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03 Feb Re: Allen's Hummingbird [Maggie Rufo ] 03 Feb Allen's Hummingbird [Maggie Rufo ] 3 Feb Re: Which county is that gull in? [Colin Talcroft ] 3 Feb Which county is that gull in? [Mark Eaton ] 3 Feb Least Flycatcher continues ["Ruth Rudesill" ] 04 Feb Ragle Ranch Park tomorrow morning anyone? ["Ctalcroft" ] 04 Feb Cooper's Hawk photos ["Ctalcroft" ] 03 Feb Eurasian Wigeon; Least Flycatcher photos ["Dan Nelson" ] 03 Feb Ragle Park Least Flycatcher continues ["Scott" ] 03 Feb Iceland Gull (photos), Marin ["mttammark" ] 03 Feb Probable Cooper's Hawk in my Garden today ["Ctalcroft" ] 3 Feb Re: Iceland Gull in San Francisco and Marin [Mark Eaton ] 3 Feb Iceland Gull in San Francisco and Marin [Mark Eaton ] 03 Feb Iceland Gull at Fort Baker, Marin [Jeff Miller ] 2 Feb FOS Selasphorus hummer [Mike Heffernon ] 2 Feb Merlin at Spring Lake, Santa Rosa [Rob ODonnell ] 02 Feb Townsend's Warbler ["masiegel3" ] 02 Feb Townsend's Warbler ["masiegel3" ] 02 Feb Common Snipes ["gail_mac" ] 1 Feb RE: Townsend's Feeding habits ["Candace" ] 1 Feb Re: Townsend's Feeding habits [] 02 Feb Glaucous Gull ["Lisa" ] 01 Feb Kentfield Snow Goose and White-Throated Sparrow Question ["bhlenarz" ] 01 Feb Townsend's Warblers ["AllynB" ] 01 Feb Townsend's Feeding habits ["Anthonius" ] 01 Feb White Throated Sparrow ["munkeelady" ] 1 Feb Least Flycatcher at Ragle Ranch ["Eugene Hunn" ] 01 Feb Re: Townsend's drinking necter ["lbvireo" ] 31 Jan Sausalito follow-up [Dan Singer ] 31 Jan Hybrid Flicker, Vallejo, Solano County ["Kerry Ross" ] 01 Feb Townsend's drinking necter ["Sharon" ] 31 Jan Ragle Ranch Park, Lewis's Woodpecker, etc. ["Ctalcroft" ] 31 Jan Continuing Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Bolinas ["mba53" ] 31 Jan Ragle Ranch Least Flycatcher Lewis's Woodpecker Sebastopol Sonoma County ["Doug Shaw" ] 31 Jan White-throated Sparrow in Kenwood ["Ruth Rudesill" ] 31 Jan Sausalito herring run and lots of gulls [Dan Singer ] 30 Jan Re: Continuing LAUGHING GULL and SHORT-EARED OWLS at Las Gallinas, 30 January [Logan Kahle ] 30 Jan Re: Least Flycatcher at Ragle Park [Colin Talcroft ] 31 Jan Least Flycatcher at Ragle Park ["Dan Nelson" ] 30 Jan American Canyon, new Napa River trail/ Napa Sewage Ponds 1/30 ["Denise and David Hamilton" ] 30 Jan Continuing LAUGHING GULL and SHORT-EARED OWLS at Las Gallinas, 30 January [Bob Toleno ] 30 Jan Richardson Bay waterbirds & Aramburu Island ["wilcox_kerry" ] 30 Jan Parakeet Auklet off Bodega Head ["Peter" ] 30 Jan FW: winter pelagic out of Bodega Bay ["Eugene Hunn" ] 29 Jan FW: winter pelagic out of Bodega Bay ["Eugene Hunn" ] 29 Jan Ragle Ranch and Laguna today... [Bill Doyle ] 30 Jan RE: Lewis WP at Ragle ["hnormmoore AT att.net" ] 29 Jan Re: Bullock's Oriole at Five Brookes stables, Point Reyes ["Stephen" ] 29 Jan Bullock's Oriole at Five Brookes stables, Point Reyes ["Stephen" ] 29 Jan Greater White-fronted Goose and Cackling Geese - Ellis Creek ["mr_storey" ] 29 Jan Re: The Owl's [ed brady ] 29 Jan Ellis Creek-late Saturday--White-throated Sparrow ["rosita94598" ] 29 Jan Save the Dates: Pt Reyes Birding & Nature Festival: April 27-30 ["will_w04" ] 29 Jan Bodega Bay [Cory Gregory ] 28 Jan winter pelagic out of Bodega Bay ["Eugene Hunn" ] 28 Jan The Owl & the Pussycat at Skaggs Island Rd [Maggie Rufo ] 29 Jan Willowside Rd on Sat ["dmfreid" ] 29 Jan Bald Eagle near Lake Sonoma (Sonoma County) ["waysky AT pacbell.net" ] 28 Jan Las Gallinas Lesser Yellowlegs [Len Blumin ] 28 Jan Falcated Duck [Maggie Rufo ] 28 Jan Stinson Beach [Bob ] 28 Jan regarding the recent email about a member's account hacked_ ["north_coast_raptor" ] 28 Jan heads up from NBB member larry broderick. _hacker alert. ["north_coast_raptor" ] 27 Jan Ibises continue ["Eugene Hunn" ] 27 Jan no empidonax ["Lisa" ] 27 Jan FWIW: Ruby-crowned Kinglet Foot Color ["Ctalcroft" ] 26 Jan Ongoing Short-eared Owl: Las Gallinas [Daniel Edelstein ] 26 Jan Ragle Ranch Park and the absent Lewis's Woodpecker ["Ctalcroft" ] 25 Jan Bodega Bay and coast today ["Ruth Rudesill" ] 25 Jan Hooded Mergansers "growling" ["Gordon Beebe" ] 25 Jan White-faced Ibis...near Sebastopol. ["Dan Nelson" ] 24 Jan Re: Raptor ID question [larry broderick ] 24 Jan Napa Sewage Ponds and Skyline Park, 1/24/12 [Judith Dunham ] 24 Jan Re: Raptor ID question [Rick ] 25 Jan empidonax flycatcher and Lewis W ["Lisa" ] 24 Jan Re: Raptor ID question [Peter Headland ] Subject: Re: Allen's Hummingbird From: Maggie Rufo <magwhls AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:01:11 -0800 Sorry for forgetting to say where the hike to Alamere Falls is located. Pt. Reyes, Marin County, parking is at Palomarin. At 05:56 PM 2/3/2012 -0800, you wrote: > > >On a hike to Alamere Falls today I heard quite a few Allen's zipping >around, and got a glimpse of one. Also, lots of Wrentits calling, and a >pair flitting around together. Also saw a Winter Wren on the hike and >another was singing away in Inverness Park. >Wildflowers were blooming and a two shady puddles on the trail had a few >newts in them. > >My friend Margareta Luff, the hummingbird lady of Bahia, also had an >Allen's at her feeder today, in Novato. > >Maggie Rufo >Novato > >"...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This >is to have succeeded!" - Emerson > > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Allen's Hummingbird From: Maggie Rufo <magwhls AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:56:12 -0800 On a hike to Alamere Falls today I heard quite a few Allen's zipping around, and got a glimpse of one. Also, lots of Wrentits calling, and a pair flitting around together. Also saw a Winter Wren on the hike and another was singing away in Inverness Park. Wildflowers were blooming and a two shady puddles on the trail had a few newts in them. My friend Margareta Luff, the hummingbird lady of Bahia, also had an Allen's at her feeder today, in Novato. Maggie Rufo Novato "...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!" - Emerson ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Which county is that gull in? From: Colin Talcroft <ctalcroft AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:51:21 -0800 (PST) For what it's worth, there's a link to a cumbersome but sometimes useful tool I once found online that will draw county line maps for you using zipcodes anywhere in the US, including, of course, our area. If you zoom into the area you're interested in, this tool can be helpful. Colin Talcroft Santa Rosa http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/SCBWS_front_page.html From that link, go to the "Sonoma County Overview" page (link at upper left) and use the link to info about county lines on that page.  ________________________________ From: Mark Eaton To: sfbirds AT yahoogroups.com; northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 5:22 PM Subject: [NBB] Which county is that gull in?   I put up a brief discussion on county lines in my blog at: http://markeaton.org/blog/?p=90 Mark -- --- Mark Eaton mark AT markeaton.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Which county is that gull in? From: Mark Eaton <marksffo AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:22:00 -0800 I put up a brief discussion on county lines in my blog at: http://markeaton.org/blog/?p=90 Mark -- --- Mark Eaton mark AT markeaton.org ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Least Flycatcher continues From: "Ruth Rudesill" <ruthier AT sonic.net> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:19:23 -0800 Late this afternoon, at about 4 pm, I got great long looks at the Least Flycatcher at Ragle Park. Rick LeBaudour was just leaving when I arrived. He said he had seen the bird and got a few photos! The bird was still frequenting the willows as described about 20 yards beyond the green gate. When I arrived, there was a Ruby-crowned Kinglet that got me looking but then a Sharp-shinned Hawk flew in and perched in the oak tree above. I know they have to eat too, but I worried about the flycatcher, After a while the hawk left and not 5 minutes later, in the afternoon sunlight, I heard the "whit whit" call and saw the bird in the high back end of the willows where it was very active flycatching and calling. It eventually flew in fairly close to me and then disappeared behind the eucalyptus. I also heard a Sora calling in the swampy area south of this location. No Lewis's Woodpecker (saw it on Tuesday) but others did see it earlier today. Ruth Rudesill Kenwood Sonoma Valley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ragle Ranch Park tomorrow morning anyone? From: "Ctalcroft" <ctalcroft AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:30:48 -0000 I was going to try to see the Lewis's Woodpecker and the flycatcher at Ragle Ranch Park tomorrow morning. Anyone going? Anyone want to go? We could meet at the parking lot at, say, 8:30? Anyone going who already knows where the birds are? Colin Talcroft Santa Rosa ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Cooper's Hawk photos From: "Ctalcroft" <ctalcroft AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:27:56 -0000 As a number of people asked to see them, I've posted some of the other photos I took of the Cooper's Hawk this morning. I feel confident now that it is, in fact, a Cooper's Hawk as I got a kind mail from Allen Fish, director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, who feels certain about the ID. I changed the caption on my original photo to "Cooper's Hawk" from "Accipiter" on the basis of that information--and the fact that everyone else that has commented concurs. To me, it's the shape of the head and the capped look that say Cooper's Hawk most strongly, but Allen also pointed to the short outer tail feathers as important. Photos here: http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1947215/sn/1460168273/name/Cooper%27s+Hawk+1+smallcmt.jpg http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1947215/sn/600921062/name/Cooper%27s+Hawk+4+smallcmt.jpg http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1947215/sn/627603224/name/Cooper%27s+Hawk+6+smallcmt.jpg http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1947215/sn/1603892711/name/Cooper%27s+Hawk+3+smallcmt.jpg http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1947215/sn/719466027/name/Cooper%27s+Hawk+5+smallcmt.jpg http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1947215/sn/1116904823/name/Cooper%27s+Hawk+7+smallcmt.jpg I see that Rob has posted two nice photos of his Spring Lake Merlin too. :) Colin Talcroft Santa Rosa Sonoma County Bird Watching Spots http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/SCBWS_front_page.html ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Eurasian Wigeon; Least Flycatcher photos From: "Dan Nelson" <birdsurf64 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:59:07 -0000 Hi NBBirders, Just wanted to note that a male EURASIAN WIGEON was in the first pond at Ellis Creek, along with the remaining Greater White-fronted Goose, Cackling Geese(2) and a handful of Gadwall, on 2/1. I was finally home to upload the Least Flycatcher video. It can be found on YouTube by searching "Least Flycatcher" or "Least Flycatcher Dan Nelson". So far the clip is un-edited; sorry about the squeaky start. The bird is very active, even while "still"- adjusting crown and body feathers, puffed out a bit, making the head appear VERY small, and scapulars partly covering the "upper" wingbar. It appears an inner-secondary is missing from the left. Or perhaps slightly bent, distorting the alignment of the tips of greater coverts ("lower" wingbar) Have fun, Dan ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ragle Park Least Flycatcher continues From: "Scott" <corvus8x AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:56:05 -0000 The Ragle Park ,Sebastopol Least Flycatcher was seen briefly by Dea Freid and myself.It made a apperance about 11:30 a.m ,perching on the tops of willows back towards the Eucalyptus stand.It was very active ,never stationary more than 10 seconds in anyone place. The Lewis Woodpecker continues in the sam area -sallying back and forth between the cut oak and the Eucs. I also a White-striped morph adult White-throated Sparrow at the wood bridge that is west of the beginning of the trail (where the horse trailer parking is). Scott Carey, Sebastopol, Ca. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Iceland Gull (photos), Marin From: "mttammark" <mttammark AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:59:09 -0000 NNBers, I observed an Iceland Gull, presumed to be the same individual as the one found yesterday by Steve Hampton (judging by the pattern on the tertials) at Fort Baker today from 0830-0930. Photos, and the location at which they were taken are available here: https://picasaweb.google.com/108389660674446341958/IcelandGull?authuser=0&feat=directlink Good birding, Mark Forney Larkspur, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Probable Cooper's Hawk in my Garden today From: "Ctalcroft" <ctalcroft AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:46:49 -0000 Taking the trash cans out to the street this morning I noticed an agitated raven flying around (for yard bird number 69--checking my list, I was surprised I had never recorded a Raven here before...). On my way back, with a different view, I saw a large accipiter in the top of an old oak tree that had got the raven stirred up. I'm pretty sure it's a Cooper's Hawk, but I never trust myself with raptors, so I thought I'd ask for confirmation. I get several clear shots of the bird, one of which is now the front page photo on my Web site (link below). For the time being, I've captioned it as an Accipiter, probably Cooper's Hawk. But any opinions? To me, the size (much larger than the Sharpie I had here last week) and the clearly delineated dark cap contrasting with the paler nape (even better visible in some of the several other photos I took) say Cooper's, but if this is actually a Sharp-shinned Hawk, I want to know. I want to eat my humble pie. Colin Talcroft Santa Rosa Sonoma County Bird Watching Spots http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/SCBWS_front_page.html ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Iceland Gull in San Francisco and Marin From: Mark Eaton <marksffo AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:25:05 -0800 I'm really sorry; this is FORT BAKER, not Baker Beach. Mark :-( On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Mark Eaton wrote: > Hello, > > I just got a phone call from Hugh Cotter and he and Paul Saraceni have > the first cycle ICELAND GULL found by Steve Hampton on the beach and > in the water at Baker Beach.  For the record, ALL of the water inside > the harbor at Baker Beach is in San Francisco, so this bird is in both > SF and Marin. > > Mark > > -- > --- > Mark Eaton > mark AT markeaton.org -- --- Mark Eaton mark AT markeaton.org ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Iceland Gull in San Francisco and Marin From: Mark Eaton <marksffo AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:37:18 -0800 Hello, I just got a phone call from Hugh Cotter and he and Paul Saraceni have the first cycle ICELAND GULL found by Steve Hampton on the beach and in the water at Baker Beach.  For the record, ALL of the water inside the harbor at Baker Beach is in San Francisco, so this bird is in both SF and Marin. Mark -- --- Mark Eaton mark AT markeaton.org ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Iceland Gull at Fort Baker, Marin From: Jeff Miller <jmiller AT biologicaldiversity.org> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:44:05 -0800 Amy Trainer and I went looking in Sausalito this afternoon for the reported Glaucous Gull and got overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of gulls on the water taking advantage of the herring run. After a while we headed to the fishing pier at Fort Baker. We immediately saw an all-white gull on the beach, but the bill and size did not seem right for Glaucous. While we were puzzling over the bird we noticed some nearby birders scoping it, and fortunately one of them turned out to be Steve Hampton. Steve informed us it was a first cycle ICELAND GULL (glaucoides). It was a smaller, all-white gull with pink legs, dark eye, and small dusky bill with black tip. Steve found it at 3:30; we saw it at 4:15; shortly thereafter it flew west a bit more toward the bridge. It looks like Steve has posted on Cal Birds, but not NBB yet, so I have included his post below. Steve also posted photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7202050 AT N04/sets/72157629151625155/with/6810019 443/ and a video link at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Eg3mZy2FE Cool bird! Jeff Miller Inverness Today at 3:30 I found a first cycle apparent glaucoides ICELAND GULL at Fort Baker (near the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge). The bird was foraging on herring eggs west of the fishing pier and roosting on the beach northeast of the little Coast Guard pier. Pics and video to follow. Steve Hampton Davis, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: FOS Selasphorus hummer From: Mike Heffernon <mheff AT sonic.net> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:33:47 -0800 Yesterday Feb. 1 I headed to Ragle in the 4:00 time frame, in search of the two birds. Scott Carey (pleasure to meet you, Scott!) immediately showed me the Lewis' Woodpecker, which proved very cooperative and interesting. The Least Flycatcher wasn't seen by me in the < 1 hour I spent there. When I returned home, I was instantly treated to an adult male green-backed-but-mostly-rufous hummer at our house. I'd heard one the previous evening but didn't see one until yesterday. As always, a beautiful bird, especially after the absence. In addition, we scored our second white-throated (juv. w/ streaking remnants) sparrow; we've had a solo bird since November. Lastly, a new high of 11 hooded mergansers in the tiny pond below our house. Mike Heffernon Occidental ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Merlin at Spring Lake, Santa Rosa From: Rob ODonnell <rob52849 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 07:42:33 -0800 (PST) Yesterday, I found a female Merlin (Taiga) at Spring Lake.  It was perched in the trees midway along the path below the north dam.  It was cooperative enough for me to squeeze off a few shots with my camera (slightly backlit).  At first its barred tail had me thinking Sharpie, but the tail was too short in relation to its primaries.  It had an eye stripe and weak mustache with a small bill, whitish chin and throat.  I don't know how common Taigas vs. Pacific are in our area, but I've only seen Taigas twice before, once thanks to Peter Colasanti at Lake Hennessey.   [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Townsend's Warbler From: "masiegel3" <masiegel3 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:44:50 -0000 I've also had a female Townsend's Warbler the past 2 winters. Last winter she had immature plumage & this year has adult plumage. She makes frequent visits to my balcony feeders, mostly eating sunflower chips, sometimes bark butter, and often gleaning something from the potted Redwoods. There was also a male last year, for a couple of weeks. Marjorie Siegel Mill Valley ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Townsend's Warbler From: "masiegel3" <masiegel3 AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:44:13 -0000 I've also had a female Townsend's Warbler the past 2 winters. Last winter she had immature plumage & this year has adult plumage. She makes frequent visits to my balcony feeders, mostly eating sunflower chips, sometimes bark butter, and often gleaning something from the potted Redwoods. There was also a male last year, for a couple of weeks. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Common Snipes From: "gail_mac" <gailmacmillan AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:54:58 -0000 Well, I don't know if they are common or uncommon at the Las Gallinas Wildlife ponds, but there were four of them 'shopping' for groceries at the west side of pond one, about 5pm tonight. