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From email@hidden Tue Jul 01 10:10:47 1997
Subject: COHA
On Saturday morning, 28 Jun 97, I went to check on that Cooper's Hawk nest o=
n
Bela Ave in west San Jose. This is a residential neighborhood with no real =
"open
space" or heavily secluded areas, just south of Doyle about halfway between=
Lawrence Xway and Saratoga. Single family homes line each side of the stree=
t. I
parked near one end of the block and looked up at a redwood tree growing in=
the
backyard of one of the houses, immediately seeing a perched adult COOPER'S =
HAWK.
I got my scope out and watched this bird for a while, as it was being harra=
ssed
by a couple of MOCKINGBIRDS. It eventually took off and flew to a power lin=
e in
the yard of a house at the end of the block, and then shortly left and land=
ed on
a telephone pole further up the block, being chased by Mockingbirds all the=
way.
I checked out the redwood tree, thinking it to be the most likely spot for =
a
nest, but had no luck finding anything. So I walked down the street to the =
other
end of the block, where a local resident asked me if I was looking for the
hawks. When I said yes, he took me to the nest tree. The nest had been buil=
t in
a birch-type tree growing between the sidewalk and the street about halfway=
down
the block. It was not built in a sturdy crotch near the main trunk, but rat=
her
out in the branches overhanging the street at a height of not more than 20 =
feet.
Although this is a somewhat quiet neighborhood, there had to be a fairly
constant flow of auto traffic below this nest and regular pedestrian traffi=
c
along the sidewalk just yards away. The residents I talked to said that the=
adults would regularly divebomb passersby. Even for an urban Cooper's Hawk =
this
has to be the most unsecluded nest site ever.
Unfortunately, the three young had already fledged (within the last 24 hour=
s or
so, according to residents) and were sitting about in nearby trees. The nes=
t had
disintegrated and was lying in the street below. Lacking a sturdy foundatio=
n, it
probably couldn't withstand the vigorous exercising of the growing young. T=
he
resident who took me to the nest site was surprised to see the nest sticks in
the street, so its disintegration was evidently recent. =
I saw all three young and at least one adult on-and-off during the time I w=
as
there. At one point a juvenile was standing in the street near the curb
clutching a piece of food that had evidently been delivered to it by the ad=
ult
earlier. Some minutes later I saw the adult standing in the street near the=
curb, before it hopped up onto a wooden planter box wall around the base of=
a
tree. Its attitude seemed to indicate that it was hunting. I was able to se=
t up
the scope on a juvenile that was perched low in a tree across the street, a=
nd I
was able to show it to residents as it fed on a bird carcass. Eventually, i=
t was
pulling so hard on its prey that it fell backwards off its perch and had to=
fly
to another tree, still clutching its food.
This is a new confirmation (CO FL) for the post-atlas data base at coordina=
tes
89.6-28.4 with an elevation of 218 feet. Perhaps a CO UN should be entered as
well to fix the nest site.
Mike Mammoser
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 01 10:58:20 1997
Subject: birds
On Sunday, 29 Jun 97, I went to CCRS and checked out the waterbird pond, whe=
re I
found 300-400 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, all in adult plumage. Careful searching
through these birds turned up nothing more than a SPOTTED SANDPIPER, and 2
WILSON'S PHALAROPES sporting the duller plumage of male birds. =
I then stopped at Calabazas Marsh at about noon to 1:00pm, but found nothin=
g
unusual. I guess that Steve's Ruff was a later arrival?
Mike Mammoser
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From email@hidden Wed Jul 02 07:37:21 1997
Subject: return from Cozumel
Hi all,
Just returned from a week in Cozumel with my family. I have a few comments
and a few questions that I hope some of you can clear up or at least make
some cogent comments. First I must make some things clear about my abilities
as well as desires: I am a pretty good birder but don't consider myself a
diehard. With that in mind here are my observations.
1. On Cozumel at the north end where the road ends. Our hotel was the
Cozumeleno about a 1/2 mile south of the abandoned housing project called
Porto Bello (?). Anyway, it was in that area I did most of my birding. One
early morning before dawn I went out to be there for the dawn chorus. Made
it but most of the chorus was provided by mosquitos. Highlights were: 6-10
Lesser Nighthawks. They were silent and flew low. Is it possible they were
Antillean? In all my other lists I saw no mention of any nighthawks. Saw
two the next day later in the day. I found Yucatan Vireo and Golden Warbler
to be close to "trash birds" they were so common and easy. The Golden
Warbler especially was easy because it's song would be instantly recognizable
to all of you that know the Yellow Warbler; it's that similar. Is it
considered a separate species? I have the Houghton-Mifflin Warbler book if
that's the lates authority. The Cozumel Vireo was a little tougher but was
an easy call once seen. Don't sound as vireo-like as does the Yucatan.
Thought I heard a thrasher once (only once) and never saw the Cozumel
Thrasher. Black Catbirds everywhere. Where can I find a decent description
of their song. Very strange but each time I checked it WAS a catbird.
2. Chichen Itza. Whew, hot. Rain made it more tolerable. I'll never again
climb that pyramid again. OK going up; death wish coming down. Anyway, I
got good looks at a female Lineated Woodpecker. I was most pleased. None on
lists from that area I've seen. Turquoise-browed Motmot was abundant. My
lists seem to give me conflicting reports - Blue-crowned Motmot or none at
all. Also got poor looks at "Golden-fronted Woodpecker" types. Sounded just
like Golden-fronted but never was able to make a call.
3. Does anyone know of a clearing house where these observations might be of
some assistance? My calls are always very conservative and make no calls
unless absolutely sure. The Lineated Woodpecker and the nighthawk are the
most curious to me. Not able to find anything on Yucatan lists about them.
So, comments anyone?
Don Starks
email@hidden
2592 Briarwood Drive
San Jose, CA, 95125-5014
408-266-2969(H)
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From email@hidden Thu Jul 03 08:02:15 1997
Subject: Hooded Warbler Query
All:
I have two first-hand reports of a HOODED WARBLER observed below the dam
at Stevens Creek County Park on the SCVAS trip on 7 Jun 97. However, only one
of these observers has provided a description at my request and that
description is very sketchy. Is there anyone on this net who saw this bird?
Can you provide me a description for the county notebooks and NASFN? This is
the fifth county record for this vagrant.
Bill
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From email@hidden Thu Jul 03 20:45:22 1997
Subject: 1997 WFO Conference
WFO (Western Field Orinthologists) is holding the 1997 Conference at the
Salton Sea August 21-24. For those who are interested, the registration
brochure has been posted at
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1104/confer.html
--Peter
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Peter LaTourrette
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Birds of Jasper Ridge:
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~petelat1/
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From email@hidden Sat Jul 05 15:53:38 1997
Subject: Trip to Bethel Island, Contra Costa County
Today, on the Wild Bird Center of Walnut Creek's monthly trip, we visited
Bethel Island in Eastern Contra Costa County (see Jean Richmond's "Birding
Northern California" book for directions on how to get to Bethel Island).
Some of the highlights from the 30+ species that were seen today include:
American White Pelican (15)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (2)
Bank Swallow (2) (only my second county record, first ones found on 30 June
1991, same location)
Yellow-breasted Chat (2-3 singing birds, great views; scope strongly
recommended)
Blue Grosbeak (4, males and females, males singing)
Cheers,
John C. Robinson
Owner, LANIUS Software
Writing at 4:37 PM on Saturday, July 05, 1997
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From email@hidden Sat Jul 05 15:53:38 1997
Subject: Trip to Bethel Island, Contra Costa County
Today, on the Wild Bird Center of Walnut Creek's monthly trip, we visited
Bethel Island in Eastern Contra Costa County (see Jean Richmond's "Birding
Northern California" book for directions on how to get to Bethel Island).
Some of the highlights from the 30+ species that were seen today include:
American White Pelican (15)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (2)
Bank Swallow (2) (only my second county record, first ones found on 30 June
1991, same location)
Yellow-breasted Chat (2-3 singing birds, great views; scope strongly
recommended)
Blue Grosbeak (4, males and females, males singing)
Cheers,
John C. Robinson
Owner, LANIUS Software
Writing at 4:37 PM on Saturday, July 05, 1997
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From email@hidden Sun Jul 06 14:21:43 1997
Subject: Blue-winged Teal, etc.
Rosalie and I saw a male Blue-winged Teal in alternate plumage in Adobe
Creek Sunday morning. There were ten GREATER YELLOWLEGS and two LESSER
YELLOWLEGS also in Adobe Creek.
Earlier this week I saw three LEYE in Adobe Creek on 7/3, and on 7/1 there
were 4 WILLETS and a small number of LEAST SANDPIPERS; several large flocks
on Dowitchers flew overhead, landing in the outer Flood Control Basin.
Phyllis Browning
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From email@hidden Sun Jul 06 19:51:15 1997
Subject: Semipalmated Sandpipers, etc.
All:
On 30 June, I saw an adult male ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD along
Saratoga Creek above Pruneridge Ave. in Santa Clara; I
rarely see adult male Selasphorus hummingbirds in the
South Bay after early June.
On 2 July, the adult male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was still
along Calabazas Creek in Santa Clara. Its wing trill was
much softer, more hollow and less metallic (like a male
Black-chinned Hummingbird) than it had been as recently
as 27 June, suggesting that it was molting its primaries
(?). This bird has been present since 23 June. Originally
I thought that it was a transient, but why would a migrant
male RUHU remain in one spot for so long? Of course, if
Rufous Hummingbirds were breeding in the Bay Area, it would
be extremely difficult to prove.
On 4 July, a very worn first-summer MEW GULL was on the
mud flats at the Palo Alto Yacht Harbor, and a BROWN
PELICAN was flying over the bay.
Today (Sunday, 6 July), I arrived at Calaveras Reservoir at
5:30 a.m. to determine whether the Aechmophorus grebes were
nesting there this year as they have in past years. Before
the sun came up, the light was perfect for viewing even the
distant corner of the lake, and I was able to see two
WESTERN GREBES on nests (apparently incubating) while another
pair was building a nest. There was relatively little emergent
vegetation at the south end of the lake, but all three nests
were anchored by dead shrubs that grew up in the lake bed
during the drought of the late 80s and early 90s. A total
of 26 WESTERN GREBES and 6 more unidentified Aechmophorus
(apparently Western Grebes, with no Clark's Grebes seen)
were present at Calaveras Reservoir.
An adult OSPREY carrying a fish toward the north end of the
lake was unusual, as it is still quite early for a fall
migrant. Ospreys may carry fish for some distance even
during the nonbreeding season, so this observation was not
evidence of nesting. Still, it is possible that Ospreys
may be nesting somewhere in the area. Vying with the
Osprey for "best bird" honors were 7 RING-NECKED DUCKS
(6 males, 1 female) in the extreme SW corner of the lake.
This species has never been confirmed nesting in the county
(or anywhere in the Bay Area, to my knowledge), although
several have oversummered in recent years at Calaveras
Reservoir and at the Ogier Ponds. If we had access to
Calaveras Reservoir, I wouldn't be surprised to find
Ring-necked Ducks breeding there.
I then went to CCRS to look for rarer peeps among the
Western Sandpipers at the waterbird pond. Scoping the
250-300 WESA produced two adult SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS.
