August 1, 2005 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The brief sumer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the...
Please note my address change for reporting birds from Alpine, Calaversas and Modoc counties. I no longer work at Jones & Stokes, but work for HT Harvey &...
This morning I had a few birds of interest. The flock of Black-bellied Plovers has increased to over 300 and I had my first PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER of the season...
I have mostly completed my summer's project of making a history section of the Stanislaus Audubon Society on the website. Thanks to Craig Moritz, Carla Cicero...
I just received an email from a gentleman in Texas that says my "Sanderling" photo from yesterday is actually a Red Knot. I would appreciate it if some you...
Hi All, The bill appears to fit a Knot more than a Sanderling. But, the flanks appear pure white with no signs of barring. There appears to be a slight...
I just made a close-up of the legs. They appear to be blackish and I can't make out any hind toe. Doesn't that point to Sanderling? Of course the legs aren't...
One last addition. I added one more photo to the website. It is pretty blurry which is why I didn't post it to begin with, but it does show the birds at a...
I will be leading a trip to the Modesto Ponds this Saturday morning. Meet at the Stanislaus County Library parking lot (15th and H St., Modesto) at 7:00 A.M....
At the Modesto Sewage Treatment Ponds (Central Valley California) this morning I had the following birds of interest: Black-bellied Plovers 200+ Snowy Plovers...
An oops on my part. Both Snowy Plovers are adults. Silly me. Jim _____ From: STA_Birds@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STA_Birds@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Gain...
We had a nice trip out to the ponds this morning with a total of 70 species observed. Nothing really exciting to report unfortunately. Of interest however was...
I stopped by the two local ponds today to see if I could add a few photos for John's PowerPoint and do some birding as well. At the Modesto STP I had: ...
For those of you that plan on attending the Central Valley Bird Symposium, I have just finished making arrangements for a new Friday field trip to the San...
I made a quick stop by the Modesto Sewage Ponds after school (it's nice to have 7th period prep) and had a few interesting birds. Black-bellied Plovers - 250 ...
Be on the look out for this bird. There's a decent chance it might stop by the Modesto Ponds in the next couple of days. I've heard they often like to hang out...
I had a great morning in Stanislaus County this morning. First I stopped by the Ceres STP where I found more shorebirds than I had ever seen there before....
I made a stop by the Modesto Ponds this morning and found a 1st year Sabine's Gull. I'm in a rush and have photos, but will post them later. And no, it's not a...
I got three decent photos of the Sabine's Gull and they are at http://www.stanislausbirds.org/Photos/rare-bird-photos.htm Jim Gain Modesto _____ From:...
I looked up the previous records for Sabine's Gull in the county. Today's was the third record that I know about. What's really interesting is that the first...
I have been out to the Modesto Sewage Ponds 3 times this week, twice looking unsuccessfully for the Brant, and I noticed my first flocks of a dozen or so ...
On Saturday, December 10th, from 4:30 P.M. until whenever, Maria, Jonathon and I would like to invite you to a winter birders get-together at our place in...
Since the Stanislaus Audubon covers both Merced and Stanislaus Counties, it was suggested that we make the big year (2006) to cover both counties together. We...
About 11:30 this morning as I was driving along 28 Mile Rd in Eastern Stanislaus County, (1 mile east of the junction with Eastman Rd.) I noticed 2 Eurasian...
The latest Valley Habitat (our newsletter) has the wrong date for the LaGrange/Waterford Christmas Bird Count. It will be held on Saturday, December 17th....
Hello all, Below is the quarterly reminder for North American Birds. Apologies for the loss of hyperlinks for the email addresses and the loss of format at the...
