Birders:

I am pleased to announce that we will again be running our famous spring
deepwater trip from Santa Barbara on the Condor Express. This is the only deep
water trip I am aware of off  CA this spring.

The Condor Express is ready to go with fresh paint and rebuilt engines giving us
all the speed and range we need to get out to continental shelf and back in
12-13 hours.

The Spring 2011 trip featured great looks and a Murphy's Petrel, and 2010
featured 63 Cook's Petrels plus another Murphy's. Other rarities recorded in
past springs include Hawaiian Petrel, Parakeet Auklets (two trips) and Tufted
and Horned Puffins.

Regular species include Black-footed and Laysan Albatross, Ashy and Leach's
Storm-petrel as well as Cassin's and Rhinoceros Auklets and Xantus's Murrlets.
Red and Red-necked Phalaropes, Sabine's Gulls and all 3 jaegers, plus South
Polar Skua have also been recorded.

The trip departs from Santa Barbara Harbor at 7AM (check-in at 630AM sharp), and
returns between 7 and 9 PM. The boat has a large galley that seats close to 60,
and excellent food is available for purchase.

Cost is $195 and can be booked easily through the Sea Landing by calling
888-77WHALE

We will have our usual cadre of experienced leaders, plus Capt. Matt and the
great crew of the Condor Express. I hope you can join us.

Todd McGrath
Skua@...
Calabasas CA

Hi Birders!

You are cordially invited to attend Los Angeles Audubon Society's
monthly meeting, 7:30pm, Wednesday March 14, 2012 in Debs Park with
free parking:

Audubon Center at Debs Park
4700 North Griffin Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90031

Cut and paste in your browser:

http://ca.audubon.org/debs_directions.php

Mary & Nick Freeman present: Thailand - In Search of the Dream Bird
Come and share the experiences of finding one of the rarest shorebirds
in the world, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper.  Mary and Nick Freeman will
give a talk on their recent trip to Thailand.  They will go over some
of the diverse birding opportunities to be found in this great
tropical birding destination.  Mary will feature photographic
highlights of their trip, and will talk about the remarkable search
for their dream bird.

April 11, 2012 meeting: Alvaro Jaramillo "How our brain identifies
birds - Birding identification like a pro" at Debs Park.

I hope to see you this night and share some of your recent birding
adventures!
Mary Freeman

Glendale, CA

Los Angeles Audubon Society Program Chair and Fieldtrip Leader
http://losangelesaudubon.org/





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Hello all,

Carol and I made a run to the Hornbrook Hiway & Ditch Creek exit on I-5 just
South of the Siskiyou summit to Oregon. 200 yards off the road in an isolated
small pond on the left side just before "R Ranch" was the regularly reported
male Tufted Duck with a group of Ring-necked Ducks. His tuft was so full/long
that it is not always seeable as it lays against his head when he is wet from
diving and feeding. It doesn't look like the bird goes anywhere else
but this small pond!

Look for the whitest sided (and blackest backed) of the male Ring-necked Ducks
to find the Tufted. A scope is helpful. I got some mediocre but clearly
identifiable photos I have posted to the Shasta Birders Yahoo group - labelled
"Bob's Photos 2011" in the front.

There were also 2 female Hooded Mergansers, many Am. Wigeons, a few buffleheads,
a couple Mallards and the group of Ring-necked Ducks with the "Tuff Guy!"

Very cool to have such easy views of this fully plumaged male!

Bob & Carol Yutzy
Shasta, CA

Last night Karen Z, Linda P and I spent the night at the Winema Lodge at Tule
Lake NWR hoping to see these 2 beauties. At 7AM they showed up in the tree on
the north side.
Very photogenic!

Frances
Lodi, CA




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Hi,

A fun little note...I was reading the newspaper this evening, when something
caught my eye... On the cover of the LA Times Extra section there appears to be
a Thick-billed murre! It's in a story about the ongoing oil leakage around Santa
Barbara, showing the murre in question being treated at a rehab center in San
Pedro.Unless I'm seeing things... the photos of a murre getting washed down
appears to be a Thick-billed. Pretty far south.

The on-line story is at
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-oil-birds-20120307,0,3147878.story. The
newspaper has an additional photo with a nice side profile not shown on the
internet.



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Howard King has reported seeing the GYRFALCON at about noon today (Mar 8) at the
San Jacinto Wildlife Area. It was in the same area where it was previously seen,
on the poles near the gravel parking lot along the duck club road.

