Central Valley Birds [CenVallBirds] is a discussion group that has been established for discussing any aspect of birds from California's Central Valley. This...
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Ylightfoot@...
Apr 25, 1999 11:46 pm
Hi folks: This is a test of the CenValBirds system. While doing Tricolored Blackbird survey work in Sutter County yesterday, April 24, I found a few birds of...
We had 24 birders out in 12 groups trying to census Stanislaus County for one 24 hour period. We started at 6:00 P.M. Saturday evening and birder until 6:00...
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Mike Feighner
pac_loon@...
Apr 27, 1999 7:03 am
Central Valley Birders: If I get time I will post the results of our team's Yolo Big Day on 4-24-99. We totalled 139 species. At Steve's Pizza place John...
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Marcel Holyoak
maholyoak@...
Apr 27, 1999 4:05 pm
Hi All, The Yolo County Lark Bunting was still present on Saturday morning. It is on County Rd 12A just east of Oat Creek. From I-505 get off at road 12 and...
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CVWALKER@...
Apr 28, 1999 2:04 am
4/27/99 @ 6:20PM the two Lark Buntings were again on Phillip Road North of Baseline between Brewer and Fiddyment. They were just west of the blue-gabled...
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CVWALKER@...
Apr 28, 1999 2:36 am
Bullock's Oriole We have a pair of Bullock's Orioles building their nest in a Blue Oak behind our house (the same tree with fledging Red-Tailed Hawks in a...
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David Yee
dyee@...
Apr 28, 1999 4:27 pm
... Birders of Yolo County: I'm curious about this recent post. Is it true that Hooded Orioles are hard to come by in Yolo County? They are rather common...
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Steve Hampton
SHAMPTON@...
Apr 28, 1999 4:42 pm
Mike must have misunderstood me in the din of the pizza parlour. I meant that Hooded Orioles have not been found in Yolo County yet this year. They are rare...
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Ylightfoot@...
Apr 28, 1999 5:40 pm
Hi Folks: Hooded Orioles are regular summer residents (occasional in winter) in Sacramento County, widely but sparsely distributed in the wooded suburbs of ...
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David Yee
dyee@...
May 1, 1999 1:41 am
This morning I had a Townsend's Solitaire at Lodi Lake Nature Area. Lodi Lake is on Turner Rd in n Lodi, and can be accessed via both I-5 and 99. The nature...
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edsonl@...
May 1, 1999 4:03 am
Despite a steady wind (which affected me more than the birds), it was also a big day for western migrants along South River Road in West Sacramento. Nashville...
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Mike Feighner
pac_loon@...
May 2, 1999 10:03 pm
Central Valley Birders: This is old news by now. I will mention only the highlights. Marcel: please comment if I have messed up any of the locations or birds...
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Mike Feighner
pac_loon@...
May 2, 1999 10:32 pm
Central Valley Birders: Yesterday (5-1-99), I birded Kings County. This was a non-big day (I spent over 6 hours alone birding Tar Canyon Road), but did get a...
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Ylightfoot@...
May 2, 1999 11:34 pm
Hi Folks: The two male Lark Buntings present for some time along Phillips Road in southwestern Placer County were seen there today, 5/2, at about 2:30 pm. They...
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Steve Abbott
lanius@...
May 3, 1999 1:45 am
- RBA * California * Central Valley Bird Box * 5/2/99 * CACV9905.02 - Birds mentioned Lesser Nighthawk (Sacramento) VEERY (Sacramento) **CBRC Review Species** ...
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Gain, Jim
Gain.J@...
May 3, 1999 6:14 pm
Three years ago Stanislaus County had its first ever big year. We logged a total of 237 out of 284 species from our county list for a total of 84%. In the year...
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Steve Hampton
SHAMPTON@...
May 3, 1999 7:57 pm
Sunday, May 2 Still lots of nice birds at the Trestle Ponds near Woodland. Ponds 2 and 3 (starting from the east) have good shorebird conditions; 4 is all mud...
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Gain, Jim
Gain.J@...
May 5, 1999 4:39 pm
This morning I had a waxwing following behind a larger group (15) of waxwings and was giving a different call. I rushed inside and wrote down brzzzssssh with...
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John and Glennah Troc...
gtrochet@...
May 5, 1999 9:53 pm
Dear Birders, Yesterday's message along these lines bounced, so I am trying again. I returned yesterday morning to "the Point" on the Willow Slough Trail in...
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Steve Hampton
SHAMPTON@...
May 5, 1999 10:03 pm
John, Interesting note about he Western red-necked lookalike Sandpiper. The other day at YBWA I encountered, among many Westerns, one with exceptionally bright...
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Wayland B. Augur
wba@...
May 6, 1999 10:02 am
It seems that late April was a popular time to do Big Days! A group consisting of Richard Redmond, Phil Johnson, Mike Skram, and myself (Skip Augur) chose that...
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David Yee
dyee@...
May 7, 1999 2:12 am
Birders: Some recent highlights: in Merced CO, one of the best birds at the Central Valley Bird Club trip to San Luis NWR was a male Lawrence's Goldfinch on...
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Steve Abbott
lanius@...
May 7, 1999 2:23 am
- RBA * California * Central Valley Bird Box * 5/6/99 * CACV9905.06 - Birds mentioned Blue-winged Teal (Placer) Short-billed Dowitcher (Placer) LITTLE GULL...
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Gain, Jim
Gain.J@...
May 7, 1999 3:46 am
A student in my birding class just let me know that she had 17 Lark Buntings last Saturday in eastern Stanislaus County. She described them well in their ...
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John Sterling
ani@...
May 7, 1999 2:10 pm
To follow up on David Yee's report of Lawrence's Goldfinches in Merced, on April 28 John Luther, Kent Van Vuren and I saw several in Merced County at the park...
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David Yee
dyee@...
May 7, 1999 4:45 pm
John: Here in San Joaquin County, Lawrence's Goldfinch has nested on the valley floor only once in recent times; at Oak Grove Regional Park just n of Stockton...
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TheMalls@...
May 7, 1999 7:26 pm
At least one male Lark Bunting still present and singing this morning near the Dog Kennel on Phillip Road. Also encountered a flock of some 200 Tricolored...
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John and Glennah Troc...
gtrochet@...
May 7, 1999 7:47 pm
Dear Central Valley Birders, I am curious to know if others with the opportunity to get out this morning also found lots of birds to look at. I went to the...
