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29 Jul Ryan's account hacked ["turdus.obscurus" ] 25 Jul HI: [Ryan Terrill ] 29 Jun Mongolian Plover issues [Tom Miko ] 04 Feb Interesting new book about the Pacific Flyway ["KenS" ] 10 Feb Registration Open: Pt Reyes Birding Festival (4/29-5/2) ["will_w04" ] 09 Feb New book on the Pacific Flyway ("Seeking Refuge") ["KenS" ] 20 Dec Brown Shrike update (Humboldt) ["Ken Burton" ] 20 Dec Brown Shrike update (Humboldt) ["Ken Burton" ] 10 Dec Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival 2011: April 29-May 2, 2011 ["will_w04" ] 06 Dec good news for raptors, eagles, burrowing owls , bats and conservationist ["richard s. cimino" ] 15 Nov Sage Grouse conservation discussion ["richard s. cimino" ] 17 Oct Sonoma County Breeding Bird Atlas Update ["Lisa" ] 16 Jun CVBC bulletin photo want list for 8-09 thru 11-09 ["naturestoc" ] 22 Jul Mike San Miguel ["thunefeld" ] 26 Apr Fw: [BirdingCalifornia] Rustic Bunting report from Modoc County ["Ken Burton" ] 26 Apr Fw: Rustic Bunting report from Modoc County ["Ken Burton" ] 23 Mar U.S. Nightjar Survey: 4th year ["mke.wilson" ] 07 Mar Evening Grosbeak Sightings ["agincourt82" ] 26 Jan Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival -- April 23-26, 2010 -- Registration Open ["will_w04" ] 22 Jan Burrowing Owl ["Richard Cimino" ] 31 Dec Re: Y-Sh Flicker near the White Wagtail in Santa Maria [Jamie Chavez ] 31 Dec Y-Sh Flicker near the White Wagtail in Santa Maria ["Tom Miko" ] 28 Dec Brown Booby at Torrance Beach, Torrance, California ["Tom Miko" ] 28 Dec Brown Booby at Torrance Beach, Torrance, California ["Tom Miko" ] 28 Dec male King Eider LA County ["thomasgezamiko" ] 04 Aug NAB reminder ["m_m_rogers" ] 1 Aug Lewis's Woodpeckers - Mines Road ["Richard Cimino" ] 1 Aug Lewis's Woodpeckers - Mines Road ["Richard Cimino" ] 28 Jul 136 Cook's Petrels Trip Report and Photos ["Terry Hunefeld" ] 24 Jul 3 Species of Shearwater Off Dana Point Thursday July 23, 2009 ["Terry Hunefeld" ] 26 Mar U.S. Nightjar Survey needs participants ["Mike Wilson" ] 11 Apr Birding Survey -- Please Consider Responding ["CHISHOLM, Graham" ] 4 Apr Koopmann Ranch - Sunol , Alameda County ["Richard Cimino" ] 28 Mar Western Kingbird eating Painted Ladies ["Richard Cimino" ] 27 Mar RE: [SBB] Painted Ladies ["Richard Cimino" ] 2 Mar Shasta County Dead Eagle ["Richard Cimino" ] 22 Feb Redondo Beach cockatiel lost ["fishcantscream AT ymail.com" ] 26 Jan Del Norte County Rusty Blackbird update ["Ken Burton" ] 26 Jan Del Norte County Rusty Blackbird update ["Ken Burton" ] 1 Jan Fw: [nwcalbird] Rusty Blackbird and Crested Caracara continue in Del Norte Co. ["Ken Burton" ] 1 Jan Fw: [nwcalbird] Rusty Blackbird and Crested Caracara continue in Del Norte Co. ["Ken Burton" ] 13 Dec (unknown) [Kenneth Burton ] 13 Dec (unknown) [Kenneth Burton ] 12 Dec San Franisco Worm Eating Warbler: ["Richard Cimino" ] 21 Nov Pyle guides - use in field identification of birds ["kschnei1000" ] 18 Nov chukar ["jlaw4769" ] 19 Oct Re: Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) 1/2 [Glen Tepke ] 19 Oct Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) 1/2 [Glen Tepke ] 9 Oct May be of interest > Dusky Warbler ["Richard Cimino" ] 4 Aug North American Birds Summer Reminder [Steve Glover ] 4 Aug North American Birds Summer Reminder [Steve Glover ] 4 Aug North American Birds Summer Reminder [Steve Glover ] 30 Jul Outdoor California - dfg publication ["quail442003" ] 14 Jul New Birding Blog on Bird Behaviour and Ecology Study Launched ["Harshit" ] 28 Jul Wildlife Service announce the Environmental Assessment planning Sacramento, Delevan, other NWR'S ["Richard Cimino" ] 21 Jul Yuba Pass / Sierra Valley Sunday July 20th ["Richard Cimino" ] 15 May Continuing Cassin's Sparrow - Carrizo Plain ["Koonce, Sandy" ] 15 May Continuing Cassin's Sparrow - Carrizo Plain ["Koonce, Sandy" ] 15 May U.S. Nightjar Survey still needs volunteers ["Mike Wilson" ] 14 May Fwd: [slocobirding] Cassin's Sparrow - Carrizo Plain [] 14 May Fwd: [slocobirding] Cassin's Sparrow - Carrizo Plain [] 14 May Santa Barbara Yellow-throated Vireo [Oscar Johnson ] 14 May Santa Barbara Yellow-throated Vireo [Oscar Johnson ] 09 May Will be gone ["awanderingbirder" ] 09 May Re: Fwd: Cave Swallow ["awanderingbirder" ] 8 May Redpoll on the Farallones [Jim Tietz ] 07 May Fwd: Cave Swallow ["awanderingbirder" ] 07 May Fwd Cave Swallow still at SESS ["awanderingbirder" ] 06 May FWD: Cave Swallow continues ["awanderingbirder" ] 02 May Fwd: Cave Swallow at the Salton Sea ["awanderingbirder" ] 28 Apr Re: Fwd: BLACK HAWK in Kern ["toddamcgrath" ] 28 Apr Fwd: BLACK HAWK in Kern ["awanderingbirder" ] 27 Apr N Cardinal in SBE ["awanderingbirder" ] 27 Apr BLACK HAWK in Kern ["awanderingbirder" ] 27 Apr The Searcher 5-day pelagic, June 2-6, 2008 [David Pereksta ] 27 Apr The Searcher 5-day pelagic, June 2-6, 2008 [David Pereksta ] Subject: Ryan's account hacked From: "turdus.obscurus" <sbTerrill AT aol.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:07:57 -0000 Apologies, but Ryan is away and can't deal with his account having been hacked at the moment. Hopefully next week. Please let me know if there is anything I can do about it int he meantime. Linda ------------------------------------ Subject: HI: From: Ryan Terrill <enicurus AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:44:29 -0700 (PDT) hello:    brand new and genuine item , great discount,low price ,free gifts comes , if you do not mind, please check this website (www.directsellingic.com) best regards   Ryan S. Terrill                Museum of Natural Science Department of Biological Sciences 119 Foster Hall Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3216 rterri2 AT lsu.edu [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Subject: Mongolian Plover issues From: Tom Miko <thomas.miko AT verizon.net> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:57:29 -0500 (CDT) Hi Birders, I wrote the email, below, to the Orange County Bird Group, but due to problems with that account (apparently, many birders have problems posting to OC Birds) it never went through. So, I am quoting myself, below, but want to take a stab at the deeper meaning of what I wanted to convey: Mt friend Dave Moody--an awsome birder--who got me into birding 19 years ago, has field guides for many different parts of the world, for different reasons: Some field guides are for countries/continents that he has been to, or would like to go to. Other field guides have birds that are potential vagrants to the U.S. Familiarity with the birds in said guides better prepares us for when an odd plover, swallow, or sparrow shows up. I'm sure that many (probably, all) of you on this list already knew i.e. practiced that, but wanted to share that idea with others, so that we can persuade beginning and/or intermediate birders to not limit themselves to North American field guides. In this particular case, National Geographic and Sibley do not go into the level of detail about the various age/gender/racial plumages that I need for a vagrant as good as Mongolian Plover. See below. Tom =============================================== "Hi Folks, I heard that the auld man of Imperial Beach declared the Lesser Sandplover to be a male, which jives with the literature: According to "A Field Guide to the Birds of Korea" by Woo Shin Lee & Takashi Taniguchi the Mongolian Plover at Bolsa Chica is a male, based on the narrow black line bordering the brown band across the chest. The illustrations on plate # 36 of "Shorebirds An Identification Guide" by Peter Hayman, John Marchant, and Tony Prater appear to corroborate this without specifying it in the text. "Birds of Australia" by Ken Simpson & Nicholas Day is ambiguous, if not confusing on this matter. "Shorebirds" describes all the races, and I assume that the Bolsa Chica bird is a stegmanni (Kamchatka, Chukhotsk) rather than mongolus, which breeds in "inland Eastern USSR". USSR? Wow, I miss the Cold War. Life was simpler, back then..." Thomas Miko (Mi'ko' Tama's) Claremont, Los Angeles County, California *********************************************************** (1) This email was written without my reading glasses on. (2) Never end a sentence a preposition with. *********************************************************** ------------------------------------ Subject: Interesting new book about the Pacific Flyway From: "KenS" <kschnei1 AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:54:08 -0000 Perhaps many have already heard of this book that was published last fall (see below), but I just read a very positive review in Science and it looks to be highly relevant to California birders. I have no personal interest in this book and don't know the author... Product description copied and pasted from Amazon. Ken Schneider Redwood City ______________________________________________________________ Seeking Refuge: Birds and Landscapes of the Pacific Flyway (Weyherhaeuser Environmental Books), by Robert M. Wilson. Product Description Each fall and spring, millions of birds travel the Pacific Flyway, the westernmost of the four major North American bird migration routes. The landscapes they cross vary from wetlands to farmland to concrete, inhabited not only by wildlife but also by farmers, suburban families, and major cities. In the twentieth century, farmers used the wetlands to irrigate their crops, transforming the landscape and putting migratory birds at risk. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service responded by establishing a series of refuges that stretched from northern Washington to southern California.--What emerged from these efforts was a hybrid environment, where the distinctions between irrigated farms and wildlife refuges blurred. Management of the refuges was fraught with conflicting priorities and practices. Farmers and refuge managers harassed birds with shotguns and flares to keep them off private lands, and government pilots took to the air, dropping hand grenades among flocks of geese and herding the startled birds into nearby refuges. Such actions masked the growing connections between refuges and the land around them.--Seeking Refuge examines the development and management of refuges in the wintering range of migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway. Although this is a history of efforts to conserve migratory birds, the story Robert Wilson tells has considerable salience today. Many of the key places migratory birds use--the Klamath Basin, California's Central Valley, the Salton Sea--are sites of recent contentious debates over water use. Migratory birds connect and depend on these landscapes, and farmers face pressure as water is reallocated from irrigation to other purposes. In a time when global warming promises to compound the stresses on water and migratory species, Seeking Refuge demonstrates the need to foster landscapes where both wildlife and people can thrive.--Robert M. Wilson is assistant professor of geography at Syracuse University. --"The author's skill in examining the interplay between wild birds, their increasingly manufactured habitats, and the varied human institutions responsible for altering them makes for a compelling story that readers will find fascinating." -William K. Wyckoff, Montana State University--"Wilson ranges across the entire refuge system of the Pacific Slope in order to observe the dynamics and management challenges associated with the whole flyway. The result is a tour de force of historical and geographical analysis that will surely become a standard work on its subject." -William Cronon, University of Wisconsin- Subject: Registration Open: Pt Reyes Birding Festival (4/29-5/2) From: "will_w04" <will_w04 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:54:56 -0000 Registration for the 2011 Point Reyes Birding Festival is now open. Go to www.pointreyesbirdingfestival.org to sign-up for trips and events. Activities sell-out fast, so best to register soon. The 2011 Point Reyes Birding Festival will be held the weekend of April 29-May 2. More than 500 people from all over the United States attended Festival 2010 and participated in more than 50 lectures, events and field trips observing more than 200 species of birds. At Festival 2011, some of California's preeminent birders & naturalists will be leading trips and making presentations, including Josiah Clark, Jules Evens, Dave DeSante, Keith Hansen, Alan Hopkins, Lisa Hug, John Kelly, John Muir Laws, Ron LeValley, David Lukas, Joe Morlan, Bob Power, Peter Pyle, and David Wimpfheimer. Internationally respected author and field-leader, Al Jaramillo, will be the keynote speaker. Questions about the festival should be directed to 'prbnfestival at gmail.com' (use ' AT ' instead of 'at'). ___________________________________ This notice has been posted on behalf of Jerry Meral, Co-Director, Pt Reyes Birding Festival. Will WilsonCorte Madera [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: New book on the Pacific Flyway ("Seeking Refuge") From: "KenS" <kschnei1 AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:53:02 -0000 I thought some folks might be interested in this book by Robert Wilson, which was well reviewed in Science and was published late last year: http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/WILSEE.html It appears to be highly relevant to California birders, especially in the Central Valley. I have not read the book yet, don't know the author and have no personal or financial interest in it... Ken Schneider Redwood City, CA Subject: Brown Shrike update (Humboldt) From: "Ken Burton" <shrikethree AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:26:15 -0800 The BROWN SHRIKE continues at the Vista Point ponds in McKinleyville. It appeared briefly between showers just after noon and was seen by others in the morning. Park at the Vista Point on southbound 101 south of Clam Beach, hop the fence, walk north on the trail to the bottom of the hill, go left through the gate down another trail to its end below the bluffs near the south end of the north pond, and scan south and southwest for the bird. Ken Burton Arcata Subject: Brown Shrike update (Humboldt) From: "Ken Burton" <shrikethree AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:26:15 -0800 The BROWN SHRIKE continues at the Vista Point ponds in McKinleyville. It appeared briefly between showers just after noon and was seen by others in the morning. Park at the Vista Point on southbound 101 south of Clam Beach, hop the fence, walk north on the trail to the bottom of the hill, go left through the gate down another trail to its end below the bluffs near the south end of the north pond, and scan south and southwest for the bird. Ken Burton Arcata Subject: Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival 2011: April 29-May 2, 2011 From: "will_w04" <will_w04 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:59:34 -0000 SAVE THE DATES: The 2011 Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival will be held the weekend of April 29-May 1 and the Cordell Bank pelagic trip will be on Monday May 2. More than 500 people from all over the United States attended Festival 2010 and participated in more than 50 lectures, events and field trips observing more than 200 species of birds. At Festival 2011, some of California's preeminent birders will be leading trips and making presentations, including Rich Stallcup, Jules Evens, Lisa Hug and David Wimpfheimer. Internationally respected author and field-leader, Al Jaramillo, will be the keynote speaker. MAILING LIST ENSURES EARLY NOTIFICATION: Trips sell out quickly! Be sure to send your email-address to 'prbnfestival at gmail.com' (use ' AT ' instead of 'at') to ensure earliest notification of the opening of registration for the 2011 Festival (Your email-address will not be shared with ANYONE!). Questions about the festival should also be directed to 'prbnfestival at gmail.com' (use ' AT ' instead of 'at'). Will Wilson Corte Madera Subject: good news for raptors, eagles, burrowing owls , bats and conservationist From: "richard s. cimino" <rscimino AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:11:22 -0800 Audubon Society Chapters, California Attorney General and Wind Companies Reach Agreement on Altamont Pass Old wind turbines to be replaced with new turbines that are safer for birds (Berkeley, California, December 6, 2010) In cooperation with the California Attorney General's Office, five Bay Area Audubon Society chapters and Californians for Renewable Energy (CaRE) have reached an agreement with wind energy operators owned by NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, to expedite the replacement of old wind turbines in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area with new, larger wind turbines that are less likely to harm birds. Golden Gate Audubon, Santa Clara Valley Audubon, Mt. Diablo Audubon, Ohlone Audubon, and Marin Audubon joined the Attorney General's Office in negotiating an agreement that addresses the state's need for renewable wind energy and the state's obligation to protect resident and migratory birds. "Our agreement sets an aggressive schedule for removing the old-generation turbines and replacing them with new-generation turbines that should substantially reduce impacts to birds," said Michael Lynes, Conservation Director with the Golden Gate Audubon Society. "According to experts studying the Altamont Pass, the removal of the old turbines and replacement with properly-sited turbines may reduce impacts to birds by as much as 80%." Altamont Pass was heavily developed for wind power generation in the late 1970s and early 1980s, eventually including more than 5800 turbines covering a 56 mi2 area in eastern Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. These lands at one time provided ample habitat for birds and still serves as an important migratory corridor for Golden Eagles and other raptors. For much of the last decade, the Bay Area Audubon chapters and the operating wind companies have struggled to agree on ways to reduce impacts to birds, bats and other wildlife while fostering the environmental and economic benefits of wind energy generation in the Altamont Pass. The new agreement reflects the consensus of the Alameda County Scientific Review Committee that the only way to significantly reduce impacts to birds and keep wind energy generation in Altamont Pass is to remove the old-generation wind turbines and replace them with better sited, new-generation models. And, regardless of whether the NextEra Energy Resources companies replace all of their turbines on this expedited schedule, they have committed to ceasing all operations of their old turbines by the end of 2015, three years before they are required to do so under their current permits. "This agreement addresses the problem arising throughout the state: balancing the need for renewable energy generation with subsequent impacts to wildlife," said Bob Power, Executive Director of the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society. "We appreciate NextEra leading the way in the Altamont Pass to remove the old turbines and properly install new ones that should significantly reduce risks to birds. We are also mindful that impacts to wildlife will continue and the Audubon chapters will remain engaged in conservation planning and advocacy on behalf of birds and other wildlife in the Altamont Pass and throughout the Bay Area." Golden Gate Audubon Society, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, Marin Audubon Society, Mt. Diablo Audubon Society, and Ohlone Audubon Society are independent nonprofit organizations dedicated to protecting birds, other wildlife, and their natural habitats. They conserve and restore wildlife habitats, connect people of all ages and backgrounds with the natural world, and educate and engage Bay Area residents in the protection of our shared, local environment. Contact: Mike Lynes, Conservation Director, Golden Gate Audubon Society, 510-843-6551, mlynes AT goldengateaudubon.