One was in full alternate plumage (possibly missing a
scapular or two, but with no new basic feathers acquired
yet), while the other had 2-3 basic scapulars on the
left side and 1-2 on the right (all upper anterior
scapulars). A color-banded Western Sandpiper had a
silver band above the ankle on the right leg and
a red flag over a white flag below the ankle on the
left foot. Also at the waterbird pond were 5 WILSON'S
PHALAROPES, a SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, 7 LEAST SANDPIPERS,
and 7 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS (all of these shorebirds
alternate-plumaged adults). A CATTLE EGRET and single
broods of CINNAMON TEAL and GADWALL were also here, while
two broods of NORTHERN PINTAILS were in the marshy pond to
the west of the waterbird pond. While looking at shore-
birds here, I heard a loud buzzy call from one of the
swallows milling about over the pond, and I looked up to
see a BANK SWALLOW just 10-15 m away from me flying slowly
to the south.
I then drove out to the South Coyote Slough area near the
SE corner of salt pond A-18, where I found single broods of
PIED-BILLED GREBE and RUDDY DUCK, 6 broods of GADWALL, and
a male AMERICAN WIGEON. Six of the electrical towers in
pond A-18 supported DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT nests; 14 of
the 27 occupied nests contained young. Pond A-18 itself
had 75 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 18 WESTERN GULLS, 3 GLAUCOUS-
WINGED GULLS, 6 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and 7 EARED GREBES,
while nearby an adult female NORTHERN HARRIER was feeding a
small ground squirrel to two recently fledged young.
Back at the CCRS waterbird pond, I ran into Mike Mammoser,
who showed me a third adult SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER. This
bird had a number of basic posterior scapulars (mostly in
the lower rows), with more basic feathering on the left
side than on the right. A single WHIMBREL was also here.
Steve Rottenborn
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From email@hidden Sun Jul 06 22:10:16 1997
Subject: Lesser Yellowlegs
Howdy birders,
Just would like to note that in addition to the Adobe Creek birds
Phyllis Browning reported today (Sunday) I saw at least 6 Lesser
Yellowlegs in the neighboring forebay. Also at Mountain View Forebay I
saw a Short-billed Dowitcher and several Least Sandpipers--early "fall"
migrants, I presume--
John Mariani
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 07 10:35:39 1997
Subject: CCRS Waterbird Pond on 7/7/97
All:
This morning from 6:30 to 7:30 AM I checked out the CCRS Waterbird Pond
where 4 WILSON's PHALAROPES were still present. There was much activity
during this time and there were many WESTERN and LEAST SANDPIPERS.
Unfortunately, I could identify none as being a SEMIPALMATED. :(. They
may still be around.
Mike Feighner, email@hidden
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 07 15:16:36 1997
Subject: Re: CCRS Waterbird Pond on 7/7/97
I visited CCRS at around lunch time and saw at least 2 Semi-palmated
Sandpipers. However, I missed the Whimbrel, which would have been a CCRS
bird for me. I also saw a Spotted Sandpiper on the waterbird pond for the
first time (there regular on the creek about 20 yards away!). There were 8
Long-billed and 2 Short-billed Dowitchers, but no Wilson's Phalaropes.
_____________________________________________________________
Nick Lethaby Pronghorn Consulting
email@hidden 1112 N. Abbott Avenue
Tel: (408) 941 0223 Milpitas, CA 95035
U.S.A.
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 07 15:39:45 1997
Subject: Mountain Birding
Starting July 3, I did a sweep through Yosemite/Tom's Place/Yuba Pass. Since
I was also doing some site seeing with my wife, the itinerary was too
ruahed, but I caught up with Williamson's Sapsucker (noisy young in nest
hole by restrooms by site #36 in Bridalveil Campground) and Pygmy Owl (Yuba
Pass) for the first time since I left Oregon, over five years ago. I failed
to see either Black-backed Woodpecker or Great Gray Owl. I tried hard
especially for the owl, hitting Chevron Meadow at dawn and McGurk Meadows at
dusk. I saw 2 Pine Grosbeaks at McGurk Meadows and heard another.
At Tom's Place I had about 5-6 each of Calliope and Anna's Hummingbirds, but
nothing I felt confident at calling a Broad-tailed, although I find female
selaphorous id very hard.
Near Lee Vining, I saw Sage and Brewer's Sparrows, Pinyon Jay, Sage
Thrasher, and Gray Flycatcher. At Yuba Pass, I saw Evening Grosbeaks,
Hammond's Flycather, the common woodpeckers, Fox and Lincoln Sparrows, etc.
in addition to the Pygmy Owl.
I also made a stop at a burn a few miles south of Sierraville, hoping it
would be alive in woodpeckers (like in Oregon). However, it wasn't although
I did see two B-2 bombers fly by.
Thanks to everyone who's been posting information. Next year, I will get the
Great Gray Owl.
_____________________________________________________________
Nick Lethaby Pronghorn Consulting
email@hidden 1112 N. Abbott Avenue
Tel: (408) 941 0223 Milpitas, CA 95035
U.S.A.
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 07 19:55:33 1997
Subject: LEYE
All,
At sunset today 7/7/97 I had 7 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in the Mountain View
Forebay along with 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Nearby Adobe Creek had a female
GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and 6 LEAST SANDPIPERS were in the near portion of
Charleston Slough. Outer Charleston Slough had 32 MARBLED GODWITS and
a LONG-BILLED CURLEW as well as a single male GREATER SCAUP swimming
with a male LESSER SCAUP. This bird appears to be the same one that
often hangs out on Shoreline Lake.
Mike Rogers
7/7/97
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 08 08:11:15 1997
Subject: LEYE
All:
This morning's bike commute provided 8 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in the
Mountain View Forebay this morning, 7/8/97 along with 2 GREATER YELLOWLEGS;
essentially the same birds Mike Rogers saw last night. The Lesser
Yellowlegs is certainly becoming more common in the South Bay in recent years.
Bill
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 08 09:16:03 1997
Subject: Windy Hill
Yesterday I hiked from the bottom to top of Windy Hill Open space Preserv=
e
(and back). While the long hike was great, the good news for birders is =
that
birding was best at the top, not far from the main parking on Skyline. O=
n
the short trail to the top I saw a beautiful Lazuli Bunting and Bewick=92=
s
Wrens in the obvious nearby canyon bushes South of the summit. South tow=
ard
and on the Lost Trail I saw an Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Yellow-bellied=
Sapsucker; among numerous other species.
Ted Dolton
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 08 09:34:34 1997
JULY 7 1997 SANTA CLARA COUNTY YEAR LIST UPDATE
Fall migration is upon us! Shorebird numbers should build in the next
few weeks - we need both golden-plovers, Wandering Tattler, Black
Turnstone, Pectoral and Sharp-tailed Sandpipers, Stilt and
Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and Red Phalarope - all real rarities except
for the Pectoral Sandpiper....it will take lots of effort to turn the
others up!
Mike
P.S. Some advice from Kendric:
[To make the columns line up, please copy this list to a word processor, and
change the font to a monospaced font (Monoco, Courier, etc.), and set the
right hand margin to 7.5 inches.]
________________________________________________________________________
Recent progress of the composite list:
261: 6/29/97 RUFF
262: 7/ 6/97 LEAST TERN
Please send any additions, corrections, or comments to Mike
Rogers, email@hidden.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY YEAR LIST - 1997
RWR SCR AME WGB MMR MJM KLP MLF SCR CKS COMP SOURCE
373 240 245 209 230 228 170 262
% OF COMPOSITE FOR 1997
% OF 373
1988 TOTALS 136
1989 TOTALS 183
1990 TOTALS 199
1991 TOTALS 214 209
1992 TOTALS 216 234 234 215 278
1993 TOTALS 279 228 254 250 235 279 295
1994 TOTALS 204 291 240 245 271 265 194 291 303
1995 TOTALS 201 262 220 170 257 242 165 262 185 293
1996 TOTALS 203 251 219 258 253 218 251 195 295
Red-throated Loon 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/14 1/ 1 MMR
Pacific Loon 1/ 1 1/ 9 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 1 m.ob.
Common Loon 1/ 8 1/ 9 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/14 1/11 1/ 3 MLF
Pied-billed Grebe 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Horned Grebe 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 1 m.ob.
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Western Grebe 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 2 1/10 1/ 1 2/ 1 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Clark's Grebe 1/ 9 1/11 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 1 1/ 9 1/ 1 SCR
Northern Fulmar
Sooty Shearwater
Ashy Storm-Petrel
Brown Booby
American White Pelican 1/23 4/26 1/ 1 1/27 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Brown Pelican 1/ 1 6/15 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Double-crested Cormorant 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Magnificent Frigatebird
American Bittern 3/13 3/ 8 3/19 3/13 4/ 3 1/10 NLe
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 m.ob.
Great Egret 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Snowy Egret 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Little Blue Heron 6/ 9 6/15 6/ 7 6/ 7 MLF,AME
Cattle Egret 1/ 8 1/18 1/23 1/ 4 1/14 2/20 1/ 4 MLF
Green Heron 1/ 8 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 1 3/23 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 1 m.ob.
White-faced Ibis
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Tundra Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose 1/ 8 1/ 8 1/11 1/ 9 1/14 1/ 8 1/ 8 m.ob.
Snow Goose 1/ 8 1/ 8 1/ 7 1/ 7 KLP
Ross' Goose 1/ 2 1/ 8 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/14 1/ 2 MMR,KLP
Brant
Canada Goose 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 m.ob.
Wood Duck 1/ 5 1/ 3 1/11 1/11 5/11 2/ 1 1/ 3 MJM,WGB
Green-winged Teal 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Mallard 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 m.ob.
Northern Pintail 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 9 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal 1/ 9 1/18 1/ 9 1/ 9 1/ 1 2/ 9 1/ 1 SCR
Cinnamon Teal 1/ 8 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/ 3 1/ 1 2/ 9 1/ 1 SCR
Northern Shoveler 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Gadwall 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 9 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Eurasian Wigeon 1/13 1/19 1/14 1/27 1/11 1/ 4 DMu
American Wigeon 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Canvasback 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Redhead 1/ 9 1/ 5 1/ 9 1/ 9 2/ 6 2/ 9 1/ 4 DMu
Ring-necked Duck 1/ 5 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Tufted Duck 1/13 1/18 2/ 2 1/24 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
Greater Scaup 1/10 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 9 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Lesser Scaup 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Oldsquaw 2/13 2/14 2/13 2/13 2/15 2/13 LCh
Black Scoter
Surf Scoter 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 2/ 9 1/ 1 m.ob.
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Barrow's Goldeneye 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Bufflehead 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Hooded Merganser 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 1 KLP
Common Merganser 1/ 3 3/ 1 1/ 6 1/11 1/ 1 2/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
Red-breasted Merganser 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Ruddy Duck 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Turkey Vulture 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
California Condor
Osprey 4/ 3 3/ 1 2/ 8 3/ 3 1/10 1/10 SCR
White-tailed Kite 1/ 5 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Bald Eagle 1/13 1/ 3 1/ 7 1/11 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
Northern Harrier 1/ 6 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/11 1/17 1/12 3/ 9 1/ 1 MMR
Cooper's Hawk 1/10 2/12 1/ 7 1/ 4 1/12 2/16 1/ 3 WGB
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 2 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/30 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk 2/ 8 2/ 8 MJM
Red-tailed Hawk 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 9 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 1 m.ob.
Ferruginous Hawk 1/13 1/ 3 1/14 1/19 1/ 3 MJM
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/14 1/19 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 1 SCR
American Kestrel 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 1 m.ob.
Merlin 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 4 1/ 1 MMR
Peregrine Falcon 1/ 5 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 1 SCR
Prairie Falcon 1/23 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Ring-necked Pheasant 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/23 1/ 4 1/14 1/ 1 MMR
Wild Turkey 3/ 5 3/ 9 4/ 5 3/ 9 1/26 LCh et al.
