Hi All, Yesterday, March 1, Jim Lomax and I saw 2 male and 2 female McCown's Longspurs in se Colusa County just north of the lone oak tree in the green...
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Ylightfoot@...
Mar 4, 2000 1:27 am
Hi folks: This morning (Friday, March 3) two McCown's Longspurs (apparent male and female) were in the "green triangle" (about middway down the road and 40 ...
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John Sterling
ani@...
Mar 4, 2000 4:25 pm
birders, Tim Manolis wrote ... I agree! As I wrote earlier--of the ~2,000 scaup that I could identify to species only 2 were Greater. The only report of very...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
Mar 4, 2000 8:44 pm
birders: For what it is worth, I encounted a few Greater Scaup in Butte County on February 16 and 21 (see lists below) after one of our stronger weather fronts...
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Jim Snowden
jsnowden@...
Mar 5, 2000 3:55 am
During about 10 CBCs at the the Oroville Afterbay, I found that greater scaup outnumbered lesser scaup on at least 80% of the counts; greaters were about 50%...
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David Yee
davidyee@...
Mar 5, 2000 4:32 am
CV Scaup Watchers: I, too, agree with Tim M that Greater Scaup when seen in the CV generally occur at a much smaller ratio compared to Lessers. However,...
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John and Glennah Troc...
gtrochet@...
Mar 5, 2000 7:37 pm
Dear Birders, This morning I showed Chris Conard the route Gary and Jeri Langham formerly ran on the bird surveys of Lost Slough at the Cosumnes River ...
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David Yee
davidyee@...
Mar 5, 2000 10:46 pm
Dear John: Not only is the Brandt's Cormorant an outstanding record for the preserve, I believe it's only the 3rd ever for the CV. Many consider one near...
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Ylightfoot@...
Mar 6, 2000 4:37 am
Hi folks: A recent post by me seems to have triggered response from a number of folks reporting good numbers and/or high ratios (vis-a-vis Lesser Scaup) of...
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John and Glennah Troc...
gtrochet@...
Mar 6, 2000 3:59 pm
Dear Birders, Chris saw a few other mentionable birds after we parted company yesterday morning. The duck was on the lower preserve; the hawk and owl were...
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Bruce Deuel
bdeuel@...
Mar 6, 2000 4:08 pm
Hi Tim, Congratulations on finding the Tufted Duck. I spent 4 hours there on Saturday with no luck. Unfortunately, I don't get CV or CL posts at home, so I...
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Bruce Deuel
bdeuel@...
Mar 6, 2000 4:24 pm
Dear Tim et al., In possible defense of Todd, you may remember that he reported that high percentage of Greater Scaup from the group of birds SOUTH of the...
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Mike Feighner
pac_loon@...
Mar 6, 2000 4:27 pm
Tim, County Listers, Central Valley Birders: I too made a go for the Mc Cown's Longspurs in Colusa County on Friday March 3rd but apparently later (12:30 PM)...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
Mar 6, 2000 4:58 pm
Hi all: Sorry, I gave the wrong highway # in my earlier post on Scaup after storms. ... It should have said Hwy 70 @ Central House Road. Central House Road...
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Steve Hampton
SHAMPTON@...
Mar 6, 2000 6:03 pm
Michael Perrone, Joan Humphrey and I set out Saturday afternoon with the goal of seeing CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPURS and MCCOWN'S LONGSPURS in breeding plumage....
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John Sterling
ani@...
Mar 7, 2000 5:03 am
Howdy, Nine days ago, (a week ago last Saturday), I checked the traditional Vesper Sparrow location west of Winters on Hwy 128 and saw 15 along with about 30...
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Steve Hampton
SHAMPTON@...
Mar 7, 2000 6:09 pm
15 Vesper Sparrows seems quite high to me. The most I've ever seen is about 4. It's probably a high count, at least in recent years. 4 Larry G's there is a...
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Cheri A. Pillsbury
cpillsbury@...
Mar 8, 2000 4:02 am
Hi All, Today, March 7, at 4pm I saw the Tufted Duck reported in Sutter County (much to my shock!). I followed the directions given by Todd Easterla and John...
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Alison Sheehey
alison1@...
Mar 8, 2000 4:47 pm
Birders and Audubonners I was asked to forward this rather lengthy list of events centered around the Kern River Valley in California. Bob and I also have an...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Mar 9, 2000 6:20 pm
I can't say anything about the VESP spot near Winters, but on 2/3/98 I counted 19 Vesper Sparrows in one spot near Petroleum Creek SW of Arbuckle (Colusa Co.)...
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Bruce Deuel
bdeuel@...
Mar 10, 2000 12:12 am
Vesper Sparrows used to winter in very predictable locations around the Sutter Buttes, mostly on the west and northwest sides. Early 70's CBCs had totals of...
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Ylightfoot@...
Mar 10, 2000 1:15 am
Hi Guys: I didn't want to get involved in this Vesper Sparrow business, but...oh what the heck, here goes... The Sac Audubon Society observations notebooks...
Birders, For what this is worth.....John Luther, Kristie Nelson and I saw several hundred (~500) Vesper Sparrows in fairly small region of Tulare County on ...
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Steve Abbott
skua@...
Mar 10, 2000 2:45 pm
Hi folks, I recently (1/1/00) observed 3 Vespers along Scott Rd in Sacto Co. From what I've heard, Phillip Rd in Placer Co has (always?) been a reliable ...
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waldo r holt
waldoh@...
Mar 11, 2000 12:28 am
Birders, Here is the Vesper Sparrow data from the Wallace/Bellota CBC (the locale that Tim mentioned just north of Camanche Res. is at the top of this CBC ...
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TheMalls@...
Mar 11, 2000 5:06 pm
In response to Steve Abbott's query, I have birded the 6.5 miles of Phillip Road somewhat regularly, 16 times and at least once a month, since mid April of...
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John and Glennah Troc...
gtrochet@...
Mar 11, 2000 6:56 pm
Dear Birders and Friends of the Preserve, I visited the Tall Forest perimeter this morning to assess the likelihood of being able to get into the Tall Forest...
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ERPfromCA@...
Mar 12, 2000 2:14 am
Cliff Hawley and I had a good day of birding in Sutter County today and found a number of birds of local interest. In chronological order: We had one...
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DixieBurk@...
Mar 12, 2000 2:43 am
I guess I missed one of those nomenclature changes - what is a Long-tailed Duck? Dixie Burkhart Grass Valley, CA...
