Calbirders,

I am pleased to announce that The Los Angeles Audubon Society will again be
sponsoring a series of pelagic trips off Southern California in 2010. Three of
these trips will be out of Santa Barbara on the fast and comfortable "Condor
Express." This is a great boat, with a huge cabin, outstanding galley, and one
of the best Captains and crew in the business. There will also be our usual core
of excellent leaders.

The speed of the Condor Express allows us to reach areas like the San Juan
Seamount, and the 2,000 fathom waters where pterodroma petrels and other goodies
can be found.
On our way out and back to the deepwater we cross several productive canyons and
basins, giving us ample opportunities study more nearshore species.

We have two13 hour deepwater trips planned, the first of which is May 1st.
Rarities found on past spring trips include Murphy's and Hawaiian Petrels,
Parakeet Auklets, and both Horned and Tufted Puffins. Cost is $195 and the boat
departs at 7:00AM (meet at 6:30AM). Sign-up information is at the bottom of the
message.

Spring Migration will be in full swing, and we often see Black-footed (regular)
and Laysan (uncommon) Albatrosses, all 3 jaegers (Long-tailed rare but regular
in spring) Pink-footed, Sooty, Back-vented, and Flesh-footed (rare) shearwaters.

Xantus's Murrelets are breeding on the Channel Islands at this time of year, and
are usually present in numbers near the islands. Black, Leach's and Ashy
storm-petrels are often present, and we are likely to see numbers of Phalaropes
(both Red and Red-necked) as well as Sabine's Gulls. We are likely to see good
numbers of Cassin's Auklets and some Rhinoceros Auklets as well.

We did 5 trips with the Condor Express in 2009 (2 LA Audubon trips, as well as a
charter, and two pelagics run directly by Condor Cruises). Our Spring deepwater
trip was weathered out.

If you managed to be on all five trips last year, you ended up with a pretty
good seabird list, including Cook's Petrel (134 in July, spectacular views)
Red-billed Tropicbird (1 in July) Parakeet Auklet (2 in March) Horned Puffin (1
in May) Brown Booby (one in Santa Barbara in Sept), Blue-footed Booby (Ventura's
first record) and Least Storm-petrel (Sept). Plus all the regularly expected
species. Socalbirding.com has full trip reports for these trips, plus all the
great trips sponsored by Buena Vista Audubon out of San Diego.
The full schedule of 2010 trips is also available there.

Will 2010 be able to top 2009? I have no idea, but I know we are going to have a
lot of fun trying.

Note that there is different booking process for the Los Angeles Audubon trips
on the Condor Express. In order to make the booking process easier, the Sea
Landing in Santa Barbara will handle all bookings for these trips.
Here's how to contact Sea Landing:

PHONE: (805) 882-0088 / FAX: (805) 965-0942
TOLL-FREE IN THE U.S.: (888) 77-WHALE

May 1st Deepwater pelagic
Cost $195
Departure: 7:00 AM (meet at 6:30AM)
Duration 13+ hours

I hope to see you onboard.

Todd McGrath
Skua@...
Calabasas, CA

Listowner's note:
This topic has indirect application to birding in California. I'm letting the
message through so people can take the survey. However, the topic is not open
for discussion.


Dear fellow birding enthusiasts,

As a lifelong birder and professional aviator for over 16 years, I am conducting
a nation-wide study on the level of community support for the mitigation
measures used at airports to reduce the wildlife strike hazard to commercial
aircraft.  Getting input from different regions of the country is necessary to
gauge whether there are regional differences due to varying bird populations or
possible high profile incidents involving wildlife strikes on aircraft.

Responses are submitted electronically to a database that does not identify
users, so your answers will be completely confidential.  Findings will be
released only as analyzed data or summaries in which no individual's answers can
be identified.  Please take a few moments to share your opinions and
experiences.  I appreciate you taking time from your busy schedule to contribute
toward this important research about community views on wildlife mitigation
measures at airports.

The survey can be accessed at:   https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/XTVS225

If you would like a summary of my findings, please send me your e-mail address
at kennedym2009@....  Once the study is complete, I will e-mail the
summary to you.

Best Regards,

Matt Kennedy

Graduate student in Aeronautical Science
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Omaha, NE

....and given this fine birder's discovery in SF today at Lake Merced, I wonder:

Did other folks in central and n. CA see Allen's returning recently, too?

Did I miss other earlier documented detections (as I often hear them first,
before seeing them now)?

Or is Dan's one of the initial observations?

BTW, Dave Shuford's "The Marin Co. Breeding Bird Atlas" has the range of arrival
in Marin Co. (1900-1980) as 1/16 - 2/25 with average as 2/5......and Palomarin
(Bolinas area): 1/24 - 2/27 (average 2/5).......

Regards and happy birding.....