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Townsend's Feeding habits From: "Candace" <candacek AT sonic.net> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:49:37 -0800 I also have one Townsend's warbler coming to my feeder. It is usually in the company of chickadees. This is the second year this bird has visited my feeder-well, I assume it is the same bird, since only one Townsend's visited last year and this year. Gorgeous! Candace Krout On Spring Creek; Santa Rosa From: northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthonius Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 9:14 AM To: northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [NBB] Townsend's Feeding habits I, too, have a Townsend's Warbler that I reported eating regularly from my seed feeders last month. Because of that "odd" behavior, I looked them up and found several references to their dietary habits. ".gleans insects on its breeding grounds; on its wintering grounds, it will also exploit honeydew excreted by sap-sucking insects." Alderfer, Jonathan, "Complete Birds of North America" (2006) p. 532. Sibley in his "The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior" (2001) at pages 498-500, has a general review of wood-warbler feeding which boils down to mainly diversified insectivores, but "Fruit, mainly small berries, is an important part of many wood-warblers' diets, especially in fall and winter." And, "Nectar is another important source of energy for wood-warblers, particularly in winter, and many species are often seen at flowers and are even known to visit hummingbird feeders." iBird Pro2's reference feature to Birdpedia (but bizarrely, not the website as far as I can see) states: "They mainly eat insects and spiders and seeds. Outside of the nesting season, these birds forage in mixed flocks. In winter, they also eat berries and plant nectar." I'm taking the bee guards off my Four Flowers feeder and we'll see if I see this as well. Mine is coming in mixed flocks of Chestnut-backed chickadees, Lesser Goldfinch, Dark-eyed Juncos, etc.. I think the most fascinating issue here is WHY are so many of us this year seeing this for the first time? And WHY are they coming to the feeders? Anthony Cermak, Sonoma Valley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Townsend's Feeding habits From: Rrarik AT aol.com Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:47:07 -0500 (EST) I have had orioles trying to get at the nectar. IF it is found safe for them to have pure sugar, perhaps someone should design a feeder where the perches and holes are farther apart. The Bullocks will be here in a couple months and they like the nectar from the eucalyptus that have the pink hula skirt type flowers. So do the Anna's. -----Original Message----- From: Anthonius To: northbaybirds Sent: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 5:09 pm Subject: [NBB] Townsend's Feeding habits I, too, have a Townsend's Warbler that I reported eating regularly from my seed feeders last month. Because of that "odd" behavior, I looked them up and found several references to their dietary habits. "Â…gleans insects on its breeding grounds; on its wintering grounds, it will also exploit honeydew excreted by sap-sucking insects." Alderfer, Jonathan, "Complete Birds of North America" (2006) p. 532. Sibley in his "The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior" (2001) at pages 498-500, has a general review of wood-warbler feeding which boils down to mainly diversified insectivores, but "Fruit, mainly small berries, is an important part of many wood-warblers' diets, especially in fall and winter." And, "Nectar is another important source of energy for wood-warblers, particularly in winter, and many species are often seen at flowers and are even known to visit hummingbird feeders." iBird Pro2's reference feature to Birdpedia (but bizarrely, not the website as far as I can see) states: "They mainly eat insects and spiders and seeds. Outside of the nesting season, these birds forage in mixed flocks. In winter, they also eat berries and plant nectar." I'm taking the bee guards off my Four Flowers feeder and we'll see if I see this as well. Mine is coming in mixed flocks of Chestnut-backed chickadees, Lesser Goldfinch, Dark-eyed Juncos, etc.. I think the most fascinating issue here is WHY are so many of us this year seeing this for the first time? And WHY are they coming to the feeders? Anthony Cermak, Sonoma Valley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Glaucous Gull From: "Lisa" <lisahug AT sonic.net> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:11:07 -0000 Hi All, About 2:30 this afternoon, there was a Glaucous Gull on the beach near the fishing pier at Fort Baker in Sausalito. I don't know if it is the same bird that Dan Singer reported from downtown Sausalito or not. There were a few thousand gulls there - many sitting on rocks almost under the Golden Gate Bridge and too far away to see well. It's a fun sight - with sea lions and harbor seals under the fishing pier and fishermen bringing up nets full of herring. Lisa Hug Sebastopol, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Kentfield Snow Goose and White-Throated Sparrow Question From: "bhlenarz" <blenarz AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:43:46 -0000 This morning a I saw a Snow Goose with Canada Geese in Corte Madera Creek about 200m upstream from the Bon Air Bridge. This is the first time I recall seeing a Snow Goose in the creek. There also have been one or two Common Mergs. and occassional White-fronted and Cackling Geese in the area. I have been enjoying the good year for White-throated Sparrows including seeing two tan striped ones in our back yard. My aged literature, including the first edition of Pyle et al's Identification Guide indicates that these birds can only be aged from plumage characteristics (and with difficulty) if the gender is known. Is that still true, or have better aging criteria been developed? Thanks and good birding, Bill Lenarz ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Townsend's Warblers From: "AllynB" <abinsf07 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:18:33 -0000 I've had three Towsend's Warblers (male, female, and immature) at my suet and seed feeders, daily, since November 2. Allyn Bissell Mill Valley ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Townsend's Feeding habits From: "Anthonius" <cermaklaw AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:13:47 -0000 I, too, have a Townsend's Warbler that I reported eating regularly from my seed feeders last month. Because of that "odd" behavior, I looked them up and found several references to their dietary habits. "…gleans insects on its breeding grounds; on its wintering grounds, it will also exploit honeydew excreted by sap-sucking insects." Alderfer, Jonathan, "Complete Birds of North America" (2006) p. 532. Sibley in his "The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior" (2001) at pages 498-500, has a general review of wood-warbler feeding which boils down to mainly diversified insectivores, but "Fruit, mainly small berries, is an important part of many wood-warblers' diets, especially in fall and winter." And, "Nectar is another important source of energy for wood-warblers, particularly in winter, and many species are often seen at flowers and are even known to visit hummingbird feeders." iBird Pro2's reference feature to Birdpedia (but bizarrely, not the website as far as I can see) states: "They mainly eat insects and spiders and seeds. Outside of the nesting season, these birds forage in mixed flocks. In winter, they also eat berries and plant nectar." I'm taking the bee guards off my Four Flowers feeder and we'll see if I see this as well. Mine is coming in mixed flocks of Chestnut-backed chickadees, Lesser Goldfinch, Dark-eyed Juncos, etc.. I think the most fascinating issue here is WHY are so many of us this year seeing this for the first time? And WHY are they coming to the feeders? Anthony Cermak, Sonoma Valley ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: White Throated Sparrow From: "munkeelady" <munkeelady AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:40:20 -0000 Just moved into the area and was surprised to see a pair of White Throated Sparrows in my Oakmont back yard. They've been here at least 10 days now. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Least Flycatcher at Ragle Ranch From: "Eugene Hunn" <enhunn323 AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 08:12:48 -0800 NiBBers, Got lucky just after noon yesterday, along with Joy and Nancy. The LEAST FLYCATCHER noted earlier by Lisa and Dan appeared briefly in the willow grove Dan described in his latest post (on the right 100 feet past the green gate up the trail on the east side of the vineyard) about 12:30 PM. It called a few times also, a high sharp "whit" unlike Hammond's or Dusky notes. However brief our views we were able to determine the bird was a compact Empidonax flycatcher, pale creamy white below, especially on the throat and belly, with a contrasty wing panel, prominent white eye ring, somewhat flattened on top, a notably short primary projection, and some yellow at least on the lower mandible. It twitched the tail a bit. Most of the time it was silent and well hidden in thick brushy trees just up the hill from the bare willows. Gene Hunn Petaluma [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Townsend's drinking necter From: "lbvireo" <lbviman AT blackfoot.net> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:21:56 -0000 I've observed a few birds over the years going to humbird feeders [oak titmouse, pygmy and red-b nuthatches, juncos, eve grosbeak, red crossbill, etc, but more to check for food they "thought" might be there, or merely to land and then go to nearby seed feed or ground, with only a couple observations of actual drinking attempts. I have seen several warbler and other species drink from sapsucker holes intermittently between visits by all three of the sapsucker species, which were probably going for nectar but also going for insects: eg, Yellow-rumped, RCKinglet, Bewick's wren at RNSA and RBSA, and even a hummingbird at the latter; Cape May and Baltimore oriole at YBSA: also Townsend's warbler drinking from base of leaves on large exotic plant [going for water most likely] (UC Santa Barbara, during winter there was a Magnolia there - 4th image from bottom at: Also, some humbird feeders drip a bit, and that may attract other birds to get the water and/or tiny gnats, ants, or even wasps - Jim Greaves, Thompson Falls MT --- In northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com, "Sharon" wrote: > > I was observing the birds at my feeders this afternoon and noticed a bird that was NOT a hummer at my flat, round hummingbird feeder. Got my binocs and was very surprised to see that it was a Townsend's and he repeatedly flew up to the feeder and seemed to be drinking out of the feeder. He did this for about 1/2 hour. Has anyone else heard of a Warbler drinking nectar? The only other thought I had was that it was going after insects stuck in the feeder holes, but didn't see any. > > Thanks, > Sharon Salisbury > Mill Valle > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Sausalito follow-up From: Dan Singer <dsg2 AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:22:12 -0800 Hi all, I spent some hours today watching gulls in Sausalito. I grossly underestimated the extent of the herring run and the number of gulls in the area in my previous post. Today herring roe were obvious along the rocky shore from the Spinnaker restaurant in downtown Sausalito south to Fort Baker and the northern anchorage of the GGBridge, a distance of well over a mile, perhaps closer to two. I didn't check north of the Spinnaker, but there isn't much rocky shore habitat north of here. I really have no idea how many gulls were in the area, but I would guess many tens of thousands. Western and Glaucous-winged were most numerous, but good numbers of Thayer's, Herring and hybrids were evident. Lots of Mew Gulls are now in the area as well as lesser numbers of California, Ring-billed and Heermann's. One first-cycle Glaucous Gull behind the Inn Above Tide hotel was the best I could come up with today. This is immediately south of the ferry pier. An nice concentration of gulls was in the small cove south of the Spinnaker restaurant just north of this spot. The sheer number of gulls makes it a rather daunting exercise to work through them, but if you enjoy studying gulls it's a lot of fun. If you visit the area, bear in mind that parking is challenging. Free spots away from downtown are available with some searching, but otherwise be prepared to pay. Lighting is a problem in the morning if it isn't cloudy, but is great in the afternoon. The area around the Spinnaker can be reached via Anchor Street of Bridgeway Blvd. in the heart of town. Paid parking is readily available in this area. Cheers, Dan Singer Pacifica ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Hybrid Flicker, Vallejo, Solano County From: "Kerry Ross" <kerry AT madriverbio.