Tom Benson
San Bernardino, CA


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Clair and Susan de Beauvoir found and photographed the Gyrfalcon this morning,
March 8. They had a marvelous time watching it catch and devour a coot and
photographing it at point blank range. Their lenses looked like it may have
required backing up a bit. After the meal the Gyr pole-hopped east a few poles
to the blue outhouse, then disappeared. It's a big valley.
Chet


From: Thomasabenson@...
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 12:27 PM
To: inlandcountybirds@yahoogroups.com ; calbirds@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [inlandcountybirds] GYRFALCON re-found today



Howard King has reported seeing the GYRFALCON at about noon today (Mar 8) at the
San Jacinto Wildlife Area. It was in the same area where it was previously seen,
on the poles near the gravel parking lot along the duck club road.

Tom Benson
San Bernardino, CA

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The gyrfalcon arrived at its favorite location this morning (Friday March 9th)
around 6:45 after interacting briefly with a Peregrine Falcon.  It was first
spotted by Glenn Stevens.  It set on the top of a power pole near the blue WC
for several minutes.  It then flew into the Ramona Duck Club, private property,
hunting and caused quite a ruckess.  After several minutes we lost the bird, it
did not appear to leave the duck club and did not reappear on any of the power
poles bordering the duck club.

Richard Thunen
Newport Beach

The Gyrfalcon was perched on the "High Voltage" pole about one-third of a
  mile southeast of the gravel parking lot in the duck club today
(Friday, March 9th). I found the bird at about 8:45, and by about 9:00
it had flown southeast along the road and out of sight.



Nick Peterson

Riverside, CA



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Saw and photographed the Tufted Duck at L. MERRITT today in Oakland. Photo on
flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/46984141@N04/6968859403/. Don Hoechlin.
Huntington Beach, CA

Birders,



The California Bird Records Committee has unanimously accepted the
recent record of Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), adding a new
species to the official state list.  The California list now stands at
646 species (636 native). The snipe was obtained by a hunter in the San
Jacinto Valley, Riverside Co., on 11 Dec 2011; the specimen was
extensively photo-documented and measured prior to taxidermy, but it
currently remains in private hands.



Common Snipe is placed on the main checklist after Wilson's Snipe and
before American Woodcock.  It is annotated with an asterisk and a "P"
(photographed) [since the specimen is not available in a curated
collection; the Committee will be further clarifying what it considers
to be a "specimen", so this annotation might change].  Common Snipe is
also added to the Review List.



Kimball



Kimball L. Garrett

Ornithology Collections Manager

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA

213-763-3368

kgarrett@...

http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/ornithology





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Some photographs of the Riverside County Common Snipe specimen (prior to
taxidermy), including comparisons with a Wilson's Snipe, are posted at:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/72081027@N05/sets/72157628434955641/with/65
17911403/



Kimball



Kimball L. Garrett

Ornithology Collections Manager

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

900 Exposition Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA

213-763-3368

kgarrett@...

http://www.nhm.org/site/research-collections/ornithology





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I was out at the Forest Lawn Cemetary yesterday (3/12/12)in Glendale, Ca. doing
my newly hobby picked up from my father-in-law, Thomas Ogren, which is birding.
Low and behold, up in an Oak Tree, was a lone Spotted Dove.

It was a little shadowy, but, because of the clocks being changed there was
still quite a bit of sunlight peaking through the thick branches. It allowed me
just enough light to see, as the Dove stretched its neck up, listening for
danger, the distinctive spot pattern on its nape.

Tom was telling me to be on the look out for this particular Dove so I was very
excited to tell him that I had sighted it. Look at me... birding. If my buddies
from yester-years could see me now... lol

Hi,

Communication with Silver Saddle staff on site as of this Tuesday
morning, March 13, 2012.

Staff was VERY PLEASED with birders during the Fall 2011 birding
period at Silver Saddle/Galileo Hill. They told me they were VERY
APPRECIATIVE of visiting birders taking care of the concerns of
Silver Saddle staff and members. They said they had ZERO complaints
from staff and members last fall regarding birders and birding. Once
again, they welcome birders to Silver Saddle/Galileo Hill for spring
into early summer 2012 western migrant and vagrant birding season
free of charge within the following guidelines which were followed so
well this past Fall 2011.

Everything remains the same as this past Fall 2011. As a refresher PLEASE...

Please read Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle Ranch & Club 2012 Spring
Birding Status, Expectations, & Requirements...

