1 July 2006 - Skyline College, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California. Olympus D-550z / Nikon FieldScope 3 / 30XWA (hand-held - no adapter). This afternoon,...
Early this morning, I set up my scope on the bluff overlooking where Pescadero Creek flows into the ocean. I could scoped the ocean and Pescadero Marsh. While...
Tronthorn@...
Jul 2, 2006 12:00 am
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Ron Thorn recently posted that the male Harlequin Duck was still at Coyote Point, moulting into eclipse plumage. I was there this morning, finding both Ron...
Al Eisner
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Jul 3, 2006 8:41 pm
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3 adult Black Crowned Night Herons were roosting on the trees in Redwood Shores at the intersection of Davit Ln and Mediterranean Ln. One was much smaller then...
Hi all and Happy Independence Day ! Yesterday,July 3, I hiked out to Ano Nuevo Point in the very windy late afternoon. Pausing at the pond I noticed a...
Peter Metropulos
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Jul 5, 2006 5:13 am
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Highlights. Kayaking today I saw what may have been a Clark's grebe. Paler flanks than the Western grebe. Near Romeo Pier. Also saw my first black turnstones...
Barbara E Kossy
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Jul 5, 2006 5:53 am
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Yesterday morning I went with Yvonne Donohue to Skyline College to follow up on Joe Morlan's report of July 1st. We arrived about 8am parked in the Staff...
Stopped by Redwood Shores Radio Rd pond tonight, about 6:30pm. There are at least 15 Greater Yellowlegs, most looking quite spiffy in their alternate plumage....
These are some sightings from ( Sun ) July 2 to today July 8 July 2, a sign of dispersal were a juvenile Black Phoebe, a juvenile and adult Savannah Sparrow...
Tronthorn@...
Jul 9, 2006 1:44 am
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Have had an opportunity to get into the hills the last few afternoons. Highlights from various locations include: Windy Hill OSP (lower, around Sausal Pond,...
Folks Yesterday there were 10 Elegant Terns in Princeton, including 2 juveniles. These are the first I have seen on the coast this season. Collared Doves are...
Two Black Skimmers were roosting on one of the small islands along Radio Road at the end of Redwood Shores Blvd on Sunday 9 July 2006. At least four Red Knots...
A few highlights from this morning. First scoping from the bluff where Pescadero Creek flows into the ocean (645AM - 745AM), there were two Red Knots on the...
Hi We have baby birds in our yard. Lots of baby birds. The Oregon Juncos got cowbirded again, this time with a pair of noisy tykes. Mama Cowbird eats right...
... Is that how doves are supposed to behave? We had a mourning dove nest on our back porch last year, and the two chicks, when they fledged, didn't look or...
July 9, the first fledged Great Egrets of the season wandered to Coyote Point. A juvenile California Gull at Coyote Point was the first, I have seen this...
Tronthorn@...
Jul 15, 2006 11:56 pm
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We had a hatch year HOODED ORIOLE at our feeders today. It seemed perplexed at everything, attempted to eat the bird feeders instead of the seed, and acted...
Folks Today at the Half Moon Bay farmer's market I heard a Bobwhite call, and at first figured it was a recording for some reason. It kept on calling so I ...
Folks: The commonest source of various species of quail may be from those raised for training field dogs. In Santa Clara County we occasionally see Northern...
Hi all, On Friday July 14, I stopped off briefly at Bayfront Park to check the status of the tern colony on the saltpond levee. There were several...
Peter Metropulos
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Jul 16, 2006 4:34 pm
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Hi all, Yesterday afternoon,July 16, my wife and I took our bicycles for a ride on the Ravenswood Trail around that portion of the Don Edwards San Francisco...
Peter Metropulos
pjmetrop@...
Jul 18, 2006 6:10 am
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While showing relatives around today at Pigeon Point Lighthouse, Peggy and I did some birding. There were two WANDERING TATTLER in breeding plumage, plenty of...
Saw a Peregrine falcon flying over the Ralston/92 overpass on 7/17 & again on 7/18 both between 1530 & 1600 hrs. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
In the area east of the Coyote Point marina this morning, there were 4 Elegant Terns along with about 40-50 Forster's. Two of the Elegants still had largely...
Al Eisner
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Jul 20, 2006 12:53 am
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Hi Birders At Pigeon Point today, around 12:45, there were two Eurasian Collared Doves on the wires around the parking lot. Also thought I saw two more a few...
Folks: Albino robin in San Carlos, for those who are interested. Bill ... First message: From: Marsh9@... Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:16:56 EDT Subject:...
This morning, I stopped off at Oyster Point in South San Francisco and scoped San Francisco Bay for about ninety minutes. Flying out of the north were ( 2 )...
Tronthorn@...
Jul 24, 2006 2:12 am
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... We had a mourning dove ... Akkana, thank you for the lovely pictures of your juvenile mourning doves. After I saw them, I studied our birds, and noticed...
We went to Colma Creek mouth the day after Ron Thorn's last reported visit, and got only one Clapper Rail, and no fledglings. We went at low tide - I have...
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