Everyone else has been to the sewer ponds lately and had good reports, so I figured I better get down there while the action is good. Yesterday evening I...
Len Lindstrand
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May 1, 2003 2:30 pm
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Hi all, This evening in Anderson River Park there was a nice collections of spring migrants: 2 male Western Tanagers, 8 Bullocks Orioles, a Yellow Warbler, a...
The answer to Barbara's question about White-crowns is "Yes, they are usually gone by now," though if you're doing a Big Day anywhere in the Sacramento Valley...
I assume Golden-crowned Sparrows have similar timing? Some of them are still hanging around as well. Ray Bruun Shingletown/Redding ...
Ray Bruun
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May 2, 2003 4:15 pm
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April 27, 2003: It looked like Redding was going to catch a break between storms. Ray Bruun had offered to meet me in the early afternoon, so I had the morning...
In my experience, I can find Golden-crowns into the first week of May maybe 4 out of 5 years. Cheers, Bruce Deuel ... I assume Golden-crowned Sparrows have...
If anyone is interested I saw the Sibley Western Field guide at Costco for $11.95....
Diane Rapport
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May 3, 2003 3:27 am
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Does anyone know if it is anything but a split version of his big guide only featuring Western species? With no other changes (I read the maps are revised.) ...
B & C Yutzy
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May 3, 2003 4:00 am
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Hi Steve, Fun Stuff! Parkville doesn't exist except in history I think, and Parkville Cemetery is merely a fenced area on the right on a parallel road 50 or...
B & C Yutzy
boby@...
May 3, 2003 4:20 am
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On April 30th we still had 15 or 20 White-crowned and 5 or 6 Golden-crowned. Still a few of each here at home today. ... From: "Bruce Deuel"...
B & C Yutzy
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May 3, 2003 4:23 am
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Hello! The Lemuria Center for Interdisciplinary Studies is conducting a poll about controversial social, moral and political issues. We are a non-profit...
Saturday afternoon, 03 May 2003, a walk through Lema Ranch in the rain revealed 7 male Great-tailed Grackle and at least one female in a group on the grassy...
Hi all, Due to a recent spam email, I've made the following change to Shasta Birders: Membership applications will no longer be accepted automatically. I will...
Ray Bruun
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May 4, 2003 3:51 am
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Hi, I just wanted to add my two cents worth on the new Western Sibley Guide. I too saw it at Costco (and at Barnes and Noble, which also had the Eastern...
Ray Bruun
bruun@...
May 4, 2003 4:07 am
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We picked up the Western Sibley today at Costco and I looked through it and compared it to the big guide. I think this will be my field guide of choice now! ...
B & C Yutzy
boby@...
May 4, 2003 7:57 am
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Hi all, Ray Bruun and I hiked around Mary Lake at noon, mostly looking for odes, but we just wanted you to know that some things do migrate through the area -...
Last Sunday (May 4) at the Sewage Ponds, I did not see the Red Knot, but I did have several good sightings: Sora - a male in breeding plumage. Semipalmated...
Hi Ray, Thanks for your comments. This was my first time to the Sewage Ponds. There were only two of the ponds with shallow water (typical shorebird habitat)....
Hi all, I stopped by Kutras briefly yesterday afternoon. Black Terns and Bonaparte's Gulls were flying on the far side out from the white buoys. There was a...
Ray Bruun
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May 8, 2003 2:53 pm
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Hi all, I spent about two hours this morning birding Lake McCumber in Shasta County, about 40 miles east of Redding at an elevation of 4100 ft. There weren't...
Ray Bruun
bruun@...
May 11, 2003 4:26 am
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As I watch postings of sightings I don't see lazuli buntings. I had one - a male, for half a minute - at my in-town feeder last Tuesday. A pleasant treat! ...
Hi all, Yesterday, while at Manzanita Lake, I saw a male bluebird from the front, and it had an extensive clean white belly with red on the chest. (I'm 99.99%...
Ray Bruun
bruun@...
May 11, 2003 2:52 pm
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Birded Baum Lake, east of Burney, Shasta county, on Saturday, 10 May 2003, with a boat. About 50 White Pelicans, some in feeding groups and some quite friendly...
The bird show at our Bella Vista feeders was heightened by the high altitude hawking of 15 to 20 Lewis Woodpeckers. There must be a hatch of insects flying...
The bird show at our Bella Vista feeders was heightened by the high altitude hawking of 15 to 20 Lewis Woodpeckers. There must be a hatch of insects flying...
We saw one male lazuli about a week ago and another today taking millet and sunflower seeds. We usually see one just briefly each spring. Tim and Melinda...
TKashuba@...
May 11, 2003 9:27 pm
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Shasta Birders, Jackie & I birded up on the hill past French Gulch approximately 2 miles before the top of the ridge. At one point along the road we were...
VanOrden, Randy
rvnordn@...
May 12, 2003 1:46 pm
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Last week on Calbirds a pair of Northern Goshawks was reported from the Timbered Crater area, north of Fall River Valley. If you decide you want to see these...
Mike & Shasta Birders, Directions to Blue Grouse spot as follows: Go west out of Redding on hwy 299 past Wiskeytown lake a few miles and you will see a sign...
VanOrden, Randy
rvnordn@...
May 12, 2003 6:01 pm
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Found a mourning dove today dead in the yard with no visible signs of trauma. Since it's not a Corvid I'm not calling the WNV number, unless I hear from...
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