August 1, 2006 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The brief summer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the...
This morning I was up in the aspens at Marlette Lake (on the NV side of Tahoe), and the place was absolutely hopping with recent fledglings, post-breeding...
Early August doldrums. A day-trip to Alpine yielded few good birds: - Juvie Red Crossbill (trail off Carson Pass, where Frog Pond branches off of the main...
Our Lake Tahoe Sooty (formerly Blue) Grouse flock appears to have successfully raised its young and has gotten modestly predictable. If anyone wants to see or...
I note that the Ruffed Grouse doesn't appear on the county list for either Lassen or Plumas counties, but I've seen one twice in the past week in an Aspen...
Hi all, This evening I stopped by the Lake-of-the-Pines wastewater ponds on my way home from Auburn. The ponds have been drawn down, exposing a lot of...
Hello all, In my excitement about the "Stilt Sandpiper" I neglected to notice the white on the face, noticing only the white eyebrow. I should have gone with...
We have agreed to help a local nature center (Coloma/Placerville) with an interpretive display on birds that migrate short distances. We could use some help...
My family decided to spend a short vacation in Sierra City and environs. While this was not a birding trip exactly(sigh), I did take notes from others' Yuba...
Rita Carratello & I enjoyed some fine montane weather in ALP, ED, PLA, and NEV over the period 12-15 August. We worked rather hard at adding birds around South...
This morning I watched a kite mobbing a juvenile red tail hawk. Have never seen this behavior before. I watched this continue for about twenty minutes before...
Again, I was looking for Black-backed Woodpecker today, following up on Don Roberson's sighting of an adult male and fledgling on 08/17. While I didn't find...
Hi All, No, I did not make it to Alpine Co after Madera Co today. I was just birding the Madera Sewage ponds today where I found the continuing Willet and...
John Sterling just called to report 3 juv SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS (1st county record!), 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, and a GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Mudd Lake Sewage...
yesterday, 8/24/06 I saw an American Dipper under the bridge that spans the middle fork of the Cosumnes River on Mt. Aukum Rd. The only other bird the...
I don't know if technically Mono Lake falls under the Sierra Nevada birds group; however, I visited the lake over the weekend and Wilson's & Red-necked...
Hello mountain birders, I returned last week from 11 days hiking on the JMT from Tuolumne Meadows down to Whitney Portal. While the need to minimize pack...
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Will Wilson
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Aug 31, 2006 6:14 am
Today, August 30th, my wife and I observed 3 Black-backed Woodpeckers at close range from 12:30 until 12:45 in a burn-area along the trail connecting the Sugar...
I moved to Stateline today from Portland, OR and I was over at Pope Beach on Lake Tahoe this evening. I was surprised to see a black turnstone strolling down...
To answer Kirk's question, that's a first Tahoe basin record, and I believe a 1st El Dorado Co. record too. I didn't turn on my computer until rather late...
Just back from kayaking in Mono Lake, where yesterday (Friday, 9/1), my wife and I had point-blank views of both Sabine's Gull and Parasitic Jaeger at the...
While hiking at Mr. Lassen yesterday, we nearly stepped on 5 of the most unafraid ground birds I've ever run across. I've never seen these particular birds...
I've tried reposting my pics, but many have informed me that sharp tailed are no longer in California. It seems I saw some female and immature sooty grouse....
This afternoon at about 5pm, I had a HY Black-throated Sparrow in a patch of sage just north of the parking lot for Kiva Beach (Tallac Point) near South Lake...
Does anyone know if the Gray Catbird that was in Susanville in July was seen after July 17? I'm trying to determine the last day it was seen. Ed Pandolfino ...
John Ranlett just called to say there were three Common Terns this afternoon at Eagle Lake in Lassen County. The birds were easily seen from the fishing pier...
Just posted 2 photos from Mono Lake from 8/27. One is of a Brewer's Sparrow;dozens around the Visitor's Center in the sagebrush. Note the white-eye ring and...
After the heat wave the birding got real dull here. Now I am seeing some birds trickle through the yard. I had 2 BEWICKS WREN scolding me and the cat the...
I've been spending so much time at Sequoia Lake this summer, that I haven't had time to chase any of the good birds at Madera Sewer Ponds or at the Fresno...
From 8-10 September, Brian Gibson and I hiked to the headwaters of the North Fork of the San Joaquin River, from Granite Creek to Twin Island Lakes, ~35 miles...
