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...
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John Lace
jozyme@...
Mar 8, 2001 5:38 am
I heard this same flock of Sandhill Cranes this afternoon from the SPD area on Zion Street in Nevada City. I did not seem them through the pines but their...
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ylightfoot@...
Mar 8, 2001 4:08 pm
Folks: In his recent posting to CVBirds concerning the continuing presence of a Ruff and a Reeve at the Vic Fazio Wildlife Area in the Yolo Bypass on March 7, ...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Mar 9, 2001 11:08 pm
Marya - That is great RSHA country and it sounds like what you saw was a territorial boundary dispute. Birds are on nests now. A three-pair dispute seems...
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brianoconnor@...
Mar 12, 2001 12:25 am
This afternoon a large flock of Sandhill Cranes 40+, and a smaller flock of 9 Cranes were flying high above Wolf Creek in Southern Nevada County. I watched...
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Rudy & Jeannie Darling
darling@...
Mar 13, 2001 3:46 am
Hi all, Two items and a plea for input. First, a follow-up to earlier discussions of Chestnut-backed Chickadees. Here at 3000 feet, "our" CBCH's are looking...
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Bruce Webb
BruWebb@...
Mar 13, 2001 5:54 am
Rudy and others: Judging what species of owl someone's verbal description is always tricky. But, at this time of year, Flammulated Owls, being insectivorous,...
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GWPOTT@...
Mar 13, 2001 7:42 am
I agree with Bruce that it is much too early for Flammulated Owl in the Sierra Nevada. My earliest record for Sequoia Lake/Grant Grove (Fresno Co./Tulare Co....
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Mar 13, 2001 5:36 pm
Rudy - 'Tis true - no FLOW until Spring (late April at the earliest). LEOW compete for one of the least known of all birds in N California. I believe they...
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David Lukas
towhee@...
Mar 13, 2001 10:13 pm
Hi all, I had a question about the I.D. of a single flock of white geese. Given a group of individuals all the same size, is it possible to identify them as...
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Joe Meyer
webermeyer@...
Mar 14, 2001 7:32 am
I occasionally see people using 4-letter codes for birds, on this mailing list and others. For instance, Wilson's Warbler would be WIWA, Spotted Owl would be...
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Michael R Hannisian
mrhesq@...
Mar 14, 2001 12:04 pm
Joe They're codes developed by the bird banding lab. Essentially, for birds with two names (e.g.: American Roboin), they are the first two letters of name...
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Mark W. Eaton
mweaton@...
Mar 14, 2001 3:36 pm
All the BBL codes, including collisions, can be found at: http://www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/BBLCode.html Mark ... -- Mark Eaton mailto:mweaton@......
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Bruce Webb
BruWebb@...
Mar 14, 2001 4:10 pm
Friends: I am cross-posting this to both CVBirds and Mtn-Birds listservs since this pertains to both audiences. ... From: Joe Meyer <webermeyer@...> ...
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Bruce Deuel
bdeuel@...
Mar 15, 2001 6:12 pm
Hi all, I've been using the 4-letter codes in all my field notes, databases, etc. since 1986. Because the banding office codes produce so many collisions, a...
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Ken Brunges
fulica@...
Mar 15, 2001 6:22 pm
The following was also posted on central-sierra-birds today. Saw the migrating vultures again last evening when I was out walking the dogs. My vantage point is...
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Rudy & Jeannie Darling
darling@...
Mar 19, 2001 7:11 am
Hello again, Bruce Webb and I went back out to Perimeter Road to try to track down the owl that evidence points to being a Long-Eared Owl. It couldn't be...
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John Lace
jozyme@...
Mar 20, 2001 4:07 am
I had an enjoyable jaunt into the Central Valley on Mon 3/12. highlights include: Bald Eagle - just W of corner of Matthews and Ramirez roads Several hundred...
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John Lace
jozyme@...
Mar 20, 2001 4:10 am
I had an enjoyable jaunt into the Central Valley on Mon 3/12. highlights include: Bald Eagle - just W of corner of Matthews and Ramirez roads Several hundred...
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zach smith
zsgavilan@...
Mar 23, 2001 6:27 am
howdy all, just a few sightings to pass on. 3/20: Martis valley, Truckee song sparrows, many singing and acting 'nesty.' no nest-building yet. tree swallows,...
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brianoconnor@...
Mar 25, 2001 12:11 am
Hi Folks, This afternoon, My Wife And I were delighted to watch a lone male Bullock's Oriole refuel at our Oriole feeder. I've been feeding...
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ERPfromCA@...
Mar 25, 2001 2:42 am
Brian, here in Loomis (just south of Auburn) our first BUOR arrived Mar 22 this year, Mar 27 last year and Mar 25 the year before. I am curious to know the...
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ERPfromCA@...
Mar 26, 2001 1:41 am
First Hooded Oriole of the season showed up here (Loomis, CA--Placer County) today. This is my earliest HOOR here. First dates were 3/31 last year and 4/13...
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Mark W. Eaton
mweaton@...
Mar 26, 2001 6:16 am
... Curiously, the HOOR are very late on the coast (in fact, they haven't yet shown up in San Francisco). Any guesses as to why? Mark -- Mark Eaton ...
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sgloverccc@...
Mar 27, 2001 7:39 pm
Hi everyone, On Sunday, 3/25, Luke Cole, John Luther and I hade the trek to Sierra and Nevada Counties. There wasn't a lot in the way of rare birds, the...
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zach smith
zsgavilan@...
Mar 30, 2001 12:01 pm
friends, i had a question for any and all. last summer i found a white-breasted nuthatch nest in a cliff face at deadman's summit north of mammoth. has anyone...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Mar 30, 2001 8:21 pm
Ed Pandolfino & I birded a similar area east side area on 3/27. We didn't find any dabblers at all on Boca or Stampede, but we didn't visit the north shore of...
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Bruce Webb
BruWebb@...
Apr 2, 2001 4:11 am
To learn what owls might be calling following this recent stretch of warm weather, I ventured up Mosquito Ridge Road (out of Foresthill in Placer County) last...
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zach smith
zsgavilan@...
Apr 4, 2001 6:29 pm
a few birds have been trickling into the truckee area in the past couple weeks martis cr. wildlife area 3/26- many common snipe at dusk displaying and calling....
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David Lukas
towhee@...
Apr 4, 2001 9:01 pm
Dear all, On April 2, I had fantastic looks at a pale richardsonii Merlin on Table Mtn. just north of Oroville. From what I've read this form is relatively...
