August 1, 2006 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The brief summer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the...
Liz West and I spent about an hour at the Stockton Sewage Ponds after work this today looking for just a little of yesterday's excitement but to kno avail....
Fellow birders, I birded Sailor Bar today, 8/2/06, for the first time since May, and in 4 1/4 hours I tallied 42 species, the highlights being: 4 female ...
On Sunday, July 30th a Yellow-billed Cuckoo was heard calling at Fremont Weir for 1.5 hours. The bird was calling from the same area as described by Brent...
Dear Birders, This morning I made visits to the Accidental Forest and the Tall Forest before conducting a couple of transect surveys for butterflies at Denier...
Hi all, Dave Shuford asked me if I knew anything about Sandhill Cranes wintering in Tehama. I gather that they are probably retty scarce, though I had them on ...
Normally my walks in Davis have compared reasonably well to migration elsewhere, but lately it can't compare to the reports from Cosumnes and the Fremont Weir....
Fellow birders, Today, 8/4/06, I birded C M Goethe Park and in 4 1/2 hours I tallied 45 species, the highlights being: 1 Pied-billed Grebe on the American ...
Fellow Birders, I birded the two ponds just west of I-5 at Lathrop Road this evening and observed the following birds: Hundreds of gulls, One White-faced Ibis...
Dear all, I took my 95 year old friend, Noel Graves, on a birding trip through the Butte County rice fields this morning. He doesn't see well but is still very...
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maryolo1@...
Aug 6, 2006 12:25 am
Probably mostly "crawdads" (crayfish). There are probably hundreds of thousands suddenly open to predation from above. Lucky birds!! Mary Schiedt Woodland /...
The last few days in Davis have brought RED-BR NUTHATCH, CEDAR WAXWING, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, and HERMIT WARBLER (all single individuals). The latter adds to a...
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maryolo1@...
Aug 7, 2006 4:52 pm
The parking lot down by Putah Creek on the Yolo Bypass WA is actually Lot G. One of these weeks we'll get a map back up on the repaired kiosk in the first...
Folks, On Sunday afternoon I also made a quick trip out to Yolo Wildlife Area. I was hoping that there might be some shorebird habitat, but I found none except...
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Spskua@...
Aug 8, 2006 11:37 pm
This AM 8-8-06 myself and Cathie La Zier found a immature Little Blue Heron in the first pond on the right at Yolo Basin Wildlife Area at 7:40 AM. It is ...
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Spskua@...
Aug 8, 2006 11:43 pm
This AM at 7:30 Cathie La Zier and myself found a Immature Little Blue Heron At Yolo Basin Wildlife Area in the first pond on the right hand side of the road...
Today I saw the immature Little Blue Heron in the Yolo Basin Wildlife Area as reported yesterday. I saw the bird fly from the flooded area by the outhouse and...
Pond 1 is now excellent for shorebirds at the Davis Wetlands (open daily 7:30am -1 pm). Yesterday there were hundreds of avocets, stilts, dowitchers, and...
Birders- This morning I spent some time at Davis Wetlands enjoying the excellent shorebird conditions afforded by pond 1 (thanks for the heads up Steve). While...
Fellow birders, I birded William B Pond Rec Area today, 8/11/06, and for the first time in about 5 months I was able to actually do the whole loop (high water...
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maryolo1@...
Aug 12, 2006 12:34 am
On the Auto Loop at Yolo BYPASS Wildlife Area, when you reach the "Y" intersection and start east, look to the left and you'll see newly ridged and boarded...
The tips of the wing were dusky (dark) in color on the LB Heron that I saw in the Yolo Bypass. John Luther Oakland ... From: remelcer <corvid88@...> ...
Hi everyone! This morning, Joan Humphrey and I saw (and heard) a juvenile GRASSHOPPER SPARROW on the entrance road to the Yolo Wildlife Area. Notable...
Ron raises an excellent point. There are many juvenile Snowy Egrets around, and some of them look superficially like a Little Blue Heron in terms of leg...
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David Yee
davidyee@...
Aug 13, 2006 2:38 pm
Hi Birders: On Friday, Aug 11, there was a Bell's Vireo on private property along Dry Creek in Galt on the SJ/SAC line. It was a rather brightly marked ...
Looks like my response did not post correctly... Just wanted to say thanks Steve and John for talking a little more about the Little Blue Heron and the fields...
David, is there hope for the return of Bell's Vireo? I think we should really make a concerted effort to look for this species next spring in central valley...
Folks, This morning on a Sacramento Audubon trip we didn't find anything too unusual, there were a lot of birds to look through. Our first stop was at Yolo...
Folks, The male Indigo Bunting continues; he's been here since at least 7/10. The SRCSD Bufferlands (www.bufferlands.com <http://www.bufferlands.com/> ) are...
