While birding Spenceville Wildlife Area on 1/9/01 I counted 21 Lewis Woodpeckers while driving from the corner of Long Ravine Road and Camp Far West Road to...
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Deren J. Ross
sparrow@...
Jan 14, 2001 4:18 am
Hello folks, Recent trips to the Valley and foothill areas of Western Placer County have delivered some great Birding. On Sunday,January 7th, the Sierra...
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Deren J. Ross
sparrow@...
Jan 14, 2001 4:24 am
Auburn Area Christmas Bird Count Results 'Twas the night before the Christmas Bird Count, when all through the house, not a birder was stirring, not even...
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Deren J. Ross
sparrow@...
Jan 14, 2001 3:27 pm
I still have the possible juvenile Trumpeter Swan seen at Lake Combie on the brain. In regard to my recent post, the Swans seen at East Catlett and Brewer Road...
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Deren J. Ross
sparrow@...
Jan 16, 2001 7:43 am
Hello Folks, Today, the ENT Doc, Birder Barry and myself found "the sky-born thorough-bred of the high Sierras" (Dawson,1923)- A male Mountain Bluebird. The...
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themalls@...
Jan 20, 2001 9:32 pm
At the Gold Run rest-stop on eastbound I-80, east of Colfax, there were 6 Barrow's Goldeneyes (3 males and 3 females) observed around 1030 hrs.. These birds...
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ERPfromCA@...
Jan 23, 2001 3:23 am
Today Rolf Mall and I visited the Yuba County Foothills. Nothing particularly noteworthy but some good county birds and a couple of birds that raise...
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ERPfromCA@...
Jan 23, 2001 3:37 am
Apolgies for the second message, but I forgot to mention that the two American Dipper I had found on Jan 9th are still present below the Hwy 20 bridge over...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Jan 23, 2001 4:48 am
I figured others besides Ed might be interested in some of his questions, so I have replied to all. See below.... Brian Williams ... From: <ERPfromCA@...>...
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ylightfoot@...
Jan 23, 2001 5:21 am
Ed, et al: I was about to respond to Ed's question's but Brian just beat me to it! I agree on all points, pretty much. Chestnut-backed Chickadees, like pretty...
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Rudy & Jeannie Darling
darling@...
Jan 24, 2001 5:37 am
Observations on Chestnut-backed chickadees and territoriality: One or two pairs nest on or near my property outside of Nevada City, including a pair in a nest...
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ylightfoot@...
Jan 24, 2001 6:25 am
Folks: Rudy pretty much has it correct on all counts (at least, his summary fits the literature on the subject, as summarized in California Wildlife, Vol. II, ...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Jan 24, 2001 6:12 pm
... From: Brian Williams <bwcal@...> To: <ylightfoot@...> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:03 AM Subject: TOWA...Re: [Mtn-birds] CBCH ... the ...
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ERPfromCA@...
Jan 26, 2001 5:07 pm
Lynn Frink pointed out to me that my directions to the Dipper spot in Yuba County was incorrect. The site is NOT on Hwy 20 but on E20 or Marysville Road....
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Steve Hampton
shampton@...
Jan 26, 2001 10:18 pm
We have the occasional Townsend's Warbler in Yolo Co in winter, but not annually. I had one in winter at 5,000 ft + near Arnold a few years ago. Steve Hampton...
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LMAC
libertymac@...
Jan 29, 2001 9:54 pm
Thanks to directions posted by Ed Pandolfino, we drove up to the American Dipper sighting spot in Yuba County yesterday. We got great looks by scope from the...
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Rudy & Jeannie Darling
darling@...
Feb 8, 2001 2:57 am
Hello all, Tim Manolis said I must live a charmed life (referring to Grass Valley's CBC records of Townsend's Warblers not raising the eyebrows or regional...
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Bruce Deuel
bdeuel@...
Feb 8, 2001 4:14 pm
On rare occasions Spotted Owls wander all the way to the valley floor. There have been birds found in Chico and Sacramento within my memory. Cheers, Bruce ... ...
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David Lukas
towhee@...
Feb 8, 2001 7:21 pm
Here on San Juan Ridge, just north of Nevada City, we have several pairs of Spotted Owls living at or below 3000', and certainly there's pockets of suitable...
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Deren J. Ross
sparrow@...
Feb 13, 2001 11:47 pm
Nature Hello Folks, Yesterday, I heard from Roger Strahle at Wild bird Station that Evening Grosbeaks were being seen in Auburn. So this morning I spent a few...
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Deren J. Ross
sparrow@...
Feb 17, 2001 8:14 pm
Hello folks, Today, in Auburn, I had a female Cassin's Finch at my bird feeder and a few days ago, when the Evening Grosbeaks came into the feeder for some...
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Deren J. Ross
sparrow@...
Feb 17, 2001 9:42 pm
Correction on the date for the previous post regarding Cassin's Finches: Saturday, February 17, 2001. Now, I will have to put the crystal ball away. Deren...
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David Lukas
towhee@...
Feb 24, 2001 2:31 am
Dear all, For the second year in the row, the spring raptor migration started with a northbound adult Bald Eagle. Also had a dark Merlin hunting around the ...
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Joan A. Jernegan
jjernegan@...
Feb 25, 2001 8:12 pm
We had five Evening Grosbeaks show up at our home birdfeeder (to eat oil sunflower seeds) this morning (Sunday Feb 25) . Four spectacular males and one...
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Gretchen Ziegler
gzig@...
Feb 26, 2001 4:11 am
Litchfield Sage Grouse lek. I'm planning a trip to this lek near Susanville on 4/7/2001. Do you know if they will still be there? Gretchen Ziegler and/or...
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Bruce Webb
BruWebb@...
Feb 26, 2001 9:17 am
On Mid-March 1997, we had 15 at the well known lek on the SE slope of Schaffer Peak. In fact, we could see them from Highway 395 with a spotting scope. My...
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Richard C Carlson
rccarl@...
Feb 26, 2001 11:17 pm
Last Tuesday , March 20, we had a pair of Pine Grosbeaks at our cabin at 6700 ft above Tahoe City. I hope they discover my feeders. No Siskins and no Evening...
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Marya Miller
maryamil@...
Feb 27, 2001 12:22 am
Hi All, About noon today I watched and listened to 6 RSHAs soaring, swooping, chasing and screaming over a field behind the new Penn Valley post office. All 6...
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John Lace
jozyme@...
Feb 28, 2001 1:45 am
I have seen Red-shoulders in that area last year. One flew right in front of my vehicle when I was heading east on rte/ 20 one time. John Lace ... From: Marya...
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Rudy & Jeannie Darling
darling@...
Mar 8, 2001 4:43 am
Today, March 7, a flock of 250 - 300 sandhill cranes spiralled upward over downtown Grass Valley for 20 - 30 minutes, gaining altitude before heading off in a...