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Sage Grouse conservation discussion From: "richard s. cimino" <rscimino AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:27:59 -0800 http://connect.sierraclub.org/post/Team/Grazing_Team/blog/holistic_management_of_rangelandsconsequences_for_avian_spec.html?cons_id=3946259&ts=1289839482&signature=85df7526e5a4aaa9a71a1c91c33fd227 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Sonoma County Breeding Bird Atlas Update From: "Lisa" <lisahug AT sonic.net> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:20:33 -0000 Hi All, I am sending this announcement via Veronica Bowers for those who may be interested in participating in the Sonoma COunty Breeding Bird Atlas Update. Sonoma County Breeding Bird Atlas Orientation and Block Assignments The 5 year survey period for the 2nd edition of the Sonoma County Breeding Bird Atlas will begin in January of 2011. If you would like to volunteer for the atlas project, you must attend an orientation. Orientations are scheduled on the following dates: Wednesday, November 10, 6-8 pm Saturday, November 13, 3-5 pm Both orientations will be held at the Santa Rosa Water Treatment Plant at 4300 Llano Road in Santa Rosa. For questions or to sign up, please contact Veronica Bowers (me) at vlbowers AT gmail.com. Requests for specific block assignments may be made in advance to Bob Speckels at robertspeckels AT yahoo.com but blocks will not necessarily be assigned by `first come, first served' and none will be assigned before Nov 10. Western Sonoma County Christmas Bird Count Sunday, January 2, 2011 - A little early for an announcement, but I'm just really excited about it! Contact me at vlbowers AT gmail.com if you would like to count or have questions. We also need a few volunteers to help set-up and clean-up for the post count dinner, so please contact me if you're interested in helping with this. Veronica Bowers Madrone Audubon Society -- Veronica Bowers, Director The Songbird Hospital of Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue Dedicated to the rehabilitation and release of native passerines www.songbirdhospital.org (707) 484-6502 Lisa Hug Sebastopol, CA Subject: CVBC bulletin photo want list for 8-09 thru 11-09 From: "naturestoc" <Naturestoc AT aol.com> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:38:41 -0000 Hi all, Dan Brown here, photo editor for the Central Valley Bird Club bulletin. We are looking for a number of bird photos for the next edition. We need these images ASAP! Below is a list of species needed. Of course we won't be using them all! The list includes some specific locations but if you have photos of these species taken in the Central Valley of California during the period 8-09 thur 11-09, that will work. If you have photos of any please send them to me at - naturestoc AT aol.com . Try to keep the file size at around 500kb, include the date and location taken and instructions as to how you would like your copyright to appear. If we use your image(s) we will give you photo credits and a copy of the bulletin. Again, we need these images ASAP! Thank you, Dan Brown, Sacramento, www.naturestoc.smugmug.com Hooded Warbler - female, Glen Hall Pk. Sac. Yellow-breasted Chat - O'Neill Forebay Summer Tanager - Winters Lewis's Woodpecker - Valley floor Red-naped Sapsucker - Solano co or Yolo co Least Flycatcher - Grasslands Park, south of Davis, Yolo co Black-bellied Plover - Salt Springs Val. Res - 9-21 Hudsonian Godwit - Dairy Ave. and Seattle Ave, Kings co. 8- 25 Marbled Godwit - Black Butte Res. 10-11 Ruddy Turnstone- Visalia WTP, Tulare com 8-14 Sanderling - Any where in the CV during 8-09 thru 11-09 Brewer's Sparrow - Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area - 10-10 Swamp Sparrow - Jepson Prairie 11-18 Lapland Longspur - Leopard Rd. Shasta co - 11-9 Ross's Goose - Any where in the CV during 8-09 thru 11-09 Eurasian Wigeon - Cackling Goose - Long-tailed Duck - White-winged Scoter - Red-necked Grebe - Im. Brown Pelican - Snowy Plover - Am. Golden Plover Pacific Golden Plover Red Knot Stilt Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Ruff Pectoral Sandpiper Solitary Sp Baird's Sp Semipalmated Sp Western Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Sabine's Gull Common Tern Arctic Tern Least Tern White-winged Dove Common Ground-Dove Costa's Hummingbird Gray Flycatcher Least Bell's Vireo - Tulare co Red-eyed Vireo Plumbeous Vireo North Am. Dipper Townsend's Solitaire Sage Thrasher Tennessee Warb. N. Parula Black-and-white Warb. Palm Warb. Blackpoll Warb. Grasshopper Sparrow Subject: Mike San Miguel From: "thunefeld" <sdbirdlover AT fastmail.fm> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:25:43 -0000 Photos from friends and family of Mike San Miguel enabled the creation of this video memorial of a small portion of his life. Mike was a vibrant force in the world of birding, past President of the Western Field Ornithologists, tireless promoter of - and contributor to - eBird (4245 California checklists!) and a patient, long-suffering Dodgers fan. Mike's warm welcoming smile, friendly eyes, gracious bearing and unbridled enthusiasm for exploring the natural world are deeply missed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aW8-13p-IE Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas, California Subject: Fw: [BirdingCalifornia] Rustic Bunting report from Modoc County From: "Ken Burton" <brdnrd AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:58:15 -0700 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Sullivan" To: "Ken Burton" Cc: "McCaskie Guy" ; "Kimball Garrett" ; "Paul Lehman" Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [BirdingCalifornia] Rustic Bunting report from Modoc County All This observer retracted the record. I didn't have high hopes. Brian On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Brian Sullivan wrote: > Ken > > I've contacted this observer for more details. Her notes in eBird > read: > > "Rustic bunting was a female. I noted the boldly patterned cresty > head, > pink bill, pink legs, white underparts with streaked flanks, white > throat. > Initial thought was sparrow type bird." > > I'll let you know more as details come in. I'm not confident that Lark > Sparrow or for that matter Savannah Sparrow were ruled out. > > Thanks > > Brian ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:CALBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS Listowners: mailto:CALBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: CALBIRDS-digest AT yahoogroups.com CALBIRDS-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: CALBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Fw: Rustic Bunting report from Modoc County From: "Ken Burton" <brdnrd AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:58:15 -0700 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Sullivan" To: "Ken Burton" Cc: "McCaskie Guy" ; "Kimball Garrett" ; "Paul Lehman" Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [BirdingCalifornia] Rustic Bunting report from Modoc County All This observer retracted the record. I didn't have high hopes. Brian On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Brian Sullivan wrote: > Ken > > I've contacted this observer for more details. Her notes in eBird > read: > > "Rustic bunting was a female. I noted the boldly patterned cresty > head, > pink bill, pink legs, white underparts with streaked flanks, white > throat. > Initial thought was sparrow type bird." > > I'll let you know more as details come in. I'm not confident that Lark > Sparrow or for that matter Savannah Sparrow were ruled out. > > Thanks > > Brian ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BirdingCalifornia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BirdingCalifornia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: BirdingCalifornia-digest AT yahoogroups.com BirdingCalifornia-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BirdingCalifornia-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: U.S. Nightjar Survey: 4th year From: "mke.wilson" <mdwils AT wm.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:38:36 -0000 The U.S. Nightjar Survey Network is entering its fourth year as the vital program that documents the population distribution and population trends of these declining species. Nightjars are the group of nocturnal, insectivorous birds that includes species such as the whip-poor-will, common poorwill, chuck-will's-widow, and the nighthawks among others. We would like to invite all birders and conservationists to participate in the program by adopting Nightjar Survey Routes in 2010 and beyond. We are very grateful to the number of participants already involved in the program and for the quality of the data they have collected. Information gathered over the past four years is helping to explain how the composition of habitats in local landscapes influences nightjar abundance. In turn, these data will help reach the project's near-term goals of explaining habitat-based declines where they occur. There is still need for longer-term data and broader geographic coverage to adequately cover the target species. Nightjar Surveys are standardized counts conducted along census routes on bright moonlit nights. Observers count all Nightjars seen or heard for a six-minute period at each of 10 stops along the route. The entire survey will not take much more than one hour to complete and only needs conducted one time per year. We have a series of existing routes in each state that are still in need of adoption. Please consider adopting a Nightjar Survey Route. The continuing success of U.S. Nightjar Survey Network relies entirely on volunteer participation. Visit the U.S. Nightjar Survey at www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm for location of surveys, data sheets and instructions, and how to adopt a route. Mike Wilson Center for Conservation Biology College of William & Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University mdwils AT wm.edu www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm Subject: Evening Grosbeak Sightings From: "agincourt82" <agincourt82 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:06:33 -0000 Hi, I am a graduate student at U.C. Davis, and I am beginning a research project on Evening Grosbeaks. I hope to find out how many subspecies exist, where they occur, and what the differences between them are. The first step in this project, as you can imagine, is to find Evening Grosbeaks. Since they are nomadic birds, this is not always an easy task, so I was hoping that if anyone sees groups of these bird in the Sierras, especially if they see them several times in the same place, they would let me know. Thank you, Aaron N. K. Haiman Avian Sciences Graduate Group University of California, Davis anhaiman AT ucdavis.edu Subject: Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival -- April 23-26, 2010 -- Registration Open From: "will_w04" <will_w04 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:57:32 -0000 The first Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival (April 23-26, 2010) is now open for registration! Some of California's preeminent birders will be leading trips, including Rich Stallcup, Steve Howell, Keith Hansen, Jules Evens, David Wimpfheimer, and Lisa Hug. There will be walks, boat trips, classes, demonstrations, and a pelagic trip to Cordell Bank. To register online, go to www.pointreyesbirdingfestival.org and sign-up for the walks, events, lectures, and classes that you find most exciting. Some of these trips will be fully subscribed very quickly and registering early is advised. Enrollment will be limited. The Festival is sponsored by the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin in cooperation with PRBO Conservation Science, Marin Audubon Society, Madrone Audubon Society, American Birding Association, Point Reyes National Seashore and many other groups. If you have any questions about the Festival, send an email to prbnfestival AT gmail.com or call the Festival Headquarters at 415-663-9312. You can help make the Festival successful by forwarding this message to your birding and other friends with an interest in nature and the outdoors -- and you can help publicize the Festival by putting a link to it on your website or Facebook page. If there are websites you think the Festival should contact to establish a link, please send an email to prbnfestival AT gmail.com . Also, if you find any problems with the website, please let the sponsors know at once by sending an email to prbnfestival AT gmail.com . Hope to see you at the Festival! Will Wilson Corte Madera [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Burrowing Owl From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:19:23 -0800 California Burrowing Owl Consortium Meeting Sponsored by the Alameda Creak Alliance and Ohlone Audubon Society of Alameda County DATE: February 6, 2010 TIME: 9AM Doors, 10AM – 2:30PM Speaker Presentations SPEAKERS & TOPICS: 10AM - Dee Vieira – City of Antioch Prewett Family Water Park Burrowing Owl Habitat 10:30 AM - David Cook – SCVAS: Dicing ordinance monitoring and enforcement, Mt View advocacy Shani Kleinhaus –SCVAS – Burrowing Owl advocacy: Shoreline at Mountain View 11 AM - Troy Rahmig – Habitat Conservation Planning Meeting Future Habitat Needs 11:30 AM- Douglas A. Bell, Ph.D – K. Shawn Smallwood, Lee Neher and Douglas A. Bell, Map-based repowering and reorganization of a wind farm to minimize burrowing owl fatalities.  Noon Lunch break 1 PM - William Boarman Ph.D – Updating California Conservation Strategy for Burrowing Owls 1:30 PM – Jack Barclay and Sandra Menzel –Owl status at Camp Parks, Dublin and Polygynous Nesting in 2009 2:00 PM – Bob Wilkerson – Results from the 2006-2007 California Breeding Burrowing Owl Survey 2:30 PM – Jeff Miller – Center for Biological Diversity – Petitioning for State Listing of Burrowing Owl 2:45 – Scott Artis – City of Antioch: Development Plans and Owl Evictions 3:00 – Program ends, please remain to network with the speakers and other advocate’s COST: $30 walk in, $25 in advance. To register in advance mail a check to: Alameda Creek Alliance c/o Rich Cimino 1281 Ridgewood Rd. Pleasanton, Cal. 94566. Fee includes coffee, tea and breakfast pastries served from 9AM to 10AM and a buffet lunch. No refunds after Jan 29th. LOCATION: Martinelli Event Center, 3585 Greenville Rd., Livermore, CA 94550 DIRECTIONS: Conveniently located off of HWY 580 East. Exit North Greenville Rd. Make a left off the exit. Turn right onto Greenville and go up about 2.5 miles. Center is on the right just after you pass the winery’s laboratory. Wrought iron gates and large palm trees mark the entrance. Richard Cimino rscimino AT earthlink.net Birding is fun and educational + it gets us out and away from the TV remote! ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BirdingCalifornia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BirdingCalifornia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: BirdingCalifornia-digest AT yahoogroups.com BirdingCalifornia-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BirdingCalifornia-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Re: Y-Sh Flicker near the White Wagtail in Santa Maria From: Jamie Chavez <almiyi AT verizon.net> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:27:38 -0800 Hello Thomas, I have also seen and photographed this bird. When I first saw it I was convinced it was a pure "Yellow-shafted" Flicker and only changed my mind to hybrid after I saw my photos. This black-turns-to-red and back again mustache wasn't apparent to me at the time. Or I just didn't notice it in the field. My photos (a few were taken): http://www.flickr.com/photos/almiyi/4059246900/ -- Jamie M. Chavez Santa Maria, CA On 12/30/2009 10:16 PM, Tom Miko wrote: > After seeing the lugens White Wagtail in Santa Maria (see details at http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/SBCO.html ) , Ed Stonick and I stopped at Preisker Park in the north end of urban Santa Maria, and found at a Yellow-shafted Flicker that looked "perfect" for an adult male, but the moustache was weird: depending on what angle you saw the moustache from, it was either red or black, reminiscent of that scene in "Chinatown" where Faye Dunaway keeps saying "My mother--my sister--my mother--my sister!). This was at the end of the day, so I wonder if the setting sun had an effect... > > Tom Miko > > Claremont, Los Angeles County > > (626) 390-1935 > http://radioactivebirdwatcher.blogspot.com/ > > > > Thomas Geza Miko [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Y-Sh Flicker near the White Wagtail in Santa Maria From: "Tom Miko" <thomas.miko AT verizon.net> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:16:57 +0000 After seeing the lugens White Wagtail in Santa Maria (see details at http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/SBCO.html ) , Ed Stonick and I stopped at Preisker Park in the north end of urban Santa Maria, and found at a Yellow-shafted Flicker that looked "perfect" for an adult male, but the moustache was weird: depending on what angle you saw the moustache from, it was either red or black, reminiscent of that scene in "Chinatown" where Faye Dunaway keeps saying "My mother--my sister--my mother--my sister!). This was at the end of the day, so I wonder if the setting sun had an effect... Tom Miko Claremont, Los Angeles County (626) 390-1935 http://radioactivebirdwatcher.blogspot.com/ Thomas Geza Miko Subject: Brown Booby at Torrance Beach, Torrance, California From: "Tom Miko" <thomas.miko AT verizon.net> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:06:14 +0000 Dave Moody just called and said that Jon Dunn and Leo Ohtsuki report a Brown Booby and WW Scoters at the same location as yesterday's adult Lesser Black-backed Gull. I think Kevin Larson called the booby. Tom Thomas Geza Miko Subject: Brown Booby at Torrance Beach, Torrance, California From: "Tom Miko" <thomas.miko AT verizon.net> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:06:14 +0000 Dave Moody just called and said that Jon Dunn and Leo Ohtsuki report a Brown Booby and WW Scoters at the same location as yesterday's adult Lesser Black-backed Gull. I think Kevin Larson called the booby. Tom Thomas Geza Miko Subject: male King Eider LA County From: "thomasgezamiko" <thomas.miko AT verizon.net> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:28:46 -0000 Hi! Today Sunday 12/27/2009 during the Palos Verdes Peninsula CBC David Ellsworth found an immature male King Eider at Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, Caifornia. The bird was ridiculously cooperative, swimming back & forth under the fishing pier. DIRECTIONS: Drive south from downtown Los Angeles on the 110 Harbor Freeway until it ends in San Pedro. The freeway becomes Gaffey Street. Turn left, and keep going south on Gaffey to 22nd Street, and turn left (east) to Pacific Avenue. Turn right (south, and keep going until Pacific Ave almost ends: turn left at Stephen M White Drive. Pay to enter Cabrillo Beach, and keep driving straigh ahead, until the end of the parking lot closest to the pier (it will be easy to see where to go--just don't go left (north) toward the marine museum/aquarium). Park, and walk out onto the fishing pier (their is only one pier around here). The bird swims around under the pier. Tom Miko Claremont, LA County Subject: NAB reminder From: "m_m_rogers" <m.m.rogers AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:14:23 -0000 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The summer season has come to a close so please submit your noteworthy records from the Northern California Region for the period 1 June – 31 July to the appropriate Subregional Editors (see below) or to the Regional Editors by 10 August. THERE ARE SEVERAL NEW NAMES ON THE LISTS BELOW, INCLUDING A NEW REGIONAL EDITOR, SO PLEASE CHECK THEM BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR RECORDS. Please pay special attention to the format example given at the end of this message. Reports that are formatted properly make our job far easier. In particular, it is important to note the order in which we would like to receive details of the record and that there is a single tab between each piece of information (species, date, etc.). PLEASE use Subregional Editors for the counties that have them. These SREs painstakingly keep track of records within their counties and are in most cases THE source of information on the birds of their counties. By sending your records to the SREs, you are helping to contribute to their county files as well as to North American Birds. If you wish to send copies to the Regional Editors, we welcome them, but please send records through the SREs as well. If you have a noteworthy winter sighting from a county without a Subregional Editor, please send records to the Regional Editors below. Records of loons-frigatebirds and larids-alcids go to Steve Rottenborn at: H.T. Harvey & Associates 983 University Ave., Bldg. D Los Gatos, CA 95032 srottenborn AT harveyecology.com Records of waterfowl through quail and herons through shorebirds go to Mike Rogers at: 499 Novato Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 m.m.rogers AT comcast.net Records of doves through thrushes/Wrentit go to Jeff Davis at: 7815 N. Palm Ave., Suite 310 Fresno, CA 93711 jdavis AT harveyecology.com Records of thrashers to finches go to Ed Pandolfino at: 5530 Delrose Court Carmichael, CA 95608 erpfromca AT aol.com SUBREGIONAL EDITORS Alameda Bob Richmond 24650 Amador St. #15 Hayward, CA 94544 Brichmond94544 AT earthlink.net Alpine, Calaveras, Modoc & Yolo John Sterling 29 Palm Ave. Woodland, CA 95695 jsterling AT wavecable.com Amador & El Dorado Tim Steurer 4042 Bancroft Dr. El Dorado Hills, CA 95762-6933 tsteurer AT hotmail.com Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, & Yuba Bruce Deuel 18730 Live Oak Road Red Bluff, CA 96080 bdeuel AT wildblue.net Contra Costa Steve Glover 5108 Shelly Ray Rd. Keller, TX 76244 countylines AT sbcglobal.net Fresno Gary W. Potter 2183 Walton Ave Sanger, CA 93657 gwpott AT aol.com Humboldt Rob Fowler 2277 Heather Lane, Apt. D Arcata, CA 95521 migratoriusfwlr AT gmail.com Kings Jeff Seay 7815 N. Palm Ave., Suite 310 Fresno, CA 93711 jseay AT harveyecology.com Lake Jerry R. White P.O. Box 113 Kelseyville, CA 95451 grwhite AT jps.net Lassen Ken Able Bob's Creek Ranch 535-000 Little Valley Road McArthur, CA 96056 kenable AT hughes.net Madera Jeff N. Davis 7815 N. Palm Ave., Suite 310 Fresno, CA 93711 jdavis AT harveyecology.com Marin Ryan Terrill 1619 El Dorado Street Santa Cruz, CA 95062 enicurus AT yahoo.com Mariposa David Vander Pluym 1683 Buena Vista St. Ventura, CA 93001 scre AT aol.com Mendocino Bob Keiffer P. O. Box 354 Hopland CA 95449 rjkeiffer AT ucdavis.edu Merced & San Benito Kent Van Vuren 26 Vista Dr. Salinas, CA 93907 vanvurenk AT aol.com Mono Kristie Nelson P.O. Box 402 Lee Vining, CA 93541 storm_petrel AT hotmail.com Monterey Don Roberson 282 Grove Acre Pacific Grove CA 93950 831-373-2566fax creagrus AT montereybay.com Napa Murray Berner 210 Monte Vista Napa, CA 94558 (707) 224-5897 vireocity AT hotmail.com Nevada Rudy Darling 12143 Big Blue Road Nevada City, CA 95959 rdarling AT sbbmail.com Placer Ed Pandolfino 5530 Del Rose Court Carmichael, CA 95608 erpfromca AT aol.com Plumas & Sierra John "Mac" McCormick 1230 Dog Leg Dr. Chico, CA 95928 macmc94123 AT earthlink.net Sacramento Chris Conard 2405 Rio Bravo Circle Sacramento, CA 95826 conardc AT gmail.com San Francisco (mainland) The City: Mark Eaton 1524 36th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 mweaton AT pacbell.net San Francisco (Farallones) Jim Tietz P.O. Box 751 Arcata, CA, 95518 jmtietz AT yahoo.com San Joaquin Frances Oliver 1817 Songbird Place Lodi, CA 95240 Hummer52 AT sbcglobal.net San Mateo Peter J. Metropulos 2940 Turk Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94118 pjmetrop AT pacbell.net Santa Clara William G. Bousman 321 Arlington Way Menlo Park CA 94025 barlowi AT earthlink.net Santa Cruz David Suddjian and Steve Gerow 801 Monterey Ave. Capitola, CA 95010 DSUDDJIAN AT aol.com Stephengerow AT aol.com Shasta Bob Yutzy P. O. Box 990237 Redding CA 96099 boby AT c-zone.net Siskiyou Ray Ekstrom 2209 Delphic Rd. Montague, CA 96064 Solano Robin Leong 336 Benson Ave. Vallejo, CA 94590-3027 robin_leong AT netzero.net Sonoma Ruth Rudesill P.O. Box 371 Kenwood, CA 95452 ruthier AT sonic.net Trinity John E. Hunter P.O. Box 4483 Arcata, CA 95518 jhunter323 AT aol.com Tulare Steven Summers 2553 W. Michelle Ln. Porterville, CA 93257 summers AT ocsnet.net Tuolumne Steven Umland 15818 Parkridge Ave. Sonora, CA 95370 sumland AT skywayusa.net The Reporting Deadlines are: Spring Summer Fall Winter Season ends May 31 July 31 Nov 30 Feb 28 Observer reports to Subregional Editors (SREs) June 10 Aug 10 Dec 10 Mar 10 Observer reports to Regional Editors (if not sent to SRE) June 10 Aug 10 Dec 10 Mar 10 SRE reports to Regional Editors June 20 Aug 20 Dec 20 Mar 20 Regional Editors final text to ABA office July 10 Sep 10 Jan 10 Apr 10 PLEASE meet your deadlines so that we can meet our deadlines! Please send reports in our database format: species, date(s) [including year], locale separated by a space from county abbreviation, number of birds, and observers, and then, on a second line, any comments. Please separate these sections by a "tab" (except just a space between locale and county abbreviation) on electronic versions submitted. Here's an example of the correct format: Grace's Warbler 12/13/98-2/20/99 Jacks Peak MTY 1 RFT, mob A second record for the Region (the first was 6/26/91 at Deer Spring, Glass Mt. MNO) which wintered with a large flock of Townsend's & Hermit warblers at the very top of Jacks Peak in Jacks Peak Regional Park. Details by Tintle and others are enclosed. Many observers and Subregional Editors have been submitting their reports by e-mail. PLEASE submit electronic reports if possible. We are trying to maintain an electronic database of at least recent records, and we hope to be able to have all old data entered eventually so that the entire database will be easily accessible to anyone who wants it. Electronic submission of records in the format described above makes it much easier for us maintain this electronic database. We've heard questions about, comments on, and criticism of our regional reports from several observers and SREs. We really appreciate this feedback, as it helps us to better represent what is going on in the Region as a whole. Please help us correct any factual errors we make, and don't hesitate to let us know what you think of the reports. Many thanks to all the contributors and Subregional Editors who make these reports possible! Sincerely, Mike Rogers, Jeff Davis, Ed Pandolfino, and Steve Rottenborn (Northern California Regional Editors) Subject: Lewis's Woodpeckers - Mines Road From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 06:13:38 -0700 Anna Hrycin visiting from New York had asked me to lead her to view Lewis Woodpecker's so that she could photograph the species. Little did I know that we would run into mix of 10 adults and juveniles at a road side stand of what I believe to be Western Chokecherry. Traveling south on Mines Road from Livermore approximately half a mile pass road marker 22.0 ( Santa Clara County) on the left side of the road, we found 10 Lewis Woodpecker's. The Lewis's were mostly airborne, others may be sitting in oak tree snags on a hill side over looking the road side Chokecherry stand.. We spent 2+ hours watching the Lewis Woodpeckers acting like Robins or Cedar Waxwings diving into the Chokecherry along with Western Scrub Jay's, Northern Flickers and other birds. Temperature was 89 degrees lots of sun on the dry hill side made it feel like 100 + degrees. There may be more than 10 Lewis Woodpeckers. (??) I made my count several times by counting airborne birds only. There may have been additional birds in the bush and hidden in the Oak's also. Richard Cimino Richard Cimino rscimino AT earthlink.net Da Pacem Cordium Subject: Lewis's Woodpeckers - Mines Road From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 06:13:38 -0700 Anna Hrycin visiting from New York had asked me to lead her to view Lewis Woodpecker's so that she could photograph the species. Little did I know that we would run into mix of 10 adults and juveniles at a road side stand of what I believe to be Western Chokecherry. Traveling south on Mines Road from Livermore approximately half a mile pass road marker 22.0 ( Santa Clara County) on the left side of the road, we found 10 Lewis Woodpecker's. The Lewis's were mostly airborne, others may be sitting in oak tree snags on a hill side over looking the road side Chokecherry stand.. We spent 2+ hours watching the Lewis Woodpeckers acting like Robins or Cedar Waxwings diving into the Chokecherry along with Western Scrub Jay's, Northern Flickers and other birds. Temperature was 89 degrees lots of sun on the dry hill side made it feel like 100 + degrees. There may be more than 10 Lewis Woodpeckers. (??) I made my count several times by counting airborne birds only. There may have been additional birds in the bush and hidden in the Oak's also. Richard Cimino Richard Cimino rscimino AT earthlink.net Da Pacem Cordium Subject: 136 Cook's Petrels Trip Report and Photos From: "Terry Hunefeld" <sdbirdlover AT fastmail.fm> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:40:54 -0000 Greetings, The sold-out Condor Express was brimming with more than 75 birders as it departed Santa Barbara Harbor at exactly 7:00 a.m., July 25, 2009. There were hushed whispers of pterodromas being seen in deep water by research ships earlier in the week. The day was no less than awe inspiring for all who participated – indeed, a day that will be talked about and remembered for decades. 136 Cook's Petrels were seen well by all participants with close passes by the boat, flocks of petrels on the water and petrels readily coming in to chum slicks. The complete play-by-play trip report including GPS trip track, eBird species lists, trip totals and incredible photos of the pterodromas in flight is now posted at: http://socalbirding.com/tripreports/santabarbarajul252009.html Saturday was 2009's third seabirding trip on the Condor Express. The first trip recorded Parakeet Auklets. The second saw a Horned Puffin. This third trip recorded a tropicbird and 136 Cook's. One more trip is scheduled this year on the Condor Express: an 8 hour trip on September 26 that will head out past the Channel Islands at the peak of fall seabird migration. A Streaked Shearwater was seen near Santa Cruz Island on September 7, 2002. Can we keep our "streak" going? We hope you will join us and find out. Details: http://socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/santabarbarasep262009.html The 48-hour August 24-26 Grande trip from San Diego is sold out. The September 7-11 deep-water trip aboard the live-aboard SEARCHER may have one spot available and provides your best chance of seeing these rarities in this exceptional year for SoCal seabirding - call Celia now to get the last spot or a place on the wait list. Details: http://socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/searchersep711.html 2009 is proving to be an outstanding seabirding year. The Queen of Seabirding, Debi Shearwater, has several trips designed especially to find rarities and pterodroma. Her Fort Bragg trips have incredible success ratios for finding Hawaiian Petrel. This is the year. Carpe Diem. Shearwater Journeys: http://socalbirding.com/shearwaterjourneys.html Other SoCal pelagic trips are scheduled in Sept, Oct and Nov from San Diego and Dana Point. Two are 48-hour deep water trips, two are day trips. Details: http://socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips.html W. Terry Hunefeld, Encinitas Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands, Channel Islands to the Edge of the Continental Shelf Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SoCalBirding Subject: 3 Species of Shearwater Off Dana Point Thursday July 23, 2009 From: "Terry Hunefeld" <sdbirdlover AT fastmail.fm> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:52:45 -0000 Greetings The Sea and Sage Audubon Advanced Bird Camp Program went to sea today from Dana Point on the Discovery Center's Sea Explorer. Marine mammals and seabirds were seen in good abundance. 