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:22:50 -0800 Hiddenbrooke Subdivision, Vallejo, Solano County 01/31/12 There was a hybrid male Yellow-shafted X Red-shafted Flicker at the water tank at the end of Highgate Rd. The bird had bright yellow shafts with bright red malar stripes. Cheers Kerry Ross [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Townsend's drinking necter From: "Sharon" <daisy44 AT comcast.net> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:03:12 -0000 I was observing the birds at my feeders this afternoon and noticed a bird that was NOT a hummer at my flat, round hummingbird feeder. Got my binocs and was very surprised to see that it was a Townsend's and he repeatedly flew up to the feeder and seemed to be drinking out of the feeder. He did this for about 1/2 hour. Has anyone else heard of a Warbler drinking nectar? The only other thought I had was that it was going after insects stuck in the feeder holes, but didn't see any. Thanks, Sharon Salisbury Mill Valle ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ragle Ranch Park, Lewis's Woodpecker, etc. From: "Ctalcroft" <ctalcroft AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:46:45 -0000 Just wanted to thank all those who responded to my mail about going over to Ragle Ranch Park today. I know a group met up this morning and several other people kindly offered to show me the spot independently. I was on my way over--already in Sebastopol--when I got a call saying that my father was on his way to the emergency room by ambulance, so I had to turn back. I hope I didn't hold anyone up that may have been waiting for me.... I'll have to see what the next few days bring. I didn't want anyone to think I had just said I would be there and then not bothered to show up. Hope everyone saw the birds.... Colin Talcroft Santa Rosa ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Continuing Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Bolinas From: "mba53" <mba53 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:34:10 -0000 The juvenile which is not as spectacular, seems to be hanging around in the vicinity of 375 Overlook Drive in Bolinas. It is very vocal and easy to find and tends to buzz back and forth across the street. Mary Abbott ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ragle Ranch Least Flycatcher Lewis's Woodpecker Sebastopol Sonoma County From: "Doug Shaw" <dougshaw09 AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:46:41 -0800 Hi All, Both the LEAST FLYCATCHER and LEWIS'S WOODPECKER continue at Ragle Ranch Regional Park in Sebastopol as previously posted. I only heard the flycatcher despite trying for a visual for over 2 1/2 hours. When I first arrived about 0900 I heard what I believed was a call note from the Least. About 30 minutes later as the clouds rolled over I heard the full song once then the bird when silent. My best guess the bird was perched in the upper willows, but never could see it. The LEWIS'S at first was perched atop a tall pine near the top of the hill south of the residences. The bird preened atop that tree for at least 5 minutes. Later the woodpecker was seen in both the Eucalyptus and oaks near the flycatcher location. There were at least 100 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS at Ragle Ranch. We also heard a VARIED THRUSH. Good Birding, Doug Shaw Santa Rosa, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: White-throated Sparrow in Kenwood From: "Ruth Rudesill" <ruthier AT sonic.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:15:43 -0800 This morning there was a very beautiful adult tan striped White-throated Sparrow in my yard at the feeders. Glowing throat! On my way to Ragle Park! Ruthie Rudesill Kenwood CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Sausalito herring run and lots of gulls From: Dan Singer <dsg2 AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:12:50 -0800 Hi all, There is a significant herring run occurring along the Sausalito shoreline. I noticed it yesterday and spent a bit of time marveling at the spectacle during the late afternoon. Boats were hauling in lots of fish and one guy on shore with a hand net was bring in a net full of fish with every cast. The herring are probably very close to laying, which should attract even more birds. Gull numbers were high, though not like last year in Richmond (at least not yet). That said, my very rough estimate was at least 5000 and possibly 10000 or more gulls spread over a half-mile or so. Virtually all of these were large gulls feeding on herring, suggesting eggs haven't been laid yet. Once egg laying starts it should bring in the smaller gulls (I didn't see any Mews yesterday). Picking out unusual species amongst the feeding frenzy is challenging, but I'll bet there's something good to be found. Dan Singer Pacifica ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Continuing LAUGHING GULL and SHORT-EARED OWLS at Las Gallinas, 30 January From: Logan Kahle <logan AT archive.org> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:11:28 -0800 Hi Bob and all, Jeff Miller and I found an estimated 300 Tree Swallow on January 22, containing at least 15 Barn Swallows. Good birding, Logan Kahle San Francisco > > Juli and i birded Las Gallinas twice yesterday: once in the morning, and > once just before sunset. The weather was perfect and we found all of our > hoped-for birds. In the morning, the continuing LAUGHING GULL floated with > a few Ruddy Ducks for company on one of the back ponds. The large Tree > Swallow flock posed together on a telephone wire long enough for me to > count at least 130 birds. While scanning them, one with a buffy belly and > forked tail turned out to be a BARN SWALLOW. (We saw a Barn Swallow here > with Joe Morlan's class a few months ago, so this could be the same > individual overwintering.) A Ross's Goose hung out in the grass beyond the > now-flooded field at the entrance, and we also found one Eurasian Wigeon > and one Eurasian X American hybrid. > > Later that evening, we came back to the ponds to see our very first > SHORT-EARED OWLS hunting from the fencetops and irrigation equipment > in the > farthest agricultural field. Scoping from the top of the levee seemed > to be > the best strategy. Another birder told us the owls were up hunting as > early > as 4:05pm. Walking back into the sunset, we were serenaded by Clapper > Rails > from the marsh near the bay, and saw Barn Owls hunting from fenceposts. A > beautiful end to a beautiful day. > > Good birding, > Bob Toleno > San Francisco > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Least Flycatcher at Ragle Park From: Colin Talcroft <ctalcroft AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:50:48 -0800 (PST) If anyone is going out to see the Lewis's Woodpecker in the next few days who already knows where the spot is and wouldn't mind company, please send me an e-mail. I'd love to see this bird but last time I attempted I never found the green gate or the manure pile or the service road. Excellent, detailed directions in this mail from Dan Nelson, but knowing me, I'll end up in Healdsburg anyway...... At least I'll wear boots this time. Thanks Colin Talcroft Santa Rosa Sonoma County Bird Watching Spots http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/SCBWS_front_page.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Least Flycatcher at Ragle Park From: "Dan Nelson" <birdsurf64 AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:42:32 -0000 Hi NBBirders, Last Tuesday the 24th while looking at the Lewis' Woodpecker, I heard what I took to be the call of LEAST FLYCATCHER. It called only 3-4 times, then quiet. No visuals; however I was sure enough to tell a number of birders to "keep an ear out" when visiting this area. The call note is reminiscent of Willow Flycathers' "whit" note, but (to my ears) sharper, higher, yet softer in volume. It mostly resembles a Yellow-rumped "Myrtle" type call-note, but about 1/3 volume. The good news: The bird turned up again today, 1/30. Saw it well. It's a LEAST FLYCATCHER in adult plumage. Fairly typical adult. It calls in "bouts" then may pipe down for 20 mins. or so. Be patient. Today the bird was silent whenever the sun peeked through the overcast and began to warm things up. A few minutes later, clouds thickened and seemingly a sprinkle may arrive..... Now the LEAST FLYCATCHER was calling almost non-stop, vigorously. Directions: Wear Boots. Bird frequents clump of young willows with many terminal buds (to right of trail) and about 100 ft. beyond the GREEN GATE, which is located at the S.E. corner of huge vineyard to West of Ragle Park. Hike North from end of paved service road, (W. of picnic areas) past the manure/compost bunker, and over bridge "1". The trail takes a sharp turn to the S.W.. Continue a few hundred yards; you'll come to a clearing. You'll see the vineyard off to the right, and look for the green gate. The Lewis' was still present; seeming jealous of the in-attention he continued his dazzling aerial display from dead Eucalyptus overhead. Good Luck. Dan Nelson, Petaluma ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: American Canyon, new Napa River trail/ Napa Sewage Ponds 1/30 From: "Denise and David Hamilton" <napabirders AT att.