Hi Everyone, Does anyone know of recent breeding records for Redhead for the Sierra or adjoining Great Basin in the Lake Tahoe vicinity? I know they breed to...
Frances Oliver and I birded Nevada County yesterday (June 3). We covered most of the habitats from the oak savannahs of Perimeter Road/Spenceville, through...
Birders: Yesterday, 4 June 2005) Rick Skehen of Manteca, and David Coursey and Elionora Bjuhr of Tracy joined me on a rather abbreviated trip in my pursuit of...
I don't know what the current status of Black Tern is in Sierra Valley. A single bird foraged over a pond on the north side of Hwy 49 just west of Sierraville...
I only had one Black Tern in the valley last week over 1.5 days of searching. It was also in the southern end of the valley in Sierra County. Also, no...
I haven't seen a Black Tern in Sierra Valley in at least a decade. Nothing like lots of water to help the birds! Dick Richard Carlson Full-time Birder, Biker...
Hi All, Black Terns were rather common in Sierra Valley back in the late 1970's and early 1980's. Good Birding, Doug Shaw Santa Rosa, CA ... From: Richard...
In previous years I have seen several Forster's Terns on Marble Hot Springs Road and they appeared to be nesting in the area, although I did not see any nests....
Hi all, Since John mentioned Forster's Terns, I am wondering what their status is in Sierra Valley. I had an adult carrying a fish south over the bridge at...
Hi, Today I saw my first fall migrant of the year, a male Rufous Hummingbird, and spring isn't even officially over yet. Seconds after finishing a point count...
I saw a Vaux's Swift this morning at the Donner Camp site off 89. Migration should be over so maybe we have a few residents??? Dick Richard Carlson Full-time...
Hi, After looking at a map more closely, I now reallize that the Rufous Hummingbird I reported earlier was just a few miles north of the Tehama Co line in...
Bandtails are supposed to eat mainly acorns. There are no or close to no oaks in the Tahoe area. So why do we have so many Band-tailed Pigeons? There is a ...
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Hi! I'm a Swedish birder who're going to bird the Yosemite-area the first week of July this year. I have a couple of target birds in the area that I really...
Birds of North America account: FEEDING Main foods taken Vegetarian; ≥98% of food items and volume; principally grain seeds, fruit, acorns, pine nuts,...
Back in the days when I used to go to Reno every March for the Pacific Flyway meetings we'd see flocks of Band-tails frequently, feeding on spilled grain at...
Birded in the ran today. Sierra valley is lovely, wet, and full of flowers. Found Lewis's Woddpeckers just south of Loyalton where the pavement ends. Steel...
Lake Forest had a Black-necked Stilt today and Blackwood Canyon had several Vaux's Swifts. I'm starting to suspect that the swifts were here every year....
Five of us just returned on Thursday from Sierra Valley & Yuba Pass Campground area. We were keeping an eye open for Black Tern but didn't see any. We did...
Hi, Here are some of the point count results from southeastern Shasta county. These counts have been located on pvt property west of Darrah Fish Hatchery on...
Just upstream from this location in the Blue Oak belt, I found Vaux's Swifts in previous years during the breeding season. I felt that they were probably...
Spent the morning at Sierra Valley getting ready for my BBS route. My "Miracle rail" spot was miraculous once again. I saw two adult Virginai Rails with at...
Hi All, Has anyone been up Mosquito Ridge Road owling this season? Is there still snow, or is it open? Anyone seen a Flammulated or Saw-whet owl? Thanks, ...
Heard a willow flycaatcher at dawn just south of Sattley in Sierra Valley. Unfortunately a mile south of the start of my BBS. Dick Richard Carlson Full-time...
Greetings Dick, We'll be heading up to Plumas/Sierra Cos. next week; and, I would like more specific directions for where you heard the Willow Flycatcher...
This morning I visited the W. end of Stampede Reservoir (end of Sagehen Creek) The birding was very good. On the way in at mile 1.5 on FS road 886-18, I had...
4 long-billed Curlew were hanging out at the Tahoe Keys marina sand bars today. Dick Richard Carlson Full-time Birder, Biker and Rotarian Part-time Economist ...
Blackwood canyon had a pair of Willow flycatchers in the first large willow patch on the left this morning. Two birds were singing. Is that one pair or two?? ...
