Dear Birders, Some things of minor interest from the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County today include a few migrant warblers: yellow and...
Hi Birders, Yesterday, June 1st I led a Sierra Foothills Audobon Field Trip to Martis Valley near Truckee. No one showed up at the meeting place in Auburn but...
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John and Glennah Troc...
trochetj@...
Jun 3, 2002 2:04 am
Dear Friends of the Preserve, This afternoon, through my spotting scope, I saw a _Selasphorus_ hummingbird female attending to two nestlings in a nest about...
To all interested, we have begun year two in our study on the nest predation impact of black rat on native birds. Our objectives this year are to document 1)...
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John and Glennah Troc...
trochetj@...
Jun 8, 2002 1:36 am
Dear Birders, I assisted in a very minor way as PRBO mist-netted birds this morning southeast of the Tall Forest at the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern...
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David Yee
davidyee@...
Jun 10, 2002 6:01 am
Birders: On May 26th and June 1 I had a singing Orange-crowned Warbler at the same spot along the Mokelumne River at Woodbridge Regional Park just west of Lodi...
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Perrone, Michael
mperrone@...
Jun 10, 2002 8:43 pm
Sunday afternoon, despite (because of?) high winds from the north, a western wood pewee and a willow flycatcher were at my home in Davis, near Slide Hill Park....
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Frances Bidstrup
francesbid@...
Jun 10, 2002 9:59 pm
Reading David Yee's account of the Orange-crowned Warbler, I realized that maybe the one I hear up here in Pollock Pines, El Dorado County, is a big deal. I...
I'm forwarding this from Joan Humphrey. It's a little late, but the birds should still be there. ___________________________________ Betty Berteaux and I...
I went by the Bridgeway development pond this morning. There were 6 adult and 3 sub-adult FORSTER'S TERNS. Even though there are 3 islands in this pond that...
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John_Fulton@...
Jun 14, 2002 6:30 pm
At 4 PM Thursday, 6/13, a female Wilson's Phalarope was at the Vic Fazio Wildlife Area. It was seen from the auto tour route, foraging on mud rather than...
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Perrone, Michael
mperrone@...
Jun 14, 2002 7:58 pm
A western flycatcher was at my home in east Davis yesterday evening, June 13. This is as late a date in spring as I have recorded this "species" as a migrant...
I once had one in the Sutter Bypass on July 4. I wonder if these are non-breeders that just hang around down here. Steve Hampton ________________ Resource...
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John and Glennah Troc...
trochetj@...
Jun 14, 2002 9:21 pm
Dear Birders, This morning at the Cosumnes River Preserve's Tall Forest in southern Sacramento County I heard a late Swainson's thrush calling repeatedly...
Hi all, Within the last week my son and I spotted a couple of Burrowing Owls around the fields at the intersection of Mack Road/Elsie Ave. and Stockton Blvd....
We have a little birder get-together every month where we discuss, among other topics, the status, identification and distribution of a few bird species that...
Passerine migration essentially ended around June 2 in Davis, but now seems to have revved up again. Yesterday, June 14, while swimming in a friend's pool, I...
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dsuddjian@...
Jun 16, 2002 3:34 pm
In a message dated 6/15/02 8:55:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I don't know if this idea has any merit, but is it a possibility is that these seeming...
Hi all, Today I tried to get no. 200 (nib) in Colusa (after getting no. 199 last Friday, a Wilson's Phalarope at the northbound Maxwell Safety Rest Area) by...
In a message dated 6/16/02 8:34:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... David Suddjian makes a good point. But these critters don't even have to come from as far as...
In answer to Bruce's question, HORNED LARKS are rare but regular breeders in Yolo Co. (we're preparing a paper for CVBC Bulletin that reviews the breeding...
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ADAMSON, Roger H.
rhadamson@...
Jun 17, 2002 5:31 pm
Hi Steve. Can you tell us in which pond the Redheads seen? Needed for the YoloYear list.... Thanks. Roger ... From: Steve Hampton...
Redheads were in Wastewater Pond at Davis Wetlands. They are quite regular there late May-mid June, but I don't know of any confirmed nesting. If you miss...
Hi all, The Central Valley Bird Club, with help from friends at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Point Reyes Bird Observatory, and The Nature Conservancy,...
In speaking with the Conaway Ranch folks, they tell me that they created the duck pond/wetland at Rd 25 and Rd 103 partly for the enjoyment of birders. They...
Today along the north shore of the American River Parkway, about 1 mile east of the Nimbus Dam, I saw a Horned Grebe in beautiful breeding plumage. It was...
On Sunday, I was able to stop and check out the ponds north of the Corcoran State Prison and the dairy. Baby Avocets, and Stilts, 22 Redhead Ducks , and a...
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John and Glennah Troc...
trochetj@...
Jun 19, 2002 1:21 pm
Dear Birders, At the request of Tim Steurer, I send his note along to the list. I believe his crissal thrashers are a lapsus calami. I think he intended to...
Hi all, The final agenda for next Saturday's Central Valley Bird Club is described below. Please note that this agenda, unlike the one posted in the Spring...
Today I rafted from the Rd 41 bridge near Rumsey to the Rd 57 bridge near Guinda. It wasn't really a birding trip, but I did note the following: 3+ LAWRENCE'S...
