Hello all, From our Arizona hummers experiences I am not sure larger properly defines Blue-throated Hummers compared to Anna's. They would more likely be...
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BRUCE DEUEL
bdeuel2
Jul 1, 2009 7:56 pm
I would certainly second Bob's comments, having just returned from Arizona 3 days ago. Blue-throats were huge compared to Anna's. At the same time, the first...
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Alvaro Jaramillo
scelorchilus
Jul 1, 2009 8:07 pm
Folks, If the bird was not huge, that is a bad strike against Blue-throated. Can someone put the photos up where they can be accessed publicly? thanks, Alvaro ...
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Terence Brashear
birdnird
Jul 1, 2009 8:11 pm
For those of us not on [kerncobirding] or [tularekingsbirds] can someone post a link to the images? Terry Brashear Hennepin County, MN ...
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Joseph Morlan
Joe Morlan
Jul 1, 2009 8:54 pm
All, The photos were posted on the Tulare/Kings email list and may be viewed at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tularekingsbirds/photos/recent/list However, you...
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Alvaro Jaramillo
scelorchilus
Jul 1, 2009 9:30 pm
Joe et al. Thanks for posting the photos. My personal opinion is that this is not a Blue-throated Hummingbird, it looks like a female Black-chinned Hummingbird...
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wagtail042000
Jul 1, 2009 9:37 pm
Williamson's ,"Hummingbirds of North America", cites a breeding record (no year given) for Tulare County.It does seem kind of small for a Blue-throated--but...
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Todd Easterla
teasterla
Jul 1, 2009 10:15 pm
Cal-Hummers, Here is two more cents.....This bird seems way to small for a Blue-throated Hummingbird to me. This bird also has no white line exteneding down...
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John Sterling
lesserroadru...
Jul 1, 2009 10:39 pm
I took another look at the photos and zoomed in closer. I agree with Al and Todd. Sorry to create a scare. The bird looked huge to me in the photo and the...
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Coddlers@...
coddlers
Jul 1, 2009 10:55 pm
No need to apologise at all John. I really appreciate the early alert to a possible mega-rarity - as well as the subsequent education. Thanks Bruce Barrett San...
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enoluvr
Jul 2, 2009 4:57 am
Hey group, I was unfortunate enough to have spent the whole day in front of the feeders at Kern River Preserve without luck and now I can see why. The bird...
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lesliepancoast
Jul 2, 2009 4:57 am
Does anyone know of a good resource (link) to a birding checklist for Sequoia National Park? Leslie Pancoast Livermore, CA...
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Joseph Morlan
Joe Morlan
Jul 2, 2009 9:13 pm
A colleague suggested I post this to the group. There is a phenomenon in size illusion where a rear object appears larger than a front object of the same size...
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SiriusGuy@...
siriusguy50
Jul 3, 2009 4:51 am
About two weeks ago, Magpies were evident as I drove along Highway 395 just south of the Oregon border. In fact, I saw one or two NORTH of the state line. I...
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Jamie Chavez
jcdendroica
Jul 3, 2009 6:29 am
According to the Oregon Bird Records Committee, Yellow-billed Magpie is on the "Records Not Accepted by the OBRC" list through 2009. ...
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Ken Burton
kenburton4
Jul 3, 2009 2:44 pm
Alan, Rest assured that they were black-billed, which is common in that area. I have heard reports of yellow-billed in the Ashland area but magpies in the...
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SiriusGuy@...
siriusguy50
Jul 3, 2009 3:12 pm
Thank you everyone for the advisory on the YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE range NOT extending into Oregon. My trip to far Northeast California had mainly been for...
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Chuck Sexton
gcwarbler
Jul 3, 2009 10:03 pm
This may be old and very uninteresting news, but I was a little surprised to see a pair of Saffron Finches collecting nesting material in the Demonstration...
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Jeffery Davis
jwdjwd67
Jul 4, 2009 3:09 pm
Hello! My wife amy and I read in Brad Schram's book (GREAT book BTW!!!!) that there were Red-crowned Parrots in "urban" Orange County. Can anyone provide us...
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countylines2003
Jul 6, 2009 3:05 pm
Luke Cole 400 Species $40,000 Memorial Challenge A benefit for Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment (CRPE) September 26th and 27th, 2009 The birding...
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Terry Hunefeld
thunefeld
Jul 11, 2009 8:33 pm
Greetings, Trip details, trip log, species list and trip track of Dave Povey's trip to the Thirty Mile Bank off San Diego on July 9 are posted on SoCal...
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Jeffery Davis
jwdjwd67
Jul 16, 2009 2:30 pm
Amy and I just wanted to say thank you to all the very nice people who were sohelpful in providing the information that made our first ever birding trip to...
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Joseph Morlan
Joe Morlan
Jul 18, 2009 5:40 pm
Birders, Some people have reported problems accessing the WFO site at: http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/ Our web hosting provider is in the process of...
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Terry Hunefeld
thunefeld
Jul 19, 2009 3:30 am
Greetings, Today, Saturday, July 18, 2009, Dave Povey, B.J. Stacey and two of his guests from Buffalo N.Y. and I pelagically birded the Nine Mile Bank off San...
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toddamcgrath
Jul 26, 2009 7:15 am
Birders, Today's Los Angeles Audubon Deepwater pelagic out of Santa Barbara was nothing less than spectacular. During our 14 hours at sea, we recorded 136...
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Christopher Taylor
athen66
Jul 28, 2009 8:43 pm
... Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:30:42 -0000 From: wagtail1997 <orcorba@...> Subject: [OrCoRBA] Sooty Tern: Bolsa Chica To: OrCoRBA@yahoogroups.com ...
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Doug Aguillard
aguillard2469
Jul 28, 2009 10:23 pm
This should have gone out days ago to Calbirds (my apologies), but Sue Smith has apparently found California's first summering Yellow-Green Vireo at San Elijo...
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Terry Hunefeld
thunefeld
Jul 28, 2009 11:37 pm
Greetings, The sold-out Condor Express was brimming with more than 75 birders as it departed Santa Barbara Harbor at exactly 7:00 a.m., July 25, 2009. There...
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Kenneth Able
kpable12023
Jul 31, 2009 3:27 am
Lassen County is large and very diverse. It is generally 'under-birded', but both visitors from afar and county residents continue to make observations here...
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Terry Hunefeld
thunefeld
Jul 31, 2009 8:26 pm
I just received a phone call (1:15 p.m. Friday July 31) from Todd McGrath who is on Monterey Bay with Debi Shearwater. They have seen more than 120 Cook's...