California Quail 1/ 3 1/ 3 3/20 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 1 SCR
Mountain Quail 5/ 7 5/ 4 5/13 3/21 1/12 LAY
Yellow Rail
Black Rail 1/ 8 1/ 8 1/ 9 1/ 9 2/ 8 1/ 8 m.ob.
Clapper Rail 1/ 8 1/ 8 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 1 1/ 9 1/ 1 SCR
Virginia Rail 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 7 1/ 4 1/14 1/ 1 MMR
Sora 1/ 8 1/ 8 1/ 7 1/ 6 1/10 1/ 6 MLF
Common Moorhen 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 m.ob.
American Coot 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob.
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover 1/14 1/19 1/ 2 1/19 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
Pacific Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover
Golden-Plover sp
Snowy Plover 5/12 4/ 6 4/ 6 MJM
Semipalmated Plover 1/14 4/12 1/ 2 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
Killdeer 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 7 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Mountain Plover
Black Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
American Avocet 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Greater Yellowlegs 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Lesser Yellowlegs 7/ 7 3/ 8 1/ 2 1/17 3/26 1/26 1/ 2 KLP
Solitary Sandpiper 4/27 4/21 4/21 SCR
Willet 1/ 8 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Wandering Tattler
Spotted Sandpiper 4/23 3/ 9 5/ 8 5/13 1/10 1/ 3 AV
Whimbrel 3/16 2/23 3/19 1/21 1/21 SCR
Long-billed Curlew 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/26 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Marbled Godwit 1/14 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/19 1/ 1 3/29 1/ 1 SCR
Ruddy Turnstone 4/17 4/17 SCR
Black Turnstone
Red Knot 4/26 4/30 4/26 MJM
Sanderling 1/14 1/ 7 1/17 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5/12 7/ 6 7/ 6 5/12 MMR
Western Sandpiper 1/13 1/19 1/ 2 1/17 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 1 SCR
Least Sandpiper 1/13 1/11 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR
Baird's Sandpiper 4/13 AJa
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Dunlin 1/13 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR
Curlew Sandpiper 4/17 4/17 SCR
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Ruff 6/29 6/29 SCR
Short-billed Dowitcher 3/16 3/23 1/ 2 3/22 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR
Long-billed Dowitcher 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/ 3 1/ 1 2/ 9 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Common Snipe 1/ 8 3/ 2 3/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
Wilson's Phalarope 6/25 6/15 6/17 5/10 4/22 AJa
Red-necked Phalarope 4/ 1 7/ 4 4/20 4/ 1 MMR
Red Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull 4/13 MDa,LDa
Little Gull
Black-headed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/16 1/ 1 1/26 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/26 1/ 1 m.ob.
Ring-billed Gull 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 2 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
California Gull 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 3/ 1 1/ 1 m.ob.
Herring Gull 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/26 1/ 1 m.ob.
Thayer's Gull 1/ 1 1/11 1/11 1/10 1/ 1 3/ 1 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1/ 1 1/14 1/ 1 MMR
Western Gull 1/14 1/ 5 1/23 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR
Glaucous-winged Gull 1/ 6 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Glaucous Gull 2/10 1/11 3/ 5 1/17 1/11 m.ob.
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Caspian Tern 3/ 6 4/26 4/ 5 3/ 6 3/ 6 SCR,MMR
Elegant Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 7 1/10 1/ 1 3/29 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Least Tern 7/ 6 7/ 6 MJM,PJM
Black Tern
Black Skimmer 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 9 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin's Auklet
Rock Dove 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 2 1/ 1 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob.
Band-tailed Pigeon 1/ 3 1/ 3 3/ 3 3/ 8 2/13 5/11 1/ 3 MMR,MJM
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 m.ob.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner 5/17 5/17 1/ 3 WGB
Barn Owl 3/16 2/23 1/ 7 1/ 6 1/ 6 1/ 4 RWR,FVS
Flammulated Owl
Western Screech-Owl 2/15 1/19 3/21 1/19 MJM
Great Horned Owl 2/15 1/19 1/ 7 2/23 1/ 3 WGB
Northern Pygmy-Owl 2/15 1/19 3/ 8 1/19 MJM
Burrowing Owl 1/ 1 1/18 1/ 9 1/10 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Long-eared Owl 1/ 6 5/11 1/ 3 GBi
Short-eared Owl 1/ 9 3/ 8 1/ 9 1/19 1/ 8 SSt
Northern Saw-whet Owl 2/15 1/19 1/ 1 1/ 1 MLF,JMa
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk 6/12 SBT
Common Poorwill 5/ 7 4/27 3/21 3/21 MLF
Black Swift 5/24 5/24 MJM
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift 4/17 4/27 4/ 8 5/10 4/ 8 KLP
White-throated Swift 1/ 5 1/11 1/ 4 1/ 4 1/ 6 2/16 1/ 3 MtHamCBC
Black-chinned Hummingbird 4/22 4/12 4/ 3 5/14 4/ 3 NLe
Anna's Hummingbird 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 m.ob.
Costa's Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird 5/ 6 5/ 6 SCR
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird 3/15 3/29 4/ 1 4/ 3 2/22 TGr
Allen's Hummingbird 1/13 2/15 1/23 1/21 3/23 2/16 1/13 MMR
Belted Kingfisher 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 1 2/13 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Lewis' Woodpecker 1/ 3 1/ 3 3/ 1 5/17 1/ 3 m.ob.
Acorn Woodpecker 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 7 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 1 SCR
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1/ 5 1/11 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1/ 3 1/11 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 1 3/22 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Williamson's Sapsucker
Nuttall's Woodpecker 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 1 m.ob.
Downy Woodpecker 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 4 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Hairy Woodpecker 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 4 1/ 1 2/23 2/15 1/ 1 MLF,JMa
Northern Flicker 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 1 m.ob.
Pileated Woodpecker 5/31 m.ob.
Olive-sided Flycatcher 5/ 6 5/ 3 5/ 6 5/ 4 5/ 8 4/20 4/17 JMa
Western Wood-Pewee 4/17 4/19 5/ 6 5/ 4 4/20 4/20 4/16 JMa,AV
Willow Flycatcher 5/27 5/18 LCh
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher 4/12 4/25 4/12 MMR
Dusky Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher 5/ 6 5/ 6 SCR
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3/29 2/17 3/ 5 3/23 3/30 2/17 MJM
Black Phoebe 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 m.ob.
Eastern Phoebe 3/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 5 3/ 3 3/ 2 MJM,MMR
Say's Phoebe 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 7 1/ 9 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Ash-throated Flycatcher 3/16 4/ 5 5/ 6 4/30 4/ 8 2/ 5 1/23 MNi,CNa
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird 4/13 4/13 4/17 5/ 4 5/ 2 4/13 MMR,MJM
Western Kingbird 4/ 3 4/13 4/17 4/ 5 4/ 3 4/ 5 3/30 NLe,LAY
Eastern Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Horned Lark 1/10 1/19 1/29 1/ 4 5/13 1/ 4 MLF
Purple Martin 5/ 6 5/ 3 5/ 7 5/10 4/20 3/23 FVs
Tree Swallow 2/28 2/23 3/ 5 2/28 3/ 2 1/ 3 WGB
Violet-green Swallow 2/28 2/23 5/ 6 3/ 6 1/ 1 3/ 9 1/ 1 SCR
Nor. Rough-winged Swallow 2/27 3/ 9 3/ 5 3/ 5 3/13 3/22 2/27 MMR
Bank Swallow 7/ 6 4/?? LTe
Cliff Swallow 3/ 6 3/ 8 3/19 2/28 3/ 2 3/22 2/28 MLF
Barn Swallow 3/12 2/28 3/ 5 3/10 3/ 2 3/23 2/24 AJa
Steller's Jay 1/ 3 1/19 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 1 m.ob.
Western Scrub-Jay 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 1 m.ob.
Clark's Nutcracker
Black-billed Magpie
Yellow-billed Magpie 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 1 SCR
American Crow 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 2 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 m.ob.
Common Raven 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 SCR
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Plain Titmouse 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Bushtit 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob.
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1/10 1/11 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
White-breasted Nuthatch 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 7 1/ 4 1/ 1 2/15 1/ 1 SCR
Pygmy Nuthatch 2/17 2/16 1/ 1 1/ 1 MLF,JMa
Brown Creeper 1/ 3 1/19 3/20 1/ 1 1/10 1/ 3 1/ 1 MLF,JMa
Rock Wren 1/10 1/ 3 1/29 1/ 4 5/13 1/ 3 MJM
Canyon Wren 1/10 2/ 9 3/20 1/19 1/ 1 3/22 1/ 1 SCR
Bewick's Wren 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 2/ 5 1/ 1 m.ob.
House Wren 3/15 3/16 3/20 3/15 1/ 1 3/22 1/ 1 SCR
Winter Wren 2/17 1/19 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 m.ob.
Marsh Wren 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 7 1/ 9 1/ 1 1/ 9 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
American Dipper 3/ 2 3/ 1 3/19 3/ 4 1/30 CFi
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1/ 3 2/15 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 1 2/ 5 1/ 1 SCR,KLP
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 m.ob.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3/29 3/23 5/ 6 3/29 4/13 5/11 1/17 AJa
Western Bluebird 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 2/15 1/ 1 SCR
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire 1/ 3 GCh,HGe
Swainson's Thrush 5/ 1 5/ 4 4/17 5/10 5/ 8 4/17 KLP
Hermit Thrush 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 2 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 1 m.ob.
American Robin 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Varied Thrush 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 7 1/ 1 1/ 1 2/15 1/ 1 m.ob.
Wrentit 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/23 1/ 1 1/ 1 2/15 1/ 1 m.ob.
Northern Mockingbird 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob.
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher
California Thrasher 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/14 1/ 4 1/ 1 2/15 1/ 1 SCR
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit 1/ 5 1/ 3 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/11 1/ 1 SCR
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing 1/ 3 2/17 1/23 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR
Phainopepla 6/10 5/18 5/31 5/17 1/ 3 DSc
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 2 1/ 9 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
European Starling 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 m.ob.
Bell's Vireo
Cassin's Solitary Vireo 3/16 4/ 6 5/13 5/ 4 4/12 1/ 6 KNe
Hutton's Vireo 2/15 2/16 3/ 1 4/ 8 1/19 1/ 1 JMa
Warbling Vireo 3/29 3/15 5/ 6 3/22 4/ 8 4/ 6 3/12 AME
Red-eyed Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler 2/12 1/25 5/ 6 3/ 8 1/ 1 4/ 6 1/ 1 SCR
Nashville Warbler 4/24 4/ 5 5/ 4 5/12 4/ 5 MJM
Virginia's Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler 1/ 8 4/12 5/ 6 4/ 5 1/12 1/ 8 MMR
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Black-throated Gray Warbler 4/12 3/30 5/13 4/ 5 5/17 3/30 MJM
Townsend's Warbler 1/ 5 1/19 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/10 1/11 1/ 1 MLF,JMa
Hermit Warbler 3/15 4/25 1/ 4 3/15 2/ 7 1/ 3 1/ 3 CKS
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler 1/ 5 1/11 1/ 4 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 3 MLF,CKS
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-White Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler 5/11 5/11 5/11 MMR,MJM
Common Yellowthroat 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/ 6 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Hooded Warbler 1/ 6 1/11 1/11 1/11 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
Wilson's Warbler 3/16 3/23 3/29 4/ 3 4/ 6 3/16 MMR,TJo
Yellow-breasted Chat 5/10 5/18 5/18 5/13 4/13 DLS
Summer Tanager 1/16 3/ 2 1/14 2/23 1/24 1/14 KLP
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager 4/24 4/25 5/ 6 5/ 7 5/ 8 4/20 AV
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak 4/ 3 4/ 5 4/17 3/21 4/ 3 1/ 8 RCO
Blue Grosbeak 4/20 4/22 5/ 5 4/30 5/ 6 4/27 4/20 MMR
Lazuli Bunting 4/13 4/13 5/ 5 4/30 4/20 4/27 1/19 MMi
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 1 SCR
California Towhee 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 2 1/ 1 m.ob.