Daniel Edelstein

Novato, CA (Bay Area)

&


Ellison Bay, WI

http://www.warblerwatch.com

My two blogs:

http://warblerwatch.blogspot.com
(my blog devoted to wood-warblers)

http://danielsmerrittclasses.blogspot.com
(my blog focused on classes I teach at
Merritt College in Oakland, CA, including my next
one -- "Bird Song Ecology/Birding By Ear" that begins in 4/10)

12 Kingfisher Court
Novato, CA 94949-6628 USA
415-382-1827 (voice & DSL fax)

Hi Daniel -

We've had several reports of Selasphorus sp./ Allen's Hummers in Sonoma County
this winter.  One at Bodega Bay on Jan 2nd;  one in Occidental and one is
Sebastopol both found over a week ago.

Ruth Rudesill  SRE Sonoma County North American Birds
Kenwood CA
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Daniel Edelstein
   To: A CAL BIRDS
   Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:21 AM
   Subject: [CALBIRDS] Dan Murphy's Allen Hummingbird Sighting in N. CA:
Today......



   ....and given this fine birder's discovery in SF today at Lake Merced, I
wonder:

   Did other folks in central and n. CA see Allen's returning recently, too?

   Did I miss other earlier documented detections (as I often hear them first,
before seeing them now)?

   Or is Dan's one of the initial observations?

   BTW, Dave Shuford's "The Marin Co. Breeding Bird Atlas" has the range of
arrival in Marin Co. (1900-1980) as 1/16 - 2/25 with average as 2/5......and
Palomarin (Bolinas area): 1/24 - 2/27 (average 2/5).......

   Regards and happy birding.....

   Daniel Edelstein

   Novato, CA (Bay Area)



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Hung the sock after the rains last week or so.  A heavy encrustation of
squabbling thistle-slingers resulted and continues.  Heard the first spring
peeper (not a bird but a treefrog that same day.  I no longer trust the overfed
woodchuck in Punxatawny.  The finch-frog coalition is usurping his long tenure
as a spring forcaster.

al knoll  (ruffled grouch)
Sacramento, CA

California Birders,



The California Bird Records Committee held its annual meeting at H. T.
Harvey and Associates in San Jose on 8-9 January 2010.  The meeting was
chaired by Paul Lehman, CBRC Chairman, and Guy McCaskie, CBRC Secretary.
Three members (Kristie Nelson, Jim Pike, and Peter Pyle) rotated off the
Committee after having completed their three year terms.  Elected to
take their places were Dave Compton, Kimball Garrett and Oscar Johnson.
The Committee particularly welcomes Oscar, who is serving his first
term.



There were two changes to the Review List:  Elf Owl (Micrathene
whitneyi) was added to the list; the Committee will review all records
from 2010 onwards, as well as records from a yet-to-be-determined period
prior to this year.  American Golden-Plover was removed from the list;
this species was reviewed during the period 2004-2009 because of
concerns about its increasing rarity in the state and ongoing
identification issues between it and the slightly more numerous Pacific
Golden-Plover, but enough records were accepted during that review
period to warrant removal from the list.



The CBRC web site continues to be updated:
http://www.californiabirds.org/

In particular, we point out that all CBRC-reviewed records are now
listed in the database query, not just the ones since the cutoff date
for records in the 2007 CBRC book "Rare Birds of California." There is a
new feature (many thanks to Joe Morlan and his son Jeff) that allows
users to click on an accepted record and get a list of the observers and
an annotation as to who submitted photographs.



We hope to post occasional news items through the course of the year,
and invite birders in California to communicate freely and frequently
with members of the CBRC.



Kimball Garrett

CBRC Member and Internet Liaison



Kimball L. Garrett

Ornithology Collections Manager

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA

213-763-3368

kgarrett@...





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In a message dated 1/31/2010 9:23:51 AM Pacific Standard Time,
edelstein@... writes:

Did other folks in central and n. CA see Allen's returning recently, too?
At Santa Cruz County the average arrival date for the 1st reported migrant
Allen's Hummingbird during the 40-year period 1969-2008 was Jan 15 (standard
error +/- 10 days), and for the more recent 10-year period of 1999-2008 the
average arrival was Jan 10 (+/- 7 days). 1st arrivals have shown a highly
significant trend for earlier dates over 40 year period. I believe this
year's 1st arrival for SCZ was Jan 11. You can see a plot of the arrival dates
for SCZ for Allen's and a number of other spring migrants here:

_http://santacruzbirdclub.org/Spring%20Arrivals-08.pdf_
(http://santacruzbirdclub.org/Spring%20Arrivals-08.pdf)

A number of species have exhibited notable changes in the timing of
arrivals over recent decades, most especially for species that arrive in late
winter or early spring. The info cited in the Marin County breeding bird atlas
may not well reflect the more recent situation for some species of migrants.

David Suddjian
Capitola


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Hi Birders

You are cordially invited to attend Los Angeles Audubon's monthly
meeting, 7:30pm, Wednesday February 10, 2010 in Plummer Park, 7335
Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90046, room 6 in the Community
Hall.  Refreshments will be served at the bookstore after the
presentation.

