6-30-2010 Greetings Birders, Deren Ross and I made our annual pilgrimage to High Camp at Squaw Valley to find Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches and whatever else might...
Ron and All, I'm out there!!.......multiple Swainson's Thrushes singing right now on Barker Pass Road near the top. Large gravel turn out on right-approx....
Hi, Today I had a juvenile Red Crossbill at the big campground at Perazzo Meadows. Other birds of interest scattered throughout the meadow were several Willow...
From Denise and David Hamilton of Napa: Hi all, Following previous postings, we birded at Yuba Pass/Sierra Valley. Birding highlights: Continuing nesting...
From Denise and David Hamilton of Napa: Hi all, Following previous postings, we birded at Yuba Pass/Sierra Valley. Birding highlights: Continuing nesting...
Hello Birders, I had piggy-backed my first report of Swainson's Thrushes found in Blackwood Canyon, Lake Tahoe,onto an earlier post and, since this is a...
Hello, While at Sugar Pine Point SP, 28 June to July 2, 2010, 1-2 Swainson's Thrush were heard singing along General Creek, just upstream from second bridge on...
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Jul 5, 2010 2:40 pm
I relocated the Plumas County Yellow Rail at Willow Lake yesterday evening. My wife, Angie, and I hiked WNW along the trail towards Terminal Geyser towards...
Hi, BUTTERFLIES: For the list of the 77-79 butterfly species observed on the 3 Jul 10 Giant Sequoia National Monument- South Butterfly Count and comments go to...
Hi, A nice mix of Southern Sierra Nevada species including Chukar, Greater Roadrunner, Cactus Wren, Black-throated Sparrow, and Scott's Oriole was observed...
Hi everyone, Today my son and I climbed Mt Dana in Yosemite and observed 4 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches foraging around areas that have had recent snow-melt...
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Jul 9, 2010 3:41 pm
The Great-tailed Grackle group at Hansen's pond (Quincy, American Valley at Quincy Junction Rd and Chandler Rd intersection) is still present. Angie Dillingham...
My wife Theresa and I spent yesterday (7/10) birding and botanizing the Carson Pass area on the Woods Lake Loop to Winnemucca and Round Top Lakes. We didn't...
Hello Birders, On Saturday, July 10th, 16 members of the Sierra Foothill Audubon Society went birding at Page Meadows and Blackwood Canyon (Barker Pass). Two...
Folks, The Yellow Rail continues as of 7/10/10. It was calling steadily from 4:30 to 5:00pm, but was quiet when I returned by the location ~6pm, though I ...
Folks: I try to make a summer visit somewhere in the Sierra each year, to re-acquaint myself with its lovely birds. This past week, 7/7 and 7/8/10, I visited...
My wife Theresa and I spent yesterday (7/10) birding and botanizing the Carson Pass area on the Woods Lake Loop to Winnemucca and Round Top Lakes. We didn't...
Birders, News is now getting out of a terrible tragedy. Mike San Miguel was killed yesterday evening in a fall down a steep cliff while performing owl surveys...
Hello birders, We will be camping at FLL this weekend and are hoping to see Evening Grosbeaks. Have there been any sightings in the area this summer? Anything...
Birders: Last Monday-Tuesday I spent 19 hours in Butte County chasing a few birds of interest. First up was the Whip-poor-will, clucking and singing beginning...
Sorry for the somewhat late report, but late in the afternoon on Sunday (after our first North American Butterfly Association "4th of July" butterfly count in...
On the 19th, Chet Ogan and I saw three GREEN-WINGED TEAL on Wilson Lake (Tehama County) and heard two YELLOW RAILS calling simultaneously at Willow Lake...
Hello Birders, This evening, Ron Pozzi and I went to see the COMMON NIGHTHAWKS at Yuba Gap. We arrived at approximately 7:40 PM and heard our first nighthawks...
Is migration starting already? One Rufous Hummingbird visited one of my feeders yesterday. I had very few this past spring. It will be interesting to see how...
Hi Birders- This is my first entry for this group. I was at Bridgeport Reservoir yesterday and saw two Common Loons about 1/4 west of the boat ramp. I...
I'm wondering if your west slope Nighthawks are partly my lost east slope Nighthawks?? One of the thrills of Tahoe area birding for the last 20 years has...
I birded in Amador Co. yesterday. Spent the morning around Kirkwood and the afternoon along Ellis Rd. and Salt Spring Reservoir. Dawn found me at Kirkwood....
County Birders, Tuesday, 03 August: Decided to work on my Plumas list a little this week, so got up at 0400 and was on the road in a half-hour, or so. There...
County Birders, Wednesday, 04 August: The second day of working on my Plumas list began at the Domingo Springs Campground at 0600 (civil twilight at 0534)....
