard SEARCHER
in April of 2003 were the brainchild of pelagic pioneers Don
Desjardin and Walter Wehtje.  Those two back-to-back historic
trips "to see what was out there" tallied an astounding 91 MURPHY'S
PETRELS, 2 COOKS PETRELS, 13 LAYSAN ALBATROSSES, 60 JAEGERS (3
flavors), 9 TROPICBIRDS,  190 LEACH'S STORM-PETRELS, 20 ASHY STORM-
PETRELS, more than 1500 SHEARWATERS (4 flavors), TUFTED PUFFIN.....
well, the list goes on and on... and the rest is history.

Trip and species logs of all SEARCHER trips 2003 - 2008:
http://www.bajawhale.com/birdingtrips.asp

Ever since those first two exploratory trips in 2003, owners Art
Taylor and Celia Condit have blocked 2 weeks of SEARCHER'S natural
history calendar each year for pelagic birders -  one in spring, one
in fall.  These trips are geared exclusively for pelagic birders who
want to see SoCal's regional pelagic specialties and hunt its
rarities and mega-rarities.

SEARCHER is now taking reservations for its annual spring trip,
departing Thursday, April 30 and returning to port at 6:00 a.m.
Monday morning, May 4.  Expert pelagic trips leaders include
Todd "Skua" McGrath, Paul "Parasitic Jaeger" Lehman and Doctor Jon
Feenstra.

Learn more about SEARCHER
http://www.socalbirding.com/searcherexpeditions.html

SEARCHER spring trip details, itinerary & expected species:
http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/searcher4305409.html
or
http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html

Join us on the adventure.  Out on the Pacific Ocean, under the sun,
riding the swells with the clean fresh breeze on your face, days blur
into a soft dream.  Time slows, even stands still, as you become more
and more disconnected from the hustle and bustle of the "real" world.
No cell phones. No computers. No traffic.  Nothing but sunshine,
whales, birds, people who love birds and birding.  THIS, is the real
world…. the ultimate adventure.  That "other" world, the one you left
behind is…. so… far…. away….

--
W. Terry Hunefeld
Life is short.
Seabird often.

Seabirding Trips From San Diego
Buena Vista Audubon Society
http://www.SoCalBirding.com
Los Coronados Islands
Nine-mile, Thirty-mile, Sixty-mile Banks
Cortes & Tanner Banks
Channel Islands

I saw the White-winged scoter reported on Jan. 14 again today Sunday Jan. 18
2009 at about
11 am in the same location as before, near PCH by the palm tree that was cut
down north of
the bridge.

Regards and good birding,

Raul Roa
Whittier, CA

Nine teams with 41 young birders (7-14) and experienced birding
leaders hiked by foot 6.75 miles in 16 hours through routes in the
City of Sonoma representing unique habitats, including Fryer and
Nathason's Creeks, Sonoma Plaza, the Gen. Vallejo fields, Bartholomew
Park, Depots Park, Sonoma Garden Park and lower Sonoma Mt.

A total of 53 species and 1,385 birds were recorded. (sunny, 45-70º
clear day with little wind) The leading birding teams were at Fryer
Creek (283 birds) and Sonoma Garden Park (324 birds) both with 32
total species. Eight new species were discovered this year including
the Green Heron, American Wigeon (plaza pond), Pine Siskin, Bushtit,
Varied Thrush, Say's Phoebe, Eurasian-Collard-Dove and Sharp-shinned
Hawk. Last year 20 participants recorded 41 species and 537 birds.

A tabulation celebration at the SCC was highlighted by team
presentations and four live birds from Bird Rescue of Sonoma including
a Great Horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel and a Merlin.
Over 100 people attend the celebration.  The Rotary Club donated
backpacks for the bird books and brown bag lunches and calculators to
help kids tally their birds. Special thanks to our host the SCC and
nature partners, Madrone Audubon, RROS, PRBO and SEC.

tom rusert & darren peterie
sonoma, california
http://www.sonomabirding.org/

Greetings,

The Buena Vista Audubon 3rd Annual Seabirds, Dolphins and Whales half-
day pelagic trip goes out Saturday morning, Jan 31 from Helgren's
Sportfishing and Whale Watching in Oceanside Harbor.

This pelagic is a bargain at only $40 – the past two winter trips
from Oceanside have sold out. Two to four Gray Whales a day are
being seen by Helgren's off Oceanside every day; more than 100 have
been sighted since mid-December, plus 3 calves. We should also get
some great dolphin shows: Bottlenose, Common, Risso's and perhaps
Pacific White-sided.

