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...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Jun 4, 1999 6:09 am
No, I wasn't hiding under a rock, but WAY back in 1974 I was probably still peeing in my bed at night! I will say that my thinking was as follows: from the...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Jun 4, 1999 6:10 am
The PSFL you report are very interesting. I haven't done lots of May birding that way, but I have never noted any Western Flycatchers in the Truckee region in...
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Mike Feighner
pac_loon@...
Jun 4, 1999 11:47 am
Brian: This was almost two weeks ago. What I was hearing was not Pacific-slope but the definite 2-sylable Cordilleran (I had to refresh my memory with a tape....
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Kevin Guse
kguse@...
Jun 9, 1999 1:40 am
Birders, I apologize for this late post (work sure gets in the way sometimes), but here are the highlights of Yolo Audubon Society Field Trip to Sierra Valley...
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erpfromca@...
Jun 9, 1999 2:24 am
Placer Birders, I am involved with Placer Legacy in an attempt to provide input to the Placer County Board of Supervisors on open space planning in the...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
Jun 9, 1999 3:05 am
TRIP REPORT TAHOE CITY TO SIERRA VALLEY JUNE 5-7, 1999 GENERAL CONDITIONS: Unusually cold, late Spring, few birds above 6,500 feet except at our feeders. Deep...
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Kevin Guse
kguse@...
Jun 9, 1999 3:30 pm
Everyone, I apologize for a few errors in yesterday's post. Chapman Saddle Road and Yuba Pass are off of Highway 49, not Highway 89 and both are in Sierra...
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Richard Carlson
rccarl@...
Jun 9, 1999 6:10 pm
Are there any good owl spots on the east side of the Sierra? I've beentrying all my tapes near Tahoe to no avail.. Looks like great owl habitat. Did see one...