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:34:01 -0800 Hi all, After visiting the new River Trail in American Canyon the end of Nov. 2011, David & I went out there again this morning. It can be reached off Hwy 29, at Eucalyptus Dr. (Across the hwy from Super Walmart). Drive to the end for a parking lot and potty. There is also Wetlands Edge Rd. (at the intersection with Eucalyptus)- houses on one side, marshes on the other - all new sidewalk and plantings, with a few pull-offs to park on the marsh side; otherwise need to park across the street. We started off along Wetlands Edge Rd. The tide was out and there was a decent mix of shorebirds. We heard SORAS several times. The majority of ducks were Canvasbacks & Green-winged Teal. Throw in a lot of coots. Next we walked up Eucalyptus Dr. Not a whole lot compared to 2 months ago. Next we went over to the Napa Sewage Ponds (off Hwy 29, Suscol Ferry Rd to the end. Sign in at building upstairs) Quite a few ducks that tend to hang out opposite of you, so a scope comes in handy. As recently reported there was at least 20 Bonaparte's Gulls, Mew, & other gulls. Scanned through all the American Wigeon and found 2 Eurasian. Again in the cattail marshy area at the end of the route (where you drive right along side the Napa River, behind all the buildings), there were CINNAMON TEAL & at least 3 male BLUE-WINGED TEAL. (For the best view the open water, you can drive the asphalt road that runs right along the buildings from where you park to check in. You can continue to drive on, unless you can't get your car over the raised pipe that crossed the road ahead.) While checking for the teal, we saw an adult BALD EAGLE perched on the other side of the Napa River. Good birding, Denise & David Hamilton Napa napabirders AT att.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Continuing LAUGHING GULL and SHORT-EARED OWLS at Las Gallinas, 30 January From: Bob Toleno <bob AT toleno.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:26:44 -0800 Juli and i birded Las Gallinas twice yesterday: once in the morning, and once just before sunset. The weather was perfect and we found all of our hoped-for birds. In the morning, the continuing LAUGHING GULL floated with a few Ruddy Ducks for company on one of the back ponds. The large Tree Swallow flock posed together on a telephone wire long enough for me to count at least 130 birds. While scanning them, one with a buffy belly and forked tail turned out to be a BARN SWALLOW. (We saw a Barn Swallow here with Joe Morlan's class a few months ago, so this could be the same individual overwintering.) A Ross's Goose hung out in the grass beyond the now-flooded field at the entrance, and we also found one Eurasian Wigeon and one Eurasian X American hybrid. Later that evening, we came back to the ponds to see our very first SHORT-EARED OWLS hunting from the fencetops and irrigation equipment in the farthest agricultural field. Scoping from the top of the levee seemed to be the best strategy. Another birder told us the owls were up hunting as early as 4:05pm. Walking back into the sunset, we were serenaded by Clapper Rails from the marsh near the bay, and saw Barn Owls hunting from fenceposts. A beautiful end to a beautiful day. Good birding, Bob Toleno San Francisco [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Richardson Bay waterbirds & Aramburu Island From: "wilcox_kerry" <kwilcox AT audubon.org> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:32:01 -0000 Last Thursday we conducted a waterbird survey of the Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary and counted about 4100 birds on the waters. This is less than half of what we counted two weeks prior. Most unusual species seen was a COMMON MURRE. We also saw two PACIFIC LOONS and a NORTHERN SHOVELER. SCAUP and BUFFLEHEAD numbers were down, but RUDDY DUCKS and WESTERN/CLARK'S GREBES stayed about even. It may have just been an off day, however, because this morning around 10am we noted at least 10,000 birds in the Sanctuary! Of note also were the 350 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS and 250 gulls that were resting on the newly enhanced shoreline of Aramburu Island. Prior to today, we have never noted more than a couple dozen cormorants using the island! Kerry Wilcox Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary Tiburon ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Parakeet Auklet off Bodega Head From: "Peter" <peter_colasanti AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:42:18 -0000 Hi All, This is a redo of a post I placed yesterday afternoon which got lost in cyberspace. Gene received it, which put him in an awkward postition and I wish to apologize to him for my technological inadequacy. Anyway... Saturday at about 6:58 AM we were around 4 miles WSW of Bodega Head when we saw a medium sized alcid spring from the water and fly ahead of the boat in such a way that I was certain I was seeing something I'd never seen before. Much bigger than Cassin's, smaller than Rhino, black above and bright white below, it flushed almost like a Synthliboramphus Murrelet, launching straight into the air on relatively big auklet wings without bouncing off waves. As it flew away its flight suggested a snipe or woodcock, seeming to change direction, although it flew in straight line. Gene said he believed it to be a Parakeet Auklet before it was even out of sight and everything I saw in the field confirmed that. PAAU would be a life bird for me, so I reserved final comment until I could get back to my library. I've done that, and now I'm certain we saw a Parakeet Auklet. This is an abreviated version of a more complete description I've written and will submit to Gene Hunn to do with as he pleases. It was pretty sweet being out there in late January in bright sun and still air. The trip costs around $35 if you dedect the value of the 6 crab limit and add the cost of a one day fishing permit. They jig for sea monsters over 20 miles out, along the northern edge of Cordell Banks. Peter Colasanti Petaluma ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: FW: winter pelagic out of Bodega Bay From: "Eugene Hunn" <enhunn323 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:58:38 -0800 From: Eugene Hunn [mailto:enhunn323 AT comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 8:51 PM To: northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com Cc: enhunn323 AT comcast.net Subject: FW: winter pelagic out of Bodega Bay NiBBers, For some reason this post (below) never arrived after I sent it last night. One amendment is in order. Peter and I believe we flushed a PARAKEET AUKLET off the bow of the boat a few miles out of Bodega early yesterday morning. It flew straight away and we lost it but can’t imagine it could have been anything else. Frustrating, but par for the course. Gene Hunn Petaluma From: Eugene Hunn [mailto:enhunn323 AT comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:27 PM To: 'northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com' Subject: winter pelagic out of Bodega Bay NiBBers, Curious to see what might be offshore from Bodega Bay in winter, today, Saturday, January 28, Peter Colasanti and I joined Rick Powers on the New Sea Angler and a passel of fisherfolk hoping to catch giant Humboldt squid out at the Cordell Banks, and barring that, harvest a day’s limit of Dungeness Crab. An absolutely gorgeous day at sea. No squid this time but got our limit of crabs plus some interesting, though not earth-shaking bird and mammals sightings. According to my GPS readings plotted vis-à-vis closest point of land we were right on the line between Sonoma and Marin Counties, so I suspect our observations apply to both. Pacific Loon ca. 6 flying south offshore Black-footed Albatross 2 ca. 23+ miles wsw of Bodega Head, north edge of Cordell Banks Northern Fulmar, 6, dark phase, as above Short-tailed Shearwater, 5+, as above dark shearwater species, probably also Short-tailed, 10, as above Brown Pelican, 5, well offshore Brandt’s Cormorant, 2, somewhat offshore Red Phalarope, 20, as above but also within 5 miles of shore Black-legged Kittiwake, 10, including one immature, as above Western, Herring, Thayer’s, and Glaucous-winged Gull all common well offshore Common Murre, 300, throughout the route, most in alternate plumage Cassin’s Auklet, 25+, offshore as noted above Rhinoceros Auklet, 50+, as above, many with nice facial plumes Alaskan Fur Seal, 1, well offshore Dall Porpoise, several friendly pods, well offshore Pacific White-sided Dolphin, ditto Minke Whale, one well offshore Gene Hunn Petaluma [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: FW: winter pelagic out of Bodega Bay From: "Eugene Hunn" <enhunn323 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:50:42 -0800 NiBBers, For some reason this post (below) never arrived after I sent it last night. One amendment is in order. Peter and I believe we flushed a PARAKEET AUKLET off the bow of the boat a few miles out of Bodega early yesterday morning. It flew straight away and we lost it but can’t imagine it could have been anything else. Frustrating, but par for the course. Gene Hunn Petaluma From: Eugene Hunn [mailto:enhunn323 AT comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:27 PM To: 'northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com' Subject: winter pelagic out of Bodega Bay NiBBers, Curious to see what might be offshore from Bodega Bay in winter, today, Saturday, January 28, Peter Colasanti and I joined Rick Powers on the New Sea Angler and a passel of fisherfolk hoping to catch giant Humboldt squid out at the Cordell Banks, and barring that, harvest a day’s limit of Dungeness Crab. An absolutely gorgeous day at sea. No squid this time but got our limit of crabs plus some interesting, though not earth-shaking bird and mammals sightings. According to my GPS readings plotted vis-à-vis closest point of land we were right on the line between Sonoma and Marin Counties, so I suspect our observations apply to both. Pacific Loon ca. 6 flying south offshore Black-footed Albatross 2 ca. 23+ miles wsw of Bodega Head, north edge of Cordell Banks Northern Fulmar, 6, dark phase, as above Short-tailed Shearwater, 5+, as above dark shearwater species, probably also Short-tailed, 10, as above Brown Pelican, 5, well offshore Brandt’s Cormorant, 2, somewhat offshore Red Phalarope, 20, as above but also within 5 miles of shore Black-legged Kittiwake, 10, including one immature, as above Western, Herring, Thayer’s, and Glaucous-winged Gull all common well offshore Common Murre, 300, throughout the route, most in alternate plumage Cassin’s Auklet, 25+, offshore as noted above Rhinoceros Auklet, 50+, as above, many with nice facial plumes Alaskan Fur Seal, 1, well offshore Dall Porpoise, several friendly pods, well offshore Pacific White-sided Dolphin, ditto Minke Whale, one well offshore Gene Hunn Petaluma [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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From: Bill Doyle <bill.doyle AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:50:01 -0800 (PST) Helen and I went over to Ragle Ranch Regional Park this am, and found the continuing Lewis's Woodpecker from the very top of the hill north of the green gate.  