Birders Bob Barnes just called to report the continuing male Barrow's Goldeneye on the Auxiliary Dam arm of Isabella Reservoir. He found it with its usual ...
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Alison Sheehey
natureali
Feb 2, 2012 1:01 pm
Birders If anyone goes out to find the goldeneye on Isabella Reservoir's Auxiliary Dam arm, please consider bringing some freeze dried flies or crickets or ...
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Alison Sheehey
natureali
Feb 2, 2012 1:08 pm
Find photos here on my Facebook page of yesterday's goldeneye. He is thin but still has some vigor. ...
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Alison Sheehey
natureali
Feb 2, 2012 5:12 pm
Birders It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that my buddy the Barrow's Goldeneye did not survive the night. I did retrieve his body this morning and...
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Ali Sheehey
natureali
Feb 2, 2012 11:13 pm
Birders Bob Barnes is on the phone right now reporting he had four Lark Buntings in one binocular view after 15 minutes of searching. Large blue-gray bill with...
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Bob Barnes
barnesbob11
Feb 3, 2012 5:05 pm
Hi, Birding was conducted before and after four meetings in the Kern River Valley on 2/1/12 and all day (6:50am-3pm) 2/2/12 in the Kern County portion of the...
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Ken and Brenda Kyle
kbgoldennugget2
Feb 4, 2012 1:33 am
Today, Friday, 2/3/12, we birded Galileo Hill(Silver Saddle Ranch) on the eastern Kern desert. We saw a White-breasted Nuthatch. It was seen in a tree just...
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Bob Barnes
barnesbob11
Feb 4, 2012 10:32 pm
Hi, Alison Sheehey called a few minutes ago with word she had rather quickly found two LARK BUNTINGS at the spot alongside CA Hwy 58 - 6-7 miles west of...
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Bob Barnes
barnesbob11
Feb 4, 2012 10:47 pm
Hi, Alison Sheehey just called again. She successfully got 3 of the known 4 LARK BUNTINGS in a single photo. She said the 4th was just out of her camera field...
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Ali Sheehey
natureali
Feb 5, 2012 6:35 am
Birders, As promised by Bob, photos from today’s outing can be found here, the first two pages. http://www.flickr.com/photos/natureali/?v=1 Of course the...
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Kay Regester
kaybirder
Feb 6, 2012 2:19 am
Hi, Ali and everyone. At 7:30 am a group from Conejo Valley Audubon (E. Ventura County) searched for and found 4 LARK BUNTINGS, at the place Ali noted....
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Alison Sheehey
natureali
Feb 6, 2012 2:26 am
Birders Finally scored my Kern County Mountain Plovers on Garces Highway just east of Corcoran Road in a plowed field. There were 71 birds at sunset. Good...
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Maggie Smith
milleniummaggs
Feb 6, 2012 12:58 pm
Visited Kern WLR yesterday morning and drove both auto routes. Most of the species were expected. I may have filled one of Bob Barnes eBird gaps with an...
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Ken and Brenda Kyle
kbgoldennugget2
Feb 7, 2012 3:44 am
Today, Monday, 2/06/12, we saw two of the Lark Buntings in the same location reported recently by Alison Sheehey. This was a life bird for us. One of them...
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Ken and Brenda Kyle
kbgoldennugget2
Feb 11, 2012 12:21 am
Today, Friday, 2/10/12, we saw an adult Bald Eagle flying over the foothills about one mile south of the intersection of Highway 178 and Commanche Drive. The...
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Bob Barnes
barnesbob11
Feb 14, 2012 7:39 pm
Hi: This is a forward of a message from Sacramento area birder Chris Conard which was posted to the Central Valley Birds listserv last evening (2/13/12). It is...
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Bob Barnes
barnesbob11
Feb 26, 2012 5:22 pm
Hi: Yesterday, Saturday, February 25, 2012, was spent birding the San Joaquin Valley portion of Kern County with visiting Santa Barbara based birder Cher...
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Ken and Brenda Kyle
kbgoldennugget2
Feb 28, 2012 11:14 pm
Today, Tuesday, 2/28/12, we saw a Cassin's Vireo at Hart Park just east of Bakersfield. We saw the Cassin's Vireo in a tree next to Mirror Drive. It then moved...
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kernkel
Mar 3, 2012 6:46 am
The Winter Season (1 December - 29 February) has ended, and it is time for me to compile a report detailing the significant sightings that took place in Kern...
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Ken and Brenda Kyle
kbgoldennugget2
Mar 4, 2012 12:01 am
Today, Friday, 3/03/12, we saw a Snow Goose at the east end of the boat launch area at Lake Ming. Ken and Brenda Kyle Bakersfield...
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Ken and Brenda Kyle
kbgoldennugget2
Mar 4, 2012 8:29 pm
Today, Sunday, 3/04/12, we saw two Varied Thrush at 11:30 AM. The Varied Thrush were seen on the north side of the canal. They were seen appoximately 25 yards...
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Ali Sheehey
natureali
Mar 5, 2012 7:46 pm
Just the messenger here a note from Bob Barnes who is in the field and away from his computer. Three Lark Buntings are still present along Hwy 58 between...
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Ken and Brenda Kyle
kbgoldennugget2
Mar 6, 2012 12:09 am
Today, Monday, 3/05/12, we saw at least two Sage Thrashers on Pioneer Dr. east of Bakersfield. It was our first time to see them at this location. They were on...
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Bob Barnes
barnesbob11
Mar 6, 2012 8:51 pm
Hi, Thank you to Alison Sheehey for posting to kerncobirding the word of the continued presence yesterday morning of at least three LARK BUNTINGS alongside CA...
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Ken Burton
brdnrd59
Mar 7, 2012 3:52 pm
Early yesterday afternoon I saw four LESSER YELLOWLEGS(ES) flying north into a strong headwind with an unidentified dowitcher about five miles west of Willow...
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Ken and Brenda Kyle
kbgoldennugget2
Mar 9, 2012 3:04 am
Today, Thursday, 3/08/12, we saw a male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle Ranch. The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was first seen in a tree...
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blaineburn
Mar 11, 2012 9:45 pm
I watched a Redtailed Hawk take a rabbit on the cliffs above Pismo Beach on Sat. Managed to get a few pics. That is Pismo pier in the back ground. ...
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Bob Barnes
barnesbob11
Mar 13, 2012 10:53 pm
Hi, A Kern County FOS (First of Spring) SCOTT'S ORIOLE highlighted a 6:50am-8:20am visit to Butterbredt Spring this Tuesday morning, 3/13/2012. It was the...
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Bob Barnes
barnesbob11
Mar 13, 2012 10:54 pm
Hi, Communication with Silver Saddle staff on site as of this Tuesday morning, March 13, 2012. Staff was VERY PLEASED with birders during the Fall 2011 birding...
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Ali Sheehey
natureali
Mar 13, 2012 11:23 pm
Dear Birders, As a follow-up to Bob Barnes excellent FOS post, I just wanted to let you know I have posted a checklist of the Birds of Butterbredt Spring at...
