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20 May Re: Night-calling Pacific Slope Flycatcher [John Sterling ] 21 May Night-calling Pacific Slope Flycatcher ["Anthonius" ] 20 May RE: [SCBBA] Yellow-breasted Chat and more ["Eugene Hunn" ] 20 May Yellow-breasted Chat and more ["Lisa" ] 20 May "Life In the Wild" - Nature Photography Presentation (May 23rd, Thurs. 7PM) ["torusert" ] 20 May Greater White-fronted Goose at Ellis Creek [Len Blumin ] 20 May Purple Martins at Point Reyes ["rubys_oograah" ] 19 May Results: Annual Breeding Bird Survey Route in Sonoma-Napa Counties [Daniel Edelstein ] 19 May Ongoing Great-Tailed Grackle: Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, S. Rafael, Marin Co. [Daniel Edelstein ] 19 May yard Empid ["Ruth Rudesill" ] 19 May nesting Tricolored Blackbirds in SON and B&W Warbler in MRN [emilie strauss ] 19 May Marin Headlands 5/19/13 - MacGillivray's Warbler [Dominik Mosur ] 19 May Bolinas Lagoon this morning [Bob ] 19 May LATE FEMALE BUFFLEHEAD / COAST GUARD PETALUMA CA - 19 May 2013 ["Robert and Edie Jackson" ] 19 May Fledged scrub-jays and Juncos ["tfallsjim" ] 19 May Napa/Solano - 10 Black Swifts ["ericpilotte" ] 19 May Black Swifts ["vireocity" ] 18 May McEvoy Ranch Birding Trip ["woodduckschmuck" ] 17 May White-throated Swift - Petaluma, Sonoma County - 5/17/13 ["Alan Wight" ] 17 May Big Rock Lazuli and Grasshopper Sparrow [Len Blumin ] 17 May Spring Lake Alive with Bird Song ["Ctalcroft" ] 17 May Re: Contiuing Indigo Bunting, Mt. Burdell,Novato Ca. May 15 [Joseph Morlan ] 17 May Contiuing Indigo Bunting, Mt. Burdell,Novato Ca. May 15 ["Scott" ] 17 May Re: Fledgling Goldfinches [Monica Schwalbenberg-Peña ] 17 May Bullock's Oriole - Laguna de Santa Rosa - 5/15 ["teledude2000" ] 16 May Santa Rosa Creek Trail, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County - 5/16/13 ["Alan Wight" ] 17 May Fledgling Goldfinches ["gail_mac" ] 16 May Red Crossbills ["Peter" ] 16 May RE:VATH and RECR [Kathleen M ] 15 May VATH and RECR [Diane Hichwa ] 15 May Clarification: Hooded Oriole location ["Wings" ] 14 May KERN RIVER VALLEY AREA TRIP (12-14 May 2013) ["Robert and Edie Jackson" ] 14 May Pt. Reyes Brown Booby ["tonybriggs108" ] 14 May Doran RN Phalarope ["dmfreid" ] 14 May Rose-br Grosbeak Knights Valley ["Ruth Rudesill" ] 14 May Napa County birds [Dominik Mosur ] 14 May Pine Flat Road ["jared_hubbell1" ] 14 May Hooded Orioles and Black Headed Grosbeak ["Wings" ] 13 May Brown Booby yes at Pt Reyes ["Ruth Rudesill" ] 13 May 5/23 - Nature Photography Presentation - Sonoma - 7PM ["torusert" ] 13 May sonoma co. white-faced ibis, blue-winged teal ["tonybriggs108" ] 13 May Re: Marin: Evening Grosbeaks in Corte Madera 5-12-13, Remain 5-13-13 ["nickfromcm" ] 13 May Re: Cygents at Ellis Creek ["jared_hubbell1" ] 12 May RE: Black and Least Terns at Huichica - Napa Co. (5/11/13) [David Hamilton ] 13 May Black Swift- W.Sebastopol. ["Scott" ] 12 May Marin: Evening Grosbeaks in Corte Madera 5-12-13, Yard Bird #140! ["nickfromcm" ] 12 May Long-tailed Duck and Palm Warbler at Point Reyes ["jaegermaestro" ] 12 May RE: Black and Least Terns at Huichica - Napa Co. (5/11/13) [cdlou37 ] 12 May Mill Valley Birds and PRBO Proxy [Len Blumin ] 12 May AMOY?? ["Ken Burton" ] 12 May AMOY?? ["Ken Burton" ] 11 May Re: Sugarloaf Park last evening [Monica Schwalbenberg-Peña ] 11 May Black and Least Terns at Huichica - Napa Co. (5/11/13) ["sleepingcat5" ] 11 May Re: Sugarloaf Park last evening ["L. Broderick. WestCountyHawkWatch" ] 10 May Pt Reyes May 10 [John Luther ] 10 May Sugarloaf Park last evening ["Ruth Rudesill" ] 10 May Red Crossbills (LAKE) ["dhecomovich" ] 10 May Re: Missing picture in yesterday's ID inquiry ["tfallsjim" ] 10 May Missing picture in yesterday's ID inquiry [Diane Miller ] 10 May Re: Bird ID ["tfallsjim" ] 10 May Hooded Orioles at my feeder ["Wings" ] 9 May Bird ID [Diane Miller ] 10 May Cygents at Ellis Creek ["dianemillerphotog" ] 10 May Red-necked Phalaropes- Shollenberg ["Scott" ] 9 May Late CACKLING GOOSE / TWO ROCK VALLEY (Coast Guard Training Center) - 9 May 2013 ["Robert and Edie Jackson" ] 9 May Brown Booby [Burr Heneman ] 08 May Yikes Trikes! ["Peter" ] 7 May RE: Red-breasted Nuthatch and more [] 08 May FOY Bullock's Oriole ["tfallsjim" ] 7 May RE: Red-breasted Nuthatch ["Eugene Hunn" ] 07 May Be careful what you wish for... ["Anthonius" ] 07 May Red-breasted Nuthatch ["Anthonius" ] 6 May Huichica Least Terns/Sonoma Valley Swainson's Hawks et al. 5/6/13 [Dominik Mosur ] 07 May Re: Brown Booby, Pt. Reyes Lighthouse - 5/6/2013 ["todd_plummer_inverness" ] 6 May Yellow-breasted Chat at Muir Beach (Friday) [kathryn spence ] 06 May 2013 05 06 Sea Ranch [Diane Hichwa ] Subject: Re: Night-calling Pacific Slope Flycatcher From: John Sterling <jsterling AT wavecable.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 18:52:27 -0700 That is typical, especially during warm nights Sent from my iPad John Sterling 530 908-3836 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695 On May 20, 2013, at 6:49 PM, "Anthonius" wrote: > The resident Pacific Slope Flycatcher at my house in Sonoma Valley has been calling erratically, through at least 11:30 pm the last couple of nights. The calls are spaced at least 10 minutes apart, but are from the same spot in tree foliage he/she sits in the day. Anyone ever hear of such behavior? > > Anthony Cermak, Sonoma Valley > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Night-calling Pacific Slope Flycatcher From: "Anthonius" <cermaklaw AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 01:49:19 -0000 The resident Pacific Slope Flycatcher at my house in Sonoma Valley has been calling erratically, through at least 11:30 pm the last couple of nights. The calls are spaced at least 10 minutes apart, but are from the same spot in tree foliage he/she sits in the day. Anyone ever hear of such behavior? Anthony Cermak, Sonoma Valley ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [SCBBA] Yellow-breasted Chat and more From: "Eugene Hunn" <enhunn323 AT comcast.net> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:38:10 -0700 Lisa et al., Lisa, thanks for the hot tip. The CHAT was chortling, chatting, grunting, and hooting conspicuously at the appointed spot at 3:30 PM today (Monday, May 20). Not only that but there was A PAIR OF CHATS hanging out together at the spot, which is at the SE corner of the pond, which is about a 10 -15 minute stroll from the Occidental Road trail head parking lot, as per Lisa's directions below. They called initially from the willow thicket behind the east end of the Eucalyptus row past where the fence disappears into the tall grass below the pond dike around. But they then moved up into the young Valley Oaks and blackberries just below the trail. A perfect spot for chats. Gene Hunn Petaluma From: SCBBA AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:SCBBA AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lisa Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 1:54 PM To: SCBBA AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [SCBBA] Yellow-breasted Chat and more Hi atlasers, This morning I found a singing YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT along the Laguna de Santa Rosa trail near the pond. This trail is about a mile east of Sebastopol. It connects Highway 12 to Occidental Road and can be accessed from either end. The pond is about in the middle of the trail, but is probably a little closer to the Occidental Road end. There is a trail that circles the pond, and the chat was singing in the area where the chainlink fence meets up with a long row of tall Eucalyptus trees. The trailhead on Highway is about a quarter mile east of the Chevron Station, and the trailhead on Occidental Road is about a half mile east of the bridge of the Laguna (very rough estimates. Even more interesting, but not accessible to the general public is that I also found a pair of WILSON'S PHALAROPES in the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed. If you have any appropriate habitat in your block for phalaropes take a look this year, even if that block is done. It could be a good year for them. May 20, 2013 Lisa Hug Sebastopol, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Yellow-breasted Chat and more From: "Lisa" <lisahug AT sonic.net> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 21:09:51 -0000 Hi All, This morning (May 20, 2013)I found a singing YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT along the new Laguna de Santa Rosa trail near the pond. This trail is about a mile east of Sebastopol. It connects Highway 12 to Occidental Road and can be accessed from either end. The pond is about in the middle of the trail, but is probably a little closer to the Occidental Road end. There is a trail that circles the pond, and the chat was singing in the area where the chainlink fence meets up with a long row of tall Eucalyptus trees. The trailhead on Highway 12 is about a quarter mile east of the Chevron Station, and the trailhead on Occidental Road is about a half mile east of the bridge over the Laguna (very rough estimates). Even more interesting, but not accessible to the general public is that I also found a pair of WILSON'S PHALAROPES in the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed. I believe they may be interested in nesting in that location. Also in that location was a leucoparia ALEUTIAN CACKLING GOOSE. I believe the bird is recovering from an injury and so is left over from the winter. Lisa Hug Sebastopol, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: "Life In the Wild" - Nature Photography Presentation (May 23rd, Thurs. 