Hi All, A message flashed on my screen saying to send this post again as the connection failed, so let's hope you don't get it twice. _____________________ I...
All: A Rock Wren, in my experience a rare visitor to the valley floor near Stockton, has been hanging around the yard (the engineering and construction yard...
Hi All, Flood abounded with Ferruginous (FEHA) again, including a gorgeous look at a careening dark-morph (couldn't see his throat to tell if he was Speckles...
Hi All, My trip to Flood/Waverly was a bit odd today. My first Ferruginous wasn't until less than a mile from Waverly. And I only saw two on Waverly- where ...
Forgive the cross-posting, but this has to reach as many people as quickly as possible. The Central Valley Birding Symposium was to be held at the Stockton...
Please join us tomorrow night (11/14/06) for another great presentation. Kathy and John Schick, longtime SJ Audubon members had the opportunity to visit and...
Sorry for the most serious cross-posting, I want to reach as many compilers or people in the know as possible. (Although, I suspect many are chasing a certain...
I had a chance to go out to LSP yesterday and was surprised to see about 20 to 25 great tailed grackles. They were on the fence near the area where you enter...
Hi All, I was weathering spending the first holiday in my life all alone okay, but didn't want to push my luck. So my traditional "Bird Flood & Waverly When ...
Has anybody seen any Poorwills in Sacramento? If not in Sacramento, do you know the nearest city that they are still being spotted, and where they are...
Birders, I had a swamp sparrow at Pace Preserve. The directions are not easy. The entry point to Pace Preserve, as described in the Birding San Joaquin County...
Waldo Holt
waldoh@...
Nov 25, 2006 9:11 pm
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Hi, John. We had about 50 out there during the symposium. I'm not sure how long they've been there. Kurt ... From: jcschick@... To:...
Hello All - This is my first time posting to this birding group, but I wanted to provide an update after birding San Joaquin County Sat. Nov. 25. It was on...
Took friends and their kids out to Woodbridge Rd. at dusk Saturday in hopes of seeing cranes. Heck, they were there a month ago - but, then, so was some...
Hi All, If you remember I was accosted on Cord last winter at the Vesper Sparrow spot. I had no sooner pulled over when the homeowner sped down the long ...
If you go past the preserve about a mile, you come to some flooded fields on the right-hand side of the road (it's a private hunting club). There were lots of...
I was at Staten Island, Saturday, November 18th on a Nature Conservancy field trip and the fields were flooded towards the end of the road. There were...
We are wildlife rehabilitators in Sacramento with a Common Poorwill that is ready for release. Does anybody know the nearest city where we could release him?...
Roger, Thank you for clarifying your situation -- I did not know how to respond to your first message. The first thing that I wonder is, are you sure of the...
Waldo Holt
waldoh@...
Nov 29, 2006 5:37 pm
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Hi All, I wondered what difference a week would bring. I'd planned to go out Monday, but the rain changed my mind. On the little wet spot (stock pond?) past...
We saw 3 bald eagles soaring over the day-use-park of the fish hatchery, below camanche dam. Wow!!!! We also saw an osprey and lots of turkey vultures. Also...
Pat Croft
patndave@...
Dec 2, 2006 12:58 am
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Today while travelling up I-5 north of Santa Nella, my wife & I were treated to a Bald Eagle, gliding about 500 feet above the highway, near the junction with...
Stockton CBC, Sunday, Dec. 17--The Stockton CBC has a reputation as one of the premier Central Valley counts. Birders of all ages, abilities, and plumages are...
December 1, 2006 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The fall season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Middle...
Steve Glover
countylines@...
Dec 2, 2006 10:45 pm
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Cheri Pillsbury suggested that I post this to the group at large. A few days ago I noticed a posting stating that there were no Sandhill Cranes on Woodbridge...
... From: Waldo Holt To: Jim Dunn Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [sjbirds] Staten Island JIm and Birders, I also had thought that the...
Waldo Holt
waldoh@...
Dec 4, 2006 5:23 pm
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Birders, A Phainopepla, found by Dave Fries, was at my house in west Stockton. The bird appeared to me to be a first-year male. I only rarely see Phainopepla...
Waldo Holt
waldoh@...
Dec 5, 2006 1:18 am
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All: I've had a request from Kathy Freitas with the City of Modesto that we let birders know that the plant is currently closed to the public. Apparently...
Kasey, I used to receive a magazine called Birder's World (I think), and the subscription expired, and now I want it again. BUT, I do not have the address for...