Blake Massey presents: "The California Condor Recovery Program Update"

Blake Massey is a US Fish and Wildlife Service California Condor
Biologist.  He will discuss the status, management, and the research
effort of the California Condor Recovery Program.  Blake  will
provide a perspective on the wild and captive population of the past
25 years, and the status of the species today.  He will show
information about the current nest guarding program and share video
footage of  first-hand account of nest entries.  Blake will provide
up to date GPS transmitter data and illustrate insights into the
seasonal reproductive and foraging patterns of this species. Lastly,
Blake will talk about the Program's ongoing research and challenges
of recovering such a unique and amazing bird in a changing landscape.

Next month's meeting, 3/10/10, Ed Pandolfino will give a presentation
on: Changes in the Winter Distribution of Rough-legged Hawks in North
America.

Please join our trips as we have planned some fabulous ones for
owling, birding in the east Mojave Desert,  to viewing sage grouse in
Owens Valley and more. Our trips are open to everyone from beginners
to advanced birders.

See you Wednesday!

Mary Freeman
Glendale, CA
Programs Chair and Field Trip Leader for Los Angeles Audubon Society



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As seed slinging season progresses, I wondered how the finches and finchettes
find the feeder to start with.  Do they smell the delicious and expensive seed? 
When I put up a feeder in a distant friends yard there were finches within the
day, fussing, slinging seed and making merry.  How did they find it?  The feeder
and the seed I mean.

My motley rabble now numbers up to 17 at a time and the 5lb bag of seed is on
it's way out.  Time for a food run.

Al Knoll
Sacramento CA

Howdy, Birders,

This is a late trip report for a day of birding in San Benito County
on Saturday, February 6th with Morten Joergenson and his two friends,
Andres and Henrik, all from Denmark.

At Soap Lake, otherwise known as San Felipe Lake, in the northern
part of the county, highlights included: 5 or 6 BURROWING OWLS; one
adult and one sub-adult BALD EAGLE, sitting in the willows; five
TUNDRA SWANS, several hundreds of ducks (Mallard, Pintail, Gadwall,
American Widgeon, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Canvasback, Northern
Shoveler, Green-winged Teal), a dozen WHITE PELICANS; Canada Geese,
six BLACK-SHOULDERED KITES; one VIRGINIA RAIL; one SORA; and several
MARSH WRENS, along with the usual Song Sparrows.

On Quien Sabe Road, we encountered a BALD EAGLE and a GOLDEN EAGLE,
sitting together in the same oak tree. We also saw both light morph
and dark morph FERRUGINOUS HAWKS.

At Paicines Reservoir, we found another adult BALD EAGLE. In Tres
Pinos, we saw both Lesser and American Goldfinches. One adult BALD
EAGLE was near the Bear Valley Fire Station. On Gloria Road (off the
road is private property), we found a singing California Thrasher.
One BELL'S SAGE SPARROW was also present. Two Wrentits popped up. It
was raining. So, I decided to head to Panoche Valley.

On Panoche Road, near the intersection of Little Panoche Road, we
found two flocks of at least 1000 HORNED LARKS. These were
incredible, wheeling flocks! Further along on Panoche Road, near
Spanish Cattle Ranch, we stopped to watch hundreds of MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRDS, hovering over the distant fields in the light rain. While
we were watching them, a flock of MOUNTAIN PLOVERS emerged from a
divett. Funny how they can hide in those little dips. The plovers
kept approaching the fence line. We were able to finally count 61
plovers! One VESPER SPARROW was among the bluebirds. We estimated the
bluebirds to be about 350. It was an incredible sight, as all of the
valley is brilliantly green! Along the way, we encountered at least
five PRAIRIE FALCONS. A few of these falcons provided close up views.

We stopped at the Panoche Inn for a cup of coffee to go. The Danes
thought this was quite the "cultural" experience! No coffee was
available. Beer, yes. Coffee, no. But, our hospitable hostess made a
fresh pot just for us. Hard to believe that just a couple of weeks
ago, Morten was the Expedition Leader on our successful charter
voyage to Antarctica! It's nice to be home, birding.

Eagles forever,
Debi

Debra Shearwater
Shearwater Journeys, Inc.
PO Box 190
Hollister, CA 95024
831.637.8527
debi@...
www.shearwaterjourneys.com
www.shearwaterjourneys.blogspot.com

South Georgia: Where No Road Goes
October 18- November 4, 2010







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Pasadena Audubon Society (PAS) has funds available for grants, donations,
and scholarships to be awarded on May 15, 2010. The total money available to
be divided among all awards is $4,000.Three categories of proposals will be
considered:

    1. Scholarships to help support Pasadena area residents to study
    ornithology or to attend conferences, classes, or workshops.
    2. Research grants for collecting data on birds, birding, habitat
    conservation, and education.
    3. Grants and donations for projects or organizations that have missions
    similar to those of PAS.

Proposals should be emailed to the chair of the grants committee at
grants@... by March 15, 2010. Awards will be announced on
May 15, 2010. Details of proposal requirements / review criteria /amount of
funds available can be found at www.PasadenaAudubon.org/grants.

Take care,

Ron Cyger

Pasadena Audubon Society


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What is the birder/science scuttlebutt on the slew of dead and weakened pelicans
showing up around the Bay Area recently? Is there also evidence of other seabird
die-off that isn't making the news?

