greetings, day got off to a cracking start,.then a women called me to find out how much I charged to lead birding tours.Moving on. 88 sp for the day, excellent...
Roger Higson
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Jan 1, 2006 10:30 pm
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Hi all, Had a great time on the pelagic boat today!! Never took a single pic on the boat though. Henry probably got some great stuff. My first bird of the...
greetings, the quest continues, with bird 'til noon, then do pointless things then, the menu. Like taxes and tires on cars. We were almost stuck, had to back...
Roger Higson
art.higson@...
Jan 2, 2006 8:50 pm
3037
Hi all, Have had several people wanting to know where Tamarisk Grove is. It is an Anza Borrego Desert State Park campground in San Diego County, located at ...
A Ruff continues at the north end of Garst at the Salton Sea. It was observed today at 1330 hours. The location of the Ruff is north of the road to the Red...
greetings, massive numbers of sparrows appeared. Obviously displaced cranes and waterfowl. While you were ordering your $20 crappolate with milquetoast. I put...
Roger Higson
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Jan 3, 2006 3:59 pm
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I spent Monday away from the rain birding at Wister and Calipatria. I arrived at the longspur field at about 8:30am, after all the longspurs had come into...
Hi all, At least Imperial and Riverside County don't have to deal with the Island issue. Imperial has only Mullet Island and I think even LA County would have...
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Jan 4, 2006 3:58 am
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The Salton Sea North CBC was held on Monday, January 2. Twenty-one
observers found 137 species, a lower than average number but decent
considering the exciting...
greetings. There are 2 WTh Sparrows there today, and a goodly selection of other sparrows. the Harris put in a brief show. Another 50 lbs of seed is in the...
Roger Higson
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Jan 4, 2006 9:19 pm
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The adult Little Gull was present at the east end of Lake Perris today. It was visible from parking lot 12. cheers..Howard King...
This is the Southeastern CA weekly RBA summary. We cover Imperial, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. - Birds mentioned TRICOLORED HERON Gadwall Eurasian...
Please be aware that Salt Creek is in Riverside County extremely near the border of Imperial County. Also the sightings of Laughing Gull and Glaucous-winged...
greetings, as of now I have 150 lbs of seed spilled on the ground. Far more than Onan. "That is it" I was told. Thats ok, I have another 50lbs in the truck. I...
Roger Higson
art.higson@...
Jan 5, 2006 3:38 pm
3048
Yesterday a small group of birders used the "wait at the ditch" method to see three species of longspur (I didn't hear of anyone getting McCown's). Even at...
Jan. 4, 2006 Calipatria Longspurs, 0700-0930:Smith's Longspur came to water at 0810, about half way between NW & NE corner of field. A few Lapland and...
greetings, I may not do longspurs, but I do Penguins. (After watching march of the penguins 8 times. Video of "the fill in for some one with flu, before Xmas"...
Roger Higson
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Jan 5, 2006 5:05 pm
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This morning the LITTLE GULL continued at the east end of Lake Perris, seen from parking lot 12. It was with about a dozen Bonaparte's Gulls. The EASTERN...
greetings, if you go for sparrows at my chumming spot, park away, slightly towards the end of the brief dead end road, and walk back. you will see what I mean....
Roger Higson
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Jan 5, 2006 11:38 pm
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The Merlin continues at 66th and William (usually around 7:30 to 8 am) or at the top of the only skinny leafless tree on 66th across from 2nd house east of...
During separate visits to Wister Jan 4, Geoff Rogers and I heard what we characterize as "whirlpool" calls coming from the residence area. I am assuming it was...
Greetings, To avoid a problem. Pull in on the south side of the west going canal. You can look across the canal, then progress West and you will see a bird...
Roger Higson
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Jan 6, 2006 9:58 pm
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Paul and others, Inca doves have continued to expand their range northward since the publication of "The Birds of the Salton Sea" and are now relatively common...
Mike saw an odd hawk today at Cajalco and the 15 while stuck in traffic. He described it as very dark with vertical white streaks running down its neck. It was...
Hello, just joined this group to try to find information on this bird. It visits a tall tree in my neighbor's backyard quite often. It is always alone and so...
On Thursday, 5 Jan 2006, I spent the day with Jon L. Dunn, Curtis A. Marantz and Kenneth Z. Kurland birding in the Imperial Valley with a side trip north to...
Saturday - 07 January 2006 SE Salton Sea/Calipatria Michelle Matson, Barbara Carlson, Tom Myers and I spent Saturday morning birding the southeast Salton Sea...
Up in Riverside County, a single White Winged Scoter persisted at Salt Creek. At dawn, a near adult Glacous-winged Gull was observed on the Salt Creek Beach....
Barbara Iyer saw a Prairie Falcon (juvenal) at Hidden Valley Wildlife Area Saturday morning. It was hanging around the phone poles and power poles area just...