Dear All, Here's a couple new sightings of interest from the Nevada City area (3000' in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Nevada County). Peregrine Falcon...
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Tavia Cathcart
towhee@...
Apr 15, 1999 4:40 am
Dear all, Yesterday had a fantastic sighting of a migrating prairie falcon, a first spring record for Nevada County (according to Brian Williams' checklist). ...
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themalls@...
Apr 16, 1999 6:01 am
Birded from Mile 2 to Mile 20 (Elevation about 4300 ft.) on April 12, 1999. This was my first trip into this area so I generally stopped every 2 miles as a...
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bruwebb@...
Apr 16, 1999 6:23 am
Greetings: sierra-nevadabirds@egroups.com has just started a Chatroom environment It is in an early (Beta) stage of development. To enter it and do live-talk...
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bruwebb@...
Apr 16, 1999 7:38 am
On April 15, I spent a couple of hours watching hawks migrating north behind Worton's Market in the town of Foresthill in Placer County, California. I have...
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bruwebb@...
Apr 16, 1999 11:03 pm
Hello all: April 15, 1999 behind Worton's Market in the town of Foresthill, Placer County, California. The day was warm, with a fairly strong breeze I arrived...
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Tavia Cathcart
towhee@...
Apr 16, 1999 11:23 pm
Dear all, I am pleased that another great raptor viewing site has been located by Bruce Webb. He had some good sightings yesterday. I'm surprised a bit ...
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skua@...
Apr 30, 1999 1:45 pm
Hello all, Thursday, 4/29, Bruce Webb and I birded Martis Creek and vicinity. Highlights included 3 (yes, 3!!!) GOSHAWKS (2 imm., 1 ad), 3 BALD EAGLES (2...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 5, 1999 4:48 am
Many of you have seen this before months ago, but I am again soliciting volunteers for a Purple Martin search near Wolf Mountain in Nevada County. For a little...
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DixieBurk@...
May 6, 1999 11:41 pm
Hi there, This is my first post to the list, but I have been following it with interest since it's inception. I live at about 2000 feet elevation about 6 miles...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 11, 1999 4:39 am
I was up near Strawberry (Yuba County) on 5/8 and hardly found a thing. There were a few stops I made in nice looking forest and found absolutely ZILCH. I...
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bruwebb@...
May 11, 1999 2:28 pm
As for the timing of migration in the mountains, on Sunday evening/Monday morning (May 9-10, 1999) I spent several hours listening for owls along Mosquito...
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Sgloverccc@...
May 17, 1999 10:17 pm
Hello Sierra birders and county listers, On Sunday we birded some areas in Placer Co. since my list was looking rather pathetic at 123. I ended up adding 36...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
May 19, 1999 5:52 am
Sierra birders and county listers. Thanks to Steve Glover and friends for notifying us about the Black-chinned Sparrow. This morning, both Steve Abbott and I,...
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bruwebb@...
May 22, 1999 6:12 pm
I visited Grouse Falls on Friday morning May 21, 1999 after owling on Mosquito Ridge Road. On the drive to Grouse Falls, along Peavine Road, I saw 2 Pileated...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
May 22, 1999 7:18 pm
Flammulated Owls along Mosquito Ridge Road -- evening of May 20-21, 1999 There is good news and bad news. The good news is that Flammulated Owls are calling...
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Martin Meyers
meyersm@...
May 24, 1999 5:30 am
Today, I decided to check out the Black-chinned Sparrows along Mosquito Ridge. At the road-cut at mile 2.65, I had at least six, and probably eight different...
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TheMalls@...
May 24, 1999 5:35 am
As an addition to Bruce Webb's note re his May 21 trip to the Grouse Falls view platform and the 30 Black Swifts he observed, I visited the platform on May 18...
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Mike Feighner
pac_loon@...
May 24, 1999 8:43 pm
Sierra Area Birders: After birding the morning in the valley, I headed out to Mosquito Ridge Road to follow up on the reported Black-chinned Sparrows. Birding...
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Don Roberson and/or R...
creagrus@...
May 25, 1999 4:57 am
Although Rita & I were rather proud of having only one species on our respective Placer Co. lists (from a bus on I-80 on 15 Apr 1995, Am. Crow), putting us at...
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Steve Abbott
skua@...
May 25, 1999 2:21 pm
On May 23, Sarah Maloney and I found 1 BLACK-THROATED SPARROW in the spot described by Don Roberson (fide Bruce Webb) in the chapparal east of the Foresthill...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 26, 1999 12:53 am
I and three volunteers surveyed for Purple Martins in Nevada County with no success. Suitable habitat seems almost non-existent within about 5 miles of Wolf...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 26, 1999 12:53 am
The recent discovery of rare sparrows has prompted a few folks to ask about a Placer County checklist. I have lots still available, but the 1996 date is a bit...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 26, 1999 12:53 am
Bruce Webb mentioned a timber harvest at Big Oak Flat and Little Oak Flat. I sure hope this didn't include some of the giant black oaks (Quercus kelloggi)...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
May 26, 1999 12:53 am
As far as I can tell from the postings, all the recent rare sparrow sightings in Placer County have been associated with extensive stands of chamise. For some...
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Ylightfoot@...
May 26, 1999 6:30 am
Mountain folks (or is it "Hill People?"): This is in response to Brian William's questions concerning sparrows and chamise in Butte County. . .Hey Brian, where...
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yellowhammer74@...
May 27, 1999 11:52 pm
Hi everyone, I'm looking for Lawrence's Goldfinches in Placer Co. I know that the best places to are the Beek's Bight and the Foresthill Bridge chaparral...
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David Nelson
david@...
Jun 3, 1999 12:53 am
... From: David Nelson <david@...> To: sf birds <sfbirds@...> Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 1:59 PM Subject: Flammulated Owls! ... to ... ...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
Jun 3, 1999 4:02 am
Mountain birders: A little more about Flammulated Owls -- At about 9:30 P.M. on June 1, 1999, Dan Lockshaw, Steve Abbott and I had two Flammulated Owls...
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Mike Feighner
pac_loon@...
Jun 3, 1999 4:49 am
Sierra Birders: Over the Memorial Day week-end I birded Placer, Nevada, Plumas, Lassen, and Tehema Counties. Placer County: Shortly after 6 AM on 5-29-99 I...
