Hello all, The Grass Valley CBC was held Sat. Dec. 30. The preliminary total of 110 species, the second highest of our 13 years, and well above our average of...
Today I birded in the western portion of Nevada Co with no exceptional finds. The number of Canada Geese seemed many more than I remember last year, but no...
On Saturday 12/30 I and my two birding companions participated in the Grass Valley CBC by counting birds in Nevada City, Nevada County, east of Hwy 49. I have...
Dear Birders, Today, Jay Sheets and I decided to make observations of the roosting hawks and ravens in Sierra Valley during a snow storm. Snowplows were...
Hi Deren and All During our Kern River Valley CBC, we had 4 teams counting ravens in active roosts (more roosts are in the area, just didn't have enough teams...
Dear Birders, With the clear, cold and crisp day that was sure to follow yesterdays storm, I made sure to put an ample amount of bird seed last night. This...
Warm and quiet at the North end of Fallen Leaf Lake 10:30 am to 12:30pm. Photographers delight. Not enough snow to ski in. Observed or heard: Coyote Chickoree ...
Susan Stevenson
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Folks, Jerry Marinovich and Barbara Mohr cautiously reported two adult male Black-chinned Hummingbirds on the Folsom CBC (12/31/06) from a private residence in...
Folks, I love the scientific process. A claim is made; the claim is reviewed; eventually we get to the truth (or closer to the truth). It's not perfect, but...
Hi all, On Sunday the 7th I headed up to western Nevada County. At 194 it was my lowest county but I had some goods leads from Rudy Darling and Frances Oliver....
Folks, Yesterday, Walt Carnahan and I co-led our Sierra Foothills Audubon annual raptor trip to Sierra Valley despite the freezing tempurature of 7 degrees F....
Folks, Today after hearing about a unconfirmed report of a Hoary Redpoll seen yesterday at Cedar Ridge and a unconfirmed report of a Common Redpoll at Lake of...
I thought I sent this post Sunday, but I still see no post, so I'm re- sending. I observed in the neighborhood of 8-12 male and female Barrow's on Lake Alta...
Dear Birders, While Jay and I wind down our Sierra Valley raptors survey (last one next week), we have started the winter-spring raptor migration survey from...
Dear SN Birders, I just recieved and want to pass on this information from Bill Lynch, President for Turkey Vulture Society Researchers at Hawk Mountain...
... From: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Luther Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:05 AM To: central sierra birds;...
Thanks to a generous contribution from Gary Woods, a photo of this bird may be viewed at: http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/gallery.htm Enjoy! ... -- Joseph Morlan,...
I found the bird yesterday (Saturday) but having never seen a Smew before, I actually convinced myself it was a weird albino. My Sibley does not have Smew in...
Posted a photo of the Sonora Smew on Sierra Nevada Birds group website under the "Waterfowl " file. Hope it shows-up, and doesn't turn out to be my Uncle...
Dear Birders, Dennis Cavallo and I made the run for the Smew today. I had reservations about the bird but the dicussions, great photos, and the fact that it...
Posted a rather late photo of the Calaveras Co. Eurasian Wigeon that was at the pond at Watertown Rd. and Campo Seco Rd. near Valley Springs on Sierra Nevada...
Dear Birders, Yesterday, Jay and I conducted our monthly raptor survey in Sierra Valley. The recent freeze has turned most of the green winter grasses to a...
I have been trying to post all week and my server is having fits. This is a redo of what I tried to post last night. The Smew showed up yesterday (Thursday) at...
Greetings Birders of Central Valley and Sierra-Mountains, Below is a belated report that's prompted by the response I gave earlier to the Birder from Idaho....
Dear Birders, Today, Mark Jeter and I observed a Prairie Falcon in the Cool-Cave Quarry on the Middle Fork of the American River and East of Auburn. This was...
Dear Sierra Nevada birders It is hard not to notice the new tagline [SierraNevadaBirds] on your subject line. I replaced the shorter tagline [Mtn-birds] for a...
Dear Birders, It appears,once again, that I may not have been exactly on target with regard to the Prairie Falcon in migration. For today, I refound the...
I'm sure Deren has already considered it, but nesting should be considered there as well. There are other falcon nest sites, seemingly remote from suitable...
Seen yesterday, in my yard in Auburn, a hermit thrush. It sat on the fence and listened to another hermit thrush, singing in the distance, perhaps from the...
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