A Wary Watcher,
Debbie Viess
Oakland, CA

Here's a useful article on the situation from the the IBRRC, via 10,000
birds:

http://10000birds.com/help-its-raining-brown-pelicans.htm

severe storms pounded the Californian coast in late-January literally
battering pelicans and other seabirds. Compounding the effects of the storms
there has been mass pollution caused by run-off which has washed toxins and
rubbish into the sea through storm-drains, off coastal roads, and from
agriculture alongside the Pacific Ocean. Seabirds have been poisoned, hurt,
exhausted, and killed in huge numbers.
*Literally hundreds and hundreds of Brown Pelicans are in care (photo left,
copyright IBRRC) and the bill for cleaning, looking after, and feeding them
is enormous - and growing all the time.*

**

>
>
> What is the birder/science scuttlebutt on the slew of dead and weakened
> pelicans showing up around the Bay Area recently? Is there also evidence of
> other seabird die-off that isn't making the news?
> _,_._,___
>



--
Chuq Von Rospach - http://www.chuqui.com
(chuqvr@...; chuqui@...; Twitter: @chuq)


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Greetings,

Two A.O.U. pelagic trip from San Diego on Friday and Saturday, February 12 & 13,
2010 visited the Nine Mile Bank and the Coronados Islands.

Highlights included a totally unexpected Red-Billed Tropicbird, an expected
wintering Long-tailed Duck, lots of Brown Boobies and oystercatchers, 3 species
of Shearwater, 4 species of alcid, 3 species of loons, 3 species of cormorant, 2
species of jaeger, 2 species of whales, 4 species of dolphin, 2 species of seal
and a variety of rocky shorebirds.

The complete trip report including photos, species lists, trip tracks and more
details are posted at
http://www.socalbirding.com/tripreports/sandiegofeb1213aou.html

The next SoCal pelagic is Los Angeles Audubon's annual winter pelagic from San
Pedro on February 27.  This trip has perhaps one or two openings before being
sold out.

The San Diego Audubon's S.D. Bird Festival Pelagic trips aboard Grande (two Manx
Shearwaters and a Blue-footed Booby seen last year) are scheduled for March 4
and 6.  The Sunday March 7 Bird Festival pelagic trip is sold out.

On April 17 Grande makes its annual spring visit from San Diego to the
shearwater-rich Nine Mile Bank and Coronados Islands to see what booby species
might be there.

May 1st marks the first SoCal deep-water trip of the season to the San Juan
Seamount aboard the fast, comfortable catamaran Condor Express from Santa
Barbara, followed by a 56-hour double-overnighter to the San Juan Seamount on
May 15-17 from San Diego aboard Grande.

The live-aboard Searcher goes in search of Blue Whales and Seabirds on a 3-day
Memorial Day weekend outing May 29-31.  Chef-prepared meals and beverages are
all included for only $395.

Details and registration/reservation links for the above trips and all the other
SoCal pelagics scheduled for 2010  are posted at Buena Vista Audubon's pelagic
birding website:
http://www.socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html

W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas
Life is short.  Seabird often.
In memory of Luke Cole
"Come on out with us to see what's out there."

Southern California Seabirding Trips
by: Buena Vista Audubon Society
http://www.SoCalBirding.com
Los Coronados Islands & Nine Mile Bank
all the way to the edge of the Continental Shelf

This morning under the neighbors orange tree.  Watched her for about five
minutes.  First for me.

Al Knoll
Sacramento, CA

Today at 9AM I had the Black Vulture fly over the Ojai Meadows area.  I had been
there since around 7:30, and had been unsuccessful in locating the bird in the
roosting Turkey Vultures.  The bird flew west at tree top level across the south
end of the meadow.

I don't know when it was last reported in the area, but I think it was around
the end of January.

Dave Bell
Marina del Rey

On Saturday Chris Hiatt got a picture of a gull flying over the northeast corner
of O'Neil Forebay that I am soliciting opinions about from anyone who's
interested as to its possible identification. The few details I could see didn't
seem to fit any Herring or Herring hybrid but I was not sure if there is enough
detail from this one photo to positively identify the bird as anything at all.
My personal opinion at the time was possible Lesser Black-backed but I'd like to
know what some actual experienced lariphiles think about it. Chris also got a
shot of a female Greater Scaup from the dam in the northeast corner of the
impoundment next to the Lower Cottonwood WMA and an adult Bald Eagle flew over
us shortly thereafter.We parked along Hwy 33 and entered at the kiosk. I put the
picture in the gull and tern photo file. Gary Woods-Fresno

Cal Birders

I'm looking for really good Cook's Petrel shots from last summer's invasion
here in CA. I'm putting together a photo salon for NAB and I'd like to use a
wide range of photographers if possible. Please send you best three to me at
300 dpi about 5x7 inches if you're interested.