Continuing as during this past fall 2011 migration birding period...
     * birders check in at office all days to sign release form
     * early birders who arrive before office staff are present may
bird the grounds, then check in when office opens
     * park in main parking lot in spaces next to pond
     * birding grounds any weekday is OK (bungalow and hotel
exceptions noted below)
     * no formal groups of birders on weekends and long weekend holidays
     * "a birder or a few birders here and there on the weekend is ok"
     * birders stay out of the hotel/motel courtyard
     * birders stay away from the bungalows
     * birders - do NOT interfere with guests/members in any way
     * restaurant open to the public for 5pm-8pm Saturday buffet
dinner; 8am-10am Sunday buffet breakfast
     * motel open only to members and sales guests***
***The motel is now open to LARGE GROUPS during the week. A few weeks
ago a business held a three day meeting retreat at Silver Saddle
during the work week. They rented THIRTY motel rooms and were served
breakfast, lunch, and dinner for three days. As you can imagine, it
takes a significantly large group for it to be profitable for Silver
Saddle to open their lodging and restaurant facilities to private,
non-member groups. However, I would be neglectful if I did not tell
you of this change as who knows which of you might wish to arrange to
bring a large group to Silver Saddle during the week - an agency
meeting, business meeting , Partners In Flight meeting, retreat,
wedding, or ? As long as it is during the week and not on the weekend
and involves a large enough group of people, it might be possible to
arrange. Imagine a Partners In Flight meeting or some such held at
Silver Saddle/Galileo Hill during the height of spring or fall
migration/vagrant season. Such an event could end up being truly
memorable. Call Silver Saddle directly if you wish to schedule.

Some birders come to Galileo Hill/Silver Saddle based on ABA's "A
Birder's Guide to Southern California." When birding Galileo please
pass on to them the information above so there is a less likely
chance of an inadvertent action which might lead to closure to
birders (e.g.: check-in rule). Thank you.

Happy & Productive Spring Birding,

Bob Barnes, Ridgecrest, Kern County, California
24/7 Cellular Phone Number:760-382-1260


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Bird seen at Elsian Park in Los Angeles on 3/8/12. Been present for some time.
Photo on Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/46984141@N04/6982814769/ - Don
Hoechlin, Huntington Beach, CA

Apparently the likely LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the Oceano County Park
pond in San Luis Obispo County was not seen this afternoon. Opinions have
either endorsed the bird as, or feel it potentially is, a 4th year/adult
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. The bird was with usual gull flock loafing on the
lawn and in the parking area.  This is a dark mantled bird with a very pale
eye, fine head and nape streaks, long wings, a yellowish bill with an
orange-red orbital ring, and dull yellowish legs and feet.  The bill has a
reddish spot partially masked by black that extends into the upper mandible.
An elongated white mirror is evident in the outer primary(s).  I posted
three photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedell/ .   A first-cycle
THAYERS GULL was also present this morning along with all of the expected
gull species.



Seen on Twitchell Reservoir from Highway 166 this morning were a distant
IBIS, 14 COMMON MERGANSERS, 90 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS, a PEREGRINE FALCON,
and 10 COMMON RAVENS (somewhat rare there).  The reservoir level is really
low (this is really a retention basin) and most of the waterfowl are too
distant to identify with a scope in today's overcast conditions.  A little
further east, I checked the Alamo Creek arm of the reservoir.  An adult BALD
EAGLE is again nesting in a sycamore on the southern side of the highway and
the GREAT BLUE HERON rookery in another sycamore was active with 13 birds
present, six sitting or standing on a nest.  The only way to safely view
these nesting birds is to park west of the Alamo Creek Bridge and walk east
along the highway shoulder while cars and trucks whizz by.  Be careful if
you attempt to see the nests.



Tom Edell

Cayucos, CA



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Since this hasn't reached this forum, I thought I'd alert all that Todd Easterla
found an adult ICELAND GULL on Mar 9 at the Davis Wastewater Treatment Plant
northeast of Davis.

The bird has no visible dark gray or black on the wings, a very pale eye, and
appears to match nominate glaucoides from Iceland.  This is just the 2nd such
bird ever in California (the first being the Bodega bird in 1984).  It's a
beauty.

The bird has been reasonably cooperative (though not seen every day), usually
seen in the afternoons near the red gate.  Details and photo links are at:
http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CENV.html

good birding,

Steve Hampton
Davis, CA

I uploaded a picture of what I think are Canvasback Ducks into the Ducks folder.
I saw them on the American River near Watt Ave, Sacrmento, Calif.

I looked them up on allaboutbird and ebirds and found similar pictures on Sac
Audubon website.

I guess the dark headed one is a female?

Have a good day!
Franco Rios
Sacramento CA

They look to me like common Mergansers, and the dark headed would be drake
while brown headed are hens.