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 4/10 2/ 9 3/20 3/22 5/ 6 4/27 1/ 3 MtHamCBC
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow 4/12 4/13 5/13 5/11 5/17 4/12 MMR
Clay-colored Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow 5/ 6 5/10 5/10 5/17 5/ 6 MMR
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow 1/10 1/ 3 1/ 7 1/19 5/13 1/ 3 MJM
Black-throated Sparrow
Sage Sparrow 1/ 3 4/19 5/17 5/17 1/ 3 m.ob.
Lark Bunting
Savannah Sparrow 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 7 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/26 1/ 1 SCR
Grasshopper Sparrow 4/10 4/20 4/16 5/ 4 4/13 4/10 MMR
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1/ 8 1/ 8 1/ 9 1/ 9 2/ 9 1/ 8 m.ob.
Fox Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/11 1/11 1/ 1 1/ 8 1/ 1 m.ob.
Song Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Lincoln's Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 9 1/11 1/ 1 2/ 5 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow 4/17 1/16 1/ 6 KNe
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
White-crowned Sparrow 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Harris' Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/26 1/ 1 m.ob.
Tricolored Blackbird 1/ 2 2/22 1/ 2 1/28 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
Western Meadowlark 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
Yellow-headed Blackbird 4/13 4/13 5/ 7 5/ 4 4/11 4/11 SCR
Brewer's Blackbird 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 MMR,SCR
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird 1/ 1 2/20 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 1 5/ 8 1/ 1 m.ob.
Hooded Oriole 3/27 3/29 4/16 3/27 4/10 4/ 5 3/19 PLN
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's Oriole 3/15 3/15 3/20 2/23 3/26 4/20 2/23 MLF
Scott's Oriole
Purple Finch 1/16 1/ 3 1/29 1/ 1 2/13 3/22 1/ 1 MLF,JMa
Cassin's Finch 4/12 4/ 5 3/ 2 SBT
House Finch 1/ 1 1/ 5 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 1 1/ 1 m.ob.
Red Crossbill 4/10 3/ 8 3/27 1/ 1 2/16 1/ 1 SCR
Pine Siskin 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/15 1/ 1 1/ 1 2/16 1/ 1 m.ob.
Lesser Goldfinch 1/ 3 1/ 3 1/ 7 1/11 1/ 1 1/19 1/ 1 SCR
Lawrence's Goldfinch 4/ 3 4/13 4/ 5 4/ 3 1/ 3 WGB
American Goldfinch 1/ 1 2/17 1/ 2 1/ 4 1/ 1 1/ 6 1/ 1 SCR,MMR
Evening Grosbeak 1/ 1 1/ 1 SCR
House Sparrow 1/ 1 1/18 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 1/ 3 1/ 1 m.ob.
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 08 12:37:50 1997
Subject: birds
On Friday, 4 Jul 97, I went out to CCRS to check on the waterbird pond. As I=
first started scoping the pond I had a flock of about 30 WILSON'S PHALAROPE=
S
flying about, but they never landed. A little later a flock of 19 RED-NECKE=
D
PHALAROPES settled in for a short stay. Other than that, there were hundred=
s of
adult WESTERN SANDPIPERS, with nothing of obvious note in with them. Later =
I
stopped at Calabazas Marsh, where I only had a single LESSER YELLOWLEGS.
On Sunday, 6 Jul 97, I started at Calabazas Marsh. I noted two LESSER YELLO=
WLEGS
and two GREEN HERONS here. I checked the small cattail pond next to the pum=
p
station on the west side of the creek, where I had a family of AMERICAN COO=
TS
and two calling VIRGINIA RAILS (very likely possible breeders?). The coordi=
nates
for the rails are 89.7 - 41.13 at 0 feet elevation.
I then returned to the CCRS waterbird pond, where I quickly picked out an a=
dult
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER from among the WESTERNS. This bird already had some =
basic
scapular feathers grown in, while the rest were the typical dark-centered
feathers with fairly broad grayish edges. The breast streaking did not exte=
nd
down the sides or flanks. The bird had a fairly distinct white supercilium,=
set
off by the rather dark contrasty face and crown. The black bill was short,
straight, and bluntly tipped. The legs were black. Shortly after finding th=
is
bird, Steve Rottenborn arrived and verified that it was a different bird fr=
om
the two he had seen here earlier. A WHIMBREL showed up while Steve and I we=
re
scoping the pond, and a single WILSON'S PHALAROPE was hanging around. I wen=
t out
and checked the power towers across pond A18 and counted 24 DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANT nests. This differed slightly from the 28 that Steve mentioned
earlier.
I then made a quick stop at Crittenden Marsh, where the only bird of note w=
as an
adult LEAST TERN foraging over the water.
Mike Mammoser
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 08 13:04:18 1997
Subject: Two Semipalmated Sandpipers still at CCRS
All:
Today at noon there were still two SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at the CCRS
Waterbird Pond in the unflooded area between the large island in the
north and the island with the blinds in the south. There were also 16
FORSTER's TERNS, but no PHALAROPES.
Mike Feighner, email@hidden, 2:00 PM
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 08 16:52:16 1997
Subject: Re: No Subject
Hello Everyone:
I would appreciate everyone using the subject line.
Some of us get a high volume of e-mails every day
and might not necessarily want to read all the e-mails,
or may want to put some aside at that moment for
future reading.
Thanks,
Doug Shaw
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 08 19:24:51 1997
Subject: Re: Finding Great Grey Owls
Although I've already got a much better idea of when/where to look for Great
Gray Owls in Yosemite, I have another question (after missing them again!)
about their behavior.
In Oregon, it is not uncommon for Great Grays to perch out in meadows on the
tops of isolated small conifers (sometimes absurdly small for the bird's
size). This can make them easy to see. I haven't noticed too many isolated
small conifers at either Chevron/Crane Flat meadows or McGurk Meadows. This
should either make them easy to see or suggest they are hunting from other
(less conspicuous)perches. What techniques do successful observers use to
find them, assuming you are in the right place at the right time of day at
the right time of year?
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From email@hidden Wed Jul 09 06:30:14 1997
Subject: Whimbrel at Charleston Slough Outflow
All:
Yesterday evening, 7/8/97, after fighting the horrible concert traffic I
failed to turn up any Least Terns at Crittenden Marsh. I then headed to
Charleston Slough where no Lesser Yellowlegs nor Least Terns were
present (there were ten Greater Yellowlegs in the Forebay.
I walked out toward the mouth of Charleston Slough where I found one
Whimbrel standing by the side of a Long-billed Curlew.
Mike Feighner, email@hidden, 7:26 AM
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From email@hidden Wed Jul 09 08:47:21 1997
Subject: (No subject line)
(Actually, I do support using subject lines....)
I stopped by CCRS yesterday (Tuesday) evening, but did not manage to pick
out any Semi. Sandpiper from among the 1200 or so Western's. That doesn't mean
they weren't there, especially since the sun angle made it difficult to check
some of the flocks.
Other birds present: a pair of Blue-Winged Teal (a bunch of Cinnamon's
were also there); just 3 Greater Yellowlegs; about 15 or so Dowitchers; 3 Least
Sandpipers; 50 Wilson's Phalaropes; and 9 Bonaparte's Gulls (most first summer,
a few winter-like).
Al Eisner
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From email@hidden Wed Jul 09 09:12:57 1997
Subject: Cordell Bank Pelagic Trip for South-Bay-Birders
South-Bay-Birders:
Some of you recall that I posted an announcement on Dan Nelson's August
10th Pelagic Trip to Cordell Bank over CALBIRD. This trip had to be
canceled for
lack of enough participants. All of Debbie Shearwater's trips to the
Cordell Bank in July and August are full.
Are there any South-Bay-Birders interested in booking a trip to the
Cordell Bank so
that he can uncancel the August 10th trip.
I do not have Dan Nelson's phone number here at work.
Does anyone know of any other pelagic opportunities? Does anyone know
if we can organize a trip of our own?
Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA USA, email@hidden, 10:08 AM
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From email@hidden Wed Jul 09 12:04:25 1997
Subject: fledged Hooded Orioles at LMMS
All:
Today, 7/9/97, at noon I discovered on Lockheed Property a group of four
female/juvenile-type Hooded Orioles on in the eucalyptus trees between
the trailer-storage area and the ball park. The four flew off following
each other to some trees at the edge of the field where I discovered the
Ring-necked Pheasant family last summer.
I assume this was the adult female with young, but then I cannot say if
the Orioles actually nested in the same block. I understand that Hooded
Oriole has not been confirmed yet in this block.
Mike Feighner, email@hidden, 1:00 PM
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From email@hidden Wed Jul 09 14:26:27 1997
Subject: CCRS pond(s)
All,
Over 200 Wilson's Phalaropes including many white-rumped and tailed juveniles
were in the CCRS pond this afternoon (sorry Mike). Many hundreds of Western
Sandpipers were in the "new" pond which is west of the old pond. I
ultimately had to stop looking for a Semipalmated Sandpiper before I went
blind :-(.
Take care,
Bob Reiling, 3:27 PM, 7/9/97
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From email@hidden Thu Jul 10 11:09:54 1997
Subject: Black-Backed Woodpeckers, Red-Naped ? Sapsuckers
All:
Black Backs are active again thi year in Paige Meadows near
Tahoe City . At least two pair, but they changed nest trees. I can't
find the new nest tree.
Directions: 89S from Tahoe City about 2 miles R on Pine, R on Tahoe
Park Heights to L on top of hill on Big Pine L on Silvertip to end.
Hike about 200 yards to small trail on right thhat goes into meadows.
Woodpeckers hang around meadow edge in the morning. Also repeatedly see
the red split of the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker is that now Red Naped or
Red Breasted? Also Evening Grosbeaks, White Headed Woodpeckers.
RCC
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From email@hidden Thu Jul 10 13:58:52 1997
Subject: SSHA at Jasper Ridge
This morning while doing a census at Jasper Ridge, I heard and saw two immature and one adult
Sharp-shinned Hawks. The young birds were persistantly vocalizing and harrassing the adult,
while hopping/briefly flying from branch to branch. They were in the riparian area at the end of
the causeway just before it intersects with the fireroad.
We had 5-10 minute looks at the immatures which were quite uniformly brown on back and wings.
Heads small and rounded--breasts heavily streaked all the way through the belly with thick
streaks. Nice looks at the outer rectrices which were as long as the central ones. Pencil-thin
tarsi.
This species is not noted as breeding at JR. Could they have?
Rita Colwell
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Subject: Sharp-shinned Hawk Nesting
All:
Rita asks if the Sharp-shinned Hawk family she saw this morning might
have bred at Jasper Ridge. Historically, Sharpies are sparse breeders in the
Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo Range and that is also what we found in
our atlas. Most of our records are of dependent young as this bird is fairly
secretive at the nest, probably more so than the Cooper's which will, I have
been told, use a number of plucking perches in the nest vicinity while
Sharpies use fewer and remain closer to the nest (and less obvious). Mike
Rogers and Steve Rottenborn have a good bit of experience with this species
locally and might offer their wisdom. As to whether these young birds were
sufficiently dependent to make the FL code it is hard to say. I tend to
accept persistent begging (or harrassing) as evidence of dependence and hence
confirmation of breeding, but it can be difficult to determine when young
birds are largely independent and, by atlas protocols, "uncountable" as
breeding confirmations.
