Hello all- I My wife (a tolerant non-birder) and I will be visiting the Bay Area/Yosemite from March 11th-19th. Our itinery is as follows: March 11th - arrive...
At 2 p.m. today I heard but did not see SANDHILL CRANES overhead. I have records of them migrating north in late February and early March in previous years,...
March 1, 2006 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The winter season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Middle ...
Dear Birders, The recent dusting of snow brought an immature or tan-morph White- throated Sparrow to the ground seed beyond my patio. Although the snow has...
sorry, but I previously forwarded an email that had this information below as an attachment...and that attachment didn't go through the listserves.... John...
On Feb 25 I stopped at D'Augustini Reservoir on Mt Aukum Rd. I saw my first of the year flock of 40-50 TREE SWALLOWS. This is normally a very birdie spot, but...
Hello Birders! I am brand new at this so I'm a little over excited! On my way out to Pyramid Lake Sat. Mar 4, a huge Ferruginous Hawk flew in front of me and...
OK, now that I have your attention, I need to tell you all that this bird was present only one day, Feb 8, and seen only by the finders. Luckily, they got some...
Yesterday afternoon I heard a VARIED THRUSH at our neighbor's house. Frank J. Severson 11 miles north of Placerville, at 3000 feet elevation, in the Yellow ...
2 inches of wet snow this am in Sutter Creek, 1200ft,Amador Co. 50 Robins, 10 Flickers, 20 Cedar Waxwings and 12 Brewer's Blackbirds looking miserable in...
Hi, all, I am new to this area, having been here about a year. This winter I have noticed a bird--just one--who frequents our suet feeders. He is between a...
Marian Jacobs
utex1972@...
Mar 12, 2006 7:54 am
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Hi Marian and All. I am assuming the bird has a brown back since you compare it with a meadowlark. The bird sounds like a NORTHERN FLICKER. This species is...
From Tim Steurer: Today (Sunday), I refound the Eurasian Wigeon on a large pond off Underwood Rd. From Hwy 124, take the Sutter Creek-Ione Rd going east....
Hi, This morning the Lake Wildwood (Penn Valley, Nevada County) WWTP was invaded by a mixed-species flock of swallows. The majority (at least 25) were Tree...
I woke up to find a pair of Hooded Mergansers on my pond this morning near Grizzly Flat Rd and Steely Ridge Rd. I saw a pair about 3 miles down the road...
Hi - I am new to this group -- I live in Amador Pines at about the 4000 foot level. Last weekend during the height of the snowstorm, we had a varied thrush...
Dear Birders, Today's break in the weather presented a good opportunity for migrating raptors to make some forward progress before the next round of storms. At...
Home from work this afternoon, spotted a female Rufous hummer working over my blooming Pink-flowering Currant (Ribes Sanguineum). Surprising that it was a...
On the March 22nd, I saw the Sage Thrasher on a large bark-less log on the NW side of White Rock Road downhill just across the small bridge that is a couple of...
Mon 27 Mar.'06 Alpine County Today at 5:17 PM the first Anna's Hummingbird of the year showed up at my feeder located 1 mile above Markleeville, approx...
This lek is on Shafer Mtn east of Susanville. I'm planning a trip for the second weekend in April. Is anything out of the ordinary or notable around? Elias ...
I saw a Rufous Hummingbird feeding on the manzanita blossoms yesterday. It turned into the light just perfectly so I could see its bright rufous back. Location...
Hi all, Lake-of-the-Pines WWTP (Nevada County) ponds strike again. Today our Sierra Foothills Audubon field trip to the LOP WWTP found 4 very tame American...
When I was last in Susanville in April 2004, I had a phone conversation with the manager of the above treatment plant. He told me that he would soon be...
First Bullock's Oriole at about 10am this morning at my yard, Sutter Creek,Amador Co. (1200ft.) . A male that stopped to check out sunflower feeder and...
Elias and others: Randy O'Hern, 530-257-5665, is the General Manager of the Susanville Consolidated Sanitary District, office at 45 S. Roop Street in ...