August 1, 2005 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The brief sumer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the...
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John Sterling
jsterling@...
Aug 1, 2005 7:54 pm
sorry about the cross posting, but my old address was in this message for NAB for Alpine, Calaveras & Modoc counties please use the address below....thanks ...
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corvid88@...
Aug 1, 2005 9:25 pm
08/01/05 Surveys this morning at the intersection of Putah Creek and Yolo Bypass were very quiet. Noteables included 3 hatch-year Pacific-slope Flycatchers,...
A big thank you to all of the CV birders who responded to my recent RFI on the Yolo County area. With all of the useful advice I received, I was able to nail...
Greetings, I was curious if anyone knew of the status of Spotted Doves in Fresno, particularly the area described on page 315 of the Falcon Guide to Birding...
Chad, I can't speak directly to the North Maroa Avenue location, but my neighborhood (the area immediately north and south of Huntington Boulevard between...
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corvid88@...
Aug 2, 2005 9:58 pm
08/02/05 MAPS surveys this morning several miles west of Davis on Putah Creek were quite productive. We were pleased to find a hatch year Lazuli Bunting, at a...
This morning I had a few birds of interest. The flock of Black-bellied Plovers has increased to over 300 and I had my first PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER of the season...
I have mostly completed my summer's project of making a history section of the Stanislaus Audubon Society on the website. Thanks to Craig Moritz, Carla Cicero...
This morning Joan Humphrey and I had a juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER at the City of Davis Wetlands, on Tract 5, along with 1000+ Dowitchers (we only detected...
Sorry, the Semi-p Sand (and most of the other shorebirds) was on Tract 1, not Tract 5 at the City of Davis Wetlands ... at ... season ... a ... Richard Hall ...
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corvid88@...
Aug 4, 2005 1:31 am
08/03/05 MAPS surveys in Winters today were relatively uneventful. We did manage to process 2 second year Hooded Orioles(male and female). The female showed...
This morning, Joan Humphrey and I found a moulting adult RUDDY TURNSTONE at Woodland WWTP. The basic-plumaged DUNLIN is still present there. At the City of...
I just received an email from a gentleman in Texas that says my "Sanderling" photo from yesterday is actually a Red Knot. I would appreciate it if some you...
I puzzled over this bird for awhile yesterday, thinking it looked large enough for a knot (it appears almost twice as big as the Least Sandpiper it is with),...
Looking at pics on-line, the clean flanks seem to point to Sanderling, as does the head and breast pattern. The scaps should be the key, but I agree with...
Hi All, The bill appears to fit a Knot more than a Sanderling. But, the flanks appear pure white with no signs of barring. There appears to be a slight...
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John Sterling
jsterling@...
Aug 4, 2005 7:11 pm
I agree that the bird is a Red Knot. Doug Shaw correctly pointed to the bill as a good mark, but the overall size, shape and jizz of the bird also indicates...
I just made a close-up of the legs. They appear to be blackish and I can't make out any hind toe. Doesn't that point to Sanderling? Of course the legs aren't...
One last addition. I added one more photo to the website. It is pretty blurry which is why I didn't post it to begin with, but it does show the birds at a...
I am convinced that I had two different birds. I had been following a Sanderling for quite a bit, trying to photograph it. It was clearly a Sanderling as I saw...
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corvid88@...
Aug 4, 2005 8:45 pm
08/04/05 Fremont Weir's oaks, sycamores and cottonwoods were hopping today with post-breeders/migrants. Adding to the list of Grosbeaks, Orioles and Tanagers,...
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John Sterling
jsterling@...
Aug 4, 2005 10:20 pm
Sorry about my silly mistake....it is a Sanderling..... John Sterling Ornithologist HT Harvey & Associates 1550 Harbor Blvd., Suite 200 West Sacramento, CA...
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John and Glennah Troc...
trochetj@...
Aug 5, 2005 1:19 pm
Dear Birders, This morning I visited Orr Ranch and the Triangle Pond (both closed areas) at the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County. The...
As the identification of this bird apparently caused some confusion, I thought some analysis of why might be helpful. Above all, it seems that folks were...
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John and Glennah Troc...
trochetj@...
Aug 6, 2005 12:20 am
Dear Birders, A handful of observers returned early this morning to Orr Ranch at the Cosumnes River Preserve. Thanks to Terry Ronneberg's playing a recording...
Greetings! For anyone chasing sandpipers, there is a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper that has been seen in pond 96 at the Fresno STP on August 5 and 6. I cannot...
John -- I returned from the WNV diagnostics lab here at UCD and the number of YB Magpies turning up is alarming. They account for about 1/3rd of all birds...
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maryolo1@...
Aug 8, 2005 7:22 pm
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John and Glennah Troc...
trochetj@...
Aug 8, 2005 10:26 pm
Dear Birders, This morning I made a very brief stop on Meiss Road some 2.8 miles from its intersection with Dillard Road. At least one male common nighthawk...