I believe Rich Jeffers has done this block in past years and may be able
to provide you information on how to add your observation to the San Mateo
Atlas which is still ongoing, I believe.
Bill
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Subject: Re: SSHA at Jasper Ridge
Rita,
Sharp-shinned Hawks have nested once before at JRBP (nest
found on 3 July 1955 by Herb Dengler), but they're
generally rare as breeders so close to the valley floor
and to urban areas, so this is a good record.
The location you describe is precisely where I had a
vocalizing adult SSHA during my talk to the docent class
this spring. It sounds as though they definitely nested
there.
Steve Rottenborn
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 11 14:36:30 1997
Subject: New data for SBBU
Mike Rogers has updated his Santa Clara County List as of July 7, adding
birds 261 (Ruff), and 262 (Least Tern). He also lists some birds that we
should be looking for in the Fall Migration.
Larry Tunstall has updated his Bay Area Birding Calendar for July 5-11
(sorry, I was out of town and couldn't post it sooner), and for July 12-18.
Kendric
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From email@hidden Sat Jul 12 08:28:37 1997
Subject: Bird Trip Planning-N.CA 7/29-8/12
Hi...
I have been "chatting" with Jim Danzenbaker about my
trip to CA. I will be staying in Santa Rosa for 3 days,
Salinas for 4 days, Grass Valley for 5 & San F. for the last
2 days in that order from July 29- Aug 12th. I signed up
for a Shearwater Pelagic out of Monterey 8/3. Jim told me
to write this to you about specific birds when it was closer to
to my trip time.
I would appreciate any specific info on the following birds. I
do plan to go to Yuba Pass when I stay in Grass Valley. I could drive
as much as 2 hrs from any of these locations...
Woodpeckers: Lewis, Nuttall's, Red-Br. Sap.
Owls*: N.Pgymy, N.Saw-whet, Western Screech, Burrowing
Band-tailed Pigeon, Lawrence's Goldfinch, Pine Siskin, Y-Billed Magpie,
Tri-colored Blackbird, Common Poorwill, Am Dipper,Brewer's Sparrow, Bl-back
Woodpecker, any grouse species
Any specific info would be greatly appreciated. I bought every reference
book that I could find & the # of parks is overwhelming. These are the
birds which seem to be possible in summer that I need for lifers. There are
others, but I either have them from my Arizona trip 3 yrs ago or they are
common enough that I should be able to find them. My husband will come with
me, but he is not a birder so I must do all the planning.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I have never birded Central/northern CA
before & I am very excited about seeing this area.
Kathy Restorff
College Park, MD
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From email@hidden Sat Jul 12 09:23:10 1997
Subject: Re: Bird Trip Planning-N.CA 7/29-8/12
>Woodpeckers: Lewis (San Antonia Valley), Nuttall's (easy in any oak
woodland), Red-Br. Sap.(easy Yuba Pass)
>Owls*: N.Pgymy, N.Saw-whet, Western Screech, Burrowing (Arzino
ranch/Alviso in the south bay)
>Band-tailed Pigeon (saw one at Yuba Pass, but v. easy on San Mateo coast),
Lawrence's Goldfinch (San Antonio Valley), Pine Siskin (Yuba Pass), Y-Billed
Magpie (Mines Rd),
>Tri-colored Blackbird, Common Poorwill, Am Dipper (near Basset's on way
down from Yuba Pass),Brewer's Sparrow, Bl-back
>Woodpecker (Yuba Pass if you're lucky), any grouse species
>
>Any specific info would be greatly appreciated. I bought every reference
>book that I could find & the # of parks is overwhelming. These are the
>birds which seem to be possible in summer that I need for lifers. There are
>others, but I either have them from my Arizona trip 3 yrs ago or they are
>common enough that I should be able to find them. My husband will come with
>me, but he is not a birder so I must do all the planning.
>Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I have never birded Central/northern CA
>before & I am very excited about seeing this area.
>
>Kathy Restorff
>College Park, MD
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From email@hidden Sun Jul 13 09:21:09 1997
Subject: Alviso birds
Hi Everyone--
I walked the Alviso Slough trail on Saturday and found a few interesting
birds. On the levee separating ponds A9 and A10, within 50 yards of the
trail, a LITTLE BLUE HERON was catching some sun while two CASPIAN TERNS
were trying to chase me away. In Coyote Slough there were many returning
shorebirds, including both LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS in
alternate plumage, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS in varying stages of molt, and
a RED KNOT in alternate plumage. The best vantage point for viewing
these birds is to face north along the northern edge of pond A9, 50
yards or so east of the two boats stuck in the mud. On pond A14, many
colorful LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS were present, plus a SEMIPALMATED
PLOVER and a WILSON'S PHALAROPE. There are BROWN PELICANS all over, and
more WHITE PELICANS than I'm used to seeing in summer.
Mark
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 14 08:31:11 1997
Subject: OSPR
All,
On Friday 7/11/97 while driving to the San Jose Airport I was treated
to an OSPREY flying south along the Guadalupe River while on the bridge
just before the airport. A few minutes later, while parking the car,
the bird flew back to the west over the parking lot carrying a HUGE
fish (about 2/3 of the birds beak-to-tail length!). The OSPREY could
barely stay afloat (and actually took a big dip as it started over
the runway - must have lost the thermal). Hope it didn't get taken
out by an arriving airplane!
Also of interest are at least 2 fledgling COMMON RAVENS in the pines
across the street from the "Bailey Park Safeway" on Shoreline Blvd
near Middlefield. Although capable of flight, these birds have
consistently been in the same trees and likely bred in the area
(rather than being the Forebay birds for instance).
Mike Rogers
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 14 09:00:41 1997
Subject: behavior
yesterday saw two interesting behaviors i thought i'd pass on.
in my backyard, i have a hummingbird feeder with one "dock"
appropriate for an oriole. there is a pair of hooded oriole's that
frequent that feeder. five feet away from the hummingbird feeder is a
seed feeder that a pair of black-headed grosbeaks frequent. yesterday
after feeding on "her" feeder, the female oriole flew to where the female
grosbeak was feeding and harassed her til the grosbeak finally left. a
few minutes later the grosbeak returned to eat and the oriole flew down
and sent her away again. this continued for about 15 minutes with the
oriole female being the aggressor. i believe the oriole's nest is in a
palm tree 6 houses away, so there was no nest to protect. have no idea
why she was mad.
the second behavior was a wilson's warbler dive bombing a house finch.
the finch was eating off a tree (not a feeder). the warbler literally
crashed into him with his body knocking the finch and forcing it to fly.
in this case, both birds were male. the finch came back a couple of feet
from where it had been and starting feeding again. the warbler came back
and dive bombed it again knocking it away. the two birds made physical
contact with each other.
i'd never seen either behavior before....gloria leblanc
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 14 10:09:00 1997
Subject: Westgard Pass
Hello all:
This weekend I made a long loop to Lake Tahoe, Westgard Pass and back
through Yosemite. Lake Tahoe was uneventful (except for the bear). The
woodpeckers at Paige Meadow must not like mountain bikers either.
EVENING GROSBEAKS were easy to see and ORANGE-CROWNED, NASHVILLE, and
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were breeding there.
Westgard Pass was definitely the highlight. I camped at Grandview
Campground, just below the Ancient Bristlecone Pine area on White
Mountain Road north of the pass. This area is in the heart of the
Pinyon-Juniper habitat. Sunday morning, I started (at 6:30) by walking
the first half-mile or so of the Black Canyon trail, which is a jeep
trail that begins 1.1 miles north of the campground entrance sign. There
are many other tracks here, but this one hugs the south edge of the
canyon. Look for a wide sweeping right turn in the road with two empty
white "mile-posts". The track is just before the 1st one. In this
stretch were 1 GRAY FLYCATCHER, a mated pair of GRAY VIREOS, and 2
BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS (more on these later). Also present were
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEES, SCRUB JAYS (interior birds with a very different
voice), MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS, SPOTTED TOWHEES
(also a different song - 2 strong introductory notes before the harsh
trill), and CHIPPING SPARROWS. On the way out I had 2 PINYON JAYS, many
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and 3 more BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRDS at the
control station. Payson Canyon (east side of the pass) had many SAGE and
BLACK-THROATED SPARROWS, a BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, and a ROCK WREN.
Mono Lake had some 50,000+ WILSON'S PHALAROPES!! It was pretty impressive
seeing the clouds of birds swirling around on the lake.
I did see the 8 corvids possible on the loop, though the BLACK-BILLED
MAGPIES in Bishop eluded me on Sunday so I didn't see them all in one
day.
Notes on the hummingbirds:
All of the hummingbirds I saw were female/juvenile plumaged. The
selasphorus had an overall pale appearance with distinct contrast of
rust/buffy on the sides and off-white in the center of the belly. The
throat specking was very light. The Black-chinned was considerably
smaller, with an almost ghostly appearance in comparison. She hovered
with a distinct bouncing of the tail and flashing of the outer tail
spots. I have seen territorial male Broad-taileds here before. Rufous
Hummingbirds I believe migrate more in the Sierras rather than the White
Mountains (I saw no evidence of migration in Yosemite or Lake Tahoe).
None of the birds were strongly patterned in the throat or had any trace
of rust on the back.
Notes on the Gray Vireo:
The male was singing while the female was scolding. They acted as though
they were scouting for nest sites. In the fifteen minutes I watched
them, they did not reveal a nest or gather any food.
Steve Miller
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 14 20:29:39 1997
Subject: a few birds
All:
A few sightings from the South Bay over the past week:
On 7 July, there were 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS and a RED-
NECKED PHALAROPE at the Calabazas Ponds.
On 10 July, a survey of the Mountain View Forebay produced
a VIRGINIA RAIL, 11 LESSER and 7 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and
single broods of young CINNAMON TEAL and NORTHERN PINTAIL.
Adobe Creek had a singing male NORTHERN RED BISHOP in
alternate plumage, the injured male AMERICAN WIGEON that has
been present all summer, a female GREEN-WINGED TEAL, and a
female NORTHERN PINTAIL with young.
Friday evening (11 July), a quick check of the CCRS waterbird
failed to turn up any rarities, although I saw an imm.
PEREGRINE FALCON over Hwy. 880 near the Hwy. 237 interchange.
On Saturday (12 July), Heather, Rebecca and I visited Vasona
Lake in Los Gatos. I was surprised to find the apparent
ALEUTIAN CANADA GOOSE still present with the domestic geese
and the now-domestic, resident ROSS' GOOSE. I would guess
that the presence of this Canada Goose at this time of year
suggests that it, like the ROGO, was released here and was
not an actual vagrant. Also present at Vasona were a juvenile
RING-BILLED GULL (the first of this plumage I've seen this
year) and 15 FORSTER'S TERNS, many of which perched on wires
that crossed over the lake; I've never seen terns perch on
wires before.
Sunday (13 July), I scoped the waterbird pond at CCRS for a
few hours with Mike Mammoser (and with Rob and Rita Colwell
for a while). There was still a single adult SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER present, still mostly in alternate plumage but with
a few basic lower posterior scapulars present. Up to 3000-
3500 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 20 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 1 WILLET,
25 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 7 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 4 GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, and 80 DOWITCHERS (probably 65:15 in favor of
SHORT-BILLED) were also present, as well as a male BLUE-
WINGED TEAL which Mike spotted.
