I need some help identifying a bird I observed in my yard in Roseville yesterday. The bird had blue tag around its leg so I suspect that it is an escaped...
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zach smith
zsgavilan@...
May 9, 2001 7:49 am
migrants are arriving daily up in the tahoe basin and surrounding areas. osprey, which have been here for a couple weeks, are very active at donner lake. two...
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zach smith
zsgavilan@...
May 12, 2001 3:25 pm
last wedneday morning, after doing a spotted owl survey, my partner and i were hiking through big meadow (about 10 miles south of south lake tahoe along hwy...
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Martin Meyers
meyersm@...
May 19, 2001 1:29 am
I stopped off today for a couple of hours in Donner State Park (Nevada County). I was surprised to see and hear a male Pileated Woodpecker near the campground...
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ERPfromCA@...
May 19, 2001 9:05 pm
Today just before noon, we (Robin Leong, Joan Mancini, John Ranlett and myself) found a male INDIGO BUNTING near the Foresthill Bridge just east of Auburn. The...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 21, 2001 11:52 pm
For a just a few minutes this morning I was on Pendola Rd near Camptonville in Yuba County. A pygmy-owl was the best bird, but this road has fairly extensive...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 21, 2001 11:53 pm
5/21/01: I made a point to look for martins on my way through the burn around Dobbins. The habitat here post-burn was very good, but is now poor since almost...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 21, 2001 11:53 pm
A rare night of restless sleep got me out of bed about 0240, so I decided to go birding (& fishing). I really wanted to invite a friend or two but figured it...
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Ted Beedy
tbeedy@...
May 22, 2001 3:50 am
I was interested in Brian's observation of SWTH in Yuba Co. and references to possible breeding in Nevada and Placer Cos. I have found breeding pairs at Harden...
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Ted Beedy
tbeedy@...
May 22, 2001 4:54 am
Last Saturday, May 19, John Sterling, Mark Chainey, and I did a Big Day in Nevada Co. We started at my house on Banner Mtn. (outside Nevada City) at about...
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zach smith
zsgavilan@...
May 26, 2001 9:49 pm
during a short morning walk at martis creek wildlife area I had a singing willow flycatcher. these guys sing regularly on migration, but this male was pretty...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
May 28, 2001 1:06 am
At 9:30 this morning we saw repeatedly and photographed an adult male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak at the River access and bike trail parking area just south of the...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
May 28, 2001 11:55 pm
Anyone seeing any woodpeckers in Tahoe area? All my previously occupied nests are empty this year. I have seen only 1 Hairy, 2 Red Breasted SS and 1 Lewis in...
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Matt Williams
mattwilliamsjr@...
May 29, 2001 12:42 am
As part of a field trip with Michael Barbour and Louise Jackson's "Plant Communities of California" we spent some great plant and birding time in Alpine County...
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Matt Williams
mattwilliamsjr@...
May 29, 2001 3:20 pm
Steve, thanks for the feedback. Here are my follow-up thoughts/questions: re: accipiter vs. buteo, the only thing was the fact that the raptor was moving at a...
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Andrew Engilis, Jr.
aengilisjr@...
May 29, 2001 11:26 pm
I had my Field Ornithology Class up in the Sierra from the 25th through the 27th. Night of 25th was at Capps Crossing (Cosumnes River 5,200 feet). Then up to...
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John Luther
aplomado-falcon@...
May 30, 2001 2:09 am
HI All, May 28, 29 I birded Nevada and Sierra counties. Below are observations that I hope will be of interest to you. May 28 in Sierra Co there was a...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
May 30, 2001 4:18 am
For any unbelievers, here is a picture of the Rose Breasted Grosbeak we saw at Tahoe City last weekend. Richard C. Carlson Full Time Birder, Biker, Skier,...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
May 30, 2001 4:55 am
At 4 p.m. this afternoon we arrived at Alpine Meadows' Sherwood Bowl parking area (near Tahoe City, CA) to see a large Blue Grouse chasing a bicycle down the...
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Steve Rovell
vagrant@...
May 30, 2001 12:49 pm
In early May, I observed this same behavior in Wild Turkeys with an SUV. These two turkeys chased the SUV down the road (Pine Canyon Road in Monterey County)...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
May 30, 2001 1:17 pm
Would the list moderator please activate the "Add files" part of the website so I can post my gorgeous picture of the Tahoe City Rose-breasted Grosbeak. ...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
May 30, 2001 11:38 pm
Our experience with Oscar the Grouchy Blue Grouse reminded me of a canoe trip in the Quetico about 20 years ago. It was a gorgeous early evening, when our 4...
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sierra-nevadabirds@ya...
May 31, 2001 5:39 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the sierra-nevadabirds group. File : /RB...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
May 31, 2001 2:49 pm
Correct URL for the Grosbeak is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierra-nevadabirds/files/R-B%20GROSBEAK.JPG Richard C. Carlson Full Time Birder, Biker, Skier,...
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Cheri Pillsbury
cpillsbury@...
Jun 1, 2001 2:14 am
Hi All, Some birders are coming from out-of-state at the end of June to bird the Sierra, and their target bird is White-tailed Ptarmigan (don't ask me why). I...
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randyminder@...
Jun 4, 2001 1:42 am
WebBirding.com is the first Web based birding management program that allows you to manage all your birding activities. It is completely Web based and offers...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
Jun 5, 2001 12:44 am
I am hearing more reports of Bald Eagles at Tahoe this summer. They are usually Spring and Fall migrants, except for a small number of residents. I haven't...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
Jun 5, 2001 1:04 am
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory had its annual Woodpecker weekend June 1-3. We saw 93 species in 2 days, but the numbers were down with the warm,dry and...
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Mark W. Eaton
mweaton@...
Jun 6, 2001 1:11 am
My wife and I were also at Yuba Pass this weekend. Woodpeckers were particularly hard to find (in fact, we missed both Williamson's Sapsucker and Black-backed...
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Ken Brunges
fulica@...
Jun 7, 2001 4:34 am
... Regarding common nighthawks on the west slope. There was recently an extended discussion in CSBirds on the topic. The gist of the discussion is that that...