Karl G Kerster



From: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Franco Rios
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 8:31 PM
To: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CALBIRDS] Ducks - Canvasback?





I uploaded a picture of what I think are Canvasback Ducks into the Ducks
folder. I saw them on the American River near Watt Ave, Sacrmento, Calif.

I looked them up on allaboutbird and ebirds and found similar pictures on
Sac Audubon website.

I guess the dark headed one is a female?

Have a good day!
Franco Rios
Sacramento CA





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I heard a strange call this morning and went outside to the back yard to see 3
Western King Birds up and around the telephone wires.

They were looking for insects. One snatched a big moth or butterfly while I was
watching.  I identified them visually and by their call.

I have not seen these in the backyard for several years. I would guess they were
just passing through. They hung out for about 35 minutes.
They had nice color and faces on them.

Sean Surlow
San Clemente, California

Yesterday my wife Becca and I had an Eastern Phoebe in the campground at
Mesquite Springs in Death Valley National Park.



Dennis Serdehely

Fernley, NV



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Forwarded:

On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:30:30 -0000, "lamoustique" <lamoustique@...>
wrote:

This photo was taken March 12 and posted on Flick on the 15th (not by me,
but by a Stephen Parsons). I believe it's the same bird.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_parsons/6839765232/

Michelle Maani
Nipomo, California

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Dear Birders,

I would like to heartily invite you to visit Humboldt County and beyond over the
third weekend in April this year (19th -25th).  All registration details can be
seen at our new webpage www.godwitdays.org or check out leads on our facebook
page http://www.facebook.com/#!/GodwitDays

As usual we have three Pelagic Trips planned out of Humboldt Bay Fri, Sat and
Sun.  There are 4, 8 and 12 spaces left respectively.  There are also a few
spaces left on our Ruffed Grouse trips which have been popular this year. 
Otherwise, many activities of over 100 trips and workshops are still available
including our daytime Spotted Owl Trips, NE California Blitz and Del Norte
Tufted Puffin Trips.

Bird Festivals continue to thrive in California and do a fantastic job of
bringing new birders into the fold.  They also act as great social events for
our established bird crowd.  For Out-of-State birders California provides a
great crop of new western specialty species and this April there will also be
the Poiint Reyes Bird Festival (www.pointreyesbirdingfestival.org) the weekend
after ours.  So its a great time to visit Northern California this Spring.

To support Bird Festivals throughout the year the following web site keeps tabs
on those available in California.

http://natureali.org/nature_festivals.htm

For the wider USA, the ABA Web site does a good job of providing your options.

http://aba.org/festivals/index.php/search/results

For now I hope to see you up here in Humboldt this April and if not, somehwere
out there birding the Golden State in 2012.

Yours Rob Hewitt
LBJ Enterprises, Eureka

Posted today on the Santa Monica Bay Audubon Society blog site, and peculiarly
difficult to find elsewhere, a timely article about one of everyone's favorite
birds, the Greater Roadrunner.
http://smbasblog.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/unusual-roadrunner-captured-on-film/
Chuck Almdale
North Hills, Ca.

Become an Osprey Watcher: Connect with a global community of observers

The Center for Conservation Biology has launched Osprey-Watch, a project created
to engage a global community to collect data on breeding osprey.  Linked by an
interest in osprey and a concern for the health of the aquatic environments on
which they rely, this community will for the first time provide a global
perspective on this charismatic species.  The mission of Osprey-Watch is to
bring citizen scientists together in order to collect information  on a large
enough spatial scale to be useful in addressing three of the most pressing
issues facing aquatic ecosystems including global climate change, depletion of
fish stocks, and environmental contaminants.

Osprey are one of very few truly global sentinels for aquatic health.  They feed
almost exclusively on live fish throughout their entire life cycle.  They are a
top consumer within aquatic ecosystems and are very sensitive to both
overfishing and environmental contaminants.  Nearly all populations breed in the
northern latitudes and winter in the southern latitudes, effectively linking the
aquatic health of the hemispheres.  Their breeding season in the north is highly
seasonal making them an effective barometer of climate change.

Osprey-Watch is a user-friendly, internet platform that allows observers across
the globe to map their nests, log observations, upload photos, and interact
within an observer forum.  Information entered into the platform will be
immediately accessible to users and will be summarized following the breeding
season.

To join a growing community of global citizens, please visit
http://www.osprey-watch.org and become an Osprey-Watcher.