On the Sea & Sage Audubon trip out of Dana Point this past Saturday
(Jan 10) we had a phenomenal trip. We saw 8 Pomarine Jaegers, a
Short-tailed Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater, 2 Xantus's Murrelet, 2
Common Murre and 2 species of dolphin. Everybody had a wonderful
time.  Trip Report:
http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/jan102009danapoint.html
or http://www.socalbirding.com and click on Trip Reports

The Jan 31 trip is a great opportunity to see a Short-tailed
Shearwater. The first record of Manx Shearwater for San Diego was
recorded in these waters off Oceanside on 28 Apr 2004. A Black-
legged Kittiwake or Ancient Murrelet could turn up on this trip.

We'll have excellent leaders/spotters aboard to help you see and
identify the birds and marine mammals we encounter: Guy McCaskie,
Todd McGrath, Jon Feenstra, Peter Ginsburg, Stan Walens and Terry
Hunefeld.

More details and reservation information:
http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/oceansidejan312009.html
or
http://www.socalbirding.com and click on upcoming trips

W. Terry Hunefeld
Life is short.
Bird often.

Seabirding Trips From San Diego
Buena Vista Audubon Society
http://www.SoCalBirding.com
Los Coronados Islands
Nine-mile, Thirty-mile, Sixty-mile Banks
Cortes & Tanner Banks
Channel Islands

This coming Saturday (January 24) I can get the same boat from Avila which had
the 2 Parakeet Auklets and the other birds seen below (last Saturday 1/17) on a
Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival trip. Of course, this would only occur if  if I
can get enough people to commit to paying $75 for the all day trip.  If
interested, you would have to be in Avila at 7:30 am and we would return at
about 4 pm.  I need a minimum of 20 people to go and I need a firm commitment
tonight - Wednesday night.  We have GPS coordinates, but of course there is no
guarantee that these same birds will be re-found. Checks will be made out to
me and I will have to pay the charter company tomorrow so I really need to know
if you agree to show up and pay me for sure.  Thanks!

Jim Royer
Los Osos
jcadroyer@...
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Tom Edell's account:

Our highlight was two PARAKEET AUKLETS seen
well by everyone on the boat. And, we managed to get some good photographs of
the birds which were found at -121°03'676" W, 35°05'195" N, or about 14 miles
west-southwest of Point Buchon. This is the second county record for this
species, the first involved a deceased bird picked up on the beach at San Simeon
on February 6, 1955. Brad Schram's photos can be seen at
_http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaparralbrad/sets/_ (http:
//www.flickr.com/photos/chaparralbrad/sets/) at the end of the
  California Vagrant Birds set.

Other birds seen today included a few hundred NORTHERN FULMAR (at least one
flock of over 100 birds seen on the water), PINK-FOOTED, SOOTY and
SHORT-TAILED, and BLACK-VENTED Shearwaters, several hundred each COMMON MURRE,
CASSIN'S
AUKLET and RHINOCEROS AUKLET, three ANCIENT MURRELETS and three MARBLED
MURRELETS. 


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Raptor ID workshops presented by Bill Clark

There is still space available in the two Raptor ID workshops, sponsored
by Sea & Sage Audubon, being presented by Bill Clark in February.  Bill
has over 30 years of field experience working with birds of prey and has
published on a variety of raptor subjects as well as co-authoring the
Peterson field guide on HAWKS and the PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO NORTH
AMERICAN RAPTORS.  The Introductory Raptor ID Workshop will be held on
Feb. 13-15 and the Intermediate/Advanced Raptor ID Workshop will be on
Feb. 21-22.  Full information can be found on the Sea & Sage Audubon
website at:
http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/Classes/RaptorIDworkshop09.pdf
Advance reservations are necessary since space is limited.


Nancy Kenyon
Irvine

Sorry, I did not include my email address and phone number on my post regarding
the Saturday pelagic out of Avila, San Luis Obispo County.? So, far birders who
have signed up include Jon Dunn, John Luther, Brian Daniels, Don Roberson,
Curtis Marantz and others.? I will let everyone know late tonight or early
tomorrow morning if I have enough birders to proceed.

Jim Royer
Los Osos, CA
jcadroyer@...
805-748-7898


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Thanks.  The Saturday 1/24/09 Avila pelagic trip is a go as we barely  made
20 people.   There are still 10 openings if anyone is  interested. Please email
me ASAP if you are interested.  Please note a  different phone number for me
below.  This is my last notice on  CALBIRDS for this trip.