The bird flew from the area of the large euc's into the top of a bare oak, behind the residence on the hilltop.  We did not bird the rest of the park, but stopped in the area of the playground on the way out, where there was a good number of Varied Thrush on the grass under the oaks.   The large, flooded field at the corner of Occidental and Sanford roads held a very large number of Hooded Merg's...we counted at least 21, and there were probably a few more, as they were actively diving and feeding...apparently on small crayfish.  There were also over 40 Cattle Egrets on the margins of the pond.   On Hall Road, just east of Sanford, a Prairie Falcon was feeding on a kill in a field by the side of the road.  As we watched, a Raven dropped in, attempting to drive it away.  The falcon took off with its meal, and settled into the top of a nearby oak to finish it, leaving the raven walking around the field pretending it was really doing something else.   Bill Doyle Santa Rosa [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Lewis WP at Ragle From: "hnormmoore AT att.net" <hnormmoore@att.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:49:19 -0000 The Lewis WP at Ragle Park was active mid day going from the Eucalytus to the top oak to the big oak (B Oak) about 3 meters north of the one with the big branches sawn off (and a few other places) and then repeating this or a similar cycle. It was in the lower big oak (B Oak) a good part of the time offering a good chance to get some close up images. When the sun hit the reddish magenta spot on its forehead, it glowed like Rudauph's nose! The trail is still wet and muddy, but now OK for those with GOOD tennis shoes. Image Link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/photos/album/261532667/pic/576193746/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=41&count=20&dir=asc If you are NOT familiar with this spot, see some of the previous posts for details. Norm Moore (Santa Rosa) ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Bullock's Oriole at Five Brookes stables, Point Reyes From: "Stephen" <stephen.a.fischer AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:44:34 -0000 Just wanted to make a correction. Thanks to a couple of other birders (Logan, Lukas. and Jules) who indicated this is actually a Varied Thrush. - Steve --- In northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com, "Stephen" wrote: > > While looking for some interesting birds to photograph at Five Brookes Stables along the border with Point Reyes, I managed to get off a few shots of what appears to be a Bullock's Oriole. This is based on the black band around the eye. But looking at my bird books though it does not seem to be a perfect fit due to some spots on the belly and lack of white on the wings. See a couple of photos I posted to this group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/photos/album/586750818/pic/list > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bullock's Oriole at Five Brookes stables, Point Reyes From: "Stephen" <stephen.a.fischer AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:10:55 -0000 While looking for some interesting birds to photograph at Five Brookes Stables along the border with Point Reyes, I managed to get off a few shots of what appears to be a Bullock's Oriole. This is based on the black band around the eye. But looking at my bird books though it does not seem to be a perfect fit due to some spots on the belly and lack of white on the wings. See a couple of photos I posted to this group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/photos/album/586750818/pic/list ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Greater White-fronted Goose and Cackling Geese - Ellis Creek From: "mr_storey" <ronstorey AT ronstorey.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:15:38 -0000 This morning in the seasonal pond near the entrance gate to Ellis Creek in Petaluma there was a single Greater White-fronted Goose swimming amongst several Canada Geese, a couple of Cackling Geese, and a Chinese farm goose. On my quick walk around the filtering ponds I also saw a Sora, a Cooper's Hawk, an American Pipit, and several Tree Swallows. I did not see the White-throated Sparrow that was reported seen late yesterday. This is probably due to the time of day I was there as there was not the normal ground feeding flock of sparrows (Golden-crowned and White-crowned mixed) you find near the entrance. Ron Storey Petaluma, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: The Owl's From: ed brady <bradyw AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:35:27 -0800 (PST) This early morning I awoke around 5:00am too hear a clicking sound next to my bedroom windows. I felt a sort of blessing to know that we have owls at work here. Barn owls use clicking to find insects, large moths mostly. But to know before my sleep hours I hear the call of the great horned owls in our Elm tree. Guess I will not be letting out our Chawawow out side. Owl food snacks. Sebastopol is so interesting in the foot hills west ward two miles out of town. This morning as I filled our feeders I see lots of Juncos arrive, but a Slate colored Junco is not the common sight here. So I was happy to see its arrival. Ed B. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ellis Creek-late Saturday--White-throated Sparrow From: "rosita94598" <rosita94598 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:46:33 -0000 A group of 6 stragglers from the Mt. Diablo Audubon field trip took a late walk around Ellis Creek Saturday. Just before some returned to the parking lot, a White-throated Sparrow was found in the sparrow flock near the walk-in entry gate. It eventually disappeared behind the cyclone fence there. Hugh B. Harvey Walnut Creek ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Save the Dates: Pt Reyes Birding & Nature Festival: April 27-30 From: "will_w04" <will_w04 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:16:26 -0000 2012 Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival April 27-30, 2012 REGISTRATION OPENS IN MID-FEBRUARY! Trips will fill fast! If you'd like to be notified when registration opens, email your request to: prbnfestival at gmail.com (use ' AT ' instead of 'at') Join trips and lectures led by such experts as Rich Stallcup, Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Pyle, Jules Evens, David Wimpfheimer, Lisa Hug, Joe Morlan, Sarah Allen and Keith Hansen. Observe birds of the ocean, coast, forest and wetlands, and see spring wildflowers, whales, and seals. Offerings also include outings for kids, butterfly and dragonfly walks, a pelagic trip to Cordell Bank, a birding by boat cruise on Tomales Bay, a Saturday night banquet with keynote address by John Muir Laws and much more! The 2012 Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival is sponsored by the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin www.pointreyesbirdingfestival.org . 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 Carolyn Longstreth, Director, Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival 2012, by Will Wilson of Corte Madera. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bodega Bay From: Cory Gregory <arcticory AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:31 -0800 Birders, We spun over to Bodega Bay this weekend. Highlights at the Diekmann's Bay Store included: Black-headed Grosbeak (1) Yellow Warbler (1) Townsend's Warbler (1) Orange-crowned Warbler (2) Nashville Warbler (1) Scoping from Bodega Head yielded: Pigeon Guillemot (1) Common Murre (10) Ancient Murrelet (4) You can see some photos on my blog: http://arcticory.blogspot.com/ Good birding, Cory Gregory Sacramento County ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: winter pelagic out of Bodega Bay From: "Eugene Hunn" <enhunn323 AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:26:47 -0800 NiBBers, Curious to see what might be offshore from Bodega Bay in winter, today, Saturday, January 28, Peter Colasanti and I joined Rick Powers on the New Sea Angler and a passel of fisherfolk hoping to catch giant Humboldt squid out at the Cordell Banks, and barring that, harvest a day’s limit of Dungeness Crab. An absolutely gorgeous day at sea. No squid this time but got our limit of crabs plus some interesting, though not earth-shaking bird and mammals sightings. According to my GPS readings plotted vis-à-vis closest point of land we were right on the line between Sonoma and Marin Counties, so I suspect our observations apply to both. Pacific Loon ca. 6 flying south offshore Black-footed Albatross 2 ca. 23+ miles wsw of Bodega Head, north edge of Cordell Banks Northern Fulmar, 6, dark phase, as above Short-tailed Shearwater, 5+, as above dark shearwater species, probably also Short-tailed, 10, as above Brown Pelican, 5, well offshore Brandt’s Cormorant, 2, somewhat offshore Red Phalarope, 20, as above but also within 5 miles of shore Black-legged Kittiwake, 10, including one immature, as above Western, Herring, Thayer’s, and Glaucous-winged Gull all common well offshore Common Murre, 300, throughout the route, most in alternate plumage Cassin’s Auklet, 25+, offshore as noted above Rhinoceros Auklet, 50+, as above, many with nice facial plumes Alaskan Fur Seal, 1, well offshore Dall Porpoise, several friendly pods, well offshore Pacific White-sided Dolphin, ditto Minke Whale, one well offshore Gene Hunn Petaluma [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: The Owl & the Pussycat at Skaggs Island Rd From: Maggie Rufo <magwhls AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:29:15 -0800 On the way home from Colusa I stopped for owls. Saw probably 6-8 Short-eareds. Also, got to watch a beautiful Barn Owl close up & saw it successfully hunt. Sadly there is a cat there now. Probably some worthless human dumped it along with their trash. It's not feral but it is skittish. I will go back tomorrow night with food and a friend and see if we can help it and get it to the humane society. Maggie Rufo Novato To know that one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded. - Emerson ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Willowside Rd on Sat From: "dmfreid" <lemuria AT sonic.