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Hi All, I understand there is a movement to make golf courses bird-friendly and money available somehow to retrofit older golf courses to make them ...
Chet Ogan
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Sep 1, 2004
5:56 pm
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Thanks for the reminder of the trend in golf course creation. The problem with MOST golf courses being constructed in Ventura County, at this point in time, is...
Jim Greaves
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Sep 1, 2004
6:19 pm
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Hi all, While I am unfamiliar with the issues related to the specific golf courses in this discussion and will always lament the loss of more pristine habitat ...
marcusengland
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Sep 1, 2004
7:37 pm
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A couple of roost trees and man-mucked lake does not a habitat make. Chet Ogan <cogan@...> wrote: Hi All, I understand there is a movement to make golf...
chris bysshe
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Sep 2, 2004
10:29 pm
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... It isn't that some golf courses aren't "bird friendly" - it's just that there is little nesting habitat left, and that which is left is much easier for...
Jim Greaves
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Sep 2, 2004
11:36 pm
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First of all, there is an incredible surplus of golf courses in Ventura County including one two miles up the creek. See http://www.savecrp.com/golf.html. ...
Paul Nicholson
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Sep 3, 2004
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Howdy Chris Dellith and I birded around the south county this morning and had a few things of note. Mugu Rock - the juvenile PIGEON GUILLEMOT continues south...
pereksta
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Sep 6, 2004
3:59 am
1271
SCRE is now officially Lake Santa Clara, extending well under the bridge and over towards the Settling Ponds. However, it was fun seeing all the usual...
kaybirder
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Sep 7, 2004
4:53 pm
1272
Spent a leisurely hour birding the Laguna Road tams this morning. Lots of activity. Eight species of warblers, as follows: Orange-crowned Warbler (15) Yellow...
Onik Arian
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Sep 9, 2004
7:06 pm
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All: There is a Condor pelagic on Oct 9 that will leave Santa Barbara and to out to Arguello Canyon. Todd McGrath is the leader. The trip needs 15-20 to go and...
Lethaby, Nick
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Sep 10, 2004
8:33 pm
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Hi all I got a report today from a very reliable observer stating that they found a buff-breasted sandpiper on the sod fields west of Arnold Road this morning ...
pereksta
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Sep 11, 2004
4:38 am
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Wes Fritz reported seeing the BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at Arnold Rd this morning. It was in the sod fields on the west side of the road near the dirt road that...
Dave Compton
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Sep 12, 2004
12:59 am
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The entrance to the settling ponds is now gated. Sigh. They want everyone to sign in at the Admin. Blg. Soon they will have a button to push that will open...
kaybirder
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Sep 16, 2004
5:51 pm
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I sensed early this morning that there were birds on the move. Early this morning I heard Orange-crowned, Yellow, Townsend's, and Wilson's Warblers in our...
Onik Arian
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Sep 16, 2004
9:02 pm
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This morning Kent Davis & I saw a Red-breasted Nuthatch at Sycamore Canyon Campground. This was either a female or a juvenile nuthatch. It was feeding in a...
wilsonsw1
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Sep 16, 2004
11:43 pm
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Went to the Laguna Road tamarisks Friday morning to look for the Black-and-white Warbler reported by Onik. The warbler flock (including a Hermit) was still...
Karl Krause
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Sep 18, 2004
7:21 am
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I finished a busy night shift in the ER and, eyes falling out of their sockets, staggered over to Laguna Road to check it out before going home to bed. Once...
Onik Arian
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Sep 20, 2004
7:15 pm
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The Ventura estuary is no longer open to the ocean. But it made for good shorebird viewing this am. A Pacific Golden Plover and several spotted sandpipers...
kaybirder
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Sep 22, 2004
5:28 pm
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Howdy, This morning Onik Arian, Ginger and Ron Burns, and I were at the Laguna Tams where we saw three species of empids - Hammond's, Pacific Slope and Willow...
bartholomewlane
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Sep 22, 2004
7:25 pm
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Could someone share the directions to the Tams from Thousand Oaks please ? Also is a scope required for a good viewing ? thanks, Brian Wilson [Non-text...
Brian Wilson
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Sep 22, 2004
10:31 pm
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As an addendum to Bart Lane's post about Laguna Road, we did see another American Redstart. This one was different than the one I saw yesterday. Today's was a...
Onik Arian
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Sep 22, 2004
10:58 pm
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Laguna Road: Lots of birds feeding the whole length of the Tamarisk row. All of what Onik posted yesterday was still present, but no show on the Kentucky...
Don DesJardin
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Sep 23, 2004
8:09 pm
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After giving it some thought, I think our estimate of 200 warblers is probably very conservative. The numbers reminded me of really, really good days at Pt....
Onik Arian
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Sep 23, 2004
11:38 pm
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Ventura Co. Vector Control and myself are searching for major crow roosts in Ventura Co. in order to try and answer questions about the occurence of corvids...
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Sep 24, 2004
4:43 pm
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What an exhilarating morning! Reportedly FLOCKS of warblers rose at sunrise, flying around the area. Leaf hoppers and other insects in abundance. Birders...
kaybirder
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Sep 25, 2004
1:08 am
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Pasadena Audubon field trip today with stops at Sycamore Canyon, the sod farms, and the tamarisk rows on Hueneme and Laguna Rds. Good birding all day with...
Jon Feenstra
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Sep 26, 2004
2:33 am
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The Laguna Road tams has definitely been the hotspot in Ventura County this Fall, both in terms of variety and numbers. Here is a compilation of warblers...
Onik Arian
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Sep 26, 2004
3:42 pm
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Howdy, This morning at approx. 10:15 am I saw the Black-and-White Warbler at the Laguna Road Tamarisk trees. It was working on tree trunks in the western...
bartholomewlane
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Sep 27, 2004
7:31 pm
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Both the Buff-breasted and Baird's Sandpiper were still present around 10:30 this morning on the last sod field on the right hand side on Arnold Road, which is...
Don DesJardin
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Sep 28, 2004
11:23 pm
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Howdy, This morning at about 8:15 I found a Chestnut-sided Warbler at the eastern end of the Laguna Road Tams. Later when Mike S. arrived he identified it as a...
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Sep 29, 2004
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