Thanks

Brian

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Brian L. Sullivan
Pacific Grove, CA

eBird/AKN Project Leader
www.ebird.org
www.avianknowledge.net

Photographic Editor,
Birds of North America Online
http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA

Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850

Photographic Editor,
North American Birds
American Birding Association
www.americanbirding.org

bls42@...
609-694-3280
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County Coordinators/Contributors:

The Winter Season (1 Dec 2009 through 28 Feb 2010) is ended, and we solicit
reports for inclusion in the Southern California Region of NORTH AMERICAN
BIRDS. Reports should be arranged with species in the taxonomic order
followed by the American Ornithologists Union (Check-List of North American
Birds 1998) and the American Birding Association (7th edition of the ABA
Checklist, 2009). Reports of species included on the California Bird Records
Committee (CBRC) review list (Field List of California Birds 2009,
obtainable through Western Field Ornithologists at 1359 Solano Drive,
Pacifica, CA 94044 or seen at http://www.californiabirds.org
<http://www.californiabirds.org/>  ) must be accompanied by documentation
(written description, photographs, etc.). Similar documentation should also
accompany reports of species unusual for the location or season. Full names,
with all initials, should be used in the reports (this reduces the potential
for different observers having the same initials, and makes it simpler to
acknowledge contributors).

Reports should be sent to the appropriate County Coordinators (listed below)
or directly to Guy McCaskie. Reports for this season must be received prior
to 20 March 2010. NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS can not exist without your input.

David Compton (Santa Barbara County)
736 Cieneguitas, # F
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
davcompton@verizon. <mailto:davcompton%40verizon.net> net

Tom M. Edell (San Luis Obispo County)
46 8th Street
Cayucos, CA 93430
tedell@... <mailto:tedell%40aol.com>

Kimball L. Garrett (Los Angeles County)
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007
kgarrett@nhm. <mailto:kgarrett%40nhm.org> org

John F. Green (Riverside County)
3120 Mount Vernon Ave.
Riverside, CA 92507-3140
bewickwren@earthlin <mailto:bewickwren%40earthlink.net> k.net

Tom and Jo Heindel (Inyo County)
PO Box 400
Big Pine, CA 93513
tjheindel@aol. <mailto:tjheindel%40aol.com> com

Oscar Johnson (Ventura County)
P.O. Box 21903
Santa Barbara, CA 93121
henicorhina@ <mailto:henicorhina%40yahoo.com> yahoo.com



Kelli Heindel-Levinson (Kern County)

1819 Locust Ravine

Bakersfield, Ca 93306

KKHeindel@...

Alexander E. Koonce (San Bernardino County)
1357 Paige Lane
Redlands, CA 92373-6878
sandy_koonce@ <mailto:sandy_koonce%40redlands.edu> redlands.edu

Guy McCaskie (Imperial County)
954 Grove Avenue
Imperial Beach, CA 91932
guymcc@pacbell. <mailto:guymcc%40pacbell.net> net

Douglas R. Willick (Orange County)
236 S Batavia St #E
Orange CA 92868
Doug.Willick@ <mailto:Doug.Willick%40tcb.aecom.com> tcb.aecom.com

We thank you in advance for your time and effort.

Guy McCaskie and Kimball L. Garrett



Guy McCaskie

954 Grove Avenue
Imperial Beach, CA 91932







Guy McCaskie

954 Grove Avenue
Imperial Beach, CA 91932





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Dear North American Birds contributors,

The winter season has  come to a close.  Please submit your noteworthy
bird records from  the Northern California Region for the period 1 December
– 28  February to the appropriate Subregional Editors (SREs) by 10
December.

SREs diligently keep track of records within their  counties.  By
sending your records to the SREs, you are  contributing to their
county files as well as to North American  Birds.  If you wish to send
records to the Regional Editors, we  welcome them.  But please send
records to the SREs as well.   If you have a noteworthy record from a
county without an SRE, please  send it to the Regional Editors.

SUBREGIONAL EDITORS

Alameda  (ALA)
Bob Richmond
24650 Amador St. #15
Hayward, CA  94544
brichmond94544@...

Alpine (ALP), Calaveras (CLV),  Modoc (MOD), & Yolo (YOL)
John Sterling
29 Palm Ave.
Woodland, CA  95695
jsterling@...

Amador (AMA) & El Dorado (ED)
Tim  Steurer
4042 Bancroft Dr.
El Dorado Hills, CA  95762
tsteurer@...

Butte (BUT), Colusa (COL), Glenn (GLE),  Tehama (TEH), & Yuba (YUB)
Bruce Deuel
18730 Live Oak Rd.
Red  Bluff, CA 96080
bdeuel@...

Contra Costa (CC)
Steve  Glover
5108 Shelly Ray Rd.
Keller, TX  76244
countylines@...

Fresno (FRE)
Gary W. Potter
2183  Walton Ave.
Sanger, CA 93657
gwpott@...

Humboldt (HUM)
Rob  Fowler
2277 Heather Ln., Apt. D
Arcata, CA  95521
migratoriusfwlr@...

Kings (KIN)
Jeff Seay
7815 N.  Palm Ave., Ste. 310
Fresno, CA 93711
jseay@...

Lake  (LAK)
Jerry R. White
P.O. Box 113
Kelseyville, CA  95451
grwhite@...

Lassen (LAS)
Ken Able
Bob’s Creek  Ranch
535-000 Little Valley Rd.
McArthur, CA  96056
kenable@...