3 oystercatchers at the jetty, 3 species of shearwaters and 3 species of marine mammals were enjoyed by all. Complete trip report and species details: http://socalbirding.com/tripreports/danapointjuly232009.html Please join us for a 6 hour "fall pelagic" from Dana Point on 19 September 2009. We'll be looking for Blue Whales and jaegers. Details: http://socalbirding.com/upcomingtrips/danapointsep19.html W. Terry Hunefeld, San Diego Life is short. Seabird often. In memory of Luke Cole "Come on out with us to see what's out there." Southern California Seabirding Trips Buena Vista Audubon Society http://www.SoCalBirding.com Los Coronados Islands, Channel Islands to the Edge of the Continental Shelf Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SoCalBirding Subject: U.S. Nightjar Survey needs participants From: "Mike Wilson" <mdwils AT wm.edu> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:01:28 -0000 The U.S. Nightjar Survey Network is continuing into its third year as a vital program to gather data on the population distribution and population trends on this group of declining species. We would like to invite all birders and conservationists to participate in the program by adopting Nightjar Survey Routes in 2009 and beyond. Nightjars are the group of nocturnal, insectivorous birds that includes species such as the whip-poor-will, common poorwill, chuck-will's-widow, and the nighthawks among others. The U.S. Nightjar Survey Network was introduced in the southeast in 2007 and then expanded in 2008 to gain full coverage across the conterminous United States. We are grateful to the number of participants already involved in the program. The beginning years of data collection has already helped in explaining how the composition of habitats in local landcapes influences nightjar abundance. In turn, these data will one day help to explain population declines. However, there is still need for more routes to be surveyed, greater geographic and species coverage, and longer-term count data. Nightjar Surveys are standardized counts conducted along census routes at night. Observers count all Nightjars seen or heard for a six-minute period at each of 10 stops along the route. The entire survey will not take much more than one hour to complete and only needs conducted one time per year. We have produced a series of routes in each state with many that are still in need of adoption by survey participants. Please consider adopting a Nightjar Survey Route in your area. The continuing success of Nightjar Survey Network relies entirely on volunteer participation. Visit http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm for details on route locations, methods of survey, and more. Mike Wilson Center for Conservation Biology College of William & Mary / Virginia Commonwealth University phone 757-221-1649 email: mdwils AT wm.edu www.ccb-wm.org Subject: Birding Survey -- Please Consider Responding From: "CHISHOLM, Graham" <gchisholm AT audubon.org> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:45:07 -0400 All -- I am posting this for Amy Hartell at the Un. Of Oregon. There is a survey monkey link below for ease of responding. Thanks. Graham Chisholm Audubon California Berkeley, CA Dear Birding Enthusiast, My name is Amy Hartell and I am a student in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Oregon. This survey is part of my unfunded Master's Project about how to better design birding trails and tour routes for everyone including people with disabilities. My research needs your perceptions. I am interested in how people's knowledge, skill, motivation and future expectations shape their birding experience. Data collected from this survey will be used to identify preferred birding experiences and how they may be provided for all kinds of birders and design for habitat conservation education. I am also seeking information on an important subgroup of birders, those with disabilities. The results of this survey will help me develop better design guidelines for locating and building birding trails and tours. Leaders of your birding organization(s) have agreed to give you the opportunity to participate in this survey either by emailing the survey for me to their membership or by providing access the survey through a birding listserve, electronic newsletter, or website. Completion and submission of the survey is voluntary. Completing and returning the questionnaire constitutes your consent to participate. The survey does not ask for any personally identifying information such as names, addresses, and phone numbers. If you do not wish to participate, simply discard the questionnaire. Responses will be completely anonymous; do not put your name anywhere on the survey. The survey is intended for anyone age 18 or older and considers themselves a birder. Completion of the survey will take 20-30 minutes. The survey may be taken through Survey Monkey (a secure online survey service) or by completing a writable pdf form and returning it as an attachment to ahartell AT uoregon.edu. You can find the writable pdf on the Portland Audubon website: http://www.audubonportland.org/local-birding/survey You may keep this letter for your records. If you have any questions regarding the research, contact Robert Ribe (faculty advisor), department of Landscape Architecture, (541) 346-3648, 230 Lawrence Hall University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-5234. If you have any questions regarding your rights as a research subject, please contact the Office for Protection of Human Subjects at the University of Oregon, (541) 346-2510. This Office oversees the review of the research to protect your rights and is not involved with this study. LINK TO SURVEY THROUGH SURVEY MONKEY: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cxlublFiM6992fty1mYbKg_3d_3d Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey to help with my studies. THE SURVEY CLOSES APRIL15, 2009. Sincerely, Amy Hartell ahartell AT uoregon.edu 541-892-0680 On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:00:52 -0400, "CHISHOLM, Graham" wrote: > Amy -- Do you have the Survey Monkey link that I could circulate? Graham > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amy M. Hartell [mailto:ahartell AT uoregon.edu] > Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:57 PM > To: CHISHOLM, Graham > Subject: Fwd: Final documents for UO graduate student birding survey > > Dear Graham, > > I thought I would follow up to see if you were able to distribute the survey. If you are able to send it out in any way please let me know as I need to report on the numbers of people reached. It would be great to have a contribution from California. Thank you for your time. > > Regards, > > Amy Hartell > > > > --- Forwarded Message --- > > Subject: Fwd: Final documents for UO graduate student birding survey > > From: "Amy M. Hartell" > > To: gchisholm AT audubon.org > > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:42:27 -0700 > > > > Dear Graham, > > I thought I would forward the message I sent at the beginning of the week and see if you were able to get the survey out. I have had great luck so far with posting to three list serves in Oregon, OBOL, COBOL, and Mid Valley. Klamath Wingwatchers and several recreation groups from the Klamath area have also posted it for me to their membership. I'm still working on KBO. I currently have ~160 respondents. I'd like to get 350 to 500. I plan on doing a followup reminder on the 6th of April and one last reminder and thank you on the 13th of April. Let me know is there is anything more you need. By far the most success is the survey monkey link posted in the list serves and secondly in blogs. > > Kindest Regards, > > Amy Hartell > > > > --- Forwarded Message --- > > Subject: Final documents for UO graduate student birding survey > > From: "Amy M. Hartell" > > To: "CHISHOLM, Graham" > > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:56:39 -0700 > > > > Dear Graham, > > I have been approved! Attached Is the final background letter and a writable pdf of the survey. Also included are email links and web page links to survey monkey. Following is a summery of the background letter that might make is easier to but into various online venues. Please let me know is you have any questions. I can also be reached at 541.892.0680 > > Thank you for your help, > > Amy Hartell > > > > TEXT FOR WEBSITES, ETC: > > I am a student in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Oregon. Following is a link to a survey that is part of my unfunded Master's Project about how to better design birding trails and tour routes for everyone including people with disabilities. Data collected from this survey will be used to identify preferred birding experiences and how they may be provided for all kinds of birders and design for habitat conservation education. I am also seeking information on an important subgroup of birders, those with disabilities. The results of this survey will help me develop better design guidelines for locating and building birding trails and tours. > > > > Completing and returning the questionnaire constitutes your consent to participate. The survey does not ask for any personally identifying information such as names, addresses, and phone numbers. Responses will be completely anonymous; do not put your name anywhere on the survey. The survey is intended for anyone age 18 or older and considers themselves a birder. Completion of the survey will take 20-30 minutes. The survey may be taken through Survey Monkey (a secure online survey service) or by completing a writable pdf form and returning it as an attachment to ahartell AT uoregon.edu. > > > > Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey to help with my studies. The survey closes April 15, 2009. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Amy Hartell > > > > LINK TO SURVEY: Click Here to take survey > > > > EMAIL LINK TO SURVEY: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cxlublFiM6992fty1mYbKg_3d_3d > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 23:49:41 -0500, "CHISHOLM, Graham" wrote: > > > Dear Amy -- Thanks for your email and background information. I will share with a couple of people in Audubon California. There are a number of ways we can help distribute, including our blog and helping place on list serves on your behalf. Let me see what folks recommend. Graham > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Amy M. Hartell [mailto:ahartell AT uoregon.edu] > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 5:46 PM > > > To: CHISHOLM, Graham > > > Subject: UO graduate student birding survey > > > > > > Dear Graham, > > > > > > I am a student at the University of Oregon. My thesis topic for my Master's Project in Landscape Architecture is "Incorporating Inclusive > > > Design and Habitat Conservation Education in Birding Trail Systems". I have been in contact with several of the birding organizations throughout Oregon. To explore design solutions I am using a survey instrument to be distributed to Birders. I have been talking to Joel Geier and Dan Gleason among others. They suggested birding list serves might be a good way to distribute the survey. I was given your name by Sophie Shepard of Surprise Valley. I have been doing some work on the Modoc with the Basin and Range Birding Trial. > > > > > > Currently the survey and cover letter is under review for approval by the University. I hope to be able to distribute it by mid-march. Attached are these two documents for your interest. They are not official. Portland Audubon, Klamath Wingwatchers and Klamath-Modoc-Siskiyou Recreation group have agreed to distribute the survey to their membership either by emailing it for me or providing a link in their newsletter and website. A great and effective solution that does not compromise the security of membership lists. Depending on their preference it will be either a writable PDF or a link to the survey on surveymonkey. > > > > > > I am really worried about getting enough respondents in time. Remember my project is unfunded and is looking for design guidelines that will benefit ALL birders. All participating organizations will be provided with the data analysis for any future uses they may have. If you have any questions please email or call. Thank you for all your help. > > > > > > I look forward to hearing from you and hope you will give your organization the opportunity to take the survey. > > > > > > kindest regards, > > > Amy Hartell > > > 541-892-0680 > > > > Subject: Koopmann Ranch - Sunol , Alameda County From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:02:53 -0700 Tim Koopmann owner and fourth generation rancher in eastern Alameda County open his ranch to Ohlone Audubon today. The ranch is 900 acres of rolling hills - oak savanna habitat along HY680 between Sunol and Pleasanton. Within the tucks and folds of the hills are mature oak and sycamore forests. With no wind to speak of the birding conditions were good, even on the ridge tops. Ohlone member Irv Thiessen has placed 80+ Bluebird nest boxes on Tim's ranch over several years . Irv lead us to a number of the boxes were he has nesting Bluebirds, Tree Swallows and American Kestrels. Also we viewed a family of Golden Eagles and their nest which Tim Koopmann told us has been active for eight years. 44 Species were recorded: Western Bluebirds 24+ House Finches 20 Horned Larks 11 MeadowLarks 10 Mourning Doves 2 American Wigeon 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 American Ravens 8 White-throated Swift 1 Tree Swallows 60 Barn Swallow 1 Violet-green Swallow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallows 11 Gull spices in flight 25 Western Scrub Jay 7 Sterling 30 Anna's Humming bird 1 Allen's Humming bird 1 Acorn Woodpeckers 1 Nuttall Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Lesser Goldfinch 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Coot 1 Mallards 4 Killdeer 2 Redwing Birds 6 Black Phoebe 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Oak Titmouse 1 Harrier 1 American Kestrels 4 Red-tailed Hawks 6 Turkey Vultures 9 Bullocks Oriole 1 Western Kingbird 1 Savanna Sparrows 4 Golden-crown Sparrows 7 White-crown Sparrow 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Wrentit 1 Golden Eagles 3 (2 adults, 1 juvenile) Yellow-billed Magpies 10 Richard Cimino rscimino AT earthlink.net Da Pacem Cordium Subject: Western Kingbird eating Painted Ladies From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:36:40 -0700 This morning I lead a birding walk along the mitigated hills sided of The City of Pleasanton Callippe Golf Course in Alameda County. There are several pair of Western Kingbird along the two mile fence line that were gorging themselves with Painted Ladies and i think California Tortoiseshell Butterflies. The golf course is named after the Callippe Fritillary Butterfly, which lives on the mitigated lands. Also seen, Golden Eagle, several Red Tailed Hawks, nine (!) White-breasted Nuthatch's, six Bullocks Orioles ( two females already), one Yellow-billed Magpie. Richard Cimino rscimino AT earthlink.net Da Pacem Cordium > [Original Message] > From: Paul Bridges > To: > Date: 3/28/2009 8:08:58 PM > Subject: Re: [SBB] [OT] Painted Ladies > > Thanks for the heads up, all. > > I noticed the PL butterflies heading north past my Sunnyvale office, after the emails pointed it out. I would estimate 100 per minute coursing across the Macy's parking lot, though they do seem to prefer going *over* buildings than around them, so the traffic at street level (Murphy Ave.) was much less. And later in the day the rate seemed to die down somewhat. > > Paul B. > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Allan Wofchuck > To: Ruth Troetschler ; snoyowl AT yahoo.com; south-bay-birds AT yahoogroups.com; mary keitelman > Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 8:01:25 PM > Subject: RE: [SBB] Painted Ladies > > > Tonight > > i saw about 50 butterflies in my back yard > They were in a Japanese maple and my neigbors Redwood tree > > allan wofchuck > > > > I live in Redwood City > > Allan Wofchuck > ajmtwof AT pacbell. net > > --- On Fri, 3/27/09, mary keitelman wrote: > > From: mary keitelman > Subject: RE: [SBB] Painted Ladies > To: "Ruth Troetschler" , snoyowl AT yahoo. com, south-bay-birds AT yahoogroups. com > Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 8:15 PM > > We saw many many many Painted Ladies in the California Poppy Reserve and there > was always one or two anywhere we went in Death Valley last week, March 18 - > March 21. They seemed to stop to feed in Reserve, but did not notice that > behavior in DV. > > Mary Keitelman > > > To: snoyowl AT yahoo. com; south-bay-birds AT yahoogroups. com > From: rebugging AT batnet. com > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:08:53 -0700 > Subject: Re: [SBB] Painted Ladies > > I am seeing several each minute in my home in Los Altos. All going > > north, and none stopping to feed. > > Ruth Troetschler > > At 7:09 PM -0700 3/27/09, Jack Cole wrote: > > The butterfly kind, moving north through California. Not like the > > invasion of several years ago, but still pretty impressive. I counted > > 16 at one traffic light yesterday. I'm in So. Cal now, and they are > > still coming through here. A few didn't make it because they lost a > > battle with my windshield on I-5. Observe and enjoy! > > Jack Cole > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ > Internet Explorer 8 – Get your Hotmail Accelerated. Download free! > http://clk.atdmt. com/MRT/go/ 141323790/ direct/01/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------ --------- --------- ------ > > South Bay Birds list (http://www.siliconv alleybirders. org). Subscription info > (http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/south- bay-birds) > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > South Bay Birds list (http://www.siliconvalleybirders.org). Subscription info (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds) > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BirdingCalifornia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BirdingCalifornia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:BirdingCalifornia-digest AT yahoogroups.com mailto:BirdingCalifornia-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BirdingCalifornia-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: RE: [SBB] Painted Ladies From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:29:52 -0700 Thanks Jack, 'I've been gardening this afternoon.. Notice many Painted Ladies passing my through my garden today. My non-scientific monitoring here in Pleasanton Northern California is probably around 15 a minute. Also carpenter bee's are back in my yard this week. This week I have picked up a migrant resident a Ruby Crowned Kinglet. The Golden Crown Sparrow's remain , but the White Crown Sparrow's have moved out. Richard Cimino rscimino AT earthlink.net Da Pacem Cordium > [Original Message] > From: Jack Cole > To: oSBB SouthBay Birds > Date: 3/27/2009 7:09:28 PM > Subject: [SBB] Painted Ladies > > The butterfly kind, moving north through California. Not like the invasion of several years ago, but still pretty impressive. I counted 16 at one traffic light yesterday. I'm in So. Cal now, and they are still coming through here. A few didn't make it because they lost a battle with my windshield on I-5. Observe and enjoy! > > Jack Cole > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > South Bay Birds list (http://www.siliconvalleybirders.org). Subscription info (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds) > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Subject: Shasta County Dead Eagle From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:39:57 -0800 Groups Protest Wind Turbine Eagle Kills http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-221406?ref=feeds%2Foncnn Wearing red to symbolize the blood of dead eagles, several Native American groups from California organized a protest against the killing of Golden and Bald Eagles that will take place in collisions with the Wind turbines of the approved Hatchet Ridge Wind Project in Northern California. Eagles, hawks, owls and falcons will all die in collisions with the wind turbine blades that spin at 220 mph on 300 foot towers. The groups that organized this protest are; The Advocates for the Protection of Sacred Sites, Seventh Generation Fund, Indigenous Environmental Network, International Indian Treaty Council, and Citizens of the Pit River Tribe. The protest will took place Friday Feb 27 in front of the Shasta County Administrative building where the board of supervisors approved the Hatchet Ridge Wind Farm. Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Spotted Owls, Great Grey Owls and over 100 other different kinds of bird species are expected to die at this wind farm. Each year across America, thousands of birds of prey die in collisions with turbine blades. At the Altamont wind farm in California over 50 Golden Eagles die each year. Accurate figures from other wind farms are not available because of the high security at sites and cover up by the wind industry. Richard Cimino rscimino AT earthlink.net Da Pacem Cordium Subject: Redondo Beach cockatiel lost From: "fishcantscream AT ymail.com" <fishcantscream@ymail.com> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:01:36 -0000 My Redondo Beach friend's 13 year old cockatiel got out today for the first time. He was very disoriented. He answers to Bobby Bird and has a yellow head, orange cheeks and grey feathers. If anyone sees him please call 330 459 0303 God bless Bobby Bird and you http://www.worldanimalnet.org http://www.meatout.org http://www.kfccruelty.com http://www.pcrm.org http://www.christianveg.com http://www.jewishveg.com http://www.hindu.org http://www.plumvillage.org http://www.postpoems.com/members/animalpoems http://veganoutreach.org http://www.ivu.org http://spot.acorn.net/fruitarian http://stopmowing.blogspot.com Subject: Del Norte County Rusty Blackbird update From: "Ken Burton" <brdnrd AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:01:57 -0800 The female RUSTY BLACKBIRD continued yesterday in the pasture behind the farm buildings at the east end of Moseley Road. Ken Burton (Arcata) Chet Ogan (Eureka) Subject: Del Norte County Rusty Blackbird update From: "Ken Burton" <brdnrd AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:01:57 -0800 The female RUSTY BLACKBIRD continued yesterday in the pasture behind the farm buildings at the east end of Moseley Road. Ken Burton (Arcata) Chet Ogan (Eureka) Subject: Fw: [nwcalbird] Rusty Blackbird and Crested Caracara continue in Del Norte Co. From: "Ken Burton" <brdnrd AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:17:17 -0800 The blackbird was in the pasture behind the below-mentioned building this morning. There was no sign of the caracara. Ken Burton Arcata ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Barron" To: "NWCalbird" Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:03 AM Subject: [nwcalbird] Rusty Blackbird and Crested Caracara continue in Del Norte Co. > > Birders, > I saw the continuing female RUSTY BLACKBIRD and long present CRESTED > CARACARA yesterday 30 Dec. about 3pm near Fort Dick. > The Caracara was near the grey barn at the intersection of Lake Earl > Drive and Bailey Road. > The blackbird was as usual along the east end of Moseley Road just > after you turn from Bailey Road. Watch on right about 200 feet for the > grey and red concrete barn-like building, bird at feedlot puddle on > west side of the building. > ------- Alan D. Barron > > > > Subject: Fw: [nwcalbird] Rusty Blackbird and Crested Caracara continue in Del Norte Co. From: "Ken Burton" <brdnrd AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:17:17 -0800 The blackbird was in the pasture behind the below-mentioned building this morning. There was no sign of the caracara. Ken Burton Arcata ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Barron" To: "NWCalbird" Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:03 AM Subject: [nwcalbird] Rusty Blackbird and Crested Caracara continue in Del Norte Co. > > Birders, > I saw the continuing female RUSTY BLACKBIRD and long present CRESTED > CARACARA yesterday 30 Dec. about 3pm near Fort Dick. > The Caracara was near the grey barn at the intersection of Lake Earl > Drive and Bailey Road. > The blackbird was as usual along the east end of Moseley Road just > after you turn from Bailey Road. Watch on right about 200 feet for the > grey and red concrete barn-like building, bird at feedlot puddle on > west side of the building. > ------- Alan D. Barron > > > > Subject: (unknown) From: Kenneth Burton <brdnrd AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:51:35 -0800 (PST) The Worm-eating and Black-throated Gray Warblers are still present today. Ken Burton Arcata --- In BirdingCalifornia AT yahoogroups.com, "Richard Cimino" wrote: > > A Worm-eating Warbler is being reported by Dave Bowden of Berkeley and Paul > Saraceni of San Francisco. > The Worm-eating was still present and provided views to David, Eric, Todd, > Dan and me during the 11-12:30 time frame. At one point low in some > flowering shrubs near the brick area with low cement wall. Some observed it > in a pine tree on the Washington St. side of the park later on. It gave its > 2-syllabled call note which helped to locate it. > More detailed maps on eBird. > > The Black-throated Gray W was around, and White-throated Sparrow on the > lawn. > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > Hugh DeMann reported. > I was looking around for awhile next to Embarcadero looking for the > warblers. Not much luck, and then I remembered the more woody second > part of Ferry Park between Clay and Davis. After checking various > trees, I spotted the black-throated gray warbler. Shortly thereafter, > I thought I saw the silhouette of the worm-eating warbler. A few > minutes later, David Bowden from Berkeley (Michigan) spotted the warbler in > the same > tree where I had the silhouette. It was near the "shed" in that other > part of the park low in the trees favoring brown leaved areas. I was > not satisfied with my photo so I waited around for awhile. Some more > people came, and we were lucky to see it land to rest in one of those > short red-leaved trees in the middle of the park. It stayed there for > a couple of minutes while I shot some nice photos. > > Here is the link to one of the photos... > http://planetscott.com/a.aspx?22 > > Other highlights. Ferry Park: 100 parrot flock. > Huffaker Park: Kestrel, Black Crowned Night-Heron. Only duck seen was > a female bufflehead. Great Blue Heron near the sewage outflow. > > > > > Richard Cimino > rscimino AT ... > Da Pacem Cordium > Subject: (unknown) From: Kenneth Burton <brdnrd AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:51:35 -0800 (PST) The Worm-eating and Black-throated Gray Warblers are still present today. Ken Burton Arcata --- In BirdingCalifornia AT yahoogroups.com, "Richard Cimino" wrote: > > A Worm-eating Warbler is being reported by Dave Bowden of Berkeley and Paul > Saraceni of San Francisco. > The Worm-eating was still present and provided views to David, Eric, Todd, > Dan and me during the 11-12:30 time frame. At one point low in some > flowering shrubs near the brick area with low cement wall. Some observed it > in a pine tree on the Washington St. side of the park later on. It gave its > 2-syllabled call note which helped to locate it. > More detailed maps on eBird. > > The Black-throated Gray W was around, and White-throated Sparrow on the > lawn. > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > Hugh DeMann reported. > I was looking around for awhile next to Embarcadero looking for the > warblers. Not much luck, and then I remembered the more woody second > part of Ferry Park between Clay and Davis. After checking various > trees, I spotted the black-throated gray warbler. Shortly thereafter, > I thought I saw the silhouette of the worm-eating warbler. A few > minutes later, David Bowden from Berkeley (Michigan) spotted the warbler in > the same > tree where I had the silhouette. It was near the "shed" in that other > part of the park low in the trees favoring brown leaved areas. I was > not satisfied with my photo so I waited around for awhile. Some more > people came, and we were lucky to see it land to rest in one of those > short red-leaved trees in the middle of the park. It stayed there for > a couple of minutes while I shot some nice photos. > > Here is the link to one of the photos... > http://planetscott.com/a.aspx?22 > > Other highlights. Ferry Park: 100 parrot flock. > Huffaker Park: Kestrel, Black Crowned Night-Heron. Only duck seen was > a female bufflehead. Great Blue Heron near the sewage outflow. > > > > > Richard Cimino > rscimino AT ... > Da Pacem Cordium > Subject: San Franisco Worm Eating Warbler: From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:53:38 -0800 A Worm-eating Warbler is being reported by Dave Bowden of Berkeley and Paul Saraceni of San Francisco. The Worm-eating was still present and provided views to David, Eric, Todd, Dan and me during the 11-12:30 time frame. At one point low in some flowering shrubs near the brick area with low cement wall. Some observed it in a pine tree on the Washington St. side of the park later on. It gave its 2-syllabled call note which helped to locate it. More detailed maps on eBird. The Black-throated Gray W was around, and White-throated Sparrow on the lawn. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Hugh DeMann reported. I was looking around for awhile next to Embarcadero looking for the warblers. Not much luck, and then I remembered the more woody second part of Ferry Park between Clay and Davis. After checking various trees, I spotted the black-throated gray warbler. Shortly thereafter, I thought I saw the silhouette of the worm-eating warbler. A few minutes later, David Bowden from Berkeley (Michigan) spotted the warbler in the same tree where I had the silhouette. It was near the "shed" in that other part of the park low in the trees favoring brown leaved areas. I was not satisfied with my photo so I waited around for awhile. Some more people came, and we were lucky to see it land to rest in one of those short red-leaved trees in the middle of the park. It stayed there for a couple of minutes while I shot some nice photos. Here is the link to one of the photos... http://planetscott.com/a.aspx?22 Other highlights. Ferry Park: 100 parrot flock. Huffaker Park: Kestrel, Black Crowned Night-Heron. Only duck seen was a female bufflehead. Great Blue Heron near the sewage outflow. Richard Cimino rscimino AT earthlink.net Da Pacem Cordium Subject: Pyle guides - use in field identification of birds From: "kschnei1000" <kschnei1 AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:31:03 -0000 I've noticed that quite a few birders mention Peter Pyle's guides (a new one just came out, I believe) as a useful resource for field identification of birds, even though they're primarily aimed at bird banders. I've never perused one and consider myself an "intermediate" level birder - can someone please explain to me what I would get out of these guides that would be of frequent use to me? I am not a bird bander, although I do of course have an interest in sexing and aging birds in the field, when possible... Thanks! Ken Schneider, Redwood City Subject: chukar From: "jlaw4769" <jlaw4769 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:03:02 -0000 Hi Everyone, El Cerrito birder here. I saw a male Chukar at 641 Liberty St. in El Cerrito California at 1:00 p.m. November the 18th. I got within 4 feet of it and it flew up on my neighbor's roof. John Law e-mail for details or questions. lol Subject: Re: Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) 1/2 From: Glen Tepke <g.tepke AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:44:35 -0700 Sorry, I posted this to the wrong group. Glen Tepke Glen Tepke wrote: > This member of the notoriously difficult-to-identify genus Empidonax > breeds in coniferous and mixed forests of western North America from > Alaska south to California and New Mexico, and winters in the highlands > of Mexico and Central America. Empids are best distinguished by voice, > but we didn't hear this bird call. We made the ID based on its grayish > color; stocky, large-headed shape; short, deeply notched tail; long > primary projection; "vested" breast; teardrop-shaped eyering; and short, > dark bill. > > Mitchell Canyon, Mt. Diablo State Park, Contra Costa County, California, > 13 April 2008. Canon 40D, Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6. > > Glen Tepke > Oakland, California, USA > g.tepke (at) comcast (dot) net > www.pbase.com/gtepke > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Subject: Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) 1/2 From: Glen Tepke <g.tepke AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:42:05 -0700 This member of the notoriously difficult-to-identify genus Empidonax breeds in coniferous and mixed forests of western North America from Alaska south to California and New Mexico, and winters in the highlands of Mexico and Central America. Empids are best distinguished by voice, but we didn't hear this bird call. We made the ID based on its grayish color; stocky, large-headed shape; short, deeply notched tail; long primary projection; "vested" breast; teardrop-shaped eyering; and short, dark bill. Mitchell Canyon, Mt. Diablo State Park, Contra Costa County, California, 13 April 2008. Canon 40D, Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6. Glen Tepke Oakland, California, USA g.tepke (at) comcast (dot) net www.pbase.com/gtepke [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: May be of interest > Dusky Warbler From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:16:50 -0700 Emilie Strauss found a Phylloscopus Warbler today behind Costco on Central Avenue in Richmond / El Cerrito. Photographs of the bird are posted on http://www.flickr.com/photos/boblewis/sets/72157607897690695/ To get to the site, go down Central Avenue towards Costco and park in the SW corner of the Costco lot. Walk south to a Bay Trail feeder trail with a wood bar across it. Jump the bar and turn west on the trail, walk to just before where the trail turns north. There is a small field of fennel on your right, between the trail and the black wire fence of the water treatment plant. The bird was low in the fennel, and near the two small cypresses in the field. After Emilie notified me, I was able to find the bird about 4 PM. Dave Quady appeared about 4:30 and we again refound the bird. I left about 5, when John Luther arrived. Looking at the images in the camera and as posted, and after e-mailing them to Emilie, we all concluded the bird is a Dusky Warbler. A few more less satisfying images are also available. Bob Lewis Berkeley, CA Richard Cimino rscimino AT earthlink.net Da Pacem Corduim Subject: North American Birds Summer Reminder From: Steve Glover <countylines AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 08:41:01 -0700 (PDT) Hello all, Below is a reminder that the summer season for North American Birds is over. As usual, our apologies for those of you receiving this message from multiple listserves. Steve Glover Dublin, CA August 1, 2008 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The summer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Northern California Region for the period 1 June – 31 July to the appropriate Subregional Editors (see below) or to the Regional Editors by 10 August. Please pay special attention to the format example given at the end of this message. Reports that are formatted properly make our job far easier. In particular, it is important to note that there is a single tab between species, date, etc. PLEASE use Subregional Editors for the counties that have them. These SREs painstakingly keep track of records within their counties and are in most cases THE source of information on the birds of their counties. By sending your records to the SREs, you are helping to contribute to their county files as well as to North American Birds. If you wish to send copies to the Regional Editors, we welcome them, but please send records through the SREs as well. If you have a noteworthy winter sighting from a county without a Subregional Editor, please send records to the Regional Editors below. Records of loons-frigatebirds and larids-alcids go to Steve Rottenborn at: H.T. Harvey & Associates 983 University Ave., Bldg. D Los Gatos, CA 95032 srottenborn AT harveyecology.com Records of waterfowl through quail and herons through shorebirds go to Mike Rogers at: 499 Novato Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 m.m.rogers AT comcast.net Records of doves through thrushes/Wrentit (in the new AOU order that includes vireos and shrikes) go to Steve Glover at: 6526 Conestoga Lane Dublin, CA 94568 countylines AT sbcglobal.net Records of thrashers to finches go to Ed Pandolfino at: Ed Pandolfino 5530 Delrose Court Carmichael, CA 95608 erpfromca AT aol.com SUBREGIONAL EDITORS Alameda Bob Richmond 24650 Amador St. #15 Hayward, CA 94544 Brichmond94544 AT earthlink.net Alpine, Calaveras & Modoc John Sterling 29 Palm Ave. Woodland, CA 95695 ani AT cal.net Amador & El Dorado Tim Steurer 4042 Bancroft Dr. El Dorado Hills, CA 95762-6933 tsteurer AT hotmail.com Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, Yuba Bruce Deuel 18730 Live Oak Road Red Bluff, CA 96080 bdeuel AT wildblue.net Contra Costa Steve Glover 6526 Conestoga Lane Dublin CA 94568 countylines AT sbcglobal.net Del Norte Alan D. Barron 1093 Hwy 101 N. #18 Crescent City, CA 95531 flockfinder AT yahoo.com Fresno Gary W. Potter 2183 Walton Ave Sanger, CA 93657 gwpott AT aol.com Humboldt Rob Fowler 2277 Heather Lane, Apt. D Arcata, CA 95521 migratoriusfwlr AT gmail.com Kings Luke Cole 561 Hill Street San Francisco, CA 94114 luke AT igc.org Lake Jerry R. White P.O. Box 113 Kelseyville, CA 95451 grwhite AT jps.net Lassen Brad Stovall Stovall Associates P.O. Box 4413 Chico, CA 95927 Bmspi1 AT aol.com Madera Jeff Davis 11238 N Via Trevisio Way Fresno, CA 93730 jndavis AT ucsc.edu Marin Ryan Terrill 1619 El Dorado Street Santa Cruz, CA 95062 enicurus AT yahoo.com Mariposa David Vander Pluym 1683 Buena Vista St. Ventura, CA 93001 SCRE AT aol.com Mendocino Bob Keiffer P. O. Box 354 Hopland CA 95449 rjkeiffer AT ucdavis.edu Merced and San Benito Kent Van Vuren 26 Vista Dr. Salinas, CA 93907 vanvurenk AT aol.com Mono Kristie Nelson P.O. Box 402 Lee Vining, CA 93541 storm_petrel AT hotmail.com Monterey Don Roberson 282 Grove Acre Pacific Grove CA 93950 831-373-2566fax creagrus AT montereybay.com Napa Murray Berner 210 Monte Vista Napa, CA 94558 (707) 224-5897 vireocity AT hotmail.com Nevada Brian Williams 8200 Turner Dr. Granite Bay, CA 95746 bwcal AT sprynet.com Placer Ed Pandolfino 5530 Del Rose Court Carmichael, CA 95608 erpfromca AT aol.com Plumas & Sierra John "Mac" McCormick 1230 Dog Leg Dr. Chico, CA 95928 macmc94123 AT earthlink.net Sacramento Chris Conard 2405 Rio Bravo Circle Sacramento, CA 95826 conardc AT gmail.com San Francisco (mainland) The City: Mark Eaton 1524 36th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 mweaton AT pacbell.net San Francisco (Farallons) Jim Tietz P.O. Box 751 Arcata, CA, 95518 jmtietz AT yahoo.com San Joaquin Frances Oliver 1817 Songbird Place Lodi, CA 95240 Hummer52 AT sbcglobal.net San Mateo Peter J. Metropulos 2940 