C.V. birders, Jim Rowoth and I saw the evening grosbeak at 8:45 A.M. in a tree in front of 2669 Blackburn it then flew to the front yard of 2675 Blackburn...
Hi folks: I just (5:40 p.m. on Saturday, April 1 -- hmm? I wonder if he is playing an April Fool's joke on me?) got a phone call from Brad Stovall saying he...
I just returned from looking for the Snowy Owl, but all that we found was a Common Barn-Owl at that location, sitting on the grass and flying around a bit...
This is optimistic news for those who saw the Snowy Owl that was reported earlier this year in Solano county (at least I hope I got the county correct). But...
To add to this report I must say that I arrived 45 minutes too late. I had a nice conversation with the man who lives at 2675 Blackburn who relayed to me that...
I saw the evening grosbeak Sunday afternoon (4/02) around 4:45 in the trees between 2787 and 2793 Belmont in the rain. My girlfriend Rosa found the bird on her...
There is a ratty-looking immature Ferruginous Hawk still hanging out on Waverly Rd. in San Joaquin County. All the others starting leaving in mid-February and...
Cheri, I had an immature Ferruginous Hawk on Saturday at Jepson Prairie, which is south of Dixon. I've been seeing one or two birds out there on most weekends,...
tlcgdc@...
Apr 3, 2006 2:08 pm
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On Sunday afternoon I finished errands in Woodland and headed up I-5 past Zamora to hit I-505. No luck on the owl anywhere near the posted location, but Road...
maryolo1@...
Apr 3, 2006 5:36 pm
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Cheri and S.J. Birders: I have had a very late date of May 6 for a Ferruginous Hawk that appeared to be healthy. Waldo Holt Stockton CA ... From: "Cheri...
Waldo Holt
waldoh@...
Apr 3, 2006 6:00 pm
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I have seen two in late April during two different Big Days in Monterey...one was at Moon Glow Dairy and the other was at Cone Peak (flying by over the true...
John Sterling
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Apr 3, 2006 6:22 pm
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At the Chico State farm today, an olive-backed thrush was seen foraging along a road and along a railroad. No dense shady woods are nearby. For i.d. of this...
Waldo and all, May 6! I guess I haven't had any stragglers out in my area before. Since the bird is immature, it may not be in any hurry to reach the...
Folks, Violet-green Swallows continue today in good numbers at the SRCSD Bufferlands (www.bufferlands.com). On 3/29, there were at least 200 Violet-green...
Folks, On April 29th we will have a spring migration tour at the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District's Bufferlands from 7am to about 3 pm. This is...
Chris Conard asked if anyone has seen any Great Horned owls in the area. I have saw them last fall on the Sacramento River near Garcia Bend and this year on...
I've had Great Horned Owls in my and my neighbor's trees all winter. I haven't heard them in the last couple of weeks, but think I heard a baby begging call....
maryolo1@...
Apr 5, 2006 1:14 am
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I have been living and working in the Sacramento area lately. On March 31, my girlfriend and I saw an owl on the Yuba River near Marysville (Hwy 20 and E....
Fellow birders, Finally a day without rain! After 11 days being away from the American River Parkway because of rain, I birded Lower Sunrise for 3 1/4 hours...
Birders- This morning I saw a breeding pair of Swainson's Hawks along Grantline Rd. This location is the closest to Folsom I've seen yet- one hawk was in a...
Folks, This morning (4/7/06) at the SRCSD Bufferlands (www.bufferlands.com) there were a few birds of note. Most notable perhaps were two Wilson's Warblers...
At Chico State farm today, a grasshopper sparrow was found near the railroad for Butte's 1st record of the species. It was about 1.5 miles south of the farm...
Today while monitoring a heron colony just upstream from Folsom Prison on the American River, I watched an osprey eating a sucker in a cottonwood. This is the...
Folks, Yesterday afternoon, Kimya and I drove down to Cosumnes River Preserve (www.cosumnes.org) to see the flooding from the recent storms and levee breaks....
This morning, the ovenbird briefly followed a kinglet up into the eucalyptus before dropping back down into the now-thick greenery underneath, in Solano Co.,...
Gil Ewing
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Apr 9, 2006 9:43 pm
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Fellow birders, On this rather pleasant but mostly overcast day, I birded Rossmoor Bar Park today, 4/9/06, for 4 1/2 hours and tallied 55 species, the ...
