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). ...
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themalls@...
Apr 16, 1999 6:01 am
Birded from Mile 2 to Mile 20 (Elevation about 4300 ft.) on April 12, 1999. This was my first trip into this area so I generally stopped every 2 miles as a...
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bruwebb@...
Apr 16, 1999 6:23 am
Greetings: sierra-nevadabirds@egroups.com has just started a Chatroom environment It is in an early (Beta) stage of development. To enter it and do live-talk...
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bruwebb@...
Apr 16, 1999 7:38 am
On April 15, I spent a couple of hours watching hawks migrating north behind Worton's Market in the town of Foresthill in Placer County, California. I have...
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bruwebb@...
Apr 16, 1999 11:03 pm
Hello all: April 15, 1999 behind Worton's Market in the town of Foresthill, Placer County, California. The day was warm, with a fairly strong breeze I arrived...
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Tavia Cathcart
towhee@...
Apr 16, 1999 11:23 pm
Dear all, I am pleased that another great raptor viewing site has been located by Bruce Webb. He had some good sightings yesterday. I'm surprised a bit ...
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skua@...
Apr 30, 1999 1:45 pm
Hello all, Thursday, 4/29, Bruce Webb and I birded Martis Creek and vicinity. Highlights included 3 (yes, 3!!!) GOSHAWKS (2 imm., 1 ad), 3 BALD EAGLES (2...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 5, 1999 4:48 am
Many of you have seen this before months ago, but I am again soliciting volunteers for a Purple Martin search near Wolf Mountain in Nevada County. For a little...
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DixieBurk@...
May 6, 1999 11:41 pm
Hi there, This is my first post to the list, but I have been following it with interest since it's inception. I live at about 2000 feet elevation about 6 miles...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 11, 1999 4:39 am
I was up near Strawberry (Yuba County) on 5/8 and hardly found a thing. There were a few stops I made in nice looking forest and found absolutely ZILCH. I...
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bruwebb@...
May 11, 1999 2:28 pm
As for the timing of migration in the mountains, on Sunday evening/Monday morning (May 9-10, 1999) I spent several hours listening for owls along Mosquito...
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Sgloverccc@...
May 17, 1999 10:17 pm
Hello Sierra birders and county listers, On Sunday we birded some areas in Placer Co. since my list was looking rather pathetic at 123. I ended up adding 36...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
May 19, 1999 5:52 am
Sierra birders and county listers. Thanks to Steve Glover and friends for notifying us about the Black-chinned Sparrow. This morning, both Steve Abbott and I,...
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bruwebb@...
May 22, 1999 6:12 pm
I visited Grouse Falls on Friday morning May 21, 1999 after owling on Mosquito Ridge Road. On the drive to Grouse Falls, along Peavine Road, I saw 2 Pileated...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
May 22, 1999 7:18 pm
Flammulated Owls along Mosquito Ridge Road -- evening of May 20-21, 1999 There is good news and bad news. The good news is that Flammulated Owls are calling...
