Hi, all! Sue Smith and I went out to Blair Valley and Pinyon Mountain today; highlights include a BARN OWL and a GREAT HORNED OWL on the drive out before...
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MiriamEagl@...
miriameaglemon
Apr 4, 2006 3:43 am
Hi, again! Today's trip got enough data to put up a basic page on the Pinyon Mountain Road; the direct link is ...
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mjseyffert
Apr 6, 2006 2:35 pm
Hello CALBIRDERS, Just a note to say thank you to everyone who responded to my post concerning my visit to Sacramento. The informaiton you all provided has...
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Robert Hewitt
therevvagrant
Apr 6, 2006 4:00 pm
Birders, Here is an event for the Southern Cal birders. The California Desert Nature Festival will be held April 7,8,9th at: California State University, San...
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MiriamEagl@...
miriameaglemon
Apr 6, 2006 8:05 pm
Hi, all! Just a quick note to report a BANK SWALLOW in with several others along Bandy Canyon Road in San Pasqual Valley today. The bird was observed along...
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MiriamEagl@...
miriameaglemon
Apr 6, 2006 11:48 pm
Hi, all! John Top of Spring Valley sent me a photo of a sparrow he and his friend Bill Jones found at San Jacinto Wildlife Area the last week of March, and ...
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Jim Tietz
jimtietz
Apr 7, 2006 1:58 am
Hi, Looks like a Savannah Sparrow. The break at the rear of the eyering, the strong post-ocular eyeline, the lack of a white spot at the rear of the...
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Terence Brashear
birdnird
Apr 7, 2006 2:09 am
First words out my mouth with out reading the description - Savannah Sparrow. Looks a lot like the birds we see here in Minnesota. Regards, Terry ... Terry...
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Feather Forestwalker
featherbirdlady
Apr 7, 2006 4:06 am
Looks like a Savannah; try the "Grayish" variety as shown on page 490 of Sibley's Guide to Birds... Feather PS. I also saw in that bird a Vesper AND a Baird's,...
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MiriamEagl@...
miriameaglemon
Apr 8, 2006 7:11 pm
Hi, all! For those of you keeping year lists for California, the THICK-BILLED KINGBIRD is still hanging around in the big eucs behind Hernadez' Hideaway near...
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MiriamEagl@...
miriameaglemon
Apr 8, 2006 9:15 pm
Hi, all! Have a page for Lake Hodges set up on the Birding San Diego County website now; if the listserv screws up the following link, then just go in to the...
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Paul Keller
wrentitpk
Apr 9, 2006 2:12 am
Iım forwarding a post of an interesting Saturday trip to the Kern-Ventura County area. -- Paul Keller, SBA Vandenberg Village Subject: Evening Grosbeaks at...
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Robert Hewitt
therevvagrant
Apr 9, 2006 2:16 am
Birders, As an exclamation point to the successful Crescent City Aleutian Goose Festival. An EMPEROR GOOSE is in Del Norte Adult single with Aleutian Cackling...
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Joseph Morlan
Joe Morlan
Apr 9, 2006 4:23 pm
On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:14:02 -0700, "Robert Hewitt" <lbjent@...> ... Thanks to a contribution by Owen Head, two photos of this bird can be seen at: ...
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Robert Hewitt
therevvagrant
Apr 9, 2006 6:26 pm
Dear Calbirders, The following festivals are all opportunities to show your bird support for such events. Many of these events have gone a long way towards...
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marjorie hastings
mhast27@...
Apr 9, 2006 9:49 pm
We got a call this afternoon from a birder back east that wants a reliable spot for Spotted Doves..Any help will be sent on to him M&D Marjorie Hastings ...
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marjorie hastings
mhast27@...
Apr 10, 2006 1:44 am
Our man is driving from San Diego to Ventura..If anyone has any ideas we will send them back to him ... great.Was ... Thanks Marjorie Hastings Spring...
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pat baird
patbairdcsulb
Apr 11, 2006 2:13 am
We are following the western sandpiper again from Panama northward towards their nesting grounds in Alaska. We have stronger batteries on this year, and so...
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edaviddavis
Apr 12, 2006 11:35 pm
Nice surprise while birding the San Joaquin Santuary at the Irvine duck ponds: I noticed some small finch-like birds feeding in the bullrushes and thought they...
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Doug Shaw
ds95407
Apr 13, 2006 12:57 am
Hi David and All, Last I knew they had taken up residency at El Dorado Park in Huntington Beach near the pond. Good Birding, Doug Shaw Santa Rosa, CA ... From:...
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Greer Elizabeth
eagreer2001
Apr 13, 2006 2:38 am
Hello All, A few days ago I was driving down 138, headed from Wrightwood to the I5 Fwy. (Desert foothills) It was about 11:30pm and very large white bird flew...
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Jim
vireoman2004
Apr 13, 2006 3:44 am
Here's link to 2 pix I made of same in Goleta (Santa Barbara County) earlier this winter, showing why they continue, and why we see young around here as well...
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jeff83180
Apr 13, 2006 2:57 pm
I was on a camping trip in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park with a friend. We were camping near Lower Willows in Coyote Canyon. At about 8:30 am, I was...
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Lori Conrad
monterey90254
Apr 13, 2006 3:38 pm
Hey Doug Just to let you know, El Dorado Park is in Long Beach, not Huntington (LA County not Orange). Lori Conrad Hermosa Beach, CA ... From: Doug Shaw: Hi...
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Jim Greaves
vireoman2004
Apr 13, 2006 4:07 pm
I just updated the page [below] to include photo made in fall 2005 of a juvenile from same Goleta area as the adults, so if you see these guys at your feeders,...
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Laura Vance
vanceranch2
Apr 13, 2006 5:56 pm
... the I5 Fwy. (Desert foothills) It was about 11:30pm and very large white bird flew overhead. The wing span was about 2-3 feet. I thought it might be an...
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Mike Martin
buckfairbanks
Apr 13, 2006 8:56 pm
Hello Calbirders Had a great look at Tundra Swans this last Tuesday. 12 birds located on the alkali ponds just to the west of the landfill, off the north side...
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varsha sukhtankar
var_sam
Apr 14, 2006 12:36 am
Would anybody know how do get the list along with the photographs of the birds in california? basically, we have moved from kentucky, and i had recently...
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Don Roberson
creagrus1
Apr 17, 2006 12:08 am
I have just updated the "Monterey County highlights" page with new photos of Crested Caracara in Carmel, and, thanks to Tim Amaral, the Painted Bunting at his...
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foxsparrowsmate
Apr 17, 2006 3:45 pm
Any tips on birds and sites near Hollister? I will be there May 4-7th at the Hollister Hills State Vehicular Park for Syncro de Mayo. Thanks, Marc Spigelman ...
