August 1, 2005 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The brief sumer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the...
Please note my address change for reporting birds from Alpine, Calaversas and Modoc counties. I no longer work at Jones & Stokes, but work for HT Harvey &...
After my last forwarded note regarding breeding Buffleheads in Placer, I got this from Keith Slauson: "While working in the west side of the Tahoe Basin last...
We found a whole family of Buffleheads in the pond in the valley East of Carson Pass last week. That's Alpine County. Dick Richard Carlson Full-time Birder,...
We spent the weekend in the Ruby Mtns. We miised the Island lake Snowcock but saw several Chukar & many other birds. Sat: Hiked to Island Lake Wildflowers...
Our resident Blue Grouse spent most of the morning in the yard. A visiting New Yorker came over and had a quick life-bird. Dick Richard Carlson Full-time...
Recently I've noticed several posts about Buffleheads, so I thought I'd mention that Jan Hintermeister & I saw some in Lassen Volcanic National Park last...
Two Grouse morning starting at 6:30 today. I guess they're making up for no Grouse yesterday. Right now, they're both sitting motionless in the front yard ...
I spent all morning following our resident Blue Grouse. ( We call her Gracie). Grouse are hard to find but easy to follow. The bird is very tame, and ...
We're leaving our well-fed, contented Tahoe Blue Grouse for a few weeks. Any Reno-Tahoe birder willing to feed them occasionally? A cup of sparrow food a few...
I try to visit the Truckee River Marsh a few times each summer, hunting for phalarope nests and rails, seeing who's around in general, and intermittently...
This entire year has been very different from previous years. Sparrows, usually plentiful have been scarce to nonexistent and birds that I have rarely if ever...
I suppose that I've scrutinized a few hundred "Solitary Vireos" in the Tahoe Basin by now, always carefully checking for a possible Plumbeous. I've had quite a...
Today Frances Oliver and I birdied parts of Nevada, Sierra, El Dorado and Alpine Counties. By far the highlight was a Sage Thrasher in El Dorado County at...
The Northern Phalarope that John Luther reported is the first record for Calaveras County according to records kept by Penelope Bowen and me. Great find! John...
Sorry about that....I used the "old" name that really doesn't seem to be that "old". Red-necked Phalarope is the bird that I was referring to.... John...
Greetings, I will be arriving in Reno and driving to Stateline on Friday for a week's stay. I will also be driving down to Twain Harte for a 2-day visit to see...
Hi all, Last week, I did some birding around Soda Springs. Some notables include an juvenile AMERICAN PELICAN on Van Norden Lake (been there at least a week),...
At 9:15 a.m., my wife found a male dark-eyed junco with wholly white tail feathers. He appears to only have two tail feathers, so it's likely that he has...
I get ones like that at my feeder in Nevada City as well and have always assumed that it was due to molting. They are pretty eye-catching, though. Rudy...
An immature Cooper's Hawk was seen this morning around 8:45 on the left hand side walking towards the lake in a small jeffery pine. It let me observe for a...
Folks, A year to the day since Todd Easterla found a Lark Bunting at S Lake, our Sacramento Audubon group found one at Upper Truckee Marsh at ~ 9am. I'm not...
I just returned from 5 days at Tioga Lake (elev 9,800 ft), with some hiking around there. Frost every night. MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLERS still present, and DUSKY...
A few highlights and thoughts from recent outings around Tahoe: 8/17 - Imm. Red-shouldered Hawk at Pope's Marsh (standard really, but the first one I've seen...
This morning at 7:30 along taylor creek at the forest service visitor center I got a decent look at what appeared to be a Yellow-breasted Chat. I was just...
Hi, I just got a report from Dennis Biladeau, lead operator at the Lake-of-the-Pines wastewater plant (between Grass Valley and Auburn), Nevada County that he...
Not long after I sent the Yellow-headed Blackbird report, I got another call that there were 4 Black-necked Stilts at the Lake-of-the-Pines WWTP. They were in...
Folks, I've posted a couple of additional photos of the Lark Bunting. These were taken by Jeff Robinson. One in particular is of excellent quality. The...
The first Common Terns of the fall (4 of them) were at Lake Forest yesterday. Not too much else of interest to report. We need a break in the "nice" weather....
Today there was a Red-necked Phalarope (found by Rudy Darling) at the Lake of the Pines Wastewater Treatment Plant near Grass Valley in Nevada County. To get...