7PM) From: "torusert" <sonomanature AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 16:04:09 -0000 Suzi Eszterhas is an award-winning wildlife photographer and fellow of the prestigious International League of Conservation Photographers. Based in California, she spends nine months of the year in the field, documenting wildlife from the poles to the tropics. Eszterhas is well known for her unprecedented work with newborn animals, much of which has been published in Smithsonian, Ranger Rick, National Geographic Kids, BBC Wildlife and Your Big Backyard. Her photograph of an Adelie penguin was featured on the front cover of TIME for the magazine's iconic "Climate Change" issue. The nature lecture is sponsored by Sonoma Birding and Sonoma County Regional Parks. Location - 126 - 1st Street West, Sonoma, 95476. Donation $5.00 at door. visit - sonomabirdeing.com for more information. tom rusertsonoma, ca. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Greater White-fronted Goose at Ellis Creek From: Len Blumin <Len.blumin AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 07:57:11 -0700 Lot of Canada Geese at Ellis Creek yesterday, including scads of goslings. On the middle pond a single Greater White-fronted Goose was swimming near the Canada Geese. Perhaps it will stay, since the Canada Geese do not seem inclined to leave. The other bird of possible interest there was a very white Mute Swan cygnet, standing out in stark contrast to its gray siblings. Bare parts and eye looked normal, and it foraged like the others. White-Fronted Goose: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenblumin/8758262668/in/photostream/ Aberrant Mute Swan cygnet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenblumin/8758299958/in/photostream Cheers, Len Blumin, Mill Valley, California len.blumin AT gmail.com Swaro 80 HD, 30X, DCA, Nikon V1, 10-30mm zoom http://lenblumin.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickriver.com/photos/lenblumin/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Purple Martins at Point Reyes From: "rubys_oograah" <rubys_oograah AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 03:50:19 -0000 This evening, as the sun was getting low, I saw a small flock of PURPLE MARTINS above the pond on the Muddy Hollow at Point Reyes. There were about a dozen birds swooping over the pond, their deep purple-black plumage glittering in the golden light, and FYI that valley looks quite lovely at that time of day. On the same trail, I also saw an OSPREY, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEES, a DOWNY WOODPECKER and a NORTHER FLICKER, SONG SPARROWS, a BEWICK'S WREN, TREE SWALLOWS and BARN SWALLOWS, about a million AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, and several uncooperative hummingbirds. But I didn't see the Brown Booby at the lighthouse. Foo. Karen Kienitz Davis (temporarily Inverness) ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Results: Annual Breeding Bird Survey Route in Sonoma-Napa Counties From: Daniel Edelstein <danieledelstein AT att.net> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 20:29:15 -0700 5/19/13 Today, my 13th annual Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) (USGS coordinated) via Trinity Rd. and Howell Mtn. Rd. yielded some interesting "seasonal sightings/local occurrence species" among the 50 point count stations I visit each year. To wit: 11 of 50 of my 5-minute stops (along the 25-mile route) hosted ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER… 5 of 50 yielded CASSIN'S VIREO… On 4 of 50, I detected WARBLING VIREO… WESTERN TANAGER was present at 3 of the 50… WILSON'S WARBLER was heard and seen at 2 of 50… Last, but definitely not least…..and making its premiere appearance, but as a singer only, BLACK-THROATED GRAY was heard at 1 of 50 points. The dawn chorus near Glen Ellen was glorious and Worth The Price of Submission for getting up at 4:30 am to get to point # 1/2 hour before sunrise. Cheers, happy spring indeed, Daniel Edelstein www.warblerwatch.com http://warblerwatch.blogspot.com (my six-year-old warbler-centric blog site) 415-382-1827 (Office & FAX #) 415-246-5404 (Cell) 12 Kingfisher Court Novato, CA 94949 (Bay Area, Marin County) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ongoing Great-Tailed Grackle: Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, S. Rafael, Marin Co. From: Daniel Edelstein <danieledelstein AT att.net> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 20:19:53 -0700 5/19/13 as Gallinas Wildlife Ponds, S. Rafael, Marin Co. On the south-southwest corner of Pond #1, today I heard, then saw a GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE that's been present here for a good spell of time. Regards, Daniel Edelstein www.warblerwatch.com http://warblerwatch.blogspot.com (my five-year-old warbler-centric blog site) 415-382-1827 (Office & FAX #) 415-246-5404 (Cell) 12 Kingfisher Court Novato, CA 94949 (Bay Area, Marin County) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: yard Empid From: "Ruth Rudesill" <ruthier AT sonic.net> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 20:15:08 -0700 Late this afternoon, I was relaxing on my deck watching the bird feeders when I heard a call of an Empidonax flycatcher that was not my resident Pacific-sloped. I also know it wasn't a Western Wood-pewee either which can make a variety of sounds. The call was a "ch-buk" rather like a Least Flycatcher. Knowing that's a remote possibility I listened really hard and figured out it was most likely a Willow. (Listening to the calls on a CD also sounded like that species.) Never got a good look at the bird but the face seemed plain. There was a flock of mixed species moving through my little forest at the time, so it was most likely moving on with them. Earlier in the day, my resident Black-headed Grosbeak was singing and what a great sound! Ruth Rudesill Kenwood Sonoma Valley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: nesting Tricolored Blackbirds in SON and B&W Warbler in MRN From: emilie strauss <dp_eas AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 19:22:05 -0700 (PDT) Today, Rusty Scalf located a colony of Tricolored Blackbirds on our Sonoma Atlas block.  This is our 3rd year working our block so this was a happy surprise. The trike pond is just east of Lakeville Hwy. a couple miles N of Hwy. 37, and just north of a large gate marked "Gate 9".  Traffic is heavy here so please be careful.  Early in the am, there were hundreds (400? 500?) trikes moving back and forth over the highway foraging in the nearby hayfields.  Rusty likened the activity to a buzzing beehive. Another surprise was singing Grasshopper Sparrows.  This activity was in another well-visited part of our block.  Continuing on (new) Lakeville Hwy, go North of the trike pond about a mile; just north of the jxn. with Old Lakeville Hwy. turn west onto a well-marked narrow paved road to the Sonoma Horse Park.  The birds were about a half mile west just before (and north of)  a hairpin turn and near some beehives. There was also a pair of Golden Eagles circling overhead. Yesterday morning Mary Ann Flett and I located and saw a singing male Black-and-White Warbler on the Earthquake Trail in Bear Valley in Point Reyes National Seashore.  This is near Olema.  Other birders relocated the bird later in the day. Emilie Strauss [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Marin Headlands 5/19/13 - MacGillivray's Warbler From: Dominik Mosur <polskatata AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 19:05:00 -0700 (PDT) Took the family for a short hike along the Coastal Trail in the headlands today, from the trailhead near the roundabout (Conzelman X McCullough)for about a mile or so. Best was a singing MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER in the 2nd canyon below the trail (about 5 minutes brisk walk from the trailhead, directly above the McCullough housing area.) Lots of willow/blooming Cow Parsnip in the area. Other notables: multiple singing ORANGE-CROWNED/WILSON'S WARBLERS, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and a SWAINSON'S THRUSH. Dominik Mosur San Francisco http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominikmosur/ ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bolinas Lagoon this morning From: Bob <bigfootbob AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 13:34:05 -0700 Hi NBBers, Adam Donkin and I birded Bolinas Lagoon this morning. Shorebirds included 8 Marbled Godwits and 6 Dunlin. Still quite a few Brant around with 96 observed. Raptors included 2 Peregrine Falcons and 3 (maybe 4) Osprey. Most unusual species was Common Merganser, of which there were 3. Good birding, Bob Battagin Woodacre Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: LATE FEMALE BUFFLEHEAD / COAST GUARD PETALUMA CA - 19 May 2013 From: "Robert and Edie Jackson" <edienrobert AT att.net> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 11:12:21 -0700 Very late sighting this morning of a single female Bufflehead on the Rec Pond on the Coast Guard Training Center. I'll watch to see if it stays around, I didn't see it on a walk yesterday. Robert Jackson Petaluma, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Fledged scrub-jays and Juncos From: "tfallsjim" <lbviman AT blackfoot.net> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 17:15:31 -0000 There are at least two each fledgling juncos and scrub-jays at parent's home in San Rafael for a week now, and about two weeks past when Oak titmouse pair brought in some of theirs - Jim Greaves ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Napa/Solano - 10 Black Swifts From: "ericpilotte" <pilot AT alum.dartmouth.org> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 16:32:01 -0000 Murray Berner, Roger Muscat, and I were observing songbird migration near the Napa/Solano border this morning and had 10 Black Swifts between 6:30am and 8am. Just want to get this out there as it seems like a good day for seeing Black Swifts. First flock of 2 came through at 6:35am, then a flock of 3 came through at 7:10am, then 4 more at 7:48am, with a final one flying through at 7:55am. The Blue Ridge between Solano and Napa was great last year at this same time for seeing Black Swifts, with multiple reports from the top of Mix Canyon. The birds seem to fly directly north and were not far above the ridge at eye level. I would think anywhere on the top of the Blue Ridge from Gates Canyon to Mix Canyon would be a great spot to potentially see Black Swifts moving through. Eric Pilotte Benicia, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Black Swifts From: "vireocity" <vireocity AT hotmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 16:24:09 -0000 Birders, On schedule, 10 Black Swifts flew past a southeastern Napa Valley ridge Sunday 0630-0800. The ridge is private property but swifts might be found elsewhere, such as Blue Ridge Road northwest of Vacaville. For migrants, I hear tell mp 7.1-7.2 is a good spot on that road. Murray Berner Napa ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: McEvoy Ranch Birding Trip From: "woodduckschmuck" <kimberly.ventresca AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 20:06:52 -0000 This morning we went on a 2-hour birding tour of McEvoy Ranch on the Point Reyes-Petaluma Road led by Larry Kent. It was a small group, and we had some nice sightings for the day. Highlights included two vibrant male Lazuli Buntings perched atop some willows in between olive groves. Up in the palms above the garden we spotted one male Hooded Oriel. One male Bullocks Oriel was sighted in a Lombardi Poplar, and a pair of Bullocks Oriels were sighted in a willow. Anna's Hummingbirds were perched atop several cypress trees throughout the property, and one Allan's Hummingbird was sighted in the garden, feeding. A pair of busy Bushtits flew in and out of their low-slung nest hanging from a very visible redwood branch, not seeming to mind the ranch activity all around them. On the walk back to the cars, goslings and Mallard ducklings delighted the group, and two Green Herons swooped out of the poplars next to a pond and headed out over the olives. Other birds included: -Black Phoebes -Two barn owls peeking out of boxes -House Finch -Lesser Goldfinch -Coopers Hawk -Chipping Sparrows -Cliff, Tree and Barn Swallows -Brewers and Redwing Blackbirds -One adult and one juvenile Pied-Billed Grebe -Wild Turkeys -Spotted and California Towhees Kimberly ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: White-throated Swift - Petaluma, Sonoma County - 5/17/13 From: "Alan Wight" <shwand2 AT att.net> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 22:49:27 -0700 This evening (5/17/13) around 7 p.m., there was a single White-throated Swift flying with swallows by the US101 bridge over the Petaluma River in Petaluma. I saw many Cliff Swallows, including some going to nests on the bridge. I didn't see any caught in the nets on the underside of the bridge, but my stop was very brief so I didn't check all of the nets. Alan Wight Petaluma, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Big Rock Lazuli and Grasshopper Sparrow From: Len Blumin <Len.blumin AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:50 -0700 Greetings, NNB'ers- Did a quick pre-fielding walk this morning at Loma Alta (Big Rock, along Sir Francis Drake), heading south uphill for about a mile. Lazuli Buntings (2?) in their accustomed trees near the top of the grade, about .75 mi from the trailhead. Grasshopper Sparrow with bright yellow lores seen on the rocky outcrop west side coming back down, the spot where we used to see Horned Larks. The usual welcomed Lark and Savannah Sparrows, but altogether not very birdy. There will be a Marin Audubon Society walk there tomorrow (5/18), 9-noon. Cheers, Len Blumin, Mill Valley, California len.blumin AT gmail.com http://lenblumin.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickriver.com/photos/lenblumin/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Spring Lake Alive with Bird Song From: "Ctalcroft" <ctalcroft AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 18:38:30 -0000 I took a walk around Spring Lake the other day (May 14). Nothing unusual, but the whole place is alive with bird song at the moment. I SAW comparatively few birds, but the sound was amazing--particularly along the Fisherman's Trail and on the West Peninsula. BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS, HUTTON'S VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, OAK TITMOuSE, PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, and SONG SPARROW in particular. Otherwise, saw a pair of nesting ROBINs on the West Peninsula, and an ORIOLE that I got only a glimpse of that probably was a female Bullock's. Also just fledged DARK-EYED JUNCOs looking like very confusing sparrows..... Got a nice photograph of one of the PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERs that is now the front page photo on my website, if anyone wants to see it. http://www.colintalcroft.com/ Spring Lake is here: http://colintalcroft.com/Sonoma_County_Bird_Watching_Spots/Spring_Lake_Park,_Santa_Rosa.html Colin Talcroft Santa Rosa Sonoma County Bird Watching Spots http://www.colintalcroft.com/ ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Contiuing Indigo Bunting, Mt. Burdell,Novato Ca. May 15 From: Joseph Morlan <jmorlan AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 10:57:09 -0700 On Fri, 17 May 2013 17:39:15 -0000, "Scott" wrote: >Just a update on the gorgeous male Indigo Bunting on Mt.Burdell. He was seen and heard very easily perched atop A large Bay Laurel and Buckeye in same area described in earlier reports. Looks like he planning in staying, but it would be great to see how long. If you have bot seen a singing Indigo, this is your chance! Scott Carey, Sebastopol, Ca. Scott's photo of this bird is at... http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=596 Enjoy! -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA "It turns out we're very good at not seeing things" - Jack Hitt ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Contiuing Indigo Bunting, Mt. Burdell,Novato Ca. May 15 From: "Scott" <corvus8x AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 17:39:15 -0000 Just a update on the gorgeous male Indigo Bunting on Mt.Burdell. He was seen and heard very easily perched atop A large Bay Laurel and Buckeye in same area described in earlier reports. Looks like he planning in staying, but it would be great to see how long. If you have bot seen a singing Indigo, this is your chance! Scott Carey, Sebastopol, Ca. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Fledgling Goldfinches From: Monica Schwalbenberg-Peña <fieldsketcher AT gmail.com> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 08:36:11 -0700 I have them too, and it's early for here. Monica, Santa Rosa ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bullock's Oriole - Laguna de Santa Rosa - 5/15 From: "teledude2000" <teledude2000 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 07:17:23 -0000 Spotted a pair of Bullock's Orioles tending a nest near the pedestrian Bridge on the Laguna. Shouldn't be too hard to find. Just look for the bright yellow bird chasing all the Hawks away! Had a lovely fly-over by a red-tailed Hawk as a bonus. Not bad for a lunch-time walk! I also saw Western Kingbirds keeping the Crows on their toes. It must be spring! Happy Birding! -Andy Hudson ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Santa Rosa Creek Trail, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County - 5/16/13 From: "Alan Wight" <shwand2 AT att.net> Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 23:35:08 -0700 This morning (5/16/13) before work, I walked from Willowside Road to the gate at the east end of Delta Pond and back along the trail on the south side of Santa Rosa Creek. Access is off of Willowside Road in western Santa Rosa. There was a nice diversity of birds, including a few species I hadn't encountered yet this year (Western Wood-Pewee, Yellow Warbler, Vaux's Swift, Swainson's Thrush). No Yellow-breasted Chats seen or heard. Highlights were: Bald Eagle - 1 adult perched on a pole along the south side of Delta Pond Double-crested Cormorant - 17+ at the west end of Delta Pond that appeared to be on nests (a distant view with binoculars) at the known breeding colony there Gadwall - 4 Common Merganser - 1 Black-necked Stilt - 1, flying near Delta Pond American Avocet - 4, flying near Delta Pond Brush Rabbit - 1 Complete list is here: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14141612 Alan Wight Petaluma, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Fledgling Goldfinches From: "gail_mac" <gailmacmillan AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 04:33:12 -0000 It seems frightfully early, but I have fledgling Lesser Goldfinches here in Lucas Valley!?!? Isn't this uncommon? Gail Lucas Valley ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Red Crossbills From: "Peter" <peter_colasanti AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 19:09:58 -0000 Hi All, Went out early to the Point Reyes Lighthouse to see if I could see the Booby, but I couldn't even see the sea, so I birded my way back home. Stopped in at the foot of Mt. Vision Road and while I was there a flock of about 35 RED CROSSBILLS stopped in to work over a Bishop Pine for a few minutes. Can they really get anything out of those closed cones? When I've seen them in the area in years past, they seemed to be eating Toyon berries. Peter Colasanti Petaluma ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE:VATH and RECR From: Kathleen M <kamnick AT sonic.net> Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 08:46:11 -0700 Yes! I camped with friends over the weekend at Salt Point at the Woodside camping area. We saw a flock of about 17/18 Red Crossbills on the evenings of the 10th, 11th and 12th and on the morning of the 12th. I heard Varied Thrush on the mornings of the 10th and 11th. From what I read about the Crossbills, their presence is erratic at best--- they could be nesting in the north part of the county, but they nest all year so will be hard to pin down. (reference: A Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds by Baicich and Harrison) Kathleen M Sonoma 2. VATH and RECR Posted by: "Diane Hichwa" dhichwa AT earthlink.net Date: Wed May 15, 2013 11:28 am ((PDT)) The Red Crossbills are still around the same area on The Sea Ranch. First seen on May 6 and now on May 15. Also 2 different reports of late Varied Thrush, one seen May 8 and one today May 15. Diane Hichwa ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: VATH and RECR From: Diane Hichwa <dhichwa AT earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 11:28:17 -0700 The Red Crossbills are still around the same area on The Sea Ranch. First seen on May 6 and now on May 15. Also 2 different reports of late Varied Thrush, one seen May 8 and one today May 15. Diane Hichwa Email: dhichwa AT earthlink.net Telephone: 707-785-1922 (Sea Ranch) 707-483-3130 (cell) More Tail Wagging!!! Less Barking!! Millie 2007 ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Clarification: Hooded Oriole location From: "Wings" <daluz AT sonic.net> Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 04:35:57 -0000 Sorry if I omitted the location of the Hooded Orioles observed. They were in my backyard at 5626 Yerba Buena Rd. Santa Rosa. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: KERN RIVER VALLEY AREA TRIP (12-14 May 2013) From: "Robert and Edie Jackson" <edienrobert AT att.net> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 17:47:34 -0700 I just returned from a couple day visit to the Kern River Valley and nearby spots. The weather was quite warm for this time of year. It made for difficult birding conditions. Several posters know I took this trip, so thought I should post results. Personal Highlights: Fay Ranch Road: Lesser Nighthawk, Summer Tanager, Townsend's Warbler Bert's Park: Black-chinned Sparrow, Scott's Oriole, Golden Eagle Butterbredt Spring: Phainopepla pair, Sage Sparrows (some singing), many Wilson's Warbler (mostly females), Gray Flycatcher, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and others. My first site visit here and a bit of a drive from the highway, extraordinary oasis site in desert. Walker's Pass: 3 Jay species (Pinyon, W Scrub, and Stellar's), Gray Flycatcher, Green-tailed Towhee Misses: Didn't sight any Lawrence's Goldfinch, couldn't locate any LeConte's Thrashers (Jawbone Canyon), and no Plumbeous Vireo (Walker's Pass, PCT). Robert Jackson Petaluma, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Pt. Reyes Brown Booby From: "tonybriggs108" <tony.briggs108 AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 23:34:59 -0000 About 100PM today, May 14, I had the BROWN BOOBY under clear blue skies and very strong wind at the Pt Reyes lighthouse. It was on the rock directly below the observation platform. Tony Briggs Petaluma ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Doran RN Phalarope From: "dmfreid" <lemuria AT sonic.net> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 23:27:09 -0000 Had my first Red-necked Phalarope at Doran Park in Bodega Bay for this spring season. It was in their usual spot, the creek opposite the entry pond, at 7 AM. Yesterday around the same time there was a Black-necked Stilt in the entry pond. Although common at Shollenberger, I only see stilts in Bodega Bay once or twice a year. It was VERY windy yesterday and today. Dea Freid Sebastopol ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Rose-br Grosbeak Knights Valley From: "Ruth Rudesill" <ruthier AT sonic.net> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 13:21:07 -0700 Early this morning,Tuesday, I had a handsome flyover male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK in my Breeding Bird Atlas area. This was at the corner of Ida Clayton Rd and Hwy 128 in Knights Valley near Franz Valley Rd in Sonoma County. The bird was flying low and in perfect light. It kept moving on up Redwood Creek with another grosbeak that I didn't get much on. There are Black-headed Grosbeaks singing in the area too. I also had singing Yellow-rumped and Nashville Warblers in this area of pine flat (or more correctly fir flat) a lrage old stand of Douglas Firs. I did not relocate the Rose-br Grosbeak when I returned to corner later in the morning. Ruthie Rudesill Kenwood Sonoma Valley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Napa County birds From: Dominik Mosur <polskatata AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 12:37:31 -0700 (PDT) Yesterday (5/13/13) I hiked the Oat Hill Mine Trail from Calistoga up toward Palisades (~4.5 miles) starting at 8 a.m. and ending by 12:30 p.m. Near the lower part of the trail where the firs replace the oaks there was a singing HERMIT WARBLER and calling PILEATED WOODPECKERS. Upon reaching the chamise and rocky outcroppings I had a pair of LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCHES fly by heading south. Lots of the other expected species up there as well including several MOUNTAIN QUAIL, CANYON WRENS, a ROCK WREN, many RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROWS (carrying food), BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS etc. Despite the appropriate looking habitat I couldn't find any Bell's Sage Sparrows or California Thrashers, maybe too late in the season. Also got great looks at a WESTERN YELLOW-BELLIED RACER on the trail. Sunday (5/12/13) I checked the east side of the Napa River north of Yountville Crossroad. There were (2) CHIPPING SPARROWS still present in the area where Michael Park and I found first spring arrivals in mid-March so perhaps they are nesting here. Chipping sparrows were not confirmed in this area during the county atlas period. Both Sunday (early morning) and Monday (mid afternoon) I also checked the first salt pond at Huichica. LEAST TERN numbers varied between 4-8 but never got lucky with the Black Terns reported from this spot. There was a (m,f) pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the "restoration" pond in the NW section of Huichica Sunday morning. Most of the other ducks and shorebirds except local breeders are gone though. Dominik Mosur San Francisco http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominikmosur/ ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Pine Flat Road From: "jared_hubbell1" <jared.hubbell AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 05:49:51 -0000 On Pine Flat Road today, some birds I didn't see in mid-April included Western tanagers mixing with the Black-headed grosbeaks on the lower part of the road as well as a couple Say's phoebes. Pileated woodpecker at about mile 2. Chipping sparrow and Rufous-crowned sparrows at around mile 7. Jared Hubbell Petaluma ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Hooded Orioles and Black Headed Grosbeak From: "Wings" <daluz AT sonic.net> Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 03:51:56 -0000 The Hooded Orioles continue to visit my feeder. Today, a female Black Headed Grosbeak suddenly showed up at my backyard. A rare sighting in my neighborhood. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Brown Booby yes at Pt Reyes From: "Ruth Rudesill" <ruthier AT sonic.net> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 20:40:25 -0700 Got off work early to zoom out to Pt Reyes Lighthouse this afternoon. Good news: no fog Bad news: 50 mph gusts of wind. I had a clear sunny view of the Common Murre/Western Gull colony on the rocks below the fenced observation deck at the walkway to Pt Reyes Lighthouse (the stairs were closed due to wind...) If it hadn't been windy, I could've scoped the birds in about 10 minutes. With the wind , it was near impossible and it took me over an hour. But the BROWN BOOBY was there! It was on the island offshore, near a small group of Murres and Western Gulls on top. It had its back to me and was preening a while then settled into a dip (presumably out of the wind.) I could see its light feet, and had it not been windy, it would've been a pretty good view. Didn't see much else - Pigeon Guillemots, Brown Pelicans and cormorants on the lee side. Stopped at Fish Docks but it was windy there too; didn't find anything unusual. Brown Booby is bird species # 374 for Marin. Now if one would fly up to Bodega Head ! Ruthie Rudesill Kenwood SON [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: 5/23 - Nature Photography Presentation - Sonoma - 7PM From: "torusert" <sonomanature AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 20:11:43 -0000 May 23rd - Thursday 7:00PM Nature Photography - Life in the Wild Capturing the family life of endangered animals Suzi Eszterhas is an author and award-winning wildlife photographer. She photographs beautiful, mysterious and—sometimes—dangerous animals. In her career, Eszterhas has photographed wildlife in tropical rain forests, the Arctic Ocean and African savannas. She has followed bears, penguins, sea otters, lions, gorillas, cheetahs and many more. Eszterhas's photos can be found in books, major magazines and newspapers around the world. Nature Lovers and photographers will enjoy this special evening. In partnership with Sonoma County Regional Parks - Location 126 1st Street West, Sonoma, 95476. More information posted at www.sonomabirding.com or phone 707-939-8007. tom rusertsonoma,ca [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: sonoma co. white-faced ibis, blue-winged teal From: "tonybriggs108" <tony.briggs108 AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 18:39:12 -0000 This morning, May 13, there was one BLUE-WINGED TEAL male and one WHITE-FACED IBIS at the Hudeman Slough pond on Ramal Road. good birding, Tony Briggs Petaluma ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Marin: Evening Grosbeaks in Corte Madera 5-12-13, Remain 5-13-13 From: "nickfromcm" <eurohobby AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 16:01:42 -0000 Actually, the birds are still present today, but are very erratic at the feeders. Still, if anyone wants to try...phone 415-9270350. Appreciate your use of the internet or a map for directions. Thanks. Nick Whelan Corte Madera, CA --- In northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com, "nickfromcm" wrote: > > Around Noon today, Mother's Day, 2 adult female Evening Gosbeaks were at my feeders on the 400 block of Montecito Drive in Corte Madera. In spite of me putting out more sunflower seed, they don't seem to have remained, strangely, but if they become regular, I will again post. > > Finally up to Yard Bird #140, after a mere 19-1/2 years! Jazzed! > > Thanks. > > Nick Whelan > Corte Madera, CA > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Cygents at Ellis Creek From: "jared_hubbell1" <jared.hubbell AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 06:47:23 -0000 There are indeed cygnets at Ellis creek. I posted pictures of mom nesting on 4/17, (digiscoped because the distance) in the north middle pond and the happy family was in the same pond today, where you can see one of the cygnets determined to pull grass from mom's bill instead of getting their own. Behind me, in the live eucalyptus, you could often hear a pair of Western kingbirds and they flew out and did their graceful tumbling mating flight over the pond, though the sound of their calls while doing so is more like an old married couple bickering. They drove a red-shouldered hawk away from that tree as well, so I hope it's the one they're planning to nest in. There is also a kingbird pair in the eucalyptus tree to your right as you start on the trail to Schollenberger, out of Ellis creek and they drove a crow away from their tree. While standing under that tree, a Brewer's blackbird did it's ruff-out display over and over again over my head (posted a picture). Looking around to see why, there was a juvenile on the nearby cattails, who shares the same hairdresser as the Red-wing blackbird juvenile I saw in Schollenberger the day before (see pics). Happy birding Jared --- In northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com, "dianemillerphotog" wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if the swans have hatched their eggs yet? I'd love to see the little ones when they are really small. Discovered them last year after they were a month old or so. > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Black and Least Terns at Huichica - Napa Co. (5/11/13) From: David Hamilton <napabirders AT att.net> Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 22:39:32 -0700 (PDT) We arrived there around 3 pm 5/11.  We talked to a couple from Sonoma Co. who said they saw 1 Black Tern among the Least Terns.  However, we did not see a Black Tern, but there were at least 30 Least Terns!    Denise & David Hamilton Napa napabirders AT att.net --- On Sun, 5/12/13, cdlou37 wrote: From: cdlou37 Subject: RE: [NBB] Black and Least Terns at Huichica - Napa Co. (5/11/13) To: everettclark AT comcast.net, northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, May 12, 2013, 12:55 PM This morning, there were about 16 Least terns and no Black terns on the posts. Calvon D Lou SF Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: sleepingcat5 Date: 05/11/2013  4:28 PM  (GMT-08:00) To: northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [NBB] Black and Least Terns at Huichica - Napa Co. (5/11/13) I counted 6 Black Terns and 21 Least Terns at the big pond at Huichica Wildlife Area this afternoon between 1:30 and 2:30. The birds were mainly resting and vocalizing on the old stumps or posts that nearly bisect the big salt pond. They took occasional flight and came fairly close for some pretty good views with bins. You really need a scope to see their details when they are on the stumps in the middle of the pond. From the parking lot head straight out the dirt road bordered by the temporary black fencing until you reach the blue port-a-john and turn right. Hop over the black fencing and walk about 75 yards out the berm and you'll be in good viewing position. Dominick Mosur's posting from this location last week indicated that this area is under construction, and it sure looks like it is. The area is likely unaccessible Mon - Fri for now. Everett Clark Tiburon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe:  mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners:  mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website.  Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email.  Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery:  mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery:  mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Black Swift- W.Sebastopol. From: "Scott" <corvus8x AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 03:40:42 -0000 At about 7:58 tonight I had a single Black Swift heading north and feeding .It was about 300 ft high, but I saw it from my porch at treetop level. At first I thought it was a large bat but with binos, quickly ided it as a large swift,a all black one.unlike the smaller Vaux or White-throated,this bird was gliding a bit more with long straight wings that seemed to be less sickle shaped than white-throat. Besides gliding it also twinkled like other swifts.In less than a minute it was gone. It's that time to look up for these guys! Scott Carey, Sebastopol, Ca. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Marin: Evening Grosbeaks in Corte Madera 5-12-13, Yard Bird #140! From: "nickfromcm" <eurohobby AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 21:48:33 -0000 Around Noon today, Mother's Day, 2 adult female Evening Gosbeaks were at my feeders on the 400 block of Montecito Drive in Corte Madera. In spite of me putting out more sunflower seed, they don't seem to have remained, strangely, but if they become regular, I will again post. Finally up to Yard Bird #140, after a mere 19-1/2 years! Jazzed! Thanks. Nick Whelan Corte Madera, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Long-tailed Duck and Palm Warbler at Point Reyes From: "jaegermaestro" <jaegermaestro AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 21:28:28 -0000 Just a quick note from Point Reyes yesterday 5/11; there was a male LONG-TAILED DUCK in nearly complete alternate plumage among Surf Scoters on Drake's Bay near the Elephant Seal colony. Also the PALM WARBLER continued in the cypresses near the park residence below Chimney Rock trail. There were also at least 3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS singing among the Savannahs in the grasslands above the Chimney Rock parking lot. We spent a little over an hour midday at the Lighthouse and could not come up with the booby, but the fog only allowed intermittent views of the auk colony stacks. Dan Williams Carmichael ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Black and Least Terns at Huichica - Napa Co. (5/11/13) From: cdlou37 <cdlou37 AT comcast.net> Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 12:55:29 -0700 This morning, there were about 16 Least terns and no Black terns on the posts. Calvon D Lou SF Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: sleepingcat5 Date: 05/11/2013 4:28 PM (GMT-08:00) To: northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [NBB] Black and Least Terns at Huichica - Napa Co. (5/11/13) I counted 6 Black Terns and 21 Least Terns at the big pond at Huichica Wildlife Area this afternoon between 1:30 and 2:30. The birds were mainly resting and vocalizing on the old stumps or posts that nearly bisect the big salt pond. They took occasional flight and came fairly close for some pretty good views with bins. You really need a scope to see their details when they are on the stumps in the middle of the pond. From the parking lot head straight out the dirt road bordered by the temporary black fencing until you reach the blue port-a-john and turn right. Hop over the black fencing and walk about 75 yards out the berm and you'll be in good viewing position. Dominick Mosur's posting from this location last week indicated that this area is under construction, and it sure looks like it is. The area is likely unaccessible Mon - Fri for now. Everett Clark Tiburon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Mill Valley Birds and PRBO Proxy From: Len Blumin <Len.blumin AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 09:55:39 -0700 NBB'ers- Bird life in our back yard (Mill Valley, near the Library) has ebbed from many wintering sparrows down to a few breeding residents. The many Dark-eyed Juncos left a month ago, but a local pair are now feeding their first clutch of the year. Yesterday a male Nutthall's Woodpecker bathed and drank from a doggie dish, disdaining the more exposed birdbath. The Oak Titmouse bunch still take sunflower seeds and likely will have young soon. Other visitors include many House Finches, plus Mourning Dove and Band-tailed Pigeon (1), and a lone Chestnut-backed Chickadee. *If you are a member of PRBO *you likely received a proxy ballot recently, as well as emails urging you to complete and return the proxy statement (partial copy below). Some of you have asked what to do regarding the ballot, so here are some options, since it sort of relates to regional birding activity. Many of us are concerned that the PRBO membership has not been allowed a voice regarding the upcoming "Point Blue Conservation Science" name change. Four of us met (April 30) with E.D. Ellie Cohen and Board Pres. Ed Sarti, and specifically requested that the membership be allowed to vote on the name change at the upcoming Annual Meeting on June 5th. Our request was summarily denied, and some of the words used were "this is not a democracy". We feel that the members opinions are valuable, and need to be heard. The current PRBO proxy ballot offers an opportunity to at least indirectly send a message to the PRBO leadership and to the PRBO Board that you are not happy with the recent developments in the organization. A vote on your proxy to "*Withhold approval on all nominees*" will tell them that this is *not* business as usual, and that membership (and PRBO staff!) needs to be heard. Vote however your values move you, even if it might mean for the current election that qualified directors may have to wait a while for election to the Board. You may also consider the option of crossing out the names Ellie Cohen and Edward Sarti, and inserting the names Leonard Blumin and Patricia Blumin. Please initial any cross-overs. Mail your proxy before May 22nd. In future elections the members may choose to sponsor their *own*candidates for vacancies on the Board. But for now, whatever your feelings, vote! Please also consider writing to Ellie [ecohen AT prbo.org] and Ed [ riverhiker AT aol.com] and others to express your support or concern about recent events, if you haven't already done so. Hopefully some of you will attend the "informational meeting" on May 19th (see below). So far we have read a lot of about the name "Point Blue", and a new vision is going to help the organization move on to bigger and better things. For some of us the words rang hollow, and or even didn't seem to make sense. PRBO has achieved stunning success using the name Point Reyes Conservation Science. Why change now, and leave behind the rich heritage and the connection to a magnificent natural landscape? PRBO ("Point Reyes Bird Observatory" *remains* the legal name today, btw), with its talented staff and leadership, has been a leader in conservation science for decades, and its programs have enriched the lives of many supporters and lovers of the natural environment. We who are members of the "Yes or No on Point Blue" committee would like the organization to continue its fine work in a manner that respects the beliefs and value of it staff and members. From a PRBO email: Your 2013 PRBO proxy statement was mailed to you this week. Your vote is very important. Thank you for completing and returning your proxy as soon possible in the postage-paid envelope provided. PRBO file photo We hope you will also join us for an informational meeting on Sunday, May 19, 2013 from 10-11:30 AM at our Petaluma headquarters about our strategic priorities and our transition to *Point Blue Conservation Science*. RSVP if you plan to attend by emailing Nancy Gamble at ngamble AT prbo.org . Cheers, Len and Patti Blumin, Mill Valley, California http://lenblumin.blogspot.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: AMOY?? From: "Ken Burton" <shrikethree AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 08:26:26 -0700 Does anyone have any further information on the American Oystercatcher reported to eBird yesterday from the Pt. Reyes lighthouse by Daniel Thompson and John York? I don’t recognize the names and suspect they were referring to Black Oystercatcher, which is sometimes called American Black Oystercatcher (just to confuse people). Ken Burton Willits [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: AMOY?? From: "Ken Burton" <shrikethree AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 08:26:26 -0700 Does anyone have any further information on the American Oystercatcher reported to eBird yesterday from the Pt. Reyes lighthouse by Daniel Thompson and John York? I don’t recognize the names and suspect they were referring to Black Oystercatcher, which is sometimes called American Black Oystercatcher (just to confuse people). Ken Burton Willits [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:CALBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS Listowners: mailto:CALBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:CALBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Sugarloaf Park last evening From: Monica Schwalbenberg-Peña <fieldsketcher AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 19:26:56 -0700 And a beauteous lazuli bunting, and good food and company. Monica, Santa Rosa ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Black and Least Terns at Huichica - Napa Co. (5/11/13) From: "sleepingcat5" <everettclark AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 23:28:54 -0000 I counted 6 Black Terns and 21 Least Terns at the big pond at Huichica Wildlife Area this afternoon between 1:30 and 2:30. The birds were mainly resting and vocalizing on the old stumps or posts that nearly bisect the big salt pond. They took occasional flight and came fairly close for some pretty good views with bins. You really need a scope to see their details when they are on the stumps in the middle of the pond. From the parking lot head straight out the dirt road bordered by the temporary black fencing until you reach the blue port-a-john and turn right. Hop over the black fencing and walk about 75 yards out the berm and you'll be in good viewing position. Dominick Mosur's posting from this location last week indicated that this area is under construction, and it sure looks like it is. The area is likely unaccessible Mon - Fri for now. Everett Clark Tiburon ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Sugarloaf Park last evening From: "L. Broderick. WestCountyHawkWatch" <northcoastraptor AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 08:49:13 -0700 very nice, any age on the snake? did anyone get view of rattles? amazing Ruth cool stuff. last night had a Pileated Woodpecker 8:07pm in neighbors yard, sleepy hollow drive, santa rosa. also have a Bewicks Wren in the hood. love these guys, we have a good bird yard with a lot of natural foraging opps. and lastly, the Bullock's Oriole pair are very active in a large palm tree. Larry Broderick Santa Rosa On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Ruth Rudesill wrote: > ** > > > Yesterday evening, RROS -Redwood Region Ornithological Society- held a > meeting/potluck at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Kenwood. Since no one > reported the obervations, here they are: > > During the meeting, we looked up and saw a Red-tailed Hawk with a > Rattlesnake in its talons! It flew right over us. Never seen that before. > > We had great close looks at an Olive-sided Flycatcher (my fos) Heard Mt > Quail (on Sugarloaf Ridge) and several (3-4) Poorwill after sunset along > the Meadow Trail area. > > Sugarloaf is accessed from Hwy 12 in Kenwood, turn on Adobe Canyon Rd and > drive up to end. There is an $8 fee. > > Ruth Rudesill > Kenwood Sonoma Valley > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- *L. Broderick *~* * *West County Hawk Watch* ~ *Sonoma, Marin, Solano & the Lower Klamath Basin.