Turk Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94118 pjmetrop AT pacbell.net Santa Clara William G. Bousman 321 Arlington Way Menlo Park CA 94025 barlowi AT earthlink.net Santa Cruz David Suddjian and Steve Gerow 801 Monterey Ave. Capitola, CA 95010 DSUDDJIAN AT aol.com Stephengerow AT aol.com Shasta Bob Yutzy P. O. Box 990237 Redding CA 96099 boby AT c-zone.net Siskiyou Ray Ekstrom 2209 Delphic Rd. Montague, CA 96064 Solano Robin Leong 336 Benson Ave. Vallejo, CA 94590-3027 robin_leong AT netzero.net Sonoma Ruth Rudesill P.O. Box 371 Kenwood, CA 95452 ruthier AT sonic.net Stanislaus Harold Reeves birder AT sbcglobal.net Trinity John E. Hunter P.O. Box 4483 Arcata, CA 95518 jhunter323 AT aol.com Tulare Steven Summers 2553 W. Michelle Ln. Porterville, CA 93257 summers AT ocsnet.net Tuolumne Steven Umland 15818 Parkridge Ave. Sonora, CA 95370 sumland AT skywayusa.net Yolo Roger Adamson 2213 Catalina Dr. Davis, CA 95616 rhadamson AT ucdavis.edu The Reporting Deadlines are: Spring Summer Fall Winter Season ends May 31 July 31 Nov 30 Feb 28 Observer reports to Subregional Editors (SREs) June 10 Aug 10 Dec 10 Mar 10 Observer reports to Regional Editors (if not sent to SRE) June 10 Aug 10 Dec 10 Mar 10 SRE reports to Regional Editors June 20 Aug 20 Dec 20 Mar 20 Regional Editors final text to ABA office July 10 Sep 10 Jan 10 Apr 10 PLEASE meet your deadlines so that we can meet our deadlines! Please send reports in our preferred order: species, date(s) [including year], locale, co. abbrev., number of birds, and observer, and then, on a second line, any comments. Please separate these sections by a "tab" (except just a space between locale and county abbreviation) on electronic versions submitted. Again, here's an example of the correct format: Grace's Warbler 12/13/98-2/20/99 Jacks Peak MTY 1 RFT, mob A second record for the Region (the first was 6/26/91 at Deer Spring, Glass Mt. MNO) which wintered with a large flock of Townsend's & Hermit warblers at the very top of Jacks Peak in Jacks Peak Regional Park. Details by Tintle and others are enclosed. Many observers and Subregional Editors have been submitting their reports by e-mail. PLEASE submit electronic reports if possible. We are trying to maintain an electronic database of at least recent records, and we hope to be able to have all old data entered eventually so that the entire database will be easily accessible to anyone who wants it. Electronic submission of records in the format described above makes it much easier for us maintain this electronic database. We've heard questions about, comments on, and criticism of our regional reports from several observers and SREs. We really appreciate this feedback, as it helps us to better represent what is going on in the Region as a whole. Please help us correct any factual errors we make, and don't hesitate to let us know what you think of the reports. Many thanks to all the contributors and Subregional Editors who make these reports possible! Sincerely, Ed Pandolfino, Mike Rogers, Steve Rottenborn, and Steve Glover (Northern California Regional Editors) Subject: North American Birds Summer Reminder From: Steve Glover <countylines AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 08:41:01 -0700 (PDT) Hello all, Below is a reminder that the summer season for North American Birds is over. As usual, our apologies for those of you receiving this message from multiple listserves. Steve Glover Dublin, CA August 1, 2008 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The summer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Northern California Region for the period 1 June – 31 July to the appropriate Subregional Editors (see below) or to the Regional Editors by 10 August. Please pay special attention to the format example given at the end of this message. Reports that are formatted properly make our job far easier. In particular, it is important to note that there is a single tab between species, date, etc. PLEASE use Subregional Editors for the counties that have them. These SREs painstakingly keep track of records within their counties and are in most cases THE source of information on the birds of their counties. By sending your records to the SREs, you are helping to contribute to their county files as well as to North American Birds. If you wish to send copies to the Regional Editors, we welcome them, but please send records through the SREs as well. If you have a noteworthy winter sighting from a county without a Subregional Editor, please send records to the Regional Editors below. Records of loons-frigatebirds and larids-alcids go to Steve Rottenborn at: H.T. Harvey & Associates 983 University Ave., Bldg. D Los Gatos, CA 95032 srottenborn AT harveyecology.com Records of waterfowl through quail and herons through shorebirds go to Mike Rogers at: 499 Novato Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 m.m.rogers AT comcast.net Records of doves through thrushes/Wrentit (in the new AOU order that includes vireos and shrikes) go to Steve Glover at: 6526 Conestoga Lane Dublin, CA 94568 countylines AT sbcglobal.net Records of thrashers to finches go to Ed Pandolfino at: Ed Pandolfino 5530 Delrose Court Carmichael, CA 95608 erpfromca AT aol.com SUBREGIONAL EDITORS Alameda Bob Richmond 24650 Amador St. #15 Hayward, CA 94544 Brichmond94544 AT earthlink.net Alpine, Calaveras & Modoc John Sterling 29 Palm Ave. Woodland, CA 95695 ani AT cal.net Amador & El Dorado Tim Steurer 4042 Bancroft Dr. El Dorado Hills, CA 95762-6933 tsteurer AT hotmail.com Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, Yuba Bruce Deuel 18730 Live Oak Road Red Bluff, CA 96080 bdeuel AT wildblue.net Contra Costa Steve Glover 6526 Conestoga Lane Dublin CA 94568 countylines AT sbcglobal.net Del Norte Alan D. Barron 1093 Hwy 101 N. #18 Crescent City, CA 95531 flockfinder AT yahoo.com Fresno Gary W. Potter 2183 Walton Ave Sanger, CA 93657 gwpott AT aol.com Humboldt Rob Fowler 2277 Heather Lane, Apt. D Arcata, CA 95521 migratoriusfwlr AT gmail.com Kings Luke Cole 561 Hill Street San Francisco, CA 94114 luke AT igc.org Lake Jerry R. White P.O. Box 113 Kelseyville, CA 95451 grwhite AT jps.net Lassen Brad Stovall Stovall Associates P.O. Box 4413 Chico, CA 95927 Bmspi1 AT aol.com Madera Jeff Davis 11238 N Via Trevisio Way Fresno, CA 93730 jndavis AT ucsc.edu Marin Ryan Terrill 1619 El Dorado Street Santa Cruz, CA 95062 enicurus AT yahoo.com Mariposa David Vander Pluym 1683 Buena Vista St. Ventura, CA 93001 SCRE AT aol.com Mendocino Bob Keiffer P. O. Box 354 Hopland CA 95449 rjkeiffer AT ucdavis.edu Merced and San Benito Kent Van Vuren 26 Vista Dr. Salinas, CA 93907 vanvurenk AT aol.com Mono Kristie Nelson P.O. Box 402 Lee Vining, CA 93541 storm_petrel AT hotmail.com Monterey Don Roberson 282 Grove Acre Pacific Grove CA 93950 831-373-2566fax creagrus AT montereybay.com Napa Murray Berner 210 Monte Vista Napa, CA 94558 (707) 224-5897 vireocity AT hotmail.com Nevada Brian Williams 8200 Turner Dr. Granite Bay, CA 95746 bwcal AT sprynet.com Placer Ed Pandolfino 5530 Del Rose Court Carmichael, CA 95608 erpfromca AT aol.com Plumas & Sierra John "Mac" McCormick 1230 Dog Leg Dr. Chico, CA 95928 macmc94123 AT earthlink.net Sacramento Chris Conard 2405 Rio Bravo Circle Sacramento, CA 95826 conardc AT gmail.com San Francisco (mainland) The City: Mark Eaton 1524 36th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 mweaton AT pacbell.net San Francisco (Farallons) Jim Tietz P.O. Box 751 Arcata, CA, 95518 jmtietz AT yahoo.com San Joaquin Frances Oliver 1817 Songbird Place Lodi, CA 95240 Hummer52 AT sbcglobal.net San Mateo Peter J. Metropulos 2940 Turk Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94118 pjmetrop AT pacbell.net Santa Clara William G. Bousman 321 Arlington Way Menlo Park CA 94025 barlowi AT earthlink.net Santa Cruz David Suddjian and Steve Gerow 801 Monterey Ave. Capitola, CA 95010 DSUDDJIAN AT aol.com Stephengerow AT aol.com Shasta Bob Yutzy P. O. Box 990237 Redding CA 96099 boby AT c-zone.net Siskiyou Ray Ekstrom 2209 Delphic Rd. Montague, CA 96064 Solano Robin Leong 336 Benson Ave. Vallejo, CA 94590-3027 robin_leong AT netzero.net Sonoma Ruth Rudesill P.O. Box 371 Kenwood, CA 95452 ruthier AT sonic.net Stanislaus Harold Reeves birder AT sbcglobal.net Trinity John E. Hunter P.O. Box 4483 Arcata, CA 95518 jhunter323 AT aol.com Tulare Steven Summers 2553 W. Michelle Ln. Porterville, CA 93257 summers AT ocsnet.net Tuolumne Steven Umland 15818 Parkridge Ave. Sonora, CA 95370 sumland AT skywayusa.net Yolo Roger Adamson 2213 Catalina Dr. Davis, CA 95616 rhadamson AT ucdavis.edu The Reporting Deadlines are: Spring Summer Fall Winter Season ends May 31 July 31 Nov 30 Feb 28 Observer reports to Subregional Editors (SREs) June 10 Aug 10 Dec 10 Mar 10 Observer reports to Regional Editors (if not sent to SRE) June 10 Aug 10 Dec 10 Mar 10 SRE reports to Regional Editors June 20 Aug 20 Dec 20 Mar 20 Regional Editors final text to ABA office July 10 Sep 10 Jan 10 Apr 10 PLEASE meet your deadlines so that we can meet our deadlines! Please send reports in our preferred order: species, date(s) [including year], locale, co. abbrev., number of birds, and observer, and then, on a second line, any comments. Please separate these sections by a "tab" (except just a space between locale and county abbreviation) on electronic versions submitted. Again, here's an example of the correct format: Grace's Warbler 12/13/98-2/20/99 Jacks Peak MTY 1 RFT, mob A second record for the Region (the first was 6/26/91 at Deer Spring, Glass Mt. MNO) which wintered with a large flock of Townsend's & Hermit warblers at the very top of Jacks Peak in Jacks Peak Regional Park. Details by Tintle and others are enclosed. Many observers and Subregional Editors have been submitting their reports by e-mail. PLEASE submit electronic reports if possible. We are trying to maintain an electronic database of at least recent records, and we hope to be able to have all old data entered eventually so that the entire database will be easily accessible to anyone who wants it. Electronic submission of records in the format described above makes it much easier for us maintain this electronic database. We've heard questions about, comments on, and criticism of our regional reports from several observers and SREs. We really appreciate this feedback, as it helps us to better represent what is going on in the Region as a whole. Please help us correct any factual errors we make, and don't hesitate to let us know what you think of the reports. Many thanks to all the contributors and Subregional Editors who make these reports possible! Sincerely, Ed Pandolfino, Mike Rogers, Steve Rottenborn, and Steve Glover (Northern California Regional Editors) Subject: North American Birds Summer Reminder From: Steve Glover <countylines AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 08:41:01 -0700 (PDT) Hello all, Below is a reminder that the summer season for North American Birds is over. As usual, our apologies for those of you receiving this message from multiple listserves. Steve Glover Dublin, CA August 1, 2008 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The summer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Northern California Region for the period 1 June – 31 July to the appropriate Subregional Editors (see below) or to the Regional Editors by 10 August. Please pay special attention to the format example given at the end of this message. Reports that are formatted properly make our job far easier. In particular, it is important to note that there is a single tab between species, date, etc. PLEASE use Subregional Editors for the counties that have them. These SREs painstakingly keep track of records within their counties and are in most cases THE source of information on the birds of their counties. By sending your records to the SREs, you are helping to contribute to their county files as well as to North American Birds. If you wish to send copies to the Regional Editors, we welcome them, but please send records through the SREs as well. If you have a noteworthy winter sighting from a county without a Subregional Editor, please send records to the Regional Editors below. Records of loons-frigatebirds and larids-alcids go to Steve Rottenborn at: H.T. Harvey & Associates 983 University Ave., Bldg. D Los Gatos, CA 95032 srottenborn AT harveyecology.com Records of waterfowl through quail and herons through shorebirds go to Mike Rogers at: 499 Novato Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 m.m.rogers AT comcast.net Records of doves through thrushes/Wrentit (in the new AOU order that includes vireos and shrikes) go to Steve Glover at: 6526 Conestoga Lane Dublin, CA 94568 countylines AT sbcglobal.net Records of thrashers to finches go to Ed Pandolfino at: Ed Pandolfino 5530 Delrose Court Carmichael, CA 95608 erpfromca AT aol.com SUBREGIONAL EDITORS Alameda Bob Richmond 24650 Amador St. #15 Hayward, CA 94544 Brichmond94544 AT earthlink.net Alpine, Calaveras & Modoc John Sterling 29 Palm Ave. Woodland, CA 95695 ani AT cal.net Amador & El Dorado Tim Steurer 4042 Bancroft Dr. El Dorado Hills, CA 95762-6933 tsteurer AT hotmail.com Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Tehama, Yuba Bruce Deuel 18730 Live Oak Road Red Bluff, CA 96080 bdeuel AT wildblue.net Contra Costa Steve Glover 6526 Conestoga Lane Dublin CA 94568 countylines AT sbcglobal.net Del Norte Alan D. Barron 1093 Hwy 101 N. #18 Crescent City, CA 95531 flockfinder AT yahoo.com Fresno Gary W. Potter 2183 Walton Ave Sanger, CA 93657 gwpott AT aol.com Humboldt Rob Fowler 2277 Heather Lane, Apt. D Arcata, CA 95521 migratoriusfwlr AT gmail.com Kings Luke Cole 561 Hill Street San Francisco, CA 94114 luke AT igc.org Lake Jerry R. White P.O. Box 113 Kelseyville, CA 95451 grwhite AT jps.net Lassen Brad Stovall Stovall Associates P.O. Box 4413 Chico, CA 95927 Bmspi1 AT aol.com Madera Jeff Davis 11238 N Via Trevisio Way Fresno, CA 93730 jndavis AT ucsc.edu Marin Ryan Terrill 1619 El Dorado Street Santa Cruz, CA 95062 enicurus AT yahoo.com Mariposa David Vander Pluym 1683 Buena Vista St. Ventura, CA 93001 SCRE AT aol.com Mendocino Bob Keiffer P. O. Box 354 Hopland CA 95449 rjkeiffer AT ucdavis.edu Merced and San Benito Kent Van Vuren 26 Vista Dr. Salinas, CA 93907 vanvurenk AT aol.com Mono Kristie Nelson P.O. Box 402 Lee Vining, CA 93541 storm_petrel AT hotmail.com Monterey Don Roberson 282 Grove Acre Pacific Grove CA 93950 831-373-2566fax creagrus AT montereybay.com Napa Murray Berner 210 Monte Vista Napa, CA 94558 (707) 224-5897 vireocity AT hotmail.com Nevada Brian Williams 8200 Turner Dr. Granite Bay, CA 95746 bwcal AT sprynet.com Placer Ed Pandolfino 5530 Del Rose Court Carmichael, CA 95608 erpfromca AT aol.com Plumas & Sierra John "Mac" McCormick 1230 Dog Leg Dr. Chico, CA 95928 macmc94123 AT earthlink.net Sacramento Chris Conard 2405 Rio Bravo Circle Sacramento, CA 95826 conardc AT gmail.com San Francisco (mainland) The City: Mark Eaton 1524 36th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 mweaton AT pacbell.net San Francisco (Farallons) Jim Tietz P.O. Box 751 Arcata, CA, 95518 jmtietz AT yahoo.com San Joaquin Frances Oliver 1817 Songbird Place Lodi, CA 95240 Hummer52 AT sbcglobal.net San Mateo Peter J. Metropulos 2940 Turk Blvd. San Francisco, CA 94118 pjmetrop AT pacbell.net Santa Clara William G. Bousman 321 Arlington Way Menlo Park CA 94025 barlowi AT earthlink.net Santa Cruz David Suddjian and Steve Gerow 801 Monterey Ave. Capitola, CA 95010 DSUDDJIAN AT aol.com Stephengerow AT aol.com Shasta Bob Yutzy P. O. Box 990237 Redding CA 96099 boby AT c-zone.net Siskiyou Ray Ekstrom 2209 Delphic Rd. Montague, CA 96064 Solano Robin Leong 336 Benson Ave. Vallejo, CA 94590-3027 robin_leong AT netzero.net Sonoma Ruth Rudesill P.O. Box 371 Kenwood, CA 95452 ruthier AT sonic.net Stanislaus Harold Reeves birder AT sbcglobal.net Trinity John E. Hunter P.O. Box 4483 Arcata, CA 95518 jhunter323 AT aol.com Tulare Steven Summers 2553 W. Michelle Ln. Porterville, CA 93257 summers AT ocsnet.net Tuolumne Steven Umland 15818 Parkridge Ave. Sonora, CA 95370 sumland AT skywayusa.net Yolo Roger Adamson 2213 Catalina Dr. Davis, CA 95616 rhadamson AT ucdavis.edu The Reporting Deadlines are: Spring Summer Fall Winter Season ends May 31 July 31 Nov 30 Feb 28 Observer reports to Subregional Editors (SREs) June 10 Aug 10 Dec 10 Mar 10 Observer reports to Regional Editors (if not sent to SRE) June 10 Aug 10 Dec 10 Mar 10 SRE reports to Regional Editors June 20 Aug 20 Dec 20 Mar 20 Regional Editors final text to ABA office July 10 Sep 10 Jan 10 Apr 10 PLEASE meet your deadlines so that we can meet our deadlines! Please send reports in our preferred order: species, date(s) [including year], locale, co. abbrev., number of birds, and observer, and then, on a second line, any comments. Please separate these sections by a "tab" (except just a space between locale and county abbreviation) on electronic versions submitted. Again, here's an example of the correct format: Grace's Warbler 12/13/98-2/20/99 Jacks Peak MTY 1 RFT, mob A second record for the Region (the first was 6/26/91 at Deer Spring, Glass Mt. MNO) which wintered with a large flock of Townsend's & Hermit warblers at the very top of Jacks Peak in Jacks Peak Regional Park. Details by Tintle and others are enclosed. Many observers and Subregional Editors have been submitting their reports by e-mail. PLEASE submit electronic reports if possible. We are trying to maintain an electronic database of at least recent records, and we hope to be able to have all old data entered eventually so that the entire database will be easily accessible to anyone who wants it. Electronic submission of records in the format described above makes it much easier for us maintain this electronic database. We've heard questions about, comments on, and criticism of our regional reports from several observers and SREs. We really appreciate this feedback, as it helps us to better represent what is going on in the Region as a whole. Please help us correct any factual errors we make, and don't hesitate to let us know what you think of the reports. Many thanks to all the contributors and Subregional Editors who make these reports possible! Sincerely, Ed Pandolfino, Mike Rogers, Steve Rottenborn, and Steve Glover (Northern California Regional Editors) Subject: Outdoor California - dfg publication From: "quail442003" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:38:38 -0000 The May - June issue of Outdoor California has several good birding articles; 1. Pacific Flyway 2. Function of Feathers 3. An article on the Chukar Go to: www.dfg.ca.gov/ocal Subject: New Birding Blog on Bird Behaviour and Ecology Study Launched From: "Harshit" <birding_passion AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:53:44 -0000 Hello all members, I have launched a new Birding blog which contains Interesting and exciting Birding Observations from all around the world and postings of bird behaviour and ecology that are sure to please and surprise one and all. Sincere efforts are being made to comprehend Bird behaviours by observing their day-to-day activities. Please visit my blog and let me know what you think about it. I would be happy to receive Both positive comments and criticism from all of you. Title : An Indian Birder : Birding and Bird Ecology Study Link : http://indianbirder.blogspot.com If you have any observation that you would like to share with Birders from around the world,.then please email them to me at my id : birding_passion AT yahoo.com along with photos. Regards to all, Harshit Subject: Wildlife Service announce the Environmental Assessment planning Sacramento, Delevan, other NWR'S From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:09:52 -0700 FYI for birders who participate in land conservation and federal NWR's planning process. Rich --------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R8-R-2008-N0099; 80230-1265-0000-S3] Sacramento, Delevan, Colusa, and Sutter National Wildlife Refuges AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments: draft comprehensive conservation plan and environmental assessment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for Sacramento, Delevan, Colusa, and Sutter National Wildlife Refuges (Refuges) for public review and comment. The Draft CCP/EA, prepared pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, and in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, describes how the Service will manage the Refuges for the next 15 years. Draft compatibility determinations for several existing and proposed public uses are also available for review and public comment with the Draft CCP/EA. DATES: Written comments must be received at the address below on or before September 12, 2008. ADDRESSES: For more information on obtaining documents and submitting comments, see ``Review and Comment'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Foerster, Project Leader at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex or Jackie Ferrier, Refuge Planner at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex address under ``Review and Comment'' or at (530) 934-2801 (telephone). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), which amended the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, requires us to develop a CCP for each national wildlife refuge. The purpose in developing a CCP is to provide refuge managers with a 15-year plan for achieving refuge purposes and contributing toward the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System, consistent with sound principles of fish and wildlife management, conservation, legal mandates, and our policies. In addition to outlining broad management direction on conserving wildlife and their habitats, CCPs identify wildlife- dependent recreational opportunities available to the public, including opportunities for hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, environmental education and interpretation. Background Sacramento, Delevan, Colusa, and Sutter National Wildlife Refuges are located in the Sacramento Valley of California approximately ninety miles north of the city of Sacramento. The Refuges manage and protect wintering habitat for migratory birds and endangered and threatened species. The Refuges contain approximately 24,000 acres of critically important habitats for a great diversity of wildlife, particularly migratory birds. Over forty percent of the Pacific Flyway waterfowl winters in the Sacramento Valley. The vast majority of wetlands in the Sacramento Valley have been converted to agricultural, industrial, and urban development. Remaining wetlands are intensively managed to optimize wildlife benefits. Alternatives The Draft EA/CCP evaluates the environmental effects of four alternatives for managing the Sacramento, Delevan, Colusa, and Sutter National Wildlife Refuges for the next 15 years. We propose to implement Alternative C, as described in the EA. Alternative C best achieves the Refuges' purposes, vision, and goals; contributes to the Refuge System mission; addresses the significant issues and relevant mandates; and is consistent with principles of sound fish and wildlife management. This alternative is described in more detail in the CCP. There are many features of proposed Refuge management that are common to all three alternatives. Features common to all alternatives include ongoing coordination with mosquito control, invasive species management, vernal pool management, habitat management and restoration, implementation of a hunt program, and providing wildlife observation, photography, environmental education, and interpretation opportunities. There are also many features of each alternative that are distinct. Alternative A, the no action alternative, assumes no change from current management programs and is considered the baseline to compare other alternatives against. Under Alternative A, the primary management focus of the Refuges would continue to be providing habitat for migrating, wintering, and nesting migratory and resident birds with an emphasis on waterbirds and endangered species by restoring and maintaining wetland, vernal pool, alkali meadow, riparian, and grassland habitats. We would continue to offer wildlife-dependent recreation opportunities on the Refuges including wildlife observation, photography, environmental education, interpretative programs, and hunting, with emphasis on youth and disabled hunters. Under Alternative B, we would emphasize management for biological resources on the Refuges. Biological opportunities would be maximized to allow optimum wildlife and habitat management throughout the majority of the Refuges. We would continue the current focus of the Refuges to provide wintering habitat for migratory birds and management to benefit endangered species. Habitat and invasive species management programs would be expanded. We would reduce environmental education, interpretation, wildlife observation, wildlife photography, and hunting programs. Under Alternative C, we would seek to achieve an optimal balance of biological resource objectives and visitor services opportunities on the Refuges. Habitat management and associated biological resource monitoring would be improved. Visitor service opportunities would focus on quality wildlife-dependant recreation distributed throughout the Refuges. In addition, we would expand environmental education, interpretation, wildlife observation, photography, and hunting programs beyond Alternative A. Under Alternative D, we would emphasize management for visitor services on the Refuges. Wildlife-dependant recreational opportunities would be expanded. Opportunities for the six priority public uses: hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, photography, environmental education, and interpretation, would be expanded beyond Alternatives A, B, and C. Review and Comment Copies of the Draft CCP/EA may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Attn: Jackie Ferrier, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 752 County Road 99W, Willows, CA 95988. Copies of the Draft CCP/EA may also be viewed at this address. The Draft CCP/ EA will also be available for viewing and downloading online at http:// sacramentovalleyrefuges.fws.gov. Printed documents will also be available for review at the following libraries: Bayliss Library, 7830 County Road 39, Glenn, CA 95943; Butte County Library, 1108 Sherman Avenue, Chico, CA, 95926; Butte County Public Library, 1820 Mitchell Avenue, Oroville, CA, 95966, Colusa County Library, 738 Market Street, Colusa, CA, 95932; Colusa County Library, 232 Prince Street, Princeton, CA, 95970; Corning Library, 740 3rd Street, Corning, CA, 96021; Orland City Library, 333 Mill Street, Orland, CA 95963; Sutter County Library, 750 Forbes Avenue, Yuba City, CA, 95991; and Willows Public Library, 201 North Lassen Street, Willows, CA, 95988. Comments on the Draft CCP/EA should be addressed to: Jackie Ferrier, Refuge Planner, Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 752 County Road 99W, Willows, CA 95988. Comments may also be faxed to (530) 934-7814 or submitted via electronic mail to jackie_ferrier AT fws.gov. After the review and comment period ends for this Draft CCP/EA, comments will be analyzed by the Service and addressed in the Final CCP. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Dated: July 15, 2008. Frances E. Mann Acting Regional Director, California and Nevada Region, Sacramento, California. [FR Doc. E8-16584 Filed 7-18-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P God bless America. Let's save some of it. -- Edward Abbey Richard Cimino Pleasanton, Alameda County, Cal. Subject: Yuba Pass / Sierra Valley Sunday July 20th From: "Richard Cimino" <rscimino AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:40:52 -0700 Birding was good in the Yuba Pass Camp Grounds, found off of HY 49 in Sierra County. Four of arrived late Saturday afternoon into Yuba Pass camp grounds. Dave Bowden, Cheryl Pacheco, Jeff Miller and myself (Rich Cimino) At dusk we set out to find COMMON POORWILL and hopefully owls. We had a calling COMMON POORWILL at the Vista pull-out on HY49 but fail to find any birds to view. The ranchers are cutting their hay crop so we had hoped to find SHORT-EARED OWLS, we saw none In Sierra Valley was windy. Near 8PM, on Harriet Rd. we had a potential Common Poorwill on the road, best bird was a dark morph adult SWAINSON HAWK and at three different locations SANDHILL CRANE'S (6). SUNDAY MORNING> beginning at 6:30 AM Jeff Miller had two BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER's in the meadow. Jeff followed the BBWP into the back side of the camp grounds but lost their location. One of the BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER return into the meadow after 7AM and the four of us were able to watch the bird on a bare snag. ALSO OF INTEREST IN THE CAMP GROUND; OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER HERMIT WARBLER TOWNSEND’S WARBLER ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER AUDUBON'S WARBLER WESTERN TANAGER Down in Sierra Valley around 9AM we had both VESPER SPARROW's (5) and BREWER’S SPARROW's (15) on the NW corner of Calpine Rd.and A23. Driving to Marble Hot Springs / Dyson we stopped a quarter mile south of the Plumas County line pulling into the dirt road on the west side of A23. Here in a matter minutes we had GRAY FLYCATCHER's (5) two adults and three young. We watched the adults feeding the JUVENILE GRAY FLYCATCHERS. Happy to report no brown cowbird juveniles. Entering Marble Hot Springs on Dyson Rd. SAGE THRASHER's appeared (5), more BREWER'S and VESPER'S SPARROWS long the fence line . Near the first small bridge SORA RAILS (2) showed for several minutes then at a low level an AMERICAN BITTERN flew in. Up a short distance to the second small bridge, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, WILSON PHALAROPES, COMMON SNIPES,MARSH WRENS AND YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS. Around the corner we had AMERICAN BITTERN, HORNED LARKS, WESTERN KINGBIRDS, SAGE THRASHER's (7) more VESPER, BREWER'S SPARROWS, SAVANNAH and SONG SPARROWS. On to the circa 1903 Bridge SANDHILL CRANES (2), VIRGINIA RAIL -JUVENILE (1), WHITE-FACED IBIS (27+), NORTHERN HARRIER (2), AMERICAN BITTERN (2) BARN OWL AND SWAINSON HAWKS (2). On to the Sierraville cemetery near HY49 and HY89 on HENRY DOTA Rd. Dave Bowden spotted VAUX'S SWIFT (2) feeding high with WHITE-THROATED SWIFT (2) and TREE SWALLOWS. Again Dave found SPOTTED SANDPIPERS (2) at the small ponds near the cemetery and a family of WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE'S (3) WESTERN BLUEBIRDS (9) and Dave tops the day off with finding a BALD EAGLE flying by. I omitted many common species like swallows and ducks, a total of 65 species were recorded. The volume of VESPERS, BREWERS, SAVANNAH SPARROWS as well SAGE THRASHERS in fresh plumage deserves the closing comment for trip high light. Richard Cimino Pleasanton, Alameda County, Cal. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BirdingCalifornia/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BirdingCalifornia/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:BirdingCalifornia-digest AT yahoogroups.com mailto:BirdingCalifornia-fullfeatured AT yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BirdingCalifornia-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Subject: Continuing Cassin's Sparrow - Carrizo Plain From: "Koonce, Sandy" <sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 14:53:07 -0700 This morning the CASSIN'S SPARROW continued at the Carrizo Plain. I saw it from 7 to about 8. It was always west or southwest of the intersection of Chubback and Chula Vista mentioned before, from 50 to around 200 yards from that intersection. Although there were two periods of about 5 minutes where it was quiet, for the most part it was singing regularly, and flying up every 2-3 minutes or so. Sandy Sandy Koonce Department of Mathematics University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 92373 sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Continuing Cassin's Sparrow - Carrizo Plain From: "Koonce, Sandy" <sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 14:53:07 -0700 This morning the CASSIN'S SPARROW continued at the Carrizo Plain. I saw it from 7 to about 8. It was always west or southwest of the intersection of Chubback and Chula Vista mentioned before, from 50 to around 200 yards from that intersection. Although there were two periods of about 5 minutes where it was quiet, for the most part it was singing regularly, and flying up every 2-3 minutes or so. Sandy Sandy Koonce Department of Mathematics University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 92373 sandy_koonce AT redlands.edu [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: U.S. Nightjar Survey still needs volunteers From: "Mike Wilson" <mdwils AT wm.edu> Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 20:01:26 -0000 We are still looking/hoping for volunteers to adopt Nightjar Survey routes in many areas across the country. The first survey window ends May 28th but a second window takes place June 10-June 26. There is still plenty of time to think about adopting a vacant route and assist the program. The Nightjar Survey Network relies on volunteer participation by conservation-minded citizens, biologists, and other like-minded groups to adopt and conduct survey routes. Nightjar Surveys are easy to perform and will not take more than two hours to complete. Volunteers conduct roadside counts at night, during specific time windows when the moon is > 50 % illuminated, by driving and stopping at 10 points along a predetermined 9-mile route. At each point, the observer counts all Nightjars seen or heard by species during a 6- minute period. No artificial broadcasts of the species' calls are used. Please visit the United States Nightjar Survey Website for more details including location of routes, instructions, and results; www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm Volunteer participation is important to provide information on nightjars in your state and the broader region. Please consider adopting a route. Mike Wilson Center for Conservation Biology College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA e-mail: mdwils AT wm.edu http://www.ccb-wm.org/nightjars.htm Subject: Fwd: [slocobirding] Cassin's Sparrow - Carrizo Plain From: TEdell AT aol.com Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 22:11:04 EDT The Cassin's Sparrow was seen again today on the Carrizo Plain in San Luis Obispo County. Tom Edell Cayucos, CA In a message dated 5/14/2008 9:47:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jandkparker AT mindspring.com writes: This morning from 11 to 11:45, the CASSIN'S SPARROW made 3 of its skylarking flights. At the end of the second flight, it landed on top of a bush about 25 feet from me and posed for almost a minute, giving me excellent views from all angles. The other two times, it would land down in the vegetation and stayed hidden between flights. A SAGE SPARROW was up and singing for the entire 45 minutes I was there. Directions to "there" - Hwy 58 east off of 101. Turn south on Soda Lake Rd. Go east on Belmont Trail. At about 2 miles, turn south on Chubback Rd. Park at the intersection of Chubback Rd. and Chula Vista Rd. The bird was almost due west of the intersection. All of the roads have signs. Kathy Parker Los Gatos **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Fwd: [slocobirding] Cassin's Sparrow - Carrizo Plain From: TEdell AT aol.com Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 22:11:04 EDT The Cassin's Sparrow was seen again today on the Carrizo Plain in San Luis Obispo County. Tom Edell Cayucos, CA In a message dated 5/14/2008 9:47:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jandkparker AT mindspring.com writes: This morning from 11 to 11:45, the CASSIN'S SPARROW made 3 of its skylarking flights. At the end of the second flight, it landed on top of a bush about 25 feet from me and posed for almost a minute, giving me excellent views from all angles. The other two times, it would land down in the vegetation and stayed hidden between flights. A SAGE SPARROW was up and singing for the entire 45 minutes I was there. Directions to "there" - Hwy 58 east off of 101. Turn south on Soda Lake Rd. Go east on Belmont Trail. At about 2 miles, turn south on Chubback Rd. Park at the intersection of Chubback Rd. and Chula Vista Rd. The bird was almost due west of the intersection. All of the roads have signs. Kathy Parker Los Gatos **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Santa Barbara Yellow-throated Vireo From: Oscar Johnson <henicorhina AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 16:07:26 -0700 (PDT) Sorry for the