Madera (MAD)
Jeff N. Davis
7815 N. Palm  Ave., Ste, 310
Fresno, CA 93711
jdavis@...

Marin  (MRN)
Adam Searcy
serophaga@...

Mariposa (MRP)
David Vander Pluym
1683 Buena Vista  St.
Ventura, CA 93001
scre@...

Mendocino (MEN)
Bob  Keiffer
P.O. Box 354
Hopland, CA  95449
rjkeiffer@...

Merced (MER) & San Benito  (SBT)
Kent Van Vuren
26 Vista Dr.
Salinas, CA  93907
vanvurenk@...

Mono (MNO)
Kristie Nelson
P.O. Box  402
Lee Vining, CA 93541
storm_petrel@...

Monterey  (MTY)
Don Roberson
282 Grove Acre
Pacific Grove, CA  93950
creagrus@...

Napa (NAP)
Murray Burner
210  Monte Vista
Napa, CA 94558
vireocity@...

Nevada  (NEV)
Rudy Darling
12143 Big Blue Rd.
Nevada City, CA  95959
rdarling@...

Placer (PLA)
Ed Pandolfino
5530 Del  Rose Crt.
Carmichael, CA 95608
erpfromca@...

Plumas (PLU) &  Sierra (SIE)
Colin Dillingham
400 First St.
Quincy, CA  95971
cdillingham@...

Sacramento (SAC)
Chris Conard
2405  Rio Bravo Cir.
Sacramento, CA 95826
conardc@...

San Francisco  (SF)
Mainland: Mark Eaton
1524 36th Ave.
San Francisco, CA  94122
mweaton@...

San Francisco (SF)
Farallones: Jim  Tietz
P.O. Box 373
Shaver Lake, CA 93664
jimtietz@...

San  Joaquin (SJ)
Frances Oliver
1817 Songbird Pl.
Lodi, CA  95240
hummer52@...

San Mateo (SM)
Peter J.  Metropulos
2940 Turk Blvd.
San Francisco, CA  94118
pjmetrop@...

Santa Clara (SCL)
William G.  Bousman
321 Arlington Way
Menlo Park, CA  94025
barlowi@...

Santa Cruz (SCZ)
David Suddjian and  Steve Gerow
801 Monterey Ave.
Capitola, CA  95010
dsuddjian@...
stephengerow@...

Shasta (SHA)
Bob  Yutzy
P.O. Box 990237
Redding, CA 96099
boby@...

Siskiyou  (SIS)
Ray Ekstrom
2209 Delphic Rd.
Montague, CA 96064

Solano  (SOL)
Robin Leong
336 Benson Ave.
Vallejo, CA  94590
robin_leong@...

Sonoma (SON)
Ruth Rudesill
P.O.  Box 371
Kenwood, CA 95452
ruthier@...

Stanislaus  (STA)
Harold Reeve
birder@...

Trinity (TRI)
John E.  Hunter
P.O. Box 4483
Arcata, CA 95518
jhunter323@...

Tulare  (TUL)
Steven Summers
2553 W. Michelle Ln.
Porterville, CA  93257
summers@...

Tuolumne (TUO)
Steven Umland
15818  Parkridge Ave.
Sonora, CA 95370
sumland@...

REGIONAL  EDITORS

Mike Rogers
(waterfowl through quail and herons through  shorebirds)
499 Novato Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA  94086
m.m.rogers@...

Steve Rottenborn
(loons through  frigatebirds and larids through alcids)
983 University Ave., Bldg. D
Los  Gatos, CA 95032
srottenborn@...

Jeff Davis
(doves  through thrushes/Wrentit)
7815 N. Palm Ave., Ste. 310
Fresno, CA  93711
jdavis@...

Ed Pandolfino
(thrashers through  finches)
5530 Delrose Crt.
Carmichael, CA  95608
erpfromca@...

The Reporting Deadlines are:

Spring      Summer       Fall       Winter

Season ends       May 31     July 31       Nov  30   Feb 28

Observer reports to Subregional Editors  (SREs)

June 10     Aug 10   Dec 10   Mar 10

Observer reports to  Regional Editors (if not sent to SRE)

June 10   Aug 10       Dec 10    Mar  10

SRE reports to Regional Editors

June  20     Aug 20       Dec 20      Mar 20

Regional Editors final text to ABA office

July 10     Sep 10        Jan 10
Apr 10

Please send reports in our database  format: species, date(s)
[including year], locale separated by a space  from county
abbreviation, number of birds, and observers, and then, on  a second
line, any comments.  Please separate these sections by  a
"tab" (except just a space between locale and county  abbreviation).
Here's an example of the correct  format:

Grace's Warbler        12/13/98-2/20/99   Jacks Peak
MTY         1        RFT, mob

A second  record for the Region (the first was 6/26/91 at Deer
Spring, Glass Mt.  MNO) which wintered with a large flock of
Townsend's & Hermit  warblers at the very top of Jacks Peak in Jacks
Peak Regional Park.  Details by Tintle and others are enclosed.