Jim Royer
Los Osos, CA
805-748-7895
_jcadroyer@..._ (mailto:jcadroyer@...)


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When I spotted this big bird hunkered down in my neighbors lemon tree
  I had to do a double take! We live in the flats of Oakland, 94609. I
  grabbed my bins and scope and by the time I got back outside the
  bittern had flown to the next house down the street. Since this is
  only the second time I have seen this bird. The first time was in
  Sacramento (Gray Lodge NWR??) This bird hunkered down the whole day
  and into the evening.  I had a gloomy feeling about this beautiful,
  secretive bird, I thought maybe it was sick, and had the bird rescue #
  at the ready.
  However, in the early hours of the morning, I was again lucky enough
  to see it fly away! Wow what a special inauguration Day for me!
I have posted 2 pics of this beautiful bird's head and neck!
    Ellen Gierson-Oakland, CA

All,

Matt Brady and I found a second cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL this morning at
the Harkins Slough Dump off of Buena Vista Drive. To my knowledge this is a
first county record. I obtained a lot of slightly distant photos of the bird
using Matt's camera, which we will post a little later today. To reach this
location, take Buena Vista Drive from hwy 1 towards the ocean, and take a left
on Harkins Slough Road. The dump will appear on your right shortly, and there
are a few spots where it is possible to pull over on the right hand side of the
road next to some small fenced-in structures. Here you can view the dump by
walking up to the tall fence behind the short conifers and scoping through the
fence. There were many thousands of gulls present, as they were turning the
trash with tractors, which one of the workers said usually happens in the
mid-morning, 7 days/week.

Also present were no less than FIVE GLAUCOUS GULLS, all of which appeared to be
first cycle birds. Two of these were down in the slough.

Good birding,

Oscar Johnson
Santa Cruz





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Hi Birders.  Here are the photos of the apparent second-cycle LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL that Oscar Johnson and I saw this morning at Harkin's Slough,
Watsonville, Santa Cruz County: <http://flickr.com/photos/podoces/3221442354/>. 
Unfortunately, due to the our distance from the bird as well as weather
conditions (it was drizzling), some features turned up a bit better in these
photos than others.  For example, it is difficult to see in these photos, but
the bird had a distinct amber eye.  Also, the bill was pale-tipped, and the
rectrices had distinct, white (but marked) bases.  Overall, the tail pattern was
similar to that of Old World Herring Gulls.

The bird was about the size of a Herring Gull, and the mantle was rather dark,
about the same shade as the Western Gulls that were around.  This feature is a
bit difficult to discern from the photos, but was obvious in the field.  The
head streaking was concentrated on the nape and crown, and was thin, but
distinct.  The tertials were quite dark (almost black), but had broad, obvious
white edges.  We found this to be the best feature to look for when trying to
relocate the bird in the flock.  The primaries were rather long, about twice the
length of the tail, though this particular feature does not seem to be
well-illustrated in any of these photos.

Unfortunately before the bird flapped so that we could obtain spread-wing shots,
it walked over the crest of a small hill and we lost it.  So, the photos of it
stretching as it preened are the only photos of the bird with its wing open.

Of course, comments, concerns, and criticisms regarding this bird are more than
welcome.  Thanks, and good birding.

Matt Brady
Potter Valley, CA





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Here in the UK this bird would not be identidied as a Lesser Black-backed Gull
and would probably go unnoticed amongst the many Herring Gulls here, there are
to many pro Herring Gull features.

Lesser Black-backed of the race Graellsii should appear overall darker, more
dusky with more uniform patterned, less obvious barred wing coverts. The largely
pale bill on this bird  is also not overly supportive of LBBGull and the
primaries not long enough beyond the tertials, at least in the photos. The broad
pale tips to the tertials are also not good for LBBGull whilst the overall feel
is Herring rather then LBBGull.