Michael Wilson
Center for Conservation Biology
College of William and Mary & Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
phone: 757-221-1649
fax: 757-221-1650
email: mdwils@...
http://www.osprey-watch.org

California Condors were easily located Mon-Tuesday of this week. About 5 miles
south of Big Sur town, there are several pull outs from the A-frame house, down
to the pull outs at the sea lion colony. If you reach the coast gallery, you've
gone too far. About five condors were seen on each day, flying low, high,
perching in tree and on cliffs.  I ran into a British film crew starring Nigel
Marven, and they filmed one on the ground in front of them. I missed this event
but managed to get my best shot of the condor in the rising easter/passover
moon, symbolic of their incredible return.

Condors Forever!


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~~~~~~~~~~~

Mark J. Rauzon
Laney College
Geography Dept.
900 Fallon St.
Oakland, CA 94607
mjrauz@...






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While on a nice still, sunny afternoon trail hike at Elysian Park
in Los Angeles, Ca., I was able to get a two minute glimps at a male
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens).

       Unlike any bird call I'd ever heard, once I saw it I knew it was a
new bird. The black, sleekness, the crest and red eyes were distinct
features that enabled me to identify it in my birding book, The Sibley
field Guide to Birds of Western North America, written and illustrated
by David Allen Sibley. When it finally flew away it was no doubt of it
being a Phainopepla with its white patch under each wing

       I'm pretty new to birding so it was espesially exciting for me to
spot and identify all on my own. I'm usually under the guidance of my
father-in-law, Thomas Ogren. Now, I can log it onto my bird list, which
is now an ameteur 110, and counting.

       If you're in the Los Angeles area, head out to Elysian Park for a
good day of birding. It's an old park rich in history and second largest
next to Griffith Park. Bring a lunch and some water, my friend.

Good day.

David Bush, Glendale, Ca.



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Hi Birders!

You are cordially invited to attend Los Angeles Audubon Society's
monthly meeting, 7:30pm, Wednesday April 11, 2012 in Debs Park (just
off the 110 Pasadena Freeway) with free parking:

Audubon Center at Debs Park
4700 North Griffin Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90031

Cut and paste in your browser:

http://ca.audubon.org/debs_directions.php

   Alvaro Jaramillo "How our brain identifies birds - Birding
identification like a pro"

Most bird identification lectures focus on field marks, and the
specifics of separating species A from species B. But few ask exactly
how we identify birds? What is our brain going through in order to do
this? How does our brain get tripped up during bird identification -
ever encountered the "leaf bird" the "branch bird" or the worse one of
all "the plastic bag snowy owl?"
Why do experts identify birds almost without thinking, while the rest
of us need to struggle? Are they different than the rest of us, or are
there tricks? Truth is that bird identification is pretty tricky stuff
but our brain is wired to short cut much of the thinking involved in
doing it, the trick is training yourself to do it like a pro. And that
is the aim, a lighthearted but informative explanation of how the heck
they do it.

Alvaro Jaramillo was born in Chile but began birding in Toronto,
Canada, where he lived as a youth. He was trained in ecology and
evolution with a particular interest in bird behavior. Research forays
and backpacking trips introduced Alvaro to the riches of the
Neotropics, where he has traveled extensively. He is the author of the
Birds of Chile, an authoritative yet portable field guide to Chile's
birds. Alvaro writes the Identify Yourself column in Bird Watcher's
Digest. He recently finished part of the sparrow chapter for the
Handbook of Birds of the World, and is writing a photo guide to the
birds and wildlife of Patagonia. He runs a birding and nature tour
company Alvaro's Adventures, where the focus is to have fun, learn a
thing or two and truly enjoy nature. Alvaro lives with his family in
Half Moon Bay, California.

Upcoming talks:

May 9, 2012 Eddie "ET" Thomas, presents “"Bewick’s Wren: Adventures in
Song”
June 13, 2012 - Photo night

Refreshments will be served at the meeting.

See at our meeting!

Mary Freeman
Glendale, CA

Los Angeles Audubon Society Program Chair and Fieldtrip Leader
http://losangelesaudubon.org/





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I'm looking for observable Nelsoni or Monsoni Great tail Grackle flocks
inhabiting particular locations in Calfornia. For example, at a park or
commercial area offering a food supply such as WalMart.

A flock on or near a major earthquake fault is ideal.
See http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/

Are particular flocks living in Bakersfield or Hollister ?

I am pursuing a field study of grackle response to earthquake
phenomena. Development of a predictive methodology is probable from data already
collected at Imperial Dam on the Colorado below El Centro. Relating Imperial
data to flocks farther north is relevant to a practice of the methodology by
volunteer field researchers/bird watchers.

Recommend alternative bird newsgroup email systems ?

Gene Daniels datakoll@...
El Centro/BLM Imperial Dam California

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