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:23:16 -0000 I went for an exercise walk on the east, unpaved trail starting at Willowside Rd in Sebastopol around mid-day. Mostly saw expected species but I did see an adult white-striped White-throated Sparrow while I was walking back. It was in a small tree next to the trail in the brushy area between the vineyard and the horse pasture. There was an American Pipit in the horse pasture and a flock of about 15 birds flying in the distance in the pasture. They were too far away to ID for sure, but I thought they were likely to be more pipits. Don't know if the WTSP was the same one Gene Hunn saw on the west trail: certainly close enough distance wise. Dea Freid Sebastopol ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bald Eagle near Lake Sonoma (Sonoma County) From: "waysky AT pacbell.net" <waytsky@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:55:09 -0000 At 3:45 this afternoon, while bike riding, I spotted an adult BALD EAGLE perched on a partially denuded conifer (grey pine?) on the east side of Dry Creek Rd about a half mile south of Lake Sonoma (Sonoma County), across the street from a ranch house with the address of 965 Dry Creek Rd. It remained after 20 or so minutes of viewing. David Wayte Santa Rosa, Sonoma County ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Las Gallinas Lesser Yellowlegs From: Len Blumin <Len.blumin AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:49:53 -0800 The Marin Audubon Society walk at the Las Gallinas water treatment ponds today 14 species of waterfowl, including a Ross's Goose, many Cackling Geese and a Eurasian Wigeon, all see in a large pond that has formed east of the ponds along the entry road. Also present there were some Wilson's Snipes. On the bare shore of the first island in pond #1 we has good comparison views of a Lesser Yellowlegs right alongside a Killdeer and Greater Yellowlegs (plus a Green-winged Teal. Photo for documentation in Bluheron Birds Album on the website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/photos/album/304672138/pic/1046871056/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc There were good numbers of Western Bluebirds launching from the wires on the south side. The Laughing Gull was floating on pond #2 and a Forster's Tern foraged about pond #3. -- Cheers, Len Blumin, Mill Valley, California len.blumin AT gmail.com Swaro 80 HD, 30X, DCA, CoolPix 6000 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenblumin/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Falcated Duck From: Maggie Rufo <magwhls AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:43:57 -0800 The duck is still holding court at the Colusa viewing platform today. Maggie Rufo Novato ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Stinson Beach From: Bob <bigfootbob AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:41:22 -0800 Hi NBBers, This morning there were 2 Red Crossbills in the Stinson Beach parking lot. They were in the cypress trees just past the bridge when driving into the park. At the north end of the north parking lot a Nashville Warbler was with an Orange-crowned and a Yellow-rumped Warbler. Good birding, Bob Battagin Woodacre ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: regarding the recent email about a member's account hacked_ From: "north_coast_raptor" <lec_101_north AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:02:49 -0000 If you get a message on your yahoo email account inbox, regarding bank business, be careful. I got this today... "Fw: Bank 0f America Alert: Credit/Check Card has been Deactivated!" Thing is they spelt it "0f" with a zero and not "of" with the letter o, and there it is, don't hit the link, don't open any attachment.... Just delete, it's a scam. I've reported it and forwarded it to the real B of A. lpb AT west county hawk watch larry broderick santa rosa 707-975-7047 ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: heads up from NBB member larry broderick. _hacker alert. From: "north_coast_raptor" <lec_101_north AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:55:23 -0000 If you get a message on your yahoo email account inbox, regarding bank business, be careful. I got this today... "Fw: Bank 0f America Alert: Credit/Check Card has been Deactivated!" Thing is they spelt it "0f" and not "of", and there it is, don't hit the link don't open any attachment.... Just delete, it's a scam. I've reported it and forwarded it to the real B of A. lpb AT west county hawk watch larry broderick santa rosa 707-975-7047 ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ibises continue From: "Eugene Hunn" <enhunn323 AT comcast.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:35:25 -0800 NiBBers, Following up on Dan's report of the day before yesterday of Cattle Egrets and an ibis along Occidental Rd. at Sanford in the Laguna Santa Rosa: This morning there were at least 40 CATTLE EGRETS on the south side of Occidental just east of the Laguna bridge (which is northeast of Sebastopol) and two immature WHITE-FACED IBIS on the north side of Occidental just west of Sanford, visible from Occiental. Take care for the heavy traffic. There's a small parking spot on the south side of Occidental here which is convenient. Also, along the trail toward Delta Pond west from Willowside Rd., a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW and a very bright ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. Gene Hunn Pdetaluma [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: no empidonax From: "Lisa" <lisahug AT sonic.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:11:56 -0000 Hi all, I searched for the empidonax flycatcher that I saw earlier this week (Ragle Ranch, Lewis' Woodpecker site) but it didn't show up. Its one that got away. I'm not putting a name to it. But it may still be there. The Lewis' Woodpecker was still there. (see earlier posts for location). I also want to correct my tree identification. The grove of dense saplings is Acacia, not Bay Laurel. I couldn't ever remember Bay Laurels growing like that. And, I nearly forgot to mention that the trail is flooded - wear boots. Lisa Hug Sebastopol, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: FWIW: Ruby-crowned Kinglet Foot Color From: "Ctalcroft" <ctalcroft AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:13:22 -0000 Under the heading of "for what it's worth," I've been talking with some people recently about the meaningof the color of Ruby-crowned Kinglet feet (if there is any) . I recently got a good photo of a kinglet with feet nearly the same color as its legs. On my kinglet page, there's a photo of another bird with feet so bright yellow that the bird reminds me of a Snowy Egret. After talking to people, the consensus seems to be that the variation in foot color doesn't indicate anything much about sex, age, season, or geography, but it's interesting nevertheless. In case you're interested in seeing the range of variation in kinglet foot color, the dark-footed bird mentioned above is now the main page photo on my site. http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/SCBWS_front_page.html If you then click on that main photo, it will take you to the kinglet page with the picture of the extraordinarily yellow-footed bird, for comparison (scroll down). I'd still be interested to hear from anyone if they think there actually IS some meaning to this variation, beyond individual variation. Thanks Colin Talcroft Santa Rosa Sonoma County Bird Watching Spots http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/SCBWS_front_page.html ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ongoing Short-eared Owl: Las Gallinas From: Daniel Edelstein <danieledelstein AT att.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:59:28 -0800 (PST) Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, S. Rafael, Marin Co., 1/26/12 At dusk tonight, I noted the recurring presence of the previously reported two SHORT-EARED OWL individuals.  One was perched on the northeastern-most water irrigation device of the two in the large field east of pond #3 and the solar field (the other  irrigation device is closer to St. Vincent) and another forgaged nearby. Soon after on my walk back, I noticed one BARN OWL foraging near the barbed wire fenceline adjacent to the trail's north side near Pond #2.   Daniel Edelstein www.warblerwatch.com http://warblerwatch.blogspot.com (my four-year-old warbler-centric blog site) 415-382-1827 (O) 415-246-5404 (Cell) 12 Kingfisher Court Novato, CA 94949 (Bay Area, Marin County) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ragle Ranch Park and the absent Lewis's Woodpecker From: "Ctalcroft" <ctalcroft AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:55:41 -0000 Went out in search of the Lewis's Woodpecker today. I had no luck. At least I found the place. No one mentioned, however, that the trail is inundated. My tennies got wet. If you're going out there, wear waterproof boots and consider bringing youngsters to make mud pies. I took the trail marked "Blackberry Trail" at the trailhead just beyond the central picnic area near the entrance and stayed to the left at the one main fork. Maybe the other fork went the same place and was less waterlogged? My consolations were a group of CEDAR WAXWINGS feeding on mistletoe berries, a large group of PINE SISKINS in the alders (trees with catkins, anyway) in front of the big Eucalyptus tree where the woodpecker has been reported (look carefully, the siskins are quiet and very well camouflaged), and a big flock of BAND-TAILED PIGEONS--perhaps about 55. Ragle Ranch Park seems a very reliable place to find these birds, if anyone's yearning to see them. Later in the day, at Place to Play Park in Santa Rosa, there was little out of the ordinary. No Snipe today. There were large numbers of YR Warblers and AMERICAN ROBINS, though, and a group of five BLACK-NECKED STILTS looked peachy in the late afternoon light. Ragle Ranch Park is here: http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/Ragle_Ranch_Park,_Sebastopol.html Place to Play Park is here: http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/A_Place_to_Play_Park,_Santa_Rosa.html Colin Talcroft Santa Rosa Sonoma County Bird Watching Spots http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/SCBWS_front_page.html ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bodega Bay and coast today From: "Ruth Rudesill" <ruthier AT sonic.