Howdy, I am writing the column for the CV Bird Club bulletin on unusual bird sightings for Dec. through March (to 1st April). In order to have something to...
Hi all, The usual apology for cross posting. At Kutras Lake on Park Marina Drive in Redding, at 1300 today I saw 2 Horned, 1 Red-necked and 15 Western grebes,...
Hi again, Red Modine, who does not have e-mail, just called to tell me he has 4-5 Black Terns at Kutras Lake (actually over the AquaGolf pond at the north end)...
Yesterday, May 1, I stumbled across a classic flooded alfalfa field bird party. Location was Rd 105 s. of Rd 30 in Yolo Co. I counted 248 WHIMBREL on the...
I meant 39 Semip Plovers, not Sandpipers. Steve Hampton ________________ Resource Economist Office of Spill Prevention and Response California Dept of Fish and...
In the past year we were able to flood another pond on the campus ecosystem property (closed to public). The response this spring are the first campus nesting...
Was there ever anymore sightings around the area of the bird? Michelle Burkey A faculty member, Dirk Van Vuren, just dropped in to my office reporting to me a...
On a bird survey this morning (5/3/02) along Putah Creek upstream from Old Davis Road, I found an Olive-sided Flycatcher. It was sallying from perches in...
All, Following the Beginning Birdwatching outing this a.m., I stopped by the dairy at the intersection of Turner Rd and I-5 just W of the freeway and found 8 ...
TLALOC27@...
May 4, 2002 8:02 pm
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For a period of 3 days, from April 30th to May 2nd, I had 1 female and 2 male Black-headed Grosbecks coming to my yard in Lodi to feed either in my seed feeder...
Hi all, I just noticed that the start time for Suday's CVBC/Sac Audubon trip to the Bufferlands was not included in the Bulletin or the posted on the website -...
All: We had a nice sampling of spring migrants on the beginner's bird walk this morning, including Western Tanager, Pacific Slope Flycatcher, Ash-throated ...
Tim - I might be able to answer sooner if I were around more often. Yes, this appears to be the first. There is one Pacific Loon record - from Rich Stallcup...
Sorry for the cross-posting. We had an excellent trip yesterday to Del Puerto Canyon, and to the Modesto and Ceres Sewage Ponds. My plans, as trip leader, were...
Fellow Birders- I'm fairly new to this listserv and use it mainly to learn and be aware of what to look out for in my travels. Most of my own sightings are...
Usually we don't post raptor nest sites because of possible disturbance, but this one should be ok. For several years a pair of Bald Eagles have had a nest...
Lynn Frink
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May 6, 2002 1:23 am
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Below are sightings from several dates and locations in Sacramento County: Yesterday, 5/4/02, I stumbled onto a very cooperative (and beautiful) Green-tailed...
Lambert & Conard
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May 6, 2002 5:32 am
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Hello all, This evening I had nice views of a Swainson's Thrush in my backyard. It appeared to be attracted by the newly installed waterfall fountain I had...
County Birders, Central Valley Birders: May 4-5 2002, I followed a similar path through Glenn County taken by Brian Williams, Steve Glover, Ed Pandolfino, and...
May 5, 2002 This afternoon, I was happy to find an adult female Black-headed Grosbeak on one of my feeders in the back yard. This is a first for my life list!...
On Sunday, May 5th at Grasslands Regional Park south of Davis, Yolo Co., many migrants were present, including about a score each of tanagers and bl-h...
Perrone, Michael
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May 6, 2002 4:29 pm
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On Sunday morning, on my way back from birding in Kern County, I decided to bird the O'Neill Forebay just down the hill from San Luis Reservoir along Hwy. 152....
Birders- Tonight we were happy to see the Western Tanager back in our yard partaking of the mulberries. However, I noted a strange bit of behavior that I've...
Hello All, Just within the last half hour (it is now 2:45 pm) I've had a female Townsend's Warbler and a male Wilson's Warbler both come and land several times...
Migration really busted open over the weekend. Around north Davis I had excellent numbers of most species (except empids). Specifically, it was a big weekend...
Hello everyone, I am a community member living in the Sacramento Community of River Park. My home is across the street from Caleb Greenwood school which is...
Lawrence, Pauline
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May 8, 2002 6:55 pm
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Hi folks: I was able to do a little birding in southern Yuba County today (5/8). Camp Far West Reservoir was fairly unexciting, but still has Clark's and...
On the advice of Steve Hampton, Landon and I walked out Kentucky Avenue in Woodland (with Cinnamon Teal and Gadwall in the drainage ditch) to the levee and...
Hi everyone, This morning before work there was a pair of Wilson's Warblers bathing simultaneously in my new waterfall fountain...that fountain has been a...