Steve Rottenborn
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Subject: birds
I only birded on Sunday, 13 Jul 97, last weekend, going to the CCRS waterbir=
d
pond to scope out shorebirds. Steve Rottenborn was already there, and we sc=
anned
through thousands of WESTERN SANDPIPERS (all still adults) looking for that=
elusive stint. A male BLUE-WINGED TEAL was present, as were a few dozen WIL=
SON'S
PHALAROPES that included one juvenile. I eventually found the adult SEMIPAL=
MATED
SANDPIPER that Steve had seen earlier. Rob and Rita Colwell also enjoyed vi=
ews
of this bird. After everyone else left, I spent some time looking through
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, but couldn't pick out any Banks.
Mike Mammoser
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From email@hidden Thu Jul 17 09:10:23 1997
Subject: Fwd:birds
I only birded on Sunday, 13 Jul 97, last weekend, going to the CCRS waterbi=
rd
pond to scope out shorebirds. Steve Rottenborn was already there, and we sc=
anned
through thousands of WESTERN SANDPIPERS (all still adults) looking for that=
elusive stint. A male BLUE-WINGED TEAL was present, as were a few dozen WIL=
SON'S
PHALAROPES that included one juvenile. I eventually found the adult SEMIPAL=
MATED
SANDPIPER that Steve had seen earlier. Rob and Rita Colwell also enjoyed vi=
ews
of this bird. After everyone else left, I spent some time looking through
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, but couldn't pick out any Banks.
Mike Mammoser
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 18 07:50:36 1997
Subject: Costa's Hummingbird
Last summer we had a solitary male Costa'a hummingbird in our garden in
East San Jose for most of the summer. This morning we have another male
COHU, our first sighting for 1997. I wonder if it is likely to be the
same individual.
Don Crawford
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 18 08:23:00 1997
Subject: Vaux swift
Hi All,
While Bar-b-cuing w/ friends in Saratoga last night a single Vaux Swift
was foraging overhead in the area. The house is close to Los
Gatos-Saratoga Rd and near the Montalvo entrance rd.
Nick
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 18 10:08:18 1997
Subject: Greater Roadrunner in Alum Rock Park
All,
Mike Azeviedo (sp) the ranger at Alum Rock Park called some time this morning
(time stamp not working) to say that he saw a Greater Roadrunner on the North
Ridge Trail near the Todd L. Quick Memorial Loop Trail in Alum Rock Park. He
says that when they get them that they usually stay around for a few weeks.
I don't believe that he called it in on the hot line. Can't chase it myself
until monday but go get that good county bird as it may already have been
there a few weeks!
Take care
Bob Reiling, 11:07 AM, 7/18/97
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 18 10:54:21 1997
Subject: The Birds of New England
I went to New England on vacation. I only spent about three
hours birdwatching, but I thought I would send out a little report
anyway. This trip was planned on short notice, so I did not have time
to get ahold of ABA Sales and buy the _Birds of _ book. Instead,
I relied on a special supplement from _Birding_ magazine, _The 40
Best Places in the US for Birdfinding_ (or something like that). They
had a section on the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We spent
most of the vacation in and around Boston, or in the middle of New Hampshire.
Following the book, my girlfriend and I drove up through
Conway, into the middle of the White Mountains. We drove up a
dirt road to a trail that went around a mountain lake. There I saw
two life species, MAGNOLIA WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER. We also
had a close encounter (30 feet) with a COMMON LOON at the lake shore.
It did not move away, but stayed close for the entire time that
we watched it. We think we were between it and its nest. There
were plenty of BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEEs, and the HAIRY WOODPECKERs
there are much larger than ours. The WARBLING VIREOS look a
little different too.
On the next day we walked through a strip of woods between
the hotel we were staying and Lake Winnepisauke. There we saw
another life species, BROAD-WINGED HAWK. One dived on a
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, but the warbler survived by simply
dropping down one branch. That warbler would have also been
a life bird, if one had not strayed into Los Gatos a few years ago.
In Boston harbor, I also noticed that the DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANTs have much less yellow on their bills and throats than
ours do. The terns were Common, the gulls Herring.
The only other birds of note were those I saw from the
train, in the small wet spots in the Nevada desert. There were
striking WHITE PELICANs and WHITE-FACED IBIS.
- Chris Salander
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 18 11:44:09 1997
Subject: adult male Costa's Hummingbird still coming to Don Crawford's fee
der
All:
I made a quick trip to Don Crawford's home in the East San Jose Hills,
the adult male Costa's Hummingbird was still there when I was there at
11:41 AM....dark purple crown and gorget colored like Welch's Grape
Juice (this is not a commercial!), long-wing side-burns (don't know what
else to call them!), and white stripe that extends down from the eye
between the crown and the long-wing side-burns.
There must have been at least 20+ Anna's Hummingbirds there at the same
time.
Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, email@hidden, 12:39 PM
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 18 15:03:00 1997
Subject: parrots over Sunnyvale
Wednesday 6 pm there were 7 conures over the OSH on the corner of ECR and
Saratoga-Sunnyvale road. Looked like 3 pairs and a single but I heard none of
the typical fledgling calls from the single. Are these the same Aratinga
mitrata from Palo Alto? Maybe there's some food source worth a trip to
Sunnyvale.
Janet Hanson
SFBBO
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 18 18:11:12 1997
Subject: Juvenile Western Sandpiper in Santa Clara county
Today I saw a juvenile Western Sandpiper, my earliest ever. Typically,
Semi-palmated Sandpipers are amoung the first juvenile peeps to appear, so
be on the look out for them.
_____________________________________________________________
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Tel: (408) 941 0223 Milpitas, CA 95035
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 18 20:18:42 1997
Subject: Re: parrots over Sunnyvale
On Fri, 18 Jul 1997 email@hidden wrote:
> Wednesday 6 pm there were 7 conures over the OSH on the corner of ECR and
> Saratoga-Sunnyvale road. Looked like 3 pairs and a single but I heard none of
> the typical fledgling calls from the single. Are these the same Aratinga
> mitrata from Palo Alto? Maybe there's some food source worth a trip to
> Sunnyvale.
There are two groups of parakeets involved, one that hangs out
at a church on Colorado St. in Palo Alto (and ranges widely in
Palo Alto and Mountain View) and another that roosts at a church
on Old San Francisco Rd. near the intersection of ECR and
Saratoga-Sunnyvale (and is probably responsible for most of the
Sunnyvale sightings). There might be some movement of
individuals between the two locations, but I've visited both
locations on the same day to find birds present in both places.
There are at least four species present -- the vast majority are
Mitred Parakeets (Aratinga mitrata), but Blue-crowned Parakeets
(A. acuticaudata) have been regular at the Palo Alto location
(they have apparently bred there), and Red-masked (A. erythrogenys)
and what are probably White-eyed (A. leucophthalmus) have been
at both locations.
Steve Rottenborn
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 18 20:23:33 1997
Subject: Charleston Slough
Howdy South-Bay-Birders,
Visited Charleston Slough and Mountain View Forebay this afternoon.
Shorebirds are back big-time. In the forebay I saw 2 LESSER and 1
GREATER YELLOWLEGS. Continuing north along the trail, I saw 3 more
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, a large flock of (mostly) SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS,
and several baby AVOCETS at Charleston Slough. There was also a lone
LEAST TERN flying over the slough just north of the forebay. Lots and
lots of MARBLED GODWITS, WESTERN & LEAST SANDPIPERS, etc. Saw a COMMON
MOORHEN that appeared to be sitting on a nest (in plain view) in Adobe
Creek. The nest of reeds is attached to a branch in mid-creek, just down
hill from the 2 porta-pottys across from the forebay--only a few yards
from the wooden fence.
John Mariani
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From email@hidden Fri Jul 18 21:06:50 1997
Subject: kingbird at CCRS
Birders,
This last wednesday I saw what looked like an adult Cassin's Kingbird at
CCRS. Most troubling was that hours later, Steve Rottenborn and Scott
Terrill saw a Western Kingbird showing obvious white outer tail feathers,
also at CCRS. I am not a big fan of the two bird theory, so I won't suggest
that, particularly since either kingbird is unusual at this time of year at
CCRS. It is more possible that I misidentified this kingbird, even though
(at least in my mind) I thought I had diagnostic looks. If anyone sees any
kingbirds at CCRS in the near future, could you take some time to
positively identify the bird (looking at tail pattern). It would be great
if we could confirm that there were two birds and that one of them was
indeed a Cassin's Kingbird. As far as I know, this species has been seen
only once at CCRS. I would like someone else to verify, this potential
Cassin's Kingbird before I accept it as a second record for CCRS given that
there is a good possibility that I did misidentify it.
By the way, Steve saw a Bank Swallow at CCRS a couple of weeks ago. This is
new for the CCRS list. However, Steve's sighting reminded Scott Terrill
that he had also seen a Bank Swallow at the waterbird pond a few years ago.
I have finally gotten confident enough with my rabbit ID to confirm that
both Brush Rabbits and Desert (Nuttall's) Cottontails are present at CCRS.
Once you pick up their 'jizz' differences they are not too difficult to
identify. The cottontails also prefer a more open habitat.
Regards,
Al.
Alvaro Jaramillo
Half Moon Bay,
California
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From email@hidden Sat Jul 19 08:50:56 1997
Subject: RE: parrots over Sunnyvale
Janet:
These are probably the same Mitred Conures that had taken up residence
at the St. Martin's Catholic Church in Sunnyvale only about 1/3 mile
away from the Sunnyvale Orchard Supply at the corner of El Camino Real
and Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road. I am passing your note onto Kimball
Garrett of Los Angeles who is keeping records on the status of escapees
in California.
By the way three of the six Masked Lovebirds I discovered in my
neighborhood on July 9th in Livermore were still there this morning.
Mike Feighner, Livermore, email@hidden, 9:46 AM, 7/18/97
> ----------
> From: email@hidden
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 1997 4:03 PM
> To: email@hidden
> Subject: parrots over Sunnyvale
>
> Wednesday 6 pm there were 7 conures over the OSH on the corner of ECR
> and
> Saratoga-Sunnyvale road. Looked like 3 pairs and a single but I heard
> none of
> the typical fledgling calls from the single. Are these the same
> Aratinga
> mitrata from Palo Alto? Maybe there's some food source worth a trip to
> Sunnyvale.
> Janet Hanson
> SFBBO
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From email@hidden Sat Jul 19 09:24:38 1997
Subject: Re: kingbird at CCRS
On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Alvaro Jaramillo wrote:
> Birders,
>
> This last wednesday I saw what looked like an adult Cassin's Kingbird at
> CCRS. Most troubling was that hours later, Steve Rottenborn and Scott
> Terrill saw a Western Kingbird showing obvious white outer tail feathers,
> also at CCRS.
Although our initial looks at the WEKI were poor (only in flight),
the bird was still present north of the trailers when we left
over an hour later. We again saw the white outer tail feathers,
and the bird perched facing us and showed the pale gray breast
and head of a WEKI.
To be honest, the bird was such a typical WEKI that I doubt you
would have confused it for a CAKI. Given that this has been an
exceptional year for CAKI, I don't doubt that you saw a CAKI as
well.
> I have finally gotten confident enough with my rabbit ID to confirm that
> both Brush Rabbits and Desert (Nuttall's) Cottontails are present at CCRS.
> Once you pick up their 'jizz' differences they are not too difficult to
> identify. The cottontails also prefer a more open habitat.
What are these "jizz" differences?
