Hi Barbara and all, Re your dragonfly question, there are 2 or 3 possibiliities. Eight-spotted Skimmers have 2 dark spots on each wing alternating with the...
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Barbara Peck
bapeck@...
Aug 31, 2002 6:47 pm
Hello all, Yay! There were still phalaropes by the weekend. This morning there were 3 phalaropes at what has been called pond 2 I believe. I would say they...
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Bob & Carol Yutzy
boby@...
Aug 30, 2002 11:49 pm
Remember we have had one record of Red Phalarope that I had right after arriving in Redding many many years ago - seen at Kutras lake. That bird looked a lot...
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William W. Oliver
billnbert
Aug 30, 2002 9:32 pm
I visited the Redding Sewer Ponds again this morning. Again all the shorebird action was in Pond #2 (Ray Bruun's numbering system). We are fortunate that the...
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Bob & Carol Yutzy
boby@...
Aug 28, 2002 6:14 am
Hello all, Bruce Deuel & Ray Bruun happened to run into me at the sewage ponds at noon today (&it was too dang hot!) and we had the following shorebirds of...
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William W. Oliver
billnbert
Aug 27, 2002 3:57 am
I visited the sewer ponds this morning and saw two RNPH but wasn't able to spot the WIPH. I would estimate that there were 300 WESA and maybe 50 LESA and 10...
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Bob & Carol Yutzy
boby@...
Aug 27, 2002 12:40 am
Good info Randy. Anytime birders can even make rough estimates of numbers, it helps the records we keep. Even for Least & Western Sandpipers. I know it is a...
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Randy Van Orden
rvnordn@...
Aug 26, 2002 1:25 pm
On Sunday morning we saw Blue Grouse at both the second and third lake of the Sifford Lakes in Lassen Park. In the afternoon when we got home there was a...
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Rob Santry
santry@...
Aug 25, 2002 7:57 pm
Hi All, Cathy and I birded the sewer ponds this morning (Sunday), hearing about shorebird activity from Bills email. We decided to bring a scope. Also, Bea and...
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Bruce Deuel
bdeuel2
Aug 23, 2002 3:03 pm
There has been an Egyptian Goose present at Kutras Lake off and on for well over a year now. In fact I think there were 2 at one point. We assume this...
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CBeaBob@...
Aug 23, 2002 3:51 am
Today at Kutras Lake I saw a goose resembling an Egyptian goose. Its legs were a deep pink and the eyes had the reddish ring and beak had the reddish outline...
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Barbara Peck
bapeck@...
Aug 22, 2002 2:37 pm
Hello, I had a MacGillivray's Warbler pass through my front and backyard today. Barbara Peck Anderson, CA...
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Bob & Carol Yutzy
boby@...
Aug 21, 2002 5:58 am
We checked out the neat wet field/cow pasture area tonight after a fine dinner at Lily's in Mt. Shasta with relatives. Checked up to about 9:15 or 9:30 pm. ...
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William W. Oliver
billnbert
Aug 20, 2002 4:06 am
Greetings Shasta Birders, I am forwarding this wonderful opportunity to you. I am unable to take up this invitation. If any of you can and are willing, please...
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Jay Jessen
chickadee@...
Aug 20, 2002 2:32 am
Not in Shasta County, or course, or even in the state of California. Nevertheless, it was exciting to listen to the yellow rail at the Klamath Marsh Wildlife...
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Robert Hewitt
therevvagrant
Aug 19, 2002 9:10 pm
While August may seem early for Merlin, it is not unprecidented. We have been doing bird surveys on the Eel River (Humboldt Co) in recent years and detecetd...
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William W. Oliver
billnbert
Aug 17, 2002 8:45 pm
The fall migrant shorebirds reported from the Central Valley prompted me to visit the Redding Sewer Ponds this morning in the hopes of finding some interesting...
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Mike Feighner
sharkfin831
Aug 17, 2002 3:05 pm
Shasta County Birders, Julian, Bob, Len: Also as a courtesy to two members this list I am restricting the email to Shasta County Birders as members of this...
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Len Lindstrand
lindstrand@...
Aug 16, 2002 11:03 pm
Folks, here are directions to the yellow rail site. Please read the last paragraph of this message regarding the landowners requests, and follow-them. From...
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Bob & Carol Yutzy
boby@...
Aug 16, 2002 8:47 pm
Just an FYI - I bet the year round Black Phoebes are two different groups - local/summer breeders (who mugrate south post breeding) and then wintering birds ...
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Bob & Carol Yutzy
boby@...
Aug 16, 2002 8:31 pm
The earliest Merlin I have in my datatbase is one we saw in Carmel September 4th. Most the Shasta County records are in December with a few in October (thru ...
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Bob & Carol Yutzy
boby@...
Aug 16, 2002 8:21 pm
Len & Shasta Birders, Len - Stupendous sighting (or listening). Please send details of general location (you can keep the exact location private) to email to...
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Kathy Dunn
katvdunn
Aug 16, 2002 7:10 pm
I know the hunting behavior is that of an Accipiter, and it is a female, so I may be off this year. However, there was the unusual sighting of the Male Merlin...
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Len Lindstrand
lindstrand@...
Aug 16, 2002 3:06 pm
This sighting is a bit north of Shasta County, but worthy of a mention anyway. During mid-July one of our biologists who lives in Mt. Shasta detected a yellow...
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Bruce Deuel
bdeuel2
Aug 16, 2002 2:50 pm
Merlins are spring and fall migrants and uncommon winter visitors to our area. I would not expect any to be here in August, but Bob Yutzy can probably clarify...
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Kathy Dunn
katvdunn
Aug 16, 2002 4:56 am
Last year in the late summer early fall, I had the wonderful privilege of having a Merlin visiting and hunting the birds near my feeders. As sad as I hated to...
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CBeaBob@...
Aug 15, 2002 3:32 am
Rufous Hummingbirds appeared at the feeders two weeks ago. This is the usual time they appear. Black Pheobes nest in our neighborhood and are here the year...
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Bruce Deuel
bdeuel2
Aug 14, 2002 4:18 pm
I have to echo Bob Yutzy's comments. By early August many species are on the move. For Rufous-type hummers, this starts even earlier. The sudden appearance...
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Peggi & Ben Rodgers
fredip
Aug 14, 2002 4:11 pm
How true! I put out a sprinkler every afternoon (when it's very hot like this) on the back lawn near the feeder and the birds just love it! We have hummers...
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blueoakranch
Aug 14, 2002 12:28 pm
Hello, Perhaps in our case here we have a lesson in the value of planting gardens to wildlife. We put in a large new vegetable/flower garden this spring. It...
