Yo Birders -- A drive up through Lassen VNP on Sunday found a few interesting birds but not much activity above Summit Lake except for Robin and D.E. Junco. ...
Yesterday a Rosebreasted Grosbeack was hanging around my feeders in Weaverville. I saw it at noon and in the evening. I haven't posted here before, so I don't...
Hey all, This past Sunday my crew and I headed east on 299 to do some "mountain birding". 13 hours later, we each had picked up a couple of lifers and racked...
Hey All, Several people have inquired about the Grasshopper Sparrow. It was found along Rat Farm Rd., about 1/4mile past the canal bridge. The male popped up...
Neat record might interest someone in the group. Bob ... Subject: Re: [shasta_birders] Rose breasted Grosbeak in Weaverville Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:43:06...
Hi all, I've posted a picture in my `photo album' that I took this morning of three baby Green Herons in Anderson River Park. Upon seeing me, the little trio...
Was surprised by a lone Black Swift flying right overhead this morning while I was feeding livestock. We are twelve miles west of cottonwood in the oaks. David...
We had a Purple Martin over K Mart one day. Weird - but as Carol says - birds have wings & they fly! Neat sighting anytime one sees a Black Swift. Last May on...
Hi. They say Purple Martins don't nest in houses in the west. In Sacramento when we lived there (3 times) they were nesting downtown - and in Tacoma - we had...
A Cooper's hawk nested in Anderson River Park last year. In fact, the great horned owl nest seen by many this year was the nest used by the Cooper's hawk last...
Hi Everyone, I am looking for some help identifying this nest. It was sent to me by one of my readers and I have no idea what bird made this nest. It was ...
Hi Everyone, I currently have three nestboxes with Ash-throated Flycatchers. They are one of my favorite cavity nesters. Check out the photos on my blog at: ...
Hey Shasta Birders, There are 2 Field Guides to Birds right now at Costco - including the Ted Floyd book mentioned below (at $14.99) the better of the two. Bob...
There was an adult Mute Swan at Iron Canyon Reservoir this morning. I saw it at 2 locations so it seems to be moving around a bit. Len Len Lindstrand III,...
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My wife Denise and I have seen Lawrences in our yard before, but lately she has seen them every day. I got some good pictures also yesterday. This morning,...
I just posted a photo in my album on Shasta Birders Photos of a Long-Billed Curlew chick I saw on Rat Farm Road last weekend. The parents were standing as...
I believe that is the first absolute proof of breeding in the county. The records I am aware of began with Sightings of adults in late May and June on Rat Farm...
Shasta Birders, A few weeks ago someone asked about access to the Redding Sewer Ponds. Sorry, it took me awhile to get an answer. I spoke with Dennis Mcbride,...
I was in Susanville yesterday and had a Collared Dove in the east part of town. Then the day before I was in Weaverville and had a Collared Dove on the west...
Hi All, For those of you who missed it...we had a GREAT time in Lassen over he weekend. Wish you were there ;-) I got an email from a reader on our website...
Doesn't sound like any species expected in Shasta County. Paging through Sibley's the only possibility I could find was a basic plumaged Ruff. Bill Oliver ... ...
Sounds like it might be a female/immature Common Merganser. Kathy Robertson Hayward, CA In a message dated 6/24/2008 11:32:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ...
I would agree with Kathy. Hadn't even thought of merganser myself, but it seems to meet the description (though I've never seen a merganser in an oak tree,...
Common mergansers definitely fly about and land in treetops in Anderson River Park. ... From: Bruun, Raymond (CDPH-DDWEM) To: shasta_birders@yahoogroups.com ...
Yo Birders -- Yesterday afternoon (Tuesday), Nancy and I had a cluster of Great-tailed Grackel along Airport Road here in Redding. The first pair were males...
The weekend trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park by the Wintu Audubon Society and the Redwood Region Audubon Society on June 21 and 22 was memorable both for...
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