A little New Year's birding in the rain at the Milburn unit today yielded a first winter Caspian Tern. White Pelican continues along with the usual suspects....
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Frances Oliver
hummer52ffo
Jan 2, 2006 6:41 am
Today, Jim Lomax found a PACIFIC LOON at Bass Lake. He found it in the western third of the lake. Good Birding! Frances Lodi, CA [Non-text portions of this...
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lanparmeter@...
starman32003
Jan 5, 2006 4:17 pm
Wednesday, January 4, Nathan and I birded around the Millerton Lake area. We had an Osprey and a flock of about a dozen Western Bluebirds at the Highway 145...
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SiriusGuy@...
siriusguy50
Jan 5, 2006 5:44 pm
New member Lorraine Bittner, who lives near the intersection of Nees and Millbrook, this morning reports the return of a very urbane, err, urban Kestrel: <<My...
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grebbe@...
ragggzzz
Jan 6, 2006 12:23 am
Hello all, I've tried twice to find the Vermillion flycatcher on the golf course off 180 west of Fresno. Has anyone seen it recently? Nice canvasbacks there,...
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SiriusGuy@...
siriusguy50
Jan 6, 2006 6:25 pm
The Madera Tribune, which I believe to be a weekly paper, has for its Friday, December 6th issue, devoted most of p.A4, its "VALLEY LIFE" section, to the ...
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ragggzzz
Jan 6, 2006 11:09 pm
Both a Golden Eagle and two Bald Eagles (adult and immature) were at Millerton Lake today at 1pm. These Bald Eagles were well up the cliffs and away from the...
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starman32003
Jan 6, 2006 11:54 pm
Nathan and I went out to Javier's Fresno West golf course earlier today to look for the Vermillion Flycatcher-saw a Snipe, about 20 Canvasbacks, and at least...
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starman32003
Jan 7, 2006 5:37 am
I had an interesting sighting this afternoon-As Nathan and I were returning from Fresno West golf course-I turned on to the street next to the one our house is...
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gary woods
quailnut
Jan 7, 2006 8:34 am
As of Wednesday the 4th the flycatcher was still out at Javier's, but it was not easy to locate. It was sitting on a sign along the west edge of the 8th green...
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sgheinrichs
Jan 10, 2006 11:54 pm
Hello! I'm fairly new to birding. I live on the Kings River and I enjoy watching the many species of birds by the river. Recieved a new lense for Xmas, so...
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SiriusGuy@...
siriusguy50
Jan 13, 2006 5:51 pm
I have just checked the summary table for the 12/27/05 Lost Lake Christmas Bird Count, conducted by about 35 volunteers, covering a dozen zones, all within a...
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grebbe@...
ragggzzz
Jan 13, 2006 7:07 pm
The Yellow-billed magpie population has declined noticeably in parts of the Sacramento Valley, but west Sutter County populations may have declined (in marsh...
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grebbe@...
ragggzzz
Jan 13, 2006 7:08 pm
The Yellow-billed magpie population has declined noticeably in parts of the Sacramento Valley, but west Sutter County populations may have declined (in marsh...
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grebbe@...
ragggzzz
Jan 13, 2006 7:08 pm
The Yellow-billed magpie population has declined noticeably in parts of the Sacramento Valley, but west Sutter County populations may have declined (in marsh...
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SiriusGuy@...
siriusguy50
Jan 14, 2006 12:42 am
I have posted a few photos from today. The bird I just could NOT get a really decent or close shot of I believe to be a Green Heron, from the pond adjacent to...
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SiriusGuy@...
siriusguy50
Jan 14, 2006 6:22 am
Following an expert review, my wrong Wren has been righted, from House to Rock. Thank you, Jeff Davis. Alan Birnbaum [Non-text portions of this message have...
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yehaflp
Jan 15, 2006 6:35 pm
Hi everyone: I am new to the list, and to Fresno. We moved to Clovis in August from Pittsford (near Rochester), NY to be near our grandchildren. I am very...
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Kevin Enns-Rempel
kennsrempel
Jan 16, 2006 11:49 pm
I birded various parts of Madera County today. Highlights included a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at the Friant Bridge, an immature BALD EAGLE and a RUFOUS-CROWNED...
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gary woods
quailnut
Jan 18, 2006 11:47 pm
I just got an e-mail from Reed Kirkland in Fresno who reported that he looked for the male Tufted Duck at O'Neil Forebay and finally found it in with a group...
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Bruce Williford
bewilliford
Jan 19, 2006 1:05 am
Yard's first White-tailed Kite fly over this afternoon @ Barstow and Forkner. Funny looking gull was my first impression. Lucky for me I had my binocs and...
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yehaflp
Jan 19, 2006 2:36 am
Sorry for the lateness of the post. The Vermillion Flycatcher was still present on Monday, and very easy to find. I first saw it along the first fairway by...
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craigkellogg
Jan 19, 2006 2:47 am
My name is Craig Kellogg and I am a new graduate student at Fresno State. I am begining some research that deals with bird songs. I am principally interested...
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Luke Cole
lukewcole
Jan 19, 2006 2:49 am
Pete Fahey writes, ... Woodpecker. I could not locate the bird but it was in the pine trees on the north side of the golf course along the third fairway. Has...
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Jeff Davis
oatiwebl
Jan 19, 2006 4:24 am
... I suspect you heard the "waa" calls a Red-breasted Sapsucker. They have a "Melanerpine" nasal quality. Jeff Davis Prather, CA...
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Bruce Williford
bewilliford
Jan 22, 2006 12:14 am
Milburn Unit water levels are very high and it is holding few birds. Bald Eagle, White Pelican, Eared Grebe and mating Red-shouldered Hawks were today's...
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SiriusGuy@...
siriusguy50
Jan 22, 2006 1:03 am
With television recently trying to make ballroom dancing the new craze, eleven avianuts countered this morning with some Ball Ranch birding, for the February...
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ragggzzz
Jan 23, 2006 8:21 am
A fine birding Sunday began with a Marbled godwit probing the lawn above the Monterey Coast Guard wharf at dawn. From the wharf, one Red-breasted merganser,...
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siriusguy50
Jan 26, 2006 3:48 pm
YOU know what I mean, a 'murder' of birders, just like a large flock of crows, "a murder," that's what Kevin Enns-Rempel likely will be facing Saturday after...
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SiriusGuy@...
siriusguy50
Jan 26, 2006 7:33 pm
For anyone who has access to either the 01/26/06 print or at least the on-line version of the San Francisco Chronicle, today they feature a nice article on...