Many thanks to all  contributors and Subregional Editors who make
these reports  possible!

Sincerely,

Jeff Davis, Ed Pandolfino, Steve Rottenborn,  and Mike Rogers

Northern California Regional Editors

(North  American Birds is a quarterly journal of ornithological record
published by the American Birding Association.  For details see
http://www.aba.org/nab/.)


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Please note from the message yesterday that Adam Searcy's email
(Sub-regional editor for Marin County) is: serpophaga@...





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Today, an adult LITTLE GULL was present at the east end of Lake Perris in
Riverside County. It was seen from parking lot 12 and a scope is needed.
Cheers..Howard king.....Riverside Ca

To the people who post spottings on here, do you usually have binoculars
with you in the car or do you rely on the naked eye and ear? Do you keep a
camera or scope in your car?

Can anyone backchannel me about this?

Thanks!
Matt Grayson
Pasadena, CA


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Hi all. I am with the Trans-Pecos Audubon in El Paso and have
coordinated a trip to the nine-mile bank and Coronado Islands. This will
be a 8-9 hr trip from San Diego. The cost is $75.00. Lunch on ship is
extra. I still have room for 30 participants. We will be led by Paul
Lehman and Matt Sadowski. If interested call me on my cell or e-mail at
sunbelt@...
Dan Belcher

--

Dan Allen Belcher



Sunbelt Construction

7101 N. Mesa   #355

El Paso, TX   79912



Cell: 915-727-8077





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Three of us from San Diego drove up to Lake Perris this morning to try and pick
out the LITTLE GULL from all the scattered Bonaparte's gulls at the east end of
the Lake. We arrived at parking lot 12 about 1030 and spent the next 1.5 hours
scanning the near bay and the far side (from us) of the lake. It wasn't until
about 1205 that the LIGU was seen, but even tho it was over 1000 yds away (yes,
you definitely need a scope) the black underwings were clearly visible. Although
it flew a little closer, close enough to clearly see the light wing tips and
white trailing edge of the wing, it did not fly into the bay in front of us. We
had it under almost constant view for a good 35 min.
Tim Burr
Poway, CA

Hi Birders

You are cordially invited to attend Los Angeles Audubon's monthly
meeting, 7:30pm, Wednesday March 10, 2010 in Plummer Park, 7335 Santa
Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90046, room 1 in the Community Hall.
Refreshments will be served at the bookstore after the presentation.

Ed Pandolfino presents: Changes in the Winter Distribution of Rough-
legged Hawks in North America

A cold winter day in most any open country habitat of northern
California can be brightened by finding a Rough-legged Hawk. These
striking arctic-breeding raptors are always a treat to see. Like many
of you, several years ago Ed noted that Rough-legged Hawks seemed to
be decreasing in California. Little did he know that trying to answer
the seemingly simple question, “Are Rough-legged Hawks really on the
decline here?”, would lead to years of intense data-mining and some
surprising conclusions. Ed will present the results of his work with
Kim Suedkamp Wells that documents large scale changes in the winter
distribution of this hawk in North America over the past few decades.
Ed will also discuss some factors that may explain this shift.

Spaces are still available for weekend trips to the southern Sierra
owling extravaganza, east Mojave Desert migrant search, viewing sage
grouse in Owens Valley, and more. Our trips are open to everyone from
beginners to advanced birders.

Next month's meeting is Gregg Rubin's very informative discussion on
"Bringing Native Ecology into the Habitat Garden:  Attracting
Wildlife, not Fire".  It's especially informative after Southern
California's devastating forest fires the past few years.

See you Wednesday!

Mary Freeman
Glendale, CA
Programs Chair and Field Trip Leader for Los Angeles Audubon Society


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CALBIRDS Subscribers:

Unfortunate news from remaining staff at Silver Saddle Ranch & Club
at the desert oasis of Galileo Hill in the Mojave Desert of eastern
Kern County:
     * Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle is closed period (to both
non-members and members).
     * Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle is for sale.
     * No offers on Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle from potential buyers
have been made to date.
     * Therefore, the ultimate future regarding birders and Galileo
Hill is yet to be determined and birders are asked not to visit the
site in the meantime.
Since Galileo Hill is written up in ABA's A Birders Guide to Southern
California, feel free to forward this message to those whom you think
should know to help avoid visits by those who might not otherwise be
advised of the closure.

For Jean Brandt and Kelli Levinson,

Bob Barnes, Ridgecrest, Kern County, California


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On Saturday, September 11th from 10:00-4:00PM at Viansa Wetlands and Winery the
science and citizen science community will gather to focus on the Western
Burrowing Owl. The current status in Western United States and specifically the
Bay Area along with helpful initiatives and breakout sessions on habitat
restoration, monitoring, banding and pubic education will be offered.

Currently, multiple organizations, agencies, private land owners, consultants
and clubs associated with birding are actively working together gathering the
most current information possible for the North Bay and surrounds in preparation
for the symposium.  Google maps, GPS, eBird, and existing maps and records are
assisting the effort.

For more information on the event or to assist with updating current information
please contact us at - http://www.sonomabirding.org/.

