Today, my son and I spotted close to a dozen WESTERN MEADOWLARKS in various plumage states, from fall-winter and juvenile to spring, in the field right next to...
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vishnu
vishnu@...
Mar 6, 2001 9:42 am
This is out of our area but on the chance someone is heading towards Sacramento for some reason this could be a treat. I'm re-posting it from the Bluebird...
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Robert Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Mar 8, 2001 12:45 am
Last Monday, March 5th, there was quite a bunch of gulls at the south boat ramp. The first winter Thayer's Gull is still there, 2 Herring Gulls, 10-20...
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jimarm@...
Mar 13, 2001 6:57 pm
Front page! Bob, Chuck and Ollie have had their Warhol 15 minutes. Anyone else experiencing exceptional voraciousness at their hummingbird feeders? Maybe...
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Chuck & Barbara Vaughn
cevaughn@...
Mar 15, 2001 8:16 pm
Jim Armstrong and I were talking, and there is apparently some general interest in tracking early arrivals of some of our regular migrants. I have kept a...
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Chuck & Barbara Vaughn
cevaughn@...
Mar 15, 2001 8:31 pm
Sorry, but I neglected to mention on my previous post that the database on early arriving migrants is only for inland Mendocino County. At this point it does...
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chaniot@...
Mar 17, 2001 8:54 pm
Sorry for the delayed report, but on March 11 I saw a male Red-breasted Merganser in Clear Lake near milemarker 20.5 on Highway 20. George Chaniot Potter...
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Patti Brill
starfish@...
Mar 18, 2001 4:15 am
At sunset on Feb 24 at the mouth of 10 Mile I saw a group of Snowy Plovers, about 14-20 in all. A few came within 15 feet of the log I was sitting on. One...
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chaniot@...
Mar 18, 2001 7:18 pm
Sun, 18 Mar 2001 -- At 9:30 this morning I found a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on Pine Avenue in Potter Valley. It was in a flock of White-crowned Sparrows that...
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jimarm@...
Mar 19, 2001 5:05 pm
George didn't see, forgot to mention or didn't think important the five Double-crested Cormorants at the Burris Lane pond Sunday. I also had a pair of...
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chaniot@...
Mar 23, 2001 2:40 am
With a major infusion of data from Chuck Vaughn, I have put together a list of the early arrival dates for some migrant and summer resident birds. These are...
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vishnu
vishnu@...
Mar 26, 2001 4:51 pm
Sunday morning 3/25/01 Vishnu observed at the Ukiah oxidation ponds 10 pair of green winged teal. Also seen were a pair of greater yellow legs, a white-tailed...
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Feather Forestwalker
feather@...
Mar 27, 2001 4:55 am
Hi, everyone! My son and I saw an adult male Merlin attacking a European Starling this afternoon near the Dodge dealership on Chestnut Street in Fort Bragg ...
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vishnu
vishnu@...
Mar 27, 2001 10:06 am
Hello all, I recognize and apologize that this is OT ... but as many of us are members of "Peregrine" Audubon the link below leads to a very dramatic...
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Chuck & Barbara Vaughn
cevaughn@...
Mar 27, 2001 8:45 pm
I observed an indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) at 8:45am today, March 23, 2001. The observation occurred at Lake Cleone in MacKerricher State Park just north...
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Justin Ward
melodus@...
Mar 29, 2001 10:05 pm
Howdy Mendo birders Yesterday (3/28/01) I saw a Long billed Curlew and a Red-necked Grebe at the mouth of Inglenook creek on Ten-mile beach. It was about ...
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chaniot@...
Apr 9, 2001 4:43 pm
Sat, 7 Apr 2001 -- Eight members of the Peregrine Audubon Chapter led by Ollie Kolkmann birded the Willits Boy Scout Camp east of Willits off Berry Canyon...
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Chuck & Barbara Vaughn
cevaughn@...
Apr 9, 2001 6:01 pm
Greetings: George Chaniot and I spent the am yesterday birding the Ukiah area. We started at USTP ponds, and saw 2 Dunlin which were molting into alternate...
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chaniot@...
Apr 15, 2001 10:45 pm
Sun, 15 Apr 2001, 15:30 -- A male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD has been coming to a feeder at my house for the last few minutes. There is a great flurry of hummingbird...
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chaniot@...
Apr 16, 2001 3:32 am
Sun, 15 Apr 2001 -- The male Calliope Hummingbird was seen again several times this afternoon at my feeders in Potter Valley. 3:30-3:35 PM 4:00 PM 6:22-6:25 PM...
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Robert Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Apr 16, 2001 5:07 am
Sun, 15 Apr 2001 - A male Calliope Hummingbird was observed twice at a feeder in Hopland at 7:00 PM. The feeder was swarmed by numerous Rufous and Anna's...
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chaniot@...
Apr 17, 2001 5:19 pm
On the morning of Saturday, April 14, I had a male and female BLUE-WINGED TEAL at the Ukiah Wetlands (sewage ponds). The teal were at the east end of the...
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E. Rae Hudspeth
erae@...
Apr 17, 2001 9:06 pm
... From: E. Rae Hudspeth To: mmendobirds@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:48 AM Subject: Blue-gray gnatcatcher A blue-gray gnatcatcher was seen...
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chaniot@...
Apr 19, 2001 8:41 pm
Thu, 19 Apr 2001 -- This morning Dorothy Tobkin flushed a LESSER NIGHTHAWK along the Haul Road near Ten Mile River. She parked at the pullout on Route 1 at the...
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chaniot@...
Apr 19, 2001 9:27 pm
Shearwater Journeys has lots of space available on a pelagic trip from Fort Bragg on Sunday, May 13. The fee will be discounted to $75 for local residents. For...
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Chuck & Barbara Vaughn
cevaughn@...
Apr 22, 2001 4:47 pm
Greetings: I went to the Ukiah sewage treatment plant oxidation ponds this morning. Things were very quiet, even along the river. The first Yellow Warbler...
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chaniot@...
Apr 24, 2001 12:53 am
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 -- Today Dorothy Tobkin reports the following: 1 COMMON MOORHEN and an early OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER at Lake Cleone; 1 LONG-TAILED DUCK, 2...
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Matthew Matthiessen
matthima@...
Apr 24, 2001 3:51 pm
This morning at 8:00 at the Ukiah sewage ponds I refound the SOLITARY SANDPIPER reported by Chuck over the weekend. The bird was initially on the "bubbler"...
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chaniot@...
Apr 24, 2001 9:17 pm
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 -- This morning I birded "over the hill" from Potter Valley in the Eel River drainage near the Pioneer Crossing Bridge. The whole time I was...
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JHUNTER323@...
Apr 25, 2001 7:01 pm
Biologists, Birders, and others, With spring upon us, we are once again requesting information on Vaux's Swift nest and roost sites in California. We are...