Steve Arlow
Essex, England



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Sea & Sage Audubon
     New Birding-by-Ear Workshop presented by Sylvia Gallagher

>
> Space is still available in Sylvia Gallagher's upcoming birding-by-ear
> workshop which begins in mid-February at her home in Huntington
> Beach.  This 8-10 week workshop,  LEARNING MORE CA BIRD SOUNDS,  will
> focus on lowland, non-desert birds that were not covered in her
> introductory workshop series.  Among  groups to be covered are:
> waterfowl, rails, herons and egrets, swallows, shorebirds, plus a wide
> variety of hard-to-see and/or rare Passerines of riparian and open
> habitats.  Sylvia has spent months preparing for this brand new
> workshop;  those of you who have never taken a class from her are in
> for a real treat!   Full information can be found on the Sea & Sage
> Audubon website at:
> http://www.seaandsageaudubon.org/Classes/MoreBirdSounds09.pdf


     Nancy Kenyon
     Irvine

A page with photos of Saturday's chase trip from Port San Luis, San
Luis Obispo Co., and some results, is now up at
http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/CAbirdsPAAU.html

Don Roberson
Pacific Grove CA

Greetings

(Avila Beach, California)  On Saturday morning 24 Jan 2009 at 0730
hours, 30 plus pelagic birders departed Port San Luis into the
Pacific Ocean in search of Parakeet Auklets.

GPS track, photos and species list are posted at:
http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/jan242009avila.html

All 2009 Pelagic Trips out of Southern California are now posted at
http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html

Posted trips include all Los Angeles Audubon Trips from Santa Barbara
aboard the Condor Express, two Searcher Deep-water 4-day trips and
three deepwater weekends on Grande from San Diego.

--
W. Terry Hunefeld, San Diego
Life is short.
Seabird often.

Seabirding Trips From San Diego
Buena Vista Audubon Society
http://www.SoCalBirding.com
Los Coronados Islands
Nine-mile, Thirty-mile, Sixty-mile Banks
Cortes & Tanner Banks
Channel Islands

Inn at Moonlight Beach
http://www.InnAtMoonlightBeach.com
Ocean view rooms & suites from $115
Encinitas, North County, San Diego

The female RUSTY BLACKBIRD continued yesterday in the pasture behind the
farm buildings at the east end of Moseley Road.

Ken Burton (Arcata)
Chet Ogan (Eureka)

Birds - Not a great variety of birds at Panoche this past Saturday, Jan. 24, as
measured by past experience, but several Golden Eagles, at least one Bald Eagle,
Hooded Mergansers in a new roadside pond, Tri-colored Blackbirds, and Merlin
plus Prairie Falcon were nice. Mountain Plovers were also reported, but guess we
were looking in the opposite direction when we passed them.  Notably missing
from our list were Phainopepla, Roadrunner, and Chukar.

Birders -  In speaking with the locals we were made acutely aware of their
impressions that birders were directing binoculars toward private residences,
and also that birders tend to wander across and stand in the middle of the road
without due attention to local traffic.  The road seems empty, but locals admit
that they tend to drive at a lively clip, and are concerned about road safety
for everybody. I'm not saying that any birders are actually being rude, but
simply want everyone to know how sensitive some folks are to our presence as
strangers in their neighborhood. I think it behooves all of us to make special
efforts to consider the feelings of these locals, and to be ultra careful to
avoid offending these folks whom we want for allies.

Panoche Valley is a beautiful isolated, agricultural valley in San Benito
County. Take Rd J-1 (Panoche Road) east out of Paicines. J-1 becomes Little
Panoche Road at a sharp 90o turn north, and continues out to I-5 just south of
the Fresno County, Merced County line.

Betty Burridge - Santa Rosa



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Little Panoche Valley on Sunday was very windy.
We managed to see the following individual birds of interest driving along
Fresno road J1:
2 Prairie Falcons harassing a Red Tailed  Hawk near Mercy Hot Springs.
3 Long-eared Owls
5 Red tailed Hawks
2 Golden Eagles
2 Harriers
There are large flocks of Lark Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows, American
Water Pipits and Horned Larks
  to be found along J1.
Numbers of Say's Phoebes, Loggerhead Shrikes and Yellow-rumped Warblers
were high also.


Richard Cimino
rscimino@...
Da Pacem Cordium

Woodbridge Rd WEST off of Hy 5 early Sunday was very windy.
The wintering Sandhill Cranes, Northern  Pin-tails, Northern Shovelers
ducks and Greater Whited-fronted Geese were all present in good numbers.
Few American Wigeon and Gadwall.
I counter 80 Tundra Swans and 18 White pelicans mixed together.
There were also 8 Aleutian Geese.
Three Belted Kingfishers, one richly colored Kingfisher female  and some 80
Great Egrets and a smaller numbers of Snowy's egrets were nice to view.
Red-tailed Hawks and Harriers were present.
No Mountain Plovers to be found.
About midway along Woodbridge Rd. and looking north there are large acreage
of grain being grown.
The grain  may be a type of millet.
I'm not sure but there are hundreds of blackbird species feeding in, maybe
a thousand blackbirds feeding around 8AM.