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:59:25 -0800 Went to Bodega Bay and Harbor late this morning and found the Yellow and Townsend's Warbler at Diekmanns - plus a Myrtle but no Orange-crowned or Tennessee Warblers... There were huge waves at the coast at high tide. Saw a Rhinoceros Auklet in close and hundreds of Horned Grebes all together in a huge flock. Plus two smaller alcids but no id on those. Numbers of Pacific Loons were flying by. The male Eurasian Widgeon was in the Doran Park entrance pond. At Duncan's Landing - huge crashing waves. There was feeding frenzy of gulls (lots of Herring Gulls like Dea had reported) and Surf Scoters in the little cove there. I figured out they were feeding on mussels knocked loose by the waves. And there were over 80 Surfbirds, a dozen Black Turnstones, and three Black Oystercatchers all together on the large rock south of the Landing. (I looked thru them for Tattler or Rock Sandpiper - no luck.) There were rain puddles they were bathing in and avoiding the crashing waves. Saw three different Peregrine Falcons - one flew by the Head, one in the Harbor, and one near the Russian River mouth. Ruth Rudesill Kenwood Sonoma Valley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Hooded Mergansers "growling" From: "Gordon Beebe" <gdbeebe AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:46:56 -0000 While owling before dawn today, I heard 1-2 Hooded Mergansers giving their strange low gutteral growl. I don't know if they just do this in the spring or all winter - first time I've heard them. Location: Lake Benoist at Riverfront Park, on Eastside Rd, not far from Windsor in Sonoma County. They open the gate around 6am. It's a 1/2 mile hike in from the parking lot to this lake. Also heard Western Screech Owl, Great-horned Owl Gordon Beebe ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: White-faced Ibis...near Sebastopol. From: "Dan Nelson" <birdsurf64 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:41:39 -0000 Greetings NorthBay Birders, A WHITE-FACED IBIS was among 30-40 CATTLE EGRETS at the edges of the flooded Laguna about 100 ft. from Sanford Rd. / Occidental Rd. As many as 9 HOODED MERGANSERS were easily viewed here as well, swimming around the trunks of huge, submerged Valley Oaks. Around an hour later (4 PM) there were 7 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE just N. of the ranch on High School Rd., (now called "N.Main St.") The LEWIS' WOODPECKER was seen at Ragle around 11:00, mostly in the Eucalyptus, but visiting several oaks, including the one with large branches recently cut. This area was described in earlier posts. Over 90 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS descended into a large oak located west of the horse-trailer area. A WHITE-THROATED SPARROW was among Golden-crowns along the paved service road, leading to the horse area. Dan Nelson, Petaluma ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Raptor ID question From: larry broderick <lec_101_north AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:02:53 -0800 (PST)   IMHO  = (In My Humble (Honest) Opinion)   IMHO its a SSHA. or Sharp-shinned Hawk, the tail of the bird in the photo flying toward the feeder shows the birds trade mark sharp shins and the "more squared" off tail, also size comparison with that type of bird feeder. The other photo shows the SSHA tail can look rounded at times but not as much as the other "feeder station hawk" the coopers, or Coopers Hawk. (COHA)   Another good indicator is the feeder "feeder" birds them selves. Meaning if you got juncos, finches and sparrows, most likely a SSHA, if you got robins, doves, chickens, quail more likely a COHA.   Lastly, the clear or translucent terminal on the tail, we've seen it it both coop and sharp, so its not a definitive field mark, IMHO.   nice snaps, everything helps in these ID situation.  when I fed birds from 1989 to 2009, I'd say my ratio was 75 to 85% SSHA to COHA AT the feeders. probably maybe actually seeing a three dozen sharps (SSHA) and a dozen coops (COHA)   and yes a large reason I was feeding birds was to attract hawks...   Hey if anybody want s to go Cooper's I feel ya. This stuff is not easy and I still, and always will struggle at times, with the Accip's (accipiter's{smaller woodland hawks})   breaking it down, for beginners. COHA = Coopers Hawk SSHA = Sharp-shinned Hawk Sharp = Sharp-shinned Hawk Coop(s) = Cooper's Hawk Coopers = Cooper's Hawk Accip(s) = Accipiter, or "small" woodland hawk.   cheers to all. Happy 2012 & let's Go Pats! LB   Larry Broderick. ~ Santa Rosa, Ca. ~ 707-975-7047 ~ West County Hawk Watch. ~ Sonoma, Marin & Solano. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Napa Sewage Ponds and Skyline Park, 1/24/12 From: Judith Dunham <jldunham AT earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:57:08 -0800 Pat Bacchetti and I spent three hours at the sewage ponds, beginning in late morning. We worked our way around the ponds and also concentrated on the very productive adjacent habitat, including an area of standing water to the east of the railroad tracks. We came away with 62 species, including a Mute Swan. We agreed that the best bird of the day was a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER. Other highlights were BLUE-WINGED TEAL, both GREATER AND LESSER SCAUP, COMMON GOLDENEYES (in the Napa River, viewable from a road within the facility), a GOLDEN EAGLE, two LESSER YELLOWLEGS mixed in with Greaters, 20 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and 20 VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS. Around 3:30, we arrived at Skyline Park. It was fairly quiet, but we managed to find just over two dozen species, many of them expected here, before we had to leave. We birded the lovely native garden and also walked up Lake Marie Road and part of the Skyline Trail. When we reached the pond just past the start of the road, I said, "This says Wood Duck." Then, across the water, tucked along the shoreline under the vegetation, we saw six WOOD DUCKS, 3 males and 3 females. This was our first visit to what is more formally known as Soscol Wastewater Treatment Plant, on Soscol Ferry Road, near the intersection of Highways 12, 29 and 221. The plant is open weekdays only, and birders need to sign in and out. The staff couldn't have been nicer. We were the only birders there today. Skyline Park is not far from the plant, at the eastern end of Imola, off the Silverado Trail. Good birding, Judith Dunham Berkeley, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Raptor ID question From: Rick <FHolbrook AT cableone.net> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:47:42 -0600 It looks very much like a Shape Shinned Hawk to me On 1/24/2012 6:18 PM, Ctalcroft wrote: > > Here's one for those who like a challenge. > > I've been watching my feeder all day today--more than usual--because > there's been a SLATE-COLORED JUNCO around as well as a PURPLE FINCH. > Purple Finch may not be an unusual bird, but it's the first time I've > seen one at my own feeder among the House Finches. > > I turned around a few minutes ago to have another look and saw no > birds but there was a small raptor standing on the wall behind the > feeder. I turned to pick up my camera, raised it, and just as I was > about to frame a shot, it flew off. I squeezed off two shots as it > fled. I know it's not much to go on, but I'd be curious to know what > people think. It looks like a Sharp-shinned Hawk, to me. The most > obvious features in the brief look I got were the bright yellow legs > and the slaty-grey banded tail. > > I've posted the two photos in the Bird ID Help Folder. They are very > blurry, but there are some clues, at least. Here are links: > http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1947215/sn/968800797/name/Fleeing+raptor+2+smallcmt.jpg > http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/1947215/sn/493647270/name/Fleeing+raptor+1+smallcmt.jpg > > Thanks > > Colin Talcroft > Santa Rosa > > Sonoma County Bird Watching Spots > http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/SCBWS_front_page.html > > -- Rick Holbrook Fargo, ND N 46°53'07" W 096°48'18" or 46.887527N -96.805079W Remember the USS Liberty http://www.ussliberty.org/ Reply to: fholbrook(at)cableone.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: empidonax flycatcher and Lewis W From: "Lisa" <lisahug AT sonic.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:26:38 -0000 Hi All, I just came back from visiting Ragle Ranch in Sebastopol where I did eventually see the LEWIS' WOODPECKER. While looking for it, I had a brief glimpse of an empidonax flycatcher. I tried for a long time to relocate it and photograph it but it was very shy. I was at the Lewis' Woodpecker site (Directions) - When you arrive at Ragle Ranch, take the trail that has the trailhead with the horse manure bin - at the end of the service road behind the picnic area. Walk about 3/4 of a mile and you will arrive at a vineyard on the edge of the park. Just before the vineyard, there is a little side trail to your right, this goes up a hill toward a few large, dying Eucalyptus Trees and a few large Oaks near the edge of the vineyard. Take this side trail. You will come to a green gate - go throught the gate. The Lewis' Woodpecker was in the large Eucalyptus Trees on the right (as you are looking up the hill). I think some people saw it in the Oaks near the vineyard. I saw the empidonax flycatcher briefly on a little leafless sapling along this trail. Unfortunately, I got so excited when I saw it, that I tripped (over my feet, not on drugs)and startled it before I could study or photograph it. It darted into a very dense grove of sapling California Bay Laurels and would not come out. There is a white spigot about a foot off the ground under a Live Oak Tree near where the bird was last seen. I don't have time to return for a few days. I am not certain, but I supect this might be a Hammond's. It had a large white eye ring, and I saw tones of light green and gray on the back. I never saw the bill. If you have time to go look for it, please take a camera. Any empidonax this time of year would be an interesting record. Good luck, I really hope someone can relocate this bird! Lisa Hug Sebastopol, Ca ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Raptor ID question From: Peter Headland <Peter AT matrixlink.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:16:42 -0800 Personally, if I were recording this on e-Bird, or even our yard list, I would go for "Accipiter sp." -- Peter Headland ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. 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:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com