While playing golf at Dry Creek Golf Ranch in southern Sacramento County and northern San Joaquin County I spotted a Red-breasted Sapsucker. It was flying...
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Warbler5@...
Nov 2, 2002 5:33 pm
This morning, I awoke to a red-breasted sapsucker working away at the birch tree in front of my house. According to my husband, this bird has been visiting...
Fellow Birders- The home front (front yard) has been very active, especially this morning- a red-breasted sapsucker has been visiting our front yard for the...
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Grayotter1@...
Nov 2, 2002 10:52 pm
An American Dipper was observed on November 1, 2002, about 1030 hours. It was down stream from Montecello Dam under the bridge. Bill Grenfell [Non-text...
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John and Glennah Troc...
trochetj@...
Nov 3, 2002 1:34 am
Dear Birders, Today was the Willow Slough Trail bird survey. I arrived a bit late. Dave Baird caught me, but we did not catch John Schick, who moved ...
Yesterday (Friday), I ventured out of the house after being couped up for a couple of days with Bronchitis and saw a few interesting birds. At the east end of...
I am working on arrival and departure dates for the birds in Stanislaus County and I have a couple of questions for the experienced birders out there. I am...
This morning's (Nov 3, 2002) waterfowl survey at the Davis Wetlands found no scoters, but an adult Western Gull was prancing among the cormorants on the...
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Liz West
lizwest@...
Nov 4, 2002 1:22 am
I was out this afternoon at Sailor Bar and saw two Phainopeplas. How common are they along the American River? Liz West Galt, CA....
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Perrone, Michael
mperrone@...
Nov 4, 2002 4:29 pm
Saturday, Nov 2 in the Reichmuth Park (Sacramento) nature area I found a winter wren near the northeast corner, a Hutton's vireo (heard only) at the south end,...
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Liz West
lizwest@...
Nov 5, 2002 1:01 am
Thank you to everyone who sent information regarding Phainopepla distribution. Liz West Galt, CA...
All: The ponds are still down and attracting large numbers of birds. Lots of Long-billed Dowitchers, Black-necked Stilts, Dunlin, Black-bellied Plovers, Least...
Yesterday, 11/3, John Trochet helped me with the monthly bird survey of Lost Slough at the Cosumnes River Preserve. Due to recent grading in some of the...
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waldo r holt
WALDOH@...
Nov 5, 2002 9:05 pm
Birders,
Gary Ivey reported a female surf scoter in the Mokelumne River on the
east side of Staten Island (between Staten Island and Brack Tract) on
Monday...
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John and Glennah Troc...
trochetj@...
Nov 6, 2002 7:19 am
Dear Birders, Two Townsend's warblers continue in the Tall Forest of the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County today (Tuesday). Varied ...
Our Central Valley Bird Club's Symposium is coming up the 21st- 24th, so if you've been putting off registering now's the time. We've still got a little space...
Hey birders, The Central Valley Bird Club website has been updated. Highlights among the new stuff include photo galleries, the Sutter County checklist, and...
I ran into some info that a cuckoo had been recently seen along Putah Creek. I want to report that on 26 October a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was seen by 12-15...
This weekend is the 6th Annual Sandhill Crane Festival in Lodi, Ca. Over 600 field trip spaces have already been reserved. If you are planning to attend,...
I'm still waiting for the arrival of Rough-legged Hawks in Eastern San Joaquin County. They were spotted at least a couple weeks ago at Hawk Hill in Marin...
Because Rough-legs are coming from much farther north than Ferrugs, their migration timing is not necessarily in sync (though it often seems to be). I've...
Well, apparently Ruddy Shelduck can be added to the following escapee birds all found at the Modesto Sewage Ponds: Red-breasted Goose Egyptian Goose ...
While it doesn't have a direct bearing on CV status and dist., the GGRO website <http://www.ggro.org/> has a page on the timing of raptor arrival at Hawk Hill....
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John_Fulton@...
Nov 7, 2002 8:36 pm
Jim, All I could get from the photo was a sense of general color. Mandarin duck has been breeding in the wild in the valley in the last couple of years. An...
This afternoon, 11-07-02, I found a first-winter Franklin's Gull at the "old" Lincoln Sewage Treatment Plant located southeast of the Lincoln Airport (Placer...
Can someone tell me when the Caswell-Westley, LaGrange-Waterford, and Los Banos Christmas Bird Counts will be, and who (and how) I can contact for more...
LaGrange-Waterford Christmas Bird Count, Saturday, December 21 Meet at Fruityard Restaurant at 7:00 A.M. Highway 132 and Geer Rd. (Albers Rd.), east of Modesto...
Our very own David Yee was honored this evening by the Lodi Crane Festival with their Conservation Award. His contributions to birds, birding, and birders in...
Hello all-- This afternoon, during the gorgeous weather following the storm, a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker showed up in a weeping willow in my yard on the ...