Richard Cimino
rscimino@...
Da Pacem Cordium

Monday early morning 8:30 am at the Junction it was 36 degrees with great
views of the back side of Mt. Hamilton with snow.
We found one Lewis's Woodpecker near road maker 0020 looking east, several
hundred feet back from the fence line.
The Lewis's did a brief Flycatcher exhibit but other wise it was perched
getting sun.
Acorn Woodpeckers, Oak Titmouse, Red-Tailed Hawks made appearances also.
The area over all had many small groups of Yellow-billed Magpies.
The surprise of the day was Lesser Yellowlegs in one of the stock ponds, I
failed to note the road marker.
The same pond had Bufflehead ducks.
Driving up Mines Rd. near a horse coral - Alameda County along the Arroyo
Mocho there was four Wood Ducks.

Richard Cimino
rscimino@...
Da Pacem Cordium

Birders,



The California Bird Records Committee held its annual meeting 16-17
January 2009 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.  The
committee thanks Paul Collins and Rebecca Coulter for their part in
hosting the meeting.



The three-year terms of Dave Compton (Chairman), Alvaro Jaramillo and
Scott Terrill expired as of this year's meeting.  Elected to fill their
positions on the CBRC were Paul Lehman, Joe Morlan, and Dan Singer.
Lehman was elected the new CBRC Chair, and Dan Singer is the new
Vice-Chair.  Guy McCaskie continues in his role as non-voting Secretary.



Magnificent Frigatebird was added to the list of species for which
records are reviewed by the CBRC.  All records of this species beginning
in 2009 will be reviewed.



Deleted from the Review List were: Mottled Petrel, American
Oystercatcher, and Sprague's Pipit.



We want to remind everybody that the California Bird Records Committee
web site is now located at: http://www.californiabirds.org/

The CBRC remains a committee of Western Field Ornithologists and
publishes reports annually in Western Birds; the CBRC site can also be
accessed via a link on the WFO web site, which is
http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org



Kimball Garrett



Kimball L. Garrett

Ornithology Collections Manager

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Blvd.

Los Angeles CA 90007

(213) 763-3368

(213) 746-2999 FAX

kgarrett@...





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Greetings

A downy white Brown Booby chick was photographed Wednesday 28Jan2009
off Tijuana just south of the border on a private pelagic trip from
San Diego to the Coronados Islands.  Trip GPS track, trip report,
species list and photos are posted at:
http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/jan282009coronadosis.html

Buena Vista Audubon Society's "Seabirds, Dolphins and Whales" trip
from Oceanside this Saturday is SOLD OUT.

The Los Angeles Audubon Society's "Palos Verde Escarpment" pelagic
trip from San Pedro on Saturday, February 28 is SOLD OUT.

UPCOMING PELAGIC TRIPS FROM SOCAL:

The next pelagic day-trips (with openings) from Southern California
are the San Diego Bird Festival's March 5, 7 and 8 from San Diego,
sponsored by the San Diego Audubon Society.  The Sunday March 8 trip
is SOLD OUT.  There are a handful of spaces available for the
Saturday March 7 trip and perhaps twenty spaces available for the
Thursday, March 5 trip.   Info:

http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/sdbirdfest352009.html
(Thurs)

http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/sdbirdfest372009.html  (Sat)

Buena Vista Audubon Society's day trip from San Diego to the Nine
Mile Bank and the Coronados Islands on Saturday, April 18 aboard
Grande.

http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/sandiegoapr182009.html

Los Angeles Audubon Society's day trip from Santa Barbara to the San
Juan Seamount and Continental Shelf edge on Saturday April 25, 2009
aboard the Condor Express.

http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/santabarbaraapr252009.html

Buena Vista Audubon Society's Deep Water 5-day Expedition from San
Diego to the Channel Islands and the edge of the Continental Shelf
from April 30 – May 4 aboard the deluxe live-aboard SEARCHER.

http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/searcher4305409.html

Happy Seabirding,

Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas
Life is short.  Seabird often.
Coordinator for the Buena Vista Audubon Society's
www.SoCalBirding.com

A CAVE SWALLOW was found by Mark Scheel Sat 31 Jan. at the Sonny Bono
Wildlfe Area Headquarters at the south end of the Salton Sea. Today the
bird reappeared above the viewing platform at mid-day and put on a good
show. This is about the 5th state record, all from Imperial County.
cheers.Howard King

Greetings,

The full trip report, photos and species list of the 31 JAN 2009
Buena Vista Audubon Society Annual Winter "Seabirds, Dolphins and
Whales" Pelagic Trip from Helgren's in Oceanside are posted at:

http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/oceansidejan312009.html

  --
W. Terry Hunefeld
Life is short.  Seabird often.

