Sierra-NevadaBirds@eGroups.com is a forum for discussing native birds of the Sierra-Nevada mountains. Presently, it is open to anyone. In the future, you may...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
Feb 8, 1999 5:08 pm
Hello fellow mountain birders: This is a trial ballon to see if some worthwhile discussion might flow from establishing such a group. ...
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BruWebb@...
Feb 9, 1999 3:57 am
Oroville, in the Sierran foothills, was on the itinerary of 7 participants of the Central Valley Bird Club's Feb 6-7 outing to Butte County. On the Saturday,...
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themalls@...
Feb 9, 1999 5:01 pm
I'm asking this question primarily to see how this process works. Unless I hear differently I'll consider blue oaks and up as the area of interest. Is the...
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BruWebb@...
Feb 10, 1999 5:53 am
Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/sierra-nevadabirds/?start=6 ... Steve Abbott Citrus Heights, CA --definitely in the Valley-- ... eGroup home:...
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Steve Abbott
skua@...
Feb 11, 1999 6:14 am
Hi all, Can someone help me with a reliable spot in the Sierra for W-T Ptarmigan in early April? Am I dreaming? I'll be heading east to the Grand Canyon and...
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Steve Abbott
lanius@...
Feb 11, 1999 7:33 am
Mountain birders, Rolf Mall wrote- "> I'm asking this question primarily to see how this process works. Unless I hear differently I'll consider blue oaks and...
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themalls@...
Feb 12, 1999 6:35 pm
Dear Steve I have no personal knowledge of WTP's in the Sierra Nevada. However, since the California Department of Fish and Game introduced the bird into the...
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David Lukas
towhee@...
Feb 13, 1999 10:52 am
Ted Beedy and I have considered the idea of the Sierra Nevada limits pretty hard, and in terms of the lower edge on the western slope we're thinking the best...
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David Lukas
towhee@...
Feb 14, 1999 9:15 pm
Dear all, On Feb. 13, 1999, I observed an almost assuredly migrating (flew the typical migrant raptor flight pattern for this area) Peregrine Falcon. This was...
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Bruce Deuel
BDeuel@...
Feb 16, 1999 6:40 pm
Hi all, The kind of habitat David describes occurs in an almost continuous belt from the east side of the Sacramento Valley to the west side in the vicinity of...
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David Lukas
towhee@...
Feb 24, 1999 1:37 am
Very interesting bits of spring movement here in western Nevada County at 3000' First sandhill cranes of the year came over this afternoon, 4 groups totalling...
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BruWebb@...
Mar 1, 1999 12:17 am
On Saturday, Feb 27, 1999, I stopped to look in the off chance I might find Bohemian Waxwings at a place on the Martis Creek Wildlife Area where Bohemian...
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David Lukas
towhee@...
Mar 1, 1999 1:23 am
Dear all, I reported on the cranes and other migrants on Feb. 23 and I've been out every day since because the cranes continue to pass over. The spring ...
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Tavia Cathcart
towhee@...
Mar 2, 1999 1:26 am
Dear all, Today was a major day for migration in western Nevada Co. Clouds breaking up and I watched the movement of birds for 2.5 hours. Had a total of 1400...
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Martin Meyers
meyersm@...
Mar 2, 1999 5:20 am
When I first received the report of Bohemian Waxwings in Martis Valley, a month ago, I went out several times but was not successful in locating them. The guy...
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Tavia Cathcart
towhee@...
Mar 3, 1999 2:00 am
Dear all, Today we had 5266 cranes flying over! I'd guess that this was the main passage of birds and the numbers will now taper off, though we'll know more ...
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BruWebb@...
Mar 3, 1999 4:23 am
Friends: Now that David Lukas has opened a discussion about migration of raptors and cranes, let me relate what I saw today behind Worton's Market in...
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BruWebb@...
Mar 3, 1999 7:09 am
Re: Bohemian Waxwings at Martis Creek Wildlife Area. Today, Tuesday, March 02, 1999, Todd Easterla went to Martis and told me he saw about 100 Bohemians at 11...
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todtringa@...
Mar 7, 1999 6:24 am
Hello mountain people, Today at Lake almanor in Plumas county, I had an adult Western Gull(occidentalis) in alternate plumage. The bird was seen on the north...
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DixieBurk@...
Mar 10, 1999 2:13 am
Hi, all, Had my first Rufous Hummer of the spring, an adult male, at my feeder 6 miles south of Grass Valley. Good birding to all! Dixie Burkhart ... eGroup...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Mar 10, 1999 11:39 pm
Gee, nice job Bruce on setting up this new service. It makes me long for living in the Sierra again. There has already been some interesting discussion on...
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Ted Beedy
TedB@...
Mar 13, 1999 3:30 am
Sierra Birds Fans- Regarding Brian's suggestion that there are few Placer Co. records for migrating cranes, I have seen at least two large flocks of cranes...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Mar 17, 1999 4:50 pm
... From: Brian Williams <bwcal@...> To: Ted Beedy <TedB@...> Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [Mtn-birds] cranes ... consider...
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rwachs/r5_tahoe@...
Mar 19, 1999 10:07 pm
On March 17, I went to Little Oak Flat to conduct point counts for a study and witnessed at least 8,000-10,000 cranes migrating between 0615-0930 hrs.(It is...
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rwachs/r5_tahoe@...
Mar 19, 1999 11:10 pm
Today Deren Ross and I observed a pair (M & F) of Mountain Bluebirds at the U.S. Forest Service Seed Orchard. The Seed Orchard is located approx. 8 miles past...
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rccarl@...
Mar 25, 1999 1:52 am
Sunday, March 21, we found a pair of Rough-Legged Hawks in the northwest corner of Sierra Valley, North of the old steel bridge. We also saw a single Golden...
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themalls@...
Mar 27, 1999 7:52 pm
Walked from Rattlesnake Bar to Avery Pond, adjacent to the North Fork of the American River arm of Folsom Lake,in just under 2 hours. Forty-one species were...
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Tavia Cathcart
towhee@...
Apr 8, 1999 12:35 am
Dear All, Here's a couple new sightings of interest from the Nevada City area (3000' in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Nevada County). Peregrine Falcon...
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Tavia Cathcart
towhee@...
Apr 15, 1999 4:40 am
Dear all, Yesterday had a fantastic sighting of a migrating prairie falcon, a first spring record for Nevada County (according to Brian Williams' checklist). ...
