I would certainly second Bob's comments, having just returned from Arizona 3 days ago. Blue-throats were huge compared to Anna's. At the same time, the first...
Folks, If the bird was not huge, that is a bad strike against Blue-throated. Can someone put the photos up where they can be accessed publicly? thanks, Alvaro ...
All, The photos were posted on the Tulare/Kings email list and may be viewed at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tularekingsbirds/photos/recent/list However, you...
Joe et al. Thanks for posting the photos. My personal opinion is that this is not a Blue-throated Hummingbird, it looks like a female Black-chinned Hummingbird...
Williamson's ,"Hummingbirds of North America", cites a breeding record (no year given) for Tulare County.It does seem kind of small for a Blue-throated--but...
Cal-Hummers, Here is two more cents.....This bird seems way to small for a Blue-throated Hummingbird to me. This bird also has no white line exteneding down...
I took another look at the photos and zoomed in closer. I agree with Al and Todd. Sorry to create a scare. The bird looked huge to me in the photo and the...
No need to apologise at all John. I really appreciate the early alert to a possible mega-rarity - as well as the subsequent education. Thanks Bruce Barrett San...
Hey group, I was unfortunate enough to have spent the whole day in front of the feeders at Kern River Preserve without luck and now I can see why. The bird...
A colleague suggested I post this to the group. There is a phenomenon in size illusion where a rear object appears larger than a front object of the same size...
About two weeks ago, Magpies were evident as I drove along Highway 395 just south of the Oregon border. In fact, I saw one or two NORTH of the state line. I...
Alan, Rest assured that they were black-billed, which is common in that area. I have heard reports of yellow-billed in the Ashland area but magpies in the...
Thank you everyone for the advisory on the YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE range NOT extending into Oregon. My trip to far Northeast California had mainly been for...
This may be old and very uninteresting news, but I was a little surprised to see a pair of Saffron Finches collecting nesting material in the Demonstration...
Hello! My wife amy and I read in Brad Schram's book (GREAT book BTW!!!!) that there were Red-crowned Parrots in "urban" Orange County. Can anyone provide us...
Luke Cole 400 Species $40,000 Memorial Challenge A benefit for Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment (CRPE) September 26th and 27th, 2009 The birding...
Greetings, Trip details, trip log, species list and trip track of Dave Povey's trip to the Thirty Mile Bank off San Diego on July 9 are posted on SoCal...
Amy and I just wanted to say thank you to all the very nice people who were sohelpful in providing the information that made our first ever birding trip to...
Birders, Some people have reported problems accessing the WFO site at: http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/ Our web hosting provider is in the process of...
Greetings, Today, Saturday, July 18, 2009, Dave Povey, B.J. Stacey and two of his guests from Buffalo N.Y. and I pelagically birded the Nine Mile Bank off San...
Birders, Today's Los Angeles Audubon Deepwater pelagic out of Santa Barbara was nothing less than spectacular. During our 14 hours at sea, we recorded 136...
This should have gone out days ago to Calbirds (my apologies), but Sue Smith has apparently found California's first summering Yellow-Green Vireo at San Elijo...
Greetings, The sold-out Condor Express was brimming with more than 75 birders as it departed Santa Barbara Harbor at exactly 7:00 a.m., July 25, 2009. There...
Lassen County is large and very diverse. It is generally 'under-birded', but both visitors from afar and county residents continue to make observations here...
I just received a phone call (1:15 p.m. Friday July 31) from Todd McGrath who is on Monterey Bay with Debi Shearwater. They have seen more than 120 Cook's...
Birders, Today's trip recorded 138 Cook's petels in and around Monterey Bay. A researh vessel in the seavalley recorded a astejneger's petrel today. There will...