Steve
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From email@hidden Sun Jul 20 14:03:19 1997
Subject: birds
On Saturday, 19 Jul 97, I drove up to the Crawford residence, where I was ki=
ndly
invited into the backyard to view the hummingbird feeders. They have 7 feed=
ers
arranged around their house, and at one point the 3 feeders along the north=
side
of the house had 15 ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS at the same time. All the while, ot=
her
hummers were waiting in the trees nearby. I haven't seen such a spectacle s=
ince
I was in Arizona. The magnificent male COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD had staked out t=
he
feeders at the back of the house for himself, chasing everything else away.=
His
crown had only sporadic irridescent feathering, but the throat gorget was
beautiful. It had a purplish tone when seen head on, but took on a rosy hue=
along the edges where the feathers angled away from one's line of sight. Th=
e
corners of the gorget were quite elongated, even sticking out from the side=
of
the head, especially when the bird was viewed from behind. The upper breast=
just
below the gorget was quite white, extending up onto the side of the neck an=
d
tapering to a point just behind the eye, and also extending down the center=
of
the breast between the dusky patches on the flanks. Also present here was a=
n
immature SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRD and a male HOODED ORIOLE. Many thanks to D=
on
and his wife for their hospitality.
I then went to Crittenden Marsh to check for shorebirds. There was a small
number of shorebirds here that included about a dozen SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,=
a
dozen LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, 4 WILLETS, a GREATER YELLOWLEGS, small numbers o=
f
both LONG-BILLED and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and about a hundred WESTERN
SANDPIPERS. In with these birds was a single alternate-plumaged RED KNOT.
Checking salt pond A2E to the north revealed 420 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS an=
d 11
BROWN PELICANS. Also here were 14 LEAST TERNS that included 5 juveniles. I =
saw
adults carrying fish, but the only feeding I observed was of an adult feedi=
ng
another adult.
On Sunday morning, 20 Jul 97, I went to the CCRS waterbird pond, where Chri=
s and
Claire Wolfe had an adult SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER staked out. Plenty of WESTERN
SANDPIPERS were all still adults. There were 500-600 WILSON'S PHALAROPES an=
d a
single RED-NECKED PHALAROPE. At one point I heard a RED-SHOULDERED HAWK cal=
ling
from along the creek. A gathering of shorebirds on salt pond A18 included s=
ome
MARBLED GODWITS, LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, and WILLETS. Also here were 3
basic-plumaged BONAPARTE'S GULLS.
A quick stop at Calabazas Marsh showed that they had put water into the mid=
dle
pond, which had been dry last week. Now it was too deep to support any
shorebirds, but as it evaporates it should bring them back in. Too bad they=
can't they can't control this water level more accurately. On the large nor=
th
pond I had 27 GREATER YELLOWLEGS and 3 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, including one
juvenile.
Mike Mammoser
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From email@hidden Sun Jul 20 20:32:25 1997
Subject: NIGHTHAWK Sp.
All:
On Friday evening (18 July), I was walking from the car to
my apartment at Escondido Village at Stanford at about 8:15
p.m. when I spotted a NIGHTHAWK flying in the distance.
The bird was against the western sky (just after sunset)
and continued to fly to the southwest, so the light was not
good for viewing. Also, I didn't have my binoculars, so I
was not able to get any plumage details at all. However,
the bird seemed slightly smaller overall, shorter-winged,
and shorter-tailed than I would have expected for a Common
Nighthawk, more like a Lesser, and the shallow, quick,
fluttery wingbeats also fit Lesser Nighthawk better than
Common. Nevertheless, I'm not going to call this bird a
definite Lesser based solely on shape and flight style as
seen without binoculars. The bird flew gradually toward
the southwest, erratically swooping on several occasions as
though chasing insects. I've seen no sign of the bird since
then.
Sunday (20 July), I briefly birded around Calaveras Reservoir
from 05:30 to 08:30. Before sunrise, I found a family group
of 4-5 WESTERN SCREECH-OWLS in one drainage along Calaveras
Road (the young still having some down on the head and begging
repeatedly) and heard the begging calls of two more juveniles
from another drainage. An adult and two recently-fledged
SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS were a surprise, although I did have an
adult carrying food along Calaveras Road last spring.
The fog prevented me from viewing the south end of the lake
from Calaveras Road, so I had to settle for obstructed views
of only part of the south end from Marsh Road. Two male and
6 female RING-NECKED DUCKS were standing together on the
shore, and 9 WOOD DUCKS were also present. Twenty-four
WESTERN GREBES and 6 unidentified distant Aechmophorus (which
also appeared to be Westerns) were present, and in the limited
portion of the lake that I could see, there were ten pairs of
Westerns with 6 occupied nests and 4 more under construction.
Five WESTERN KINGBIRDS, 15 LARK SPARROWS, and 2 PURPLE FINCHES
were along Marsh Road above the lake.
WILD TURKEYS seem to be doing quite well around Calaveras
Reservoir. Four males were together along Marsh Road, a hen
with 5 large juveniles were along Calaveras Road near the SW
corner of the lake, and 3 hens with 2 medium-large and 6
medium-small juveniles were along Felter Road a few miles
north of its intersection with Calaveras Road.
Finally, there were 8 ROCK WRENS near the Sierra Road summit,
including two adults with one fully-fledged juvenile at
the summit and two adults with 3 still-dependent young near
the powerline crossing above Alum Rock Canyon. A pair of
adult GOLDEN EAGLES were on one of the electrical towers.
Steve Rottenborn
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 21 05:38:58 1997
Subject: OSPR(ey)
All:
This morning at 6:18 AM I saw an Osprey fly south-bound over the Highway
237 bridge over Coyote Creek.
Mike Feighner
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 21 09:59:40 1997
Subject: Peter LaTourrette, Acting Bureaucrat
Peter LaTourrette has been nice enough to volunteer to be the bureaucrat
while I am gone.
Mail will get to Peter (or whoever is current bureaucrat) by sending
mail to:
email@hidden
Thanks,
Jeff Finger
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 21 11:46:12 1997
Subject: Crittenden
All,
On a tip from Mike Mammoser I took a bike out at lunch today to check
Crittenden Marsh and the nearby Salt Pond A2E for Least Terns. Sure
enough, I had 38 LEAST TERNS (including at least 14 juveniles - hard
to get an accurate count of this many birds) sitting on the dike and
the boom where the dike north of Crittenden bends to the northeast.
Without a scope I couldn't do too much with the shorebirds, but the
many SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were obvious and 2 adult HORNED LARKS at the
western edge of Crittenden on the dried out mud were of interest.
Mike Rogers
7/21/97
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 21 15:27:43 1997
Subject: Mark Strasburger?
All--
South-bay-birds-list messages to email@hidden (Mark Strasburger) have
been bouncing with a "mailbox full" notice for about a week. We do not have
a phone number for him. Can anyone provide helpful information, e.g. phone
number, vacation or residency status? If there is no change soon, I will
have to unsubscribe him.
--Peter
-----------------------------------------
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Birds of Jasper Ridge:
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~petelat1/
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 21 15:47:30 1997
Subject: To SCVAS Yuba Pass Field Trip Participants
This message is for participants in the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
field trip to Yuba Pass a few weekends back, which was led by Clay Kempf.
The same weekend David Nelson and I found ourselves birding Sierra Valley
just after that group did, and talked to them many times along the way.
As Calbird subscribers know, I saw only briefly but heard well a bird at
Sierra Valley that I thought was a singing JUNIPER TITMOUSE. This bird was
just up the hill from where the group saw (and we refound) a pair of GRAY
FLYCATCHERS, up Mountain Quail Road on the west side of Sierra Valley. After
the trip I wrote to Rick Fournier, who was on the field trip. He did not see
a TITMOUSE there, but thought he remembered someone else mentioning that they
had seen one. Does anyone else who was on that trip remember seeing or
hearing a titmouse in this spot, or hearing anyone else say that they saw
one?
I have been putting some effort into researching the distribution of JUNIPER
TITMOUSE (in particular the race _zaleptus_), and finally had a chance today
to review Carla Cicero's excellent monograph on the subject, but I have not
been able to determine whether titmice regularly occur in this area. The
site is within the range of the race _zaleptus_, but within that range
populations are disjunct, and Carla's sample areas did not include Sierra
Valley. Her description of habitat preferences and densities in Great Basin
birds, though, would indicate that if a population does exist there, it would
probably be one of low density. She only studied areas with sufficient
density to justify collecting a representative and statistically significant
sample, so I cannot tell whether she found any titmice in Sierra Valley while
researching her thesis.
In any event, I would love to know whether anyone else saw or heard this
bird. Is Clay Kempf on this list, or, if not, does anyone know whether he
can be reached by e-mail?
Thanks!
Jennifer
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Jennifer Matkin
San Francisco, CA
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From email@hidden Mon Jul 21 18:47:34 1997
Subject: Crittenden Marsh: adult RUDDY TURNSTONE
All:
After work I headed over to Crittenden Marsh to check on the LEAST
TERNs. While scoping through the flock of SEMI-PALMATED PLOVERs (there
were 18) on the mudflat at the south-west corner of Crittenden Marsh, I
came across a single adult RUDDY TURNSTONE still pretty much in
alternate plumage. I have searched for ages for this specie in Santa
Clara County and finally came across one. From here in proceeded out to
where Mike Rogers had the flock of LEAST TERNS at the bend in the levvee
between Crittenden Marsh and Pond 2AE. Here I counted only 8 LEAST
TERNs (four adults and four juveniles). I wonder where the other 30
were hiding. On the way back I checked to see if the RUDDY TURNSTONE
was still there, and sure enough it was. Hopefully it will stick around
for others to see.
Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, email@hidden
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 22 12:02:54 1997
All,
Once again I spent the early morning atlasing in Alameda County near
Mines Road close to the Santa Clara County line. I arrived at the
pullout just south of milepost 19.69 at 4:40am. After a short wait,
I heard fledgling WESTERN SCREECH-OWLS and a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL.
Unfortunately, by the time I got into my target "block" at 5:20am it
was starting to get light and I heard no more owls. Things were
extremely quiet this morning and it appears that most breeding in this
region is completely finished, in contrast to previous years in which
atlasing has been fruitful into the first few days of August. In five
hours of searching the ONLY other confirmation I was able to muster
was a family of recently fledged CALIFORNIA TOWHEES! There were lots
of family groups of the usual species, but the young were already
completely independent and very capable of "sustained flight" - no
begging or any interaction with the adults. I had 9+ SAGE SPARROWS,
but none of them were singing at all. In fact there was very little
singing from any of the birds out there today.
Despite the lack of breeding evidence, I was able to add 4 new species
to the block list: MALLARD (a family of ten full-grown birds), HAIRY
WOODPECKER (only in nearby Santa Clara County last time),
PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER (a single silent bird), and PHAINOPEPLA
(1 male, 3 more in nearby Santa Clara County). Also upgraded the
status of 6 other species.
Other birds of interest included 6 WOOD DUCKS, 5 BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHERS, 1 to 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, and 9+ LAWRENCE'S
GOLDFINCHES. Also had another PHAINOPEPLA at about mile 6.1 along
Mines Road on the drive back.
Mike Rogers
7/22/97
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 22 16:21:51 1997
Subject: Cooper's Hawks
In May and early June I spent a lot of time looking for a Cooper'=
s
Hawk nest in South Palo Alto in the general area of Louis and Greer Roads=
near Matadero Creek. I saw adults in the area a number of times as did a=
number of other birders. I never did find a nest, but at 4:45 this
afternoon I saw three fledged young in trees on Clara Drive just east of
Louis. A local resident says it's been an ideal location for them. =
Another resident keeps pigeons, but his stock is down from perhaps 64 to
16.
