Hello all, Below is a reminder that the summer season for North American Birds is over. As usual, our apologies for those of you receiving this message from...
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martin@...
Aug 4, 2008 10:49 pm
I spent a couple of hours at Tahoe Keys (East Cove) today and was rewarded with a very nice assortment of birds. At least eight BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS were a...
Hi Birders, I just returned from a few days in the mountains. Only shorebirds that I could find in Alpine where a few Killdeer and 2 Least Sandpipers at...
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martin@...
Aug 19, 2008 11:51 pm
Went up to the Alder Creek arm of Prosser today (Ed Pandolfino suggested checking it for shorebirds.) Not much in the way of shorebirds this day (lots of...
Hello all, At the urging of Ed Pandolfino, I am posting this. I am still a bit gun-shy after my fiasco with the Stilt Sandpiper that turned out to be a...
Phil Robertson and I found three Sanderlings at Lake Forest, north end Lake Tahoe (at the south end of Bristlecone Street) this morning. Mark Aring re-found...
Greetings fellow birders, Several groups of people came to see the RT Hummingbird today and all went away happy. New photos have been added to the website by...
Just received a phone call from Bruce Deuel. The adult male Ruby-throated Hummingbird is still there at Rudy Darling's house in Nevada City, Nevada County....
This is a 'heads up' to let people know that the field trips and workshops at the Western Field Ornithologists meeting in San Mateo Oct 9-12 are starting to...
Hello all, Ted Beedy called just before 2:00 to say that the RT Hummingbird is still coming to my feeder, and is just as skittish as ever. So far, to the best...
Dear Birders, Just made the Placer-Nevada County Loop for the Snowy Plover found by Dennis Cavallo this morning at Lake Forest(North Tahoe)and later stopped by...
Made the run up to Rudy Darling's house near Nevada City this morning with my fingers crossed. Fortunately, the adult male RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD had...
Hello all, Yes, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird again appeared for day six of its stay in Nevada City. About 10 birders got looks at it. We have ascertained...
Below are some highlights from the 28th annual Golden Gate Audubon backpacking trip to Snag Lake, led by David Rice and Robin Pulich Aug 22-25. 74 speicies...
Greetings, The Ruby-throated Hummingbird was still here today (Friday) and was seen by most everyone as far as I could tell, except for one unlucky local...
Good morning, Just a quick not to say that we have seen the RT Hummingbird several times already today, Saturday. Rudy and a host of other birders [Non-text...
Birders: Yesterday I was the first to arrive at 8:40 AM. I am not aware of observations for today, 31 August 2008, but would expect/hope that sightings ...
Yes, it's still here on Sunday, Aug. 31. My wife first saw it around 6:30 AM. It was perched by the feeder and was chasing away other hummers. It was seen...
Hello all, Today I tore myself away from the Ruby-throated Hummingbird to go with Brian O'Connor and Barney Kroeger to the Truckee area to see what has flown...
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martin@...
Sep 1, 2008 1:20 am
Alan Wallace of Reno asked me to forward this to the Sierra Nevada list. ... While exploring old logging roads just northeast of Jackson Meadow Reservoir in...
Hi, It's almost 11:00 Monday morning and the Ruby-throat has not yet appeared. We suspect it rode the cold front out of town. If it shows up later, I'll post...
This morning, I observed the following birds in the canopy of one large Incense Cedar: 4-5 MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE, 2 BROWN CREEPER, 1 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, 1...
First and foremost, let me forward an email from Deren Ross, who (FINALLY!!) found a Lake Tahoe Franklin's Gull this morning- "I arrived at Lake Forest at...
This morning Deren Ross, Dennis Cavallo and I visited Lake Forest at the north end of Lake Tahoe (at the south end of Bristlecone St.). The Franklin's Gull...
We were having a nice morning at Lake Forest when I heard my favorite high-pitched squeek: A Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher. I've never seen one before at Tahoe. He...
Hello all, Today, Monday, Brian O'Connor found a juvenile Western Sandpiper at the Lake-of-the-Pines WWTP (Western Nevada County) in the pond by the front gate...
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Ryan Phillips
harpiabz@...
Sep 9, 2008 7:27 am
Hi Everyone, Shorebird habitat at the Upper Truckee River mouth is unreal. I have never seen the water so low allowing for great shorebirding. I spent only...
I am heading to the area this weekend (staying in Incline Village) and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on where to look for Pine Grosbeaks. Thank...
Kevin and others: From the trailhead at Mt Rose Summit, along the Mt. Rose Highway #431. I have hiked to the waterfall (a few miles) and have seen them in...
