Two of my worlds colliding (in a good way!). From the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates. ~Brian Acord, Orangevale, Sac Co ... Date: Nov 1, 2007 2:04 PM ...
Highlights from this morning, Nov 2: Yolo County Landfill Pond, viewed from levee above Rd 28H: juv "KUMLIEN'S" GULL, very early date for this form; a pale...
On Wednesday I found myself in the area of Roger's Roadrunner sighting so decided to take a look. However I didn't find one where he had indicated, but did...
This afternoon while scouting for a field trip I'm leading this weekend, I found a flock of 200+ MOUNTAIN PLOVER on the East side of Robinson Road, about 3/10...
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Joan Humphrey
ybmagpie@...
Nov 3, 2007 9:45 pm
Picked up on a monitoring survey earlier today, both a Ruff and a Sharp-tailed Sandpiper were present among the 10,000 birds on stormwater lagoon in the City...
The Pileated Woodpecker (more than one?) was near mile mark 0.81 on highway 128 in Putah Creek Canyon about 7 mi west of Winters (seen working both sides of...
I saw this posted on Sac birds. Today refers to Saturday Nov. 3rd. Hi birders, Today I found a Long-tailed Duck at Gray Lodge. The bird was seen from the main...
Hi, folks- While birding near the visitor center at Cosumnes on 11/2/07, a friend and I got good looks at an ovenbird. We were surprised to see it, and when...
Birders- The "Raptor Ramble," a tour associated with the Sandhill Crane Festival, went out to Flood & Waverly Roads today. A total of five, possibly six...
Dear Birders, I spent most of today at the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County. This morning I started at the Accidental Forest (31 degrees...
I went out to the whole Flood/Waverly area in eastern San Joaquin County today to figure out my route for the Winter Raptor Survey. I was mostly writing on my...
I forgot to report a juvenile Rough-legged hawk seen in flight near the intersection of Russell Blvd and County Rd 91a (about 2 miles east of Winters). This...
Today I birded parts of Solano & Yolo counties. I started at Monticello Dam where a ROCK WREN very cooperatively showed itself in both Solano and Yolo...
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Peter B. Armstrong
pbarmstrong@...
Nov 6, 2007 1:16 am
November 5, 2007 CV Birders: The Merlins that have wintered in North Davis appear to have returned for the 4th year. I have found as many as two birds...
In January 2007, while looking for a wintering Harris's Sparrow at Adobe State Park in Petuluma I was cited for a criminal trespass by a State Park Ranger....
I received report of a Harlan's Hawk this morning seen between Davis and Woodland. Jonathan Widdicombe saw this bird along County Rd 96 about midway between...
I know this discussion is probably off-topic for the forum, but here goes. While i regret the incident cited, I assume there is a state park fee charged to...
The gulls at the Yolo County Landfill are currently easily observed from the Rd 28H levee outside the fence. The winter gulls have arrived, with perhaps a...
Almost every time I go in to view birds at Folsom Lake State Recreation area, people let their dogs run free to chase the roosting gulls, shorebirds and...
Too bad the annual pass is not in the form of a bumper decal that are hard to remove. Or, better yet a window decal for your rear interior window. BTW, the dog...
Response appended as requested. I did not "grossly misrepresent the employees of the California State Parks". They are doing a good job of that by themselves....
I ventured out to Rd. 96 in Yolo just before the sun dropped to see about this Harlan's reported earlier today. I saw what was arguably the bird, perched on...
Regarding dog laws, I think the next time we birders pay to enter a state park and find dogs off-leash, we should demand a refund. If park rangers sit around...
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Echatbird@...
Nov 7, 2007 2:15 am
I'm on Jon's side on this one. What an outrageous thing to happen to someone for standing in a park to look at bird! The ranger should have pointed out the...
Hello all, On Moday, Nov. 8, we went out to Flannery/Robinson Rd. to look for the Mountain Plovers. We found around 60+ Mountain Plovers on Robinson Rd. in...
I checked for the reported Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk this morning with Jonathan and we were able to be certain that the bird he had yesterday was the Dark-morph...
Roger, Thanks for clearing up that report. I suspect that many reported dark Harlan's Hawks in the Central Valley are actually dark Rough-legged Hawks. It is...
For those interested, I volunteer at Cosumnes River Preserve and received the following email: Join us for Introduction to Ornithology, offered this coming...
Hi birders. This afternoon at about 2:45 pm I was driving along Pleasant Grove Road about a mile north of the intersection with Striplin Road I found an adult...
