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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
Dec 2, 1999 8:19 am
Here are some Central Valley and adjacent area Christmas Bird Counts (in chronological order) These are all that I could gather. Please add your CBC if it is...
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John and Glennah Troc...
gtrochet@...
Dec 2, 1999 2:42 pm
Dear Birders, To follow up on Bruce Webb's listing of CBCs, I hear second hand that the Rio Cosumnes CBC will be held December 29. Andy Engilis is compiler....
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mmize@...
Dec 2, 1999 2:53 pm
All: I'm new to this group, so if this is not an appropriate posting, I'll trust someone to give me a gentle e-slap on the wrist. Some of the things I've seen...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
Dec 2, 1999 6:59 pm
CV Birders -- This is to notify the hundreds of monthly listeners of the Sacramento Audubon Society Bird Box (481-0118) that we are experiencing technical ...
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David Yee
dyee@...
Dec 2, 1999 10:26 pm
There's a correction needed on the Stockton CBC. It's scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 19th, not the 18th. The contact person is Jim Rowoth at 209-462-7512,...
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Steve Hampton
SHAMPTON@...
Dec 2, 1999 11:39 pm
Any birders going for the longspurs at Rds 16 and 90B may want to check out the new issue of Birding and the photo quiz. All 3 of those guys look pretty...
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mmize@...
Dec 3, 1999 7:59 am
All: I had a female Great-Tailed Grackle at the Stockton sewer ponds today. She was at the east end of the southeast pond, on the inner dike road. I understand...
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John and Glennah Troc...
gtrochet@...
Dec 3, 1999 5:46 pm
Dear Birders, On a morning devoted more to looking for sparrows and cutting trail, my best bird yesterday at the Cosumnes River Preserve was a Wilson's warbler...
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waldo r holt
waldoh@...
Dec 4, 1999 1:18 am
Kurt, Your posting is entirely appropriate. I know that I am not alone in wanting to hear more. My only suggestion would be for you to somehow label sightings...
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John and Glennah Troc...
gtrochet@...
Dec 6, 1999 2:44 am
Dear Birders, This morning was the monthly Tall Forest bird walk at the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County. We ended up with just under 80...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Dec 6, 1999 6:07 pm
I made a brief stop at Rd 16 & 90 yesterday (12/5) to check out the longspurs. There were large numbers of Horned Larks (>400) with a much smaller number of...
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Cheri A. Pillsbury
cpillsbury@...
Dec 6, 1999 11:49 pm
I went to Yolo Friday, Dec. 3 to look for the longspurs as well. It was a viciously windy afternoon, and in three hours of watching innumerable Horned Larks...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
Dec 7, 1999 7:04 am
Birders: This is a corrected list of various Central Valley and adjacent area Christmas Bird Counts (in chronological order). This corrects the Stockton CBC...
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Steve Hampton
SHAMPTON@...
Dec 7, 1999 5:46 pm
Brian, You are right about the longspurs. A few folks have gone out there (Rds 16 and 90B in Yolo Co) and not found the longspurs, so I'll include a note...
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Steve Hampton
SHAMPTON@...
Dec 7, 1999 7:18 pm
Birds seen at the Davis Wetlands over the weekend included a juv NORTHERN SHRIKE and a 3rd year GLAUCOUS GULL. While the wetlands are closed to the public...
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Luke Cole
luke@...
Dec 8, 1999 4:14 pm
My friend Gerry Weinberger will be here tomorrow through the weekend, and is looking for some local birds for his California year list. If anyone has seen any...
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TheMalls@...
Dec 8, 1999 10:04 pm
An unsuccessful hunt for Longspurs on Brewer Road did produce some other interesting species. A Prairie Falcon was observed 1.3 miles north of Moore Road. It...
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Bruce E. Webb
BruWebb@...
Dec 9, 1999 1:25 am
CV Birders: While birding in the vicinity of Brewer Road, today with Barry MacKay, a Canadian visiting for the week, we came across an immature Rough-legged...
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Ylightfoot@...
Dec 9, 1999 8:35 pm
Folks: I know it isn't in the CV, but in case anyone is interested, the Honey Lake CBC has been set for Dec. 30. Meet at the Denny's in Susanville at 7:00 ...
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John and Glennah Troc...
gtrochet@...
Dec 13, 1999 12:52 am
Dear Birders, Today I spent the morning and much of the afternoon around the Tall Forest at the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Scaramento County. Since...
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meyersm@...
Dec 13, 1999 3:29 am
A first-winter Glaucous Gull was just below the diversion dam at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery today (12/12) around 3:30. In addition, there are still quite a few...
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Steve Abbott
skua@...
Dec 14, 1999 4:40 am
- RBA * California * Central Valley Bird Box * 12/13/99 * CACV9912.13 - Birds mentioned Peregrine Falcon (Yolo) Mountain Plover (Yolo) Glaucous Gull (Yolo) ...
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Steve Abbott
skua@...
Dec 16, 1999 12:04 am
- RBA * California * Central Valley Bird Box * 12/15/99 * CACV9912.15 - Birds mentioned Peregrine Falcon (Yolo) Mountain Plover (Yolo) Glaucous Gull...
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Kurt Mize
k1mize@...
Dec 16, 1999 1:56 am
All: I had an immature male Bullock's Oriole this afternoon in Stockton, at the intersection of Edan and Willora Streets. It was somewhat atypical. Mostly...
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Jon R. King
king@...
Dec 16, 1999 3:17 am
CV birders, An update on the longspur/raptor aggregation in northern Yolo County. This afternoon (Weds 15 Dec) in two hours I saw the following in the area of...
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Brian Williams
bwcal@...
Dec 16, 1999 6:51 am
Rock Doves rarely elicit comment, but the sounds of begging young alerted me to a Rock Dove nest in Woodland 12/15/99. I had suspected such aseasonal (?)...
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John Sterling
ani@...
Dec 16, 1999 3:19 pm
Birders, Steve Glover and I visited the longspur field on Monday morning, Dec.13th and found 2 McCown's Longspurs and a single flock of 33 Chestnut-collared ...
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Steve Abbott
skua@...
Dec 16, 1999 10:43 pm
- RBA * California * Central Valley Bird Box * 12/16/99 * CACV9912.16 - Birds mentioned Glaucous Gull (Placer, Sacramento) Chestnut-collared Longspur (YOLO) ...
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Steve Hampton
SHAMPTON@...
Dec 16, 1999 11:58 pm
Brian, I wonder if that is normal. I observed the same thing (begging young pigeons) at UC Davis two years ago January. Steve Hampton, Ph.D. ...