Thanks,
Tom Rusert
Sonoma California

Any chance the state or the Nature Conservancy can purchase this property
and turn it into a refuge?  Where does all the water come from?

Regards,
Ed
 
Ed Stonick
Pasadena, CA
edstonick@...
 
________________________________________
From: sbcobirding@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sbcobirding@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 5:41 AM
To: sbcobirding@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sbcobirding] Digest Number 3476


Hi all,

I apologize for this non county related post. I thought that some you might
be interested in this great migrant trap's future. I am not sure if any of
you birders have ever had the great pleasure to witness this mega-rarity hot
spot. It has had some of the best birds found in the state like Eyebrowed
Thrush, Grove-billed Ani, Common Black-Hawk, Upland Sandpiper, Pine
Grosbeak, Mourning Warbler not to mention two Artic Warblers on the same
day. The diversity of the mega-rarities was staggering, the string of
rarities goes on and on. This location was one of Kern Counties most favored
birding destinations. A must stop birding location when passing or by, or
just wanting to experience a major migration stop over. Some days were just
magical out there on the fallout days, when the birds littered the lawn.

I do regret sharing this news, I will miss birding there.

Good luck and good birding.

Wes Fritz
Solvang, Ca.
(805) 895-0685
wes-fritz@...

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Barnes
To: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 7:13 PM
Subject: [CALBIRDS] Galileo Hill Update

CALBIRDS Subscribers:

Unfortunate news from remaining staff at Silver Saddle Ranch & Club
at the desert oasis of Galileo Hill in the Mojave Desert of eastern
Kern County:
* Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle is closed period (to both
non-members and members).
* Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle is for sale.
* No offers on Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle from potential buyers
have been made to date.
* Therefore, the ultimate future regarding birders and Galileo
Hill is yet to be determined and birders are asked not to visit the
site in the meantime.
Since Galileo Hill is written up in ABA's A Birders Guide to Southern
California, feel free to forward this message to those whom you think
should know to help avoid visits by those who might not otherwise be
advised of the closure.

For Jean Brandt and Kelli Levinson,

Bob Barnes, Ridgecrest, Kern County, California

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Thanks Jean for the info.  Many of us have fond memories of our trips there.
Perhaps the migrants will find their way to California City and Butterbredt
Springs.

Regards,
Ed
 
Ed Stonick
Pasadena, CA
edstonick@...
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Jean Brandt [mailto:jeanbrandt@...]
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:36 AM
To: 'Ed Stonick'
Subject: RE: [CALBIRDS] FW: Galileo Hill

The water is one of the big problems. They have to purchase it from the
California City. Their monthly cost is $40,000 for water and maintenance.
And let's face it. It is not a refuge. It is an oasis that attracts vagrants
- great for birders but not scientifically important. Bob and I worked long
and hard to keep our relationship with Silver Saddle a good one. They were
always very generous and tolerant and I am very sad that this time has come.

Jean

-----Original Message-----
From: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Ed Stonick
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 7:10 AM
To: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CALBIRDS] FW: Galileo Hill

Any chance the state or the Nature Conservancy can purchase this property
and turn it into a refuge?  Where does all the water come from?

Regards,
Ed
 
Ed Stonick
Pasadena, CA
edstonick@...
 
________________________________________
From: sbcobirding@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sbcobirding@yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 5:41 AM
To: sbcobirding@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sbcobirding] Digest Number 3476


Hi all,

I apologize for this non county related post. I thought that some you might
be interested in this great migrant trap's future. I am not sure if any of
you birders have ever had the great pleasure to witness this mega-rarity hot
spot. It has had some of the best birds found in the state like Eyebrowed
Thrush, Grove-billed Ani, Common Black-Hawk, Upland Sandpiper, Pine
Grosbeak, Mourning Warbler not to mention two Artic Warblers on the same
day. The diversity of the mega-rarities was staggering, the string of
rarities goes on and on. This location was one of Kern Counties most favored
birding destinations. A must stop birding location when passing or by, or
just wanting to experience a major migration stop over. Some days were just
magical out there on the fallout days, when the birds littered the lawn.

I do regret sharing this news, I will miss birding there.

Good luck and good birding.

Wes Fritz
Solvang, Ca.
(805) 895-0685
wes-fritz@...

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Barnes
To: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 7:13 PM
Subject: [CALBIRDS] Galileo Hill Update

CALBIRDS Subscribers:

Unfortunate news from remaining staff at Silver Saddle Ranch & Club
at the desert oasis of Galileo Hill in the Mojave Desert of eastern
Kern County:
* Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle is closed period (to both
non-members and members).
* Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle is for sale.
* No offers on Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle from potential buyers
have been made to date.
* Therefore, the ultimate future regarding birders and Galileo
Hill is yet to be determined and birders are asked not to visit the
site in the meantime.
Since Galileo Hill is written up in ABA's A Birders Guide to Southern
California, feel free to forward this message to those whom you think
should know to help avoid visits by those who might not otherwise be
advised of the closure.

For Jean Brandt and Kelli Levinson,

Bob Barnes, Ridgecrest, Kern County, California

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