Seabirding Trips From San Diego
Buena Vista Audubon Society
http://www.SoCalBirding.com
Los Coronados Islands
Nine-mile, Thirty-mile, Sixty-mile Banks
Cortes & Tanner Banks
Channel Islands

I am putting together a webpage with all of CVBC Bulletin articles published
from 1998 - 2007.  Ed Pandolfino is scanning and sending me articles in pdf
format.  He recently sent me quite a few files, so I have uploaded them on
the website.  See http://www.cvbirds.org/Bulletin.htm and click on the link
to the download webpage for the articles in alphabetical order by title.
Once we get all of the articles online, I'll create another webpage with the
articles in order of their publication, so articles in Vol. 1, issue 1 will
be organized together and so on.



I will be keeping the articles from the previous year and the current year
off the website in order to encourage people to join the CVBC and support
the Bulletin financially.



A big thanks to Ed for helping me out with this exciting project.



Also, please provide suggestions on how to improve the CVBC website.  I'm
taking on the task of Webmaster now so am excited to work on the website.



John

President

Central Valley Bird Club



John Sterling

VVVVVVVVVV



26 Palm Ave

Woodland, CA  95695

cell 530 908-3836

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Thanks to Eric Kallen for sending me the current ABA "Peeps" Online Blog. In
their current issue, they (ABA) somehow gave me the credit for finding the
Mangrove Warbler here in San Diego instead of the true finder "Mark
Billings". I have sent a post to the blog owner, that I did not find the
bird and that Mark gets the credit, so that there's no further
misunderstandings.





Thanks,



Doug Aguillard

Black Water Photography

http://sdbirds.basiclink.com

San Diego, CA

doug@...

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Sea & Sage Audubon is offering two different Birding Skills Workshops
this month.

The first one, which will be taught by Bill Clark, will focus on RAPTOR
ID.  Bill has over 30 years of experience working with birds of prey and
has published on a variety of raptor subjects as well as co-authoring
the Peterson field guide on HAWKS and the PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO NORTH
AMERICAN RAPTORS.  His Introductory Raptor ID Workshop will be held Feb.
13-15 and his Intermediate/Advanced Raptor ID Workshop will be Feb. 21 &
22.  Both workshops include indoor lectures as well as field trips.

The second workshop, which will be taught by Sylvia Gallagher, will be
on LEARNING MORE CA BIRD SOUNDS.  Sylvia has been teaching a variety of
birding classes here in Orange County for over 25 years.  Her popular
classes are full of information about CA birds and their habitats and
each lesson is carefully prepared.  The 7 CDs containing bird songs &
calls to be used by students in this class were recorded by Sylvia on
some of her trips and are of excellent quality.  The birds to be covered
in this 8-10 week workshop are waterfowl, rails, herons & egrets,
swallows, shorebirds, plus a wide variety of hard-to-see and/or rare
passerines of riparian and open habitats.  These workshops will begin
the week of Feb. 16th.

Full information on these Birding Skills Workshops can be found on the
Sea & Sage Audubon webpage at:  www.seaandsageaudubon.org .  Advanced
reservations are necessary since seating space is limited, but space is
still available as of Feb. 5th in each of the workshops, which will be
held in Huntington Beach.

Nancy Kenyon
Irvine

If you're considering attending the Audubon California Assembly at
Asilomar in Pacific Grove, March 15-17, be sure to register before
Feb. 13 to save the $50 late fee. Three days of birding, workshops,
events and field trips, including pelagic trip on Monterey Bay led by
Todd McGrath and Jon Feenstra, birding in Carmel Valley led by Gary
Langham and Don Roberson (SOLD OUT!), and Condor viewing at Ventana
Wildlife Society sites.

Details http://ca.audubon.org/assembly.php

Questions? Call Garry George at (323) 951-9620, Ext. 225,
ggeorge@...

Garry George
garrygeorge@...