Rosalie Lefkowitz
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Subject: Cooper's Hawks
In May and early June I spent a lot of time looking for a Cooper'=
s
Hawk nest in South Palo Alto in the general area of Louis and Greer Roads=
near Matadero Creek. I saw adults in the area a number of times as did a=
number of other birders. I never did find a nest, but at 4:45 this
afternoon I saw three fledged young in trees on Clara Drive just east of
Louis. A local resident says it's been an ideal location for them. =
Another resident keeps pigeons, but his stock is down from perhaps 64 to
16.
Rosalie Lefkowitz
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 22 16:27:04 1997
Subject: SESA
An adult Semi-palmated Sandpiper was at CCRS today.
_____________________________________________________________
Nick Lethaby Pronghorn Consulting
email@hidden 1112 N. Abbott Avenue
Tel: (408) 941 0223 Milpitas, CA 95035
U.S.A.
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 22 20:25:07 1997
Subject: Re: SESA
Two adult Semipalmated Sandpipers were at CCRS yesterday
(Monday). One was in very pale, faded alternate plumage
except for 3 basic scapulars, while the other had a number
of basic scapulars. The second bird had the shortest bill
I've ever seen on a SESA, and was definitely not one of the
three I've seen at CCRS previously this "fall" (although all
have had bills shorter than on any of the Western Sandpipers
present).
Steve Rottenborn
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From email@hidden Tue Jul 22 21:16:06 1997
Subject: More Crittenden
Dear South Bay Birders:
I made a post-6 PM visit today (Tuesday) to the Crittenden Marsh area.
I did not find any turnstone (nor did I leave any unturned stone in my search
for it), but the southwest corner again had an alternate-plumaged Red Knot.
[In case there's interest in comparing to the previous sighting, the under-
parts were about 60% or so salmon-colored, with the rear-most portion white.]
Actually, I did not see the Knot when I walked in, but it was there when I
passed by again at about 7 PM. Also there were at least 32 Semipalmated
Plovers. I also had about 2 likely juvenal-plumaged Western Sandpipers among
100 or so total, but my views were not 100% convincing.
At the salt pond north of the marsh, east of the bend in the levee, I
saw at least 23 Least Terns, including several juveniles. I'm sure that number
is conservative, since a number of them were distant flight views, and there
were some likely candidates on the surface in the distance as well, and perhaps
more out of my range. Oh, in case anyone wanted to ask, I left no tern stoned.
[That's now out of my system until next year - or maybe not.]
Cheers, Al
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From email@hidden Wed Jul 23 14:09:20 1997
Subject: osprey
On the way by SJ Airport at noon today I saw an OSPREY flying over the
Guadalupe River.
We were at Moss Landing the last 2 days, no rarities, but wonderful
display by adult CASPIAN TERNS at Pajaro River Mouth, fish-offering,
gaping, head bobbing, with young nearby (in front of the children!) Also
2000 or so ELEGANTS nearby. Also very large #s of SOOTY SHEARWATERS with
the near edge of the mass only about 100 yds past the breakers. I'd guess
about 50 thou, but that's a wild guess. No SANDERLINGS - late?
-- Tom Grey Stanford CA email@hidden
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From email@hidden Thu Jul 24 07:35:01 1997
Subject: Curlew Sandpiper at Crittenden Marsh in Mountain View (Santa Clar
a County)
All:
The CURLEW SANDPIPER found last night by Mike Rogers and Al Eisner was
still present this morning from 6:50 AM to 7:40 AM at the south-west
corner of Crittenden Marsh. Kathy Parker viewed the bird from 6:50 AM,
and I arrived at 7:10 AM. The bird did not allow good viewing until
7:23 AM when it became more active, and at 7:40 the bird flew with all
the others toward the north-east and out of sight. The bird may return
later in the day around high tide.
Also present were two RUDDY TURNSTONES which are seldom seen in Santa
Clara County. One of the two TURNSTONES had some white speckling along
the base of the wing like the one I found there on Monday evening.
Curlew Sandpiper details:
1) white lower belly
2) reddish brown breast and upper belly
3) white between the wing and upper belly and
breast
4) white supercilium
5) white rump (seen only by Kathy Parker while I was taking notes)
6) white under-wing
7) black feet and black curved bill
8) scaly back
9) zigzag walk
10) associated with Dowitchers
11) larger than the Western Sandpiper to its left and smaller than the
Dowitcher to its right
More details will be summated to David Blue as this is a REVIEW SPECIE.
Directions to Crittenden Marsh:
DeLorme, Northern California p 115, A5
>From US 101 take Shoreline Road North to Crittenden Lane, turn right and
park somewhere near the end around the Christmas Tree Farm. Walk up
to the levee and cross the bridge over the creek, turn left and head
north past the last building on the right. Crittenden Marsh is on the
next march on the right. The CURLEW SANDPIPER was about 500 feet out
from the levee. Since this was at dawn the best light was when the
clouds began covering the sun.
Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, USA, email@hidden
From email@hidden Thu Jul 24 07:35:01 1997
Subject: Curlew Sandpiper at Crittenden Marsh in Mountain View (Santa Clar
a County)
All:
The CURLEW SANDPIPER found last night by Mike Rogers and Al Eisner was
still present this morning from 6:50 AM to 7:40 AM at the south-west
corner of Crittenden Marsh. Kathy Parker viewed the bird from 6:50 AM,
and I arrived at 7:10 AM. The bird did not allow good viewing until
7:23 AM when it became more active, and at 7:40 the bird flew with all
the others toward the north-east and out of sight. The bird may return
later in the day around high tide.
Also present were two RUDDY TURNSTONES which are seldom seen in Santa
Clara County. One of the two TURNSTONES had some white speckling along
the base of the wing like the one I found there on Monday evening.
Curlew Sandpiper details:
1) white lower belly
2) reddish brown breast and upper belly
3) white between the wing and upper belly and
breast
4) white supercilium
5) white rump (seen only by Kathy Parker while I was taking notes)
6) white under-wing
7) black feet and black curved bill
8) scaly back
9) zigzag walk
10) associated with Dowitchers
11) larger than the Western Sandpiper to its left and smaller than the
Dowitcher to its right
More details will be summated to David Blue as this is a REVIEW SPECIE.
Directions to Crittenden Marsh:
DeLorme, Northern California p 115, A5
>From US 101 take Shoreline Road North to Crittenden Lane, turn right and
park somewhere near the end around the Christmas Tree Farm. Walk up
to the levee and cross the bridge over the creek, turn left and head
north past the last building on the right. Crittenden Marsh is on the
next march on the right. The CURLEW SANDPIPER was about 500 feet out
from the levee. Since this was at dawn the best light was when the
clouds began covering the sun.
Mike Feighner, Livermore, CA, USA, email@hidden
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From email@hidden Thu Jul 24 07:40:00 1997
Subject: Bay Calendar and Maine
I have posted Larry Tunstall's Bay Area Birding Calendar for July 24-25.
Sorry for the delay, but I was back East for a week. We did manage to run
up to Maine (300 miles from Boston) to Machias Seal Island to see the
nesting Atlantic Puffins, Razorbills, and Arctic Terns. We were very
fortunate with the weather, and were able to land on the island. The last
time we were in Maine we could not see the front end of our car.
It wasn't a good time to see inland birds, but we had good looks at a Pine
Warbler, and a few other more common species.
We spent a lot of time looking for Sharp-tailed Sparrows for the Easterners
along, but found none, but saw great habitat for them.
Kendric
South Bay Birders Unlimited (SBBU)
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds/
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From email@hidden Thu Jul 24 08:31:14 1997
Subject: Curlew Sandpiper
Mike Feighner and I refound the CURLEW SANDPIPER this morning, Thursday, at
the southwest corner of Crittenden Marsh in Mountain View. I arrived there
before dawn and found the bird roosting with a small goup of Dowitchers and
Long-billed Curlews. It finally woke up and showed its bill at 6;23. Mike
and I had about 20 minutes of it preening, including stretching so we could
see the white wing-linings, feeding, and then finally flying away at 6.40,
so we also aw the white rump. The bill is definitely curved down, but not
so much as in the National Geographic pictures. We also saw 2 Ruddy
Turnstones. They flew in at about 6:00 and were still there at 6:40.
Hurrah!! Kathy Parker
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From email@hidden Thu Jul 24 10:23:22 1997
Subject: Curlew Sandpiper not seen this morning
All,
Tried to find the CUSA this morning with no luck. Crittenden Marsh is quite
low on water and the mitigation pond was very low (and tide was still going
out). Might be best to try for the CUSA at high tide as it may return to
Crittenden marsh to rest. I had a high count of 48 Least Terns on the yellow
boom in salt pond A2E. About 60 percent of hte LETEs were adults. About two
hundred White Pelicans and several hundred egrets were nearby.
Good luck,
Bob Reiling, 11:25 AM, 7/24/97
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From email@hidden Thu Jul 24 14:40:27 1997
All,
Hoping to repeat Al Eisner's luck with a late-evening Red Knot at
Crittenden Marsh, I headed out from Shoreline at 6:00pm yesterday
7/23/97. There was a flock of 200 BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS feeding in
the overflow parking lot (mostly adult males and immatures - females
must still be hard at work searching for nests). Mixed in with the
flock were several EUROPEAN STARLINGS, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, and
MOURNING DOVES.
Scanning Crittenden Marsh failed to produce a Knot, but a roosting
BLACK SKIMMER was there (banded on the left leg with a wide yellow
band with black letters/numbers, banded on the right leg with a
narrower silver US Fish and Wildlife band). After a FORSTER'S TERN
started mobbing me, the SKIMMER joined in, circling around my head
calling. Later it started foraging in the northwest corner of the
marsh. I headed out to the Least Tern spot where the dike north of
Crittenden bends northeast but failed to see any Least Terns. Heading
back by Crittenden I was truly amazed to see a smaller red-breasted
shorebird at the southwest corner of the marsh at exactly 7:00pm, just
as Al had reported the day before. Just as I was getting ready to
tick my county year Red Knot the bird pulled its bill out of its back
and revealed itself to be an alternate-plumaged CURLEW SANDPIPER! I
spent the next half-hour scoping the bird with my KOWA TSN-4 (zoom
eyepiece) and recording a fairly complete description from distances
of as little as 25 yards.
The bird was roosting from 7:00pm to at least 7:28pm (still present
when I left) at the mud edge at the southwest corner of Crittenden
Marsh north of Moffett Field in Santa Clara County. On two occasions
the bird flew with a flock of WESTERN SANDPIPERS and SEMIPALMATED
PLOVERS around this area, but landed again both times. Much of the
time the bird was roosting with its bill buried in its back. The bird
was about 10%-20% larger than nearby SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, but only
about 2/3 the size (and less than half the bulk) of adjacent
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS. The bird appeared to be in nearly complete
alternate plumage, with bright chestnut-red face and underparts
extending to just behind the legs. The vent and undertail coverts
were white, although many of these white feathers had black
subterminal triangular marks on them. The white extended farther
forward on the bird on the flanks (the red color extended furthest
down the belly on the center of the bird). The red underparts were
quite clean, although at least one feather on the left rear flank had
two dark bars on it. Much finer dark vertical streaking was present
just in front of the shoulder at the sides of the breast.
Interspersed throughout the bird's red underparts were numerous white
feathers (about 20%?). The white feathers seemed to lie primarily
down the centerline of the breast and belly and at the sides of the
breast and flanks. The bird's face, including the areas behind and
below the auriculars, was the same chestnut-red