late post, but this morning Glenn Sharp, Kyle Braunger, and I had the continuing Yellow-throated Vireo, which was singing and easy to find in Isla Vista. Please see SBCoBirding for directions: (http://sialia.com/s/calists.pl?rm=message;id=197407). We had it at the end of the riparian row in the fenced in schoolyard to the north. Good birding, Oscar Johnson, Santa Barbara [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Santa Barbara Yellow-throated Vireo From: Oscar Johnson <henicorhina AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 16:07:26 -0700 (PDT) Sorry for the late post, but this morning Glenn Sharp, Kyle Braunger, and I had the continuing Yellow-throated Vireo, which was singing and easy to find in Isla Vista. Please see SBCoBirding for directions: (http://sialia.com/s/calists.pl?rm=message;id=197407). We had it at the end of the riparian row in the fenced in schoolyard to the north. Good birding, Oscar Johnson, Santa Barbara [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: Will be gone From: "awanderingbirder" <awanderingbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 20:34:01 -0000 Just letting people know that I am going to Maine (on Monday) for the summer field Season and will only have internet access about once a month. BirdingCalifornia will be in the very capable hands of our moderators. Please keep posting on any topic relating to birding in California. The only real way my leaving will affect people on the listserve is that I will no longer be able to alert you to messages of CBRC review species, but please keep posting this species. Good birding all! David Vander Pluym Flagstaff, Az (soon to be Maine) Owner BirdingCalifornia Subject: Re: Fwd: Cave Swallow From: "awanderingbirder" <awanderingbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 20:15:57 -0000 Still there, details are on sialia.com. David Vander Pluym Flagstaff, Az (for a couple more days) --- In BirdingCalifornia AT yahoogroups.com, "awanderingbirder" wrote: > > Matt Brady and John Sterling had the continuing Cave Swallow this > morning in the usual spot at the South End of the Salton Sea. > > David Vander Pluym > Flagstaff, Az > Subject: Redpoll on the Farallones From: Jim Tietz <jimtietz AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 12:25:56 -0700 (PDT) Hi all, Yet another new species for the island! Zach Coffman found and photographed a redpoll on Monday, May 6th. Here's Zach's email about finding it: "You're correct about the Coast Guard tree and it being photographed through the window (I guess that you have spent a little bit of time looking through it). I fortunately/unfortunately was the only person who saw the bird, though Pete (Warzybok) has been keeping his eyes out. As it was, I only saw it for maybe 3 minutes, just long enough for me to see the bird, realize that I had never seen anything like it, run and get my camera, snap a couple shots and then have it be gone for ever...For the identification of it, I initially thought Common Redpoll then spent the next hour contemplating it till I showed the photos to Pete, who also thought Common Redpoll...you were next in line. For a size comparison there were a couple of Myrtles and Audubon's at the same time and the Redpoll was very close to their size yet much more fluffy." Although this is a late date for Common Redpoll in California, one was collected in Humboldt on 22 May 1969. In addition, there are other late spring and summer records from Oregon and Nevada. Distinguishing this bird from a Hoary Redpoll is a little problematic because the key features (undertail coverts and flanks) were hidden behind a branch. Hopefully the bill shape is large enough to rule out Hoary. I have asked Guy McCaskie to post a photo on the CBRC website. I will also post a photo of it in this listserve's photo folder. Please feel free to make comments about this bird on this listserve or personally. There are currently four other potential new Farallon records being reviewed by the CBRC. If all those birds and the redpoll are accepted, the Farallon list would stand at 415. Jim James R. Tietz Shaver Lake, CA ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Subject: Fwd: Cave Swallow From: "awanderingbirder" <awanderingbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 16:13:46 -0000 Matt Brady and John Sterling had the continuing Cave Swallow this morning in the usual spot at the South End of the Salton Sea. David Vander Pluym Flagstaff, Az Subject: Fwd Cave Swallow still at SESS From: "awanderingbirder" <awanderingbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 02:59:28 -0000 Details as always are on sialia.com David Vander Pluym Flagstaff, Az for another week Subject: FWD: Cave Swallow continues From: "awanderingbirder" <awanderingbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 05:03:51 -0000 The Cave Swallow continues this morning at the SESS details as always are on sialia.com. Good Birding David Vander Pluym Flagtsaff, Az Subject: Fwd: Cave Swallow at the Salton Sea From: "awanderingbirder" <awanderingbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 17:22:20 -0000 Guy McCaskie found one this morning. Details are on inlandcounty birds here: http://sialia.com/s/calists.pl?rm=message;id=195164 David Vander Pluym Flagstaff, Az Subject: Re: Fwd: BLACK HAWK in Kern From: "toddamcgrath" <SKUA AT MSN.com> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:43:04 -0000 Dave, I was a little puzzled by the plumage as well, but upon getting home I looked in Wheeler's "Raptors of Western North America". In the account for Common Black Hawk, Wheeler indicates that birds stay in Juv Plumage for the first year with "first prebasic molt from Juvenile to subadult begins in May or early June." So it would appear that the birds molt shortly after returning to the breeding areas. Wheeler also indicates that the young birds return to the breeding areas in May or June, with the adults arriving earlier. (March to April). So it may be that arrival back at the breeding area triggers the molt. I haven't spent much time in AZ in Black Hawk country in May or June, but I hadn't seen this plumage except in the late summer. Todd McGrath SKUA AT MSN.COM Marina Del Rey CA --- In BirdingCalifornia AT yahoogroups.com, "awanderingbirder" wrote: > > I just sent this message but apparently yahoo had an internal error, > sorry if you are receiving this twice. > > I am forwarding a message from Stan Gray. Also photos were posted on > kerncobirding here: http://www.bobsteelephoto.com/Species/cobh_cbc.html > > I like the photo of the bird eating a fish, living in central Az now > I've been seeing a number of these guys (but no birds in this plumage) > and a couple days ago Lauren Harter and I watched one with a fish as > well. Anther birder also had one a couple days later take a fish from > a pond. We also saw a rehab bird that was fed rats (we felt bad for > it), which it apparently loved and has been eating for a couple years > (makes a meadowlark not seem out of the question. > > The plumage of this bird seems kind of interesting as C Black Hawks > molt before they are about a year old into definitive plumage and the > rehab bird I mentioned above is an SY and has molted into definitive > plumage. Neither Lauren (in 4 years) nor I have seen a bird like > this. Do C Black Hawks molt on the wintering grounds? As this seems > likely it then seems likely that this bird wintered locally? Comments? > > David Vander Pluym > Flagstaff, Az > > > From Stan Gray: > > Dave, > > Please feel free to post this message: Those of us who saw the Common > Black Hawk that Susan and Bob Steele found at Galileo this morning, sat > and made numerous phone calls to try to get the word out to everyone. I > watched this bird at several locations and waited a few hours for the > second wave of birders. Many of them got to see it after Mike San Miguel > and I re-located it near the parking lot early this afternoon. But the > bottom line is that the bird was working all of the ponds, and by mid > morning was photographed and observed taking at least two fish (Bob > Steele). So it may not be SHARP this afternoon and could in fact move > on. However to me, the bird looked very famished, and Todd McGrath > thought that it might be too late in the day for it to move on, (this I > generally agree on). In my opinion: The bird is not and adult- but > clearly not like the hatch year birds that I've seen in Arizona-- making > it a (2nd year sub-adult). I believe there may be a good chance that > this bird will be around tomorrow, if anyone is interested in chasing > it. Note: My first impression this morning was that the bird was an > immature Zone-Tailed Hawk, but one really has to see it fly to get the > full impact. And one aspect of its feeding pattern seems to be that > every now and then it will go over to the white fence by the shooting > range and just set awhile. > > Good Luck to all and Thank Bob & Susan! > > Stan Gray > Subject: Fwd: BLACK HAWK in Kern From: "awanderingbirder" <awanderingbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:33:19 -0000 I just sent this message but apparently yahoo had an internal error, sorry if you are receiving this twice. I am forwarding a message from Stan Gray. Also photos were posted on kerncobirding here: http://www.bobsteelephoto.com/Species/cobh_cbc.html I like the photo of the bird eating a fish, living in central Az now I've been seeing a number of these guys (but no birds in this plumage) and a couple days ago Lauren Harter and I watched one with a fish as well. Anther birder also had one a couple days later take a fish from a pond. We also saw a rehab bird that was fed rats (we felt bad for it), which it apparently loved and has been eating for a couple years (makes a meadowlark not seem out of the question. The plumage of this bird seems kind of interesting as C Black Hawks molt before they are about a year old into definitive plumage and the rehab bird I mentioned above is an SY and has molted into definitive plumage. Neither Lauren (in 4 years) nor I have seen a bird like this. Do C Black Hawks molt on the wintering grounds? As this seems likely it then seems likely that this bird wintered locally? Comments? David Vander Pluym Flagstaff, Az From Stan Gray: Dave, Please feel free to post this message: Those of us who saw the Common Black Hawk that Susan and Bob Steele found at Galileo this morning, sat and made numerous phone calls to try to get the word out to everyone. I watched this bird at several locations and waited a few hours for the second wave of birders. Many of them got to see it after Mike San Miguel and I re-located it near the parking lot early this afternoon. But the bottom line is that the bird was working all of the ponds, and by mid morning was photographed and observed taking at least two fish (Bob Steele). So it may not be SHARP this afternoon and could in fact move on. However to me, the bird looked very famished, and Todd McGrath thought that it might be too late in the day for it to move on, (this I generally agree on). In my opinion: The bird is not and adult- but clearly not like the hatch year birds that I've seen in Arizona--making it a (2nd year sub-adult). I believe there may be a good chance that this bird will be around tomorrow, if anyone is interested in chasing it. Note: My first impression this morning was that the bird was an immature Zone-Tailed Hawk, but one really has to see it fly to get the full impact. And one aspect of its feeding pattern seems to be that every now and then it will go over to the white fence by the shooting range and just set awhile. Good Luck to all and Thank Bob & Susan! Stan Gray Subject: N Cardinal in SBE From: "awanderingbirder" <awanderingbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:30:55 -0000 I just got a phone call from Sean Fitzgerald who has been surveying the desert washes along the Colorado River. He told me that his boss yesterday in Chemehuevi Wash about 4 km east of Highway 95, had a female N Cardinal. The bird was apparently moving around a lot in the wash. Good Luck. David Vander Pluym Flagstaff, Az Subject: BLACK HAWK in Kern From: "awanderingbirder" <awanderingbirder AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:49:19 -0000 I got a call from Andrew Howe that Bob and Susan Steele found a young BLACK HAWK (presumed Common) this morning at Galileo Hill. The bird has been wandering around but typically near water. Remember that Galileo Hill and Silver Saddle Ranch are private property and they have graciously allowed birders to visit so be on your best behavior. Good Luck David Vander Pluym Flagstaff, Az Subject: The Searcher 5-day pelagic, June 2-6, 2008 From: David Pereksta <pereksta AT pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:07:55 -0700 (PDT) Hello Birders The next multi-day voyage of the Searcher is nearly a month away and we are still trying to fill the last spots on it. The Searcher has comfortable bunk rooms, great food (thanks to Chef "Lurch"), and a generous assortment of beverages (soda, coffee, beer, and wine); all of which are included in the price. This trip will have Todd Easterla, Jon Feenstra, and myself as leaders. This trip gives us the opportunity to get far offshore of southern California and spend a lot of time in places that one-day trips can only search briefly, if they can get there at all. The itinerary focuses on maximizing daylight hours in the most productive places for seabirds like the northern Channel Islands, San Juan Seamount, Cortez and Tanner Banks, and the banks off of San Diego. County listers can expect new "ticks" for Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and San Diego Counties. This trip is the first multi-day trip planned for June when the sea should be comfortable and the chance for mega-rarities should be high. A one-day exploration to the San Juan Seamount area in July 2007 had a Tristram's Storm-Petrel, an April 2007 day-trip had seven Parakeet Auklets between the San Juan and San Nicholas Island, and a short trip to the waters south of Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands in June 2007 had 250 Xantus's murrelets, 330 Cassin's Auklets, and a Flesh-footed Shearwater. Just imagine what we can find out there spending the hours we can on the Searcher... Spring/Summer trips to these waters have also regularly found Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, and numbers of other shearwaters, storm-petrels, jaegers, alcids, gulls, terns, and phalaropes. Rarities that have been found off southern California at this time of year that we will be searching diligently for include Cook's (very good chance of finding this one), Murphy's, and Dark-rumped Petrels; Short-tailed Albatross; and Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel. Based on recent reports off the Pacific Coast, we are also hoping to find Parakeet Auklet and Horned Puffin again after their invasion last year. There are other birds that we dare even mention that we might have a chance at...look at the website for some of those. We never know what we will find out there, but there is always something that leaves indelible memories with all who have gone aboard. Check out the following link for more info on the searcher including price, expected/target species, and leader bios. http://www.socalbirding.com/ june_2-6_ 2008_searcher_ 5-day_expedition Hope to see you at sea... David Pereksta Ventura [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Subject: The Searcher 5-day pelagic, June 2-6, 2008 From: David Pereksta <pereksta AT pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:07:55 -0700 (PDT) Hello Birders The next multi-day voyage of the Searcher is nearly a month away and we are still trying to fill the last spots on it. The Searcher has comfortable bunk rooms, great food (thanks to Chef "Lurch"), and a generous assortment of beverages (soda, coffee, beer, and wine); all of which are included in the price. This trip will have Todd Easterla, Jon Feenstra, and myself as leaders. This trip gives us the opportunity to get far offshore of southern California and spend a lot of time in places that one-day trips can only search briefly, if they can get there at all. The itinerary focuses on maximizing daylight hours in the most productive places for seabirds like the northern Channel Islands, San Juan Seamount, Cortez and Tanner Banks, and the banks off of San Diego. County listers can expect new "ticks" for Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, and San Diego Counties. This trip is the first multi-day trip planned for June when the sea should be comfortable and the chance for mega-rarities should be high. A one-day exploration to the San Juan Seamount area in July 2007 had a Tristram's Storm-Petrel, an April 2007 day-trip had seven Parakeet Auklets between the San Juan and San Nicholas Island, and a short trip to the waters south of Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands in June 2007 had 250 Xantus's murrelets, 330 Cassin's Auklets, and a Flesh-footed Shearwater. Just imagine what we can find out there spending the hours we can on the Searcher... Spring/Summer trips to these waters have also regularly found Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses, Ashy Storm-Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, South Polar Skua, and numbers of other shearwaters, storm-petrels, jaegers, alcids, gulls, terns, and phalaropes. Rarities that have been found off southern California at this time of year that we will be searching diligently for include Cook's (very good chance of finding this one), Murphy's, and Dark-rumped Petrels; Short-tailed Albatross; and Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel. Based on recent reports off the Pacific Coast, we are also hoping to find Parakeet Auklet and Horned Puffin again after their invasion last year. There are other birds that we dare even mention that we might have a chance at...look at the website for some of those. We never know what we will find out there, but there is always something that leaves indelible memories with all who have gone aboard. Check out the following link for more info on the searcher including price, expected/target species, and leader bios. http://www.socalbirding.com/ june_2-6_ 2008_searcher_ 5-day_expedition Hope to see you at sea... David Pereksta Ventura [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]