* ** (info) *WestCounty HawkWatch: **http://westcountyhawkwatch.blogspot.com* (look) *Raptor photos:* *www.flickr.com/photos/west-county_hawk-watch* (join) *North Bay Hawks:* *http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NorthBayHawks* (join) *Jenner Hawk Watch* group:* * * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/headlandhawks* * * [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Pt Reyes May 10 From: John Luther <aplomado-falcon AT att.net> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 23:04:54 -0700 (PDT) Today at Pt Reyes there was a Brown Booby flying over the rocks seen by looking down from the fenced in viewing area above the lighthouse.  At the Fish Docks there was a singing Palm Warbler around the residence along with a male Myrtle (Yellow-rumped) Warbler.  There was lots of fog (on and off as it blew through) and wind at the lighthouse, but clear and almost no wind at the Fish Docks. John Luther Oakland [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Sugarloaf Park last evening From: "Ruth Rudesill" <ruthier AT sonic.net> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 21:15:38 -0700 Yesterday evening, RROS -Redwood Region Ornithological Society- held a meeting/potluck at Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Kenwood. Since no one reported the obervations, here they are: During the meeting, we looked up and saw a Red-tailed Hawk with a Rattlesnake in its talons! It flew right over us. Never seen that before. We had great close looks at an Olive-sided Flycatcher (my fos) Heard Mt Quail (on Sugarloaf Ridge) and several (3-4) Poorwill after sunset along the Meadow Trail area. Sugarloaf is accessed from Hwy 12 in Kenwood, turn on Adobe Canyon Rd and drive up to end. There is an $8 fee. Ruth Rudesill Kenwood Sonoma Valley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Red Crossbills (LAKE) From: "dhecomovich" <dheco AT me.com> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 21:37:17 -0000 This is an update on the continuing Red Crossbills since my April 23 posting of 1 male at my black-oil sunflower seed feeder on Hoberg Drive in Cobb. On the 26th I had 1 male and 1 female and on April 30 another male was added to the mix. Since then I've seen them for brief periods every day I've been home. On May 3 I had an immature with downy feathers which would indicate he has not been out of the nest long, and wonder if this would indicate breeding status in LAKE. Yesterday, May 9, I had a high count of the immature again as well as 5 adult males, 1 pale plus one very pale male which is either a pale adult or first-year male, 1 female and 1 immature for a total of 8 Crossbills. This morning I had at least 2 immatures and possibly 3. Any comments on the breeding patterns of Red Crossbills would be welcome. ~ Darlene Hecomovich Cobb - LAKE ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Missing picture in yesterday's ID inquiry From: "tfallsjim" <lbviman AT blackfoot.net> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 20:46:43 -0000 Diane - Thanks for link to your photo. Looks to me like Purple finch (likely female - note lack of white or partially white eye-ring, which would likely make it Cassin's). If you access northbaybirds at yahoo groups, look to left side of page, and open Photos - you can create your own! - Jim Greaves, San Rafael CA / Thompson Falls MT --- In northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com, Diane Miller wrote: > > Sorry, folks -- I didn't realize I couldn't attach a picture. Here's a link, but in the meantime several people have told me it's a female purple finch. > > Always appreciate the help I can get here. Still a lot to learn about birds. > > > http://www.dianedmiller.com/z-ID_J2A0567.jpg > > > Diane Miller > www.DianeDMiller.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Missing picture in yesterday's ID inquiry From: Diane Miller <dianemiller AT hughes.net> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 13:37:45 -0700 Sorry, folks -- I didn't realize I couldn't attach a picture. Here's a link, but in the meantime several people have told me it's a female purple finch. Always appreciate the help I can get here. Still a lot to learn about birds. http://www.dianedmiller.com/z-ID_J2A0567.jpg Diane Miller www.DianeDMiller.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Bird ID From: "tfallsjim" <lbviman AT blackfoot.net> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 15:56:36 -0000 Diane - Does the image I posted in my folder look like your bird - Jim Greaves, San Rafael [it was made earlier this year in Montana] --- In northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com, Diane Miller wrote: > > This bird has been at my feeders the last few days, seen along with House Finches, but the white areas on the face and bits of yellow feathers make me think it's something else. (Mark West Springs area, north of Santa Rosa.) Can anyone give me an ID? Thanks! > > > > Diane Miller > www.DianeDMiller.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Hooded Orioles at my feeder From: "Wings" <daluz AT sonic.net> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 04:55:47 -0000 A pair of Hooded Orioles have been visiting my nectar feeder for the past week at my northeast Santa Rosa residence. A couple of days ago there were two males and one female, so I have to presume there are two pairs around the neighborhood. I also checked out the area at south Stony Point Rd.(actually Whistler Ave) in Santa Rosa a couple of days ago for the observed Hooded Oriole by others. I did see one in the fan palm inside private property. It was too far away to photograph. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bird ID From: Diane Miller <dianemiller AT hughes.net> Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 21:12:25 -0700 This bird has been at my feeders the last few days, seen along with House Finches, but the white areas on the face and bits of yellow feathers make me think it's something else. (Mark West Springs area, north of Santa Rosa.) Can anyone give me an ID? Thanks! Diane Miller www.DianeDMiller.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Cygents at Ellis Creek From: "dianemillerphotog" <dianemiller AT hughes.net> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 04:05:54 -0000 Can anyone tell me if the swans have hatched their eggs yet? I'd love to see the little ones when they are really small. Discovered them last year after they were a month old or so. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Red-necked Phalaropes- Shollenberg From: "Scott" <corvus8x AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 03:51:19 -0000 Have not seen any reports of Phalaropes this spring in the Nortbay, so I wanted to report there were two at Sholleberg in Petaluma. They were seen on the southwest side .Also there were at least 70 Long-billed Dowitcher on northwest side.At least 4 Grrr-tailed Grackles between Shollenberg and Ellis creek .Also suprising was the number of Greater Scaup lingering.At least 40 with few Lesser Scaup as well.Took a quick look at Luchessi Park ,where the Ross Goose was easliy seen. Earlier in the day I had 5 singing Yellow Warblers at Willowside road. Last year I only had 2-3.Hope their numbers increase. No sign of Chats unfortuntly. Since they clearing of underbrush along the creek occurred, it degraded the habitat for the skulky chats. All for now, Scott Carey, Sebastopol, Ca. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Late CACKLING GOOSE / TWO ROCK VALLEY (Coast Guard Training Center) - 9 May 2013 From: "Robert and Edie Jackson" <edienrobert AT att.net> Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 19:29:52 -0700 I was surprised to spot a single Cackling Goose mixed with in a large Canada Goose flock in a ranch field adjacent to the USCG Training Center this afternoon. It looked to walk well, not sure of it's abilities to fly . I didn't see any leg bands on the bird. I'll keep an eye out to see if it hangs around. We have large numbers of Canada geese/goslings on the rec pond and numerous other adults flying in and out of the various fields feeding. The USCG fields are in the process of being mowed/harvested this week. Robert Jackson Petaluma, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Brown Booby From: Burr Heneman <burr AT igc.org> Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 16:01:40 -0700 I went to Kehoe Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore this morning. Saw nothing on the water -- no loons or grebes, no Pacific Grebes headed north. Watched a couple of ospreys head out off the coast and return with top smelt. All of a sudden there was another large bird making a move on an osprey with a fish. Put my bins on it and discovered it was . . . . the Brown Booby. I've seen boobies be the victims of aerial robbery countless times; this one really seemed to be pursuing the osprey for several seconds. I have a bad photo of the booby, which I'll post if I can figure out how to do it/ Burr Heneman ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Yikes Trikes! From: "Peter" <peter_colasanti AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 17:17:32 -0000 Hi All, At the Tolay Regional Park survey this morning Andy Lacasse and Elaine Pruett headed up East Ridge while I did the West Ridge. I don't yet know how they made out, but I had a pair of HORNED LARKS and later a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. In both cases, the birds permitted such a close approach prior to flushing that I got out of the truck to search for nests to be sure I wouldn't be squishing eggs. There was lots of activity of feeding birds, mostly Barn, Tree and Cliff Swallow quartering low over the grass in leap frogging flocks of a few dozen. On the return I found a flock of TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS, presumably new arrivals since I missed them on the trip south. They were mostly down in the grass and leap frogging too, which made it hard to get a good count of them. So I got out the camera and waited until they took wing in todo and I filled a few frames with pictures of flying birds that I could count on the monitor once I got home. My best estimate is 700 individuals for the entire flock. Peter Colasanti Petaluma ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Red-breasted Nuthatch and more From: ruthier AT sonic.net Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 21:58:33 -0700 I, too, have courting Red-breasted Nuthatches in my yard here in Kenwood still present. Will wait and see to finalize them to Breeding Bird Atlas data. Went to Solano, Yolo, and Sacramento counties today. In SOLANO County along Hwy 80 in Dixon saw a kettle of soaring birds - some Swainson's Hawks and a smaller darkish buteo. Broad-winged Hawk? Won't count it but it was sure looking like one. Also saw a buteo with a white-ish head on a hay bale along a busy road in Yolo County - Ferruginous or weird Red-tailed?Couldn't stop to check it out. Early this am, I did see one of the Lark Buntings found by Andy E yesterday along RD 106 in Yolo, accessed from Mace Blvd Davis (sorry Doug!)He had moved from his reported location yesterday and was in ditch vegetation near a young palm. The singing Grasshopper Sparrows were the best views I ever seen.(new county birds! almost to 200!) Sorry off County topic but I don't belong to Central Valley Birds group.. Ruth Rudesill Kenwood Sonoma Valley ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: FOY Bullock's Oriole From: "tfallsjim" <lbviman AT blackfoot.net> Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 00:16:47 -0000 This morning 07 May 2013, at my Mom's place, [a for me, FOY] Bullock's oriole flew overhead, then spent the day calling and foraging in tall trees nearby, unseen again. Still no warblers to mention (yellow-rumped, orange-crowned, and Townsend's now gone? No yellows or others) - Just local breeders in canyon south of Dominican college - Jim Greaves, San Rafael ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Red-breasted Nuthatch From: "Eugene Hunn" <enhunn323 AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 11:55:45 -0700 Anthony, Robert Jackson and I surveyed the US Coast Guard Training Center west of Petaluma yesterday for the SCBBA and heard several Red-breasted Nuthatches with at least on apparent pair. There lots of Monterrey Pines planted there which they seem to favor. Gene Hunn From: northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthonius Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 9:22 AM To: northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [NBB] Red-breasted Nuthatch Does anyone still have any of our irruptive Red-breasted Nuthatch hanging around? Mine have been gone several weeks. Anthony Cermak, Sonoma Valley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Be careful what you wish for... From: "Anthonius" <cermaklaw AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 16:26:52 -0000 This last Winter, I thought it would be neat if the frequent visitor to my yard here in Boyes Hot springs/Agua Caliente, a Pileated Woodpecker, would nest. Well, they seem to (still looking for the hole), and now I am awoken to their constant calling before dawn. What's worse, a couple of mockingbirds seem to like to echo the call...at least they're not doing the woody-woodpecker thing to my house or trees too much! Anthony Cermak, Sonoma Valley ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Red-breasted Nuthatch From: "Anthonius" <cermaklaw AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 16:21:32 -0000 Does anyone still have any of our irruptive Red-breasted Nuthatch hanging around? Mine have been gone several weeks. Anthony Cermak, Sonoma Valley ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Huichica Least Terns/Sonoma Valley Swainson's Hawks et al. 5/6/13 From: Dominik Mosur <polskatata AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 23:27:53 -0700 (PDT) On my way up to Napa this morning I stopped on HWY 121/Arnold just north of the Tolay Creek crossing to watch (3) SWAINSON'S HAWKS soaring over a hayfield being mowed on the east side of the road. There were two intermediate/dark and one light morph. I did not see these birds again when driving back through the area 4.5 hours later. I then birded Huichica Creek WA (accessed from south end of Buchli Station Road) in SW Napa County. A minimum of (7) first-arrival LEAST TERNS were noisily flying around over the big salt pond ~.25 mile south of the parking lot. Many of the other ponds are now dry/quickly drying up and duck/shorebird numbers were way down from the last time I checked this area 4/28. However there is still enough habitat for something good too show up. Please note that the trail leading from the parking lot to the salt pond is "an active construction site" M-F until June per the Sonoma Water Agency personnel I spoke to. I managed to bypass the area they are working in (installing a water line to deliver recycled water to the ponds at the Widlife Area) before they got started. Dominik Mosur San Francisco ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Brown Booby, Pt. Reyes Lighthouse - 5/6/2013 From: "todd_plummer_inverness" <plumtodd AT gmail.com> Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 06:07:34 -0000 Thanks for the tip, Mark. I made it out to the lighthouse around 7:15 this evening. I saw several pelicans in the area, and on the northeast most rock - just cormorants. But after a few minutes, a really large all-brown bird flew in - the BOOBY - wingspan much larger than the nearby western gulls, long dark bill. It circled and landed on one of the big rocks near the lighthouse just out from the largest murre cluster. A pair of tourists showed up and it turned out to be a couple on their 30th anniversary out from Boston on vacation. They were pretty happy to see a giant brown booby - and the big jellyfish raft and several thousand murres got em quite excited, too. Also observed quite a few guillemots, maybe three rhinoceros auklets, and a raft of something small and dark - probably eared grebes. I saw several birds flitting in the cypresses, but most turned out to be house and goldfinches. I heard a whooping female SPOTTED OWL but could not tell exactly where she was - seemed to be downhill from the main cypress stand. I did not have time to visit the willows or fish docks before night fell into the sea. Todd Plummer Inverness --- In northbaybirds AT yahoogroups.com, "mttammark" wrote: > > NBBers, > > I found an immature BROWN BOOBY at the Pt. Reyes Lighthouse, today, 5/6/2013. The bird was perched on the northeastern-most rock visible from the fenced viewing area at the top of the Lighthouse stairs. Jeff Miller joined me, and for over half an hour we observed the bird, which was stationary, aside from some occasional preening. The upper side of the Brown Booby is nearly uniform brown, with some paler buffy brown in the wing coverts. The bill appears gray-blue. The upper side of the tail/rump was solid brown. The feet appear very pale yellow, almost white. > > The southeasterly winds and unsettled weather overnight may have contributed to the good diversity of bird species at the Outer Point today. Also at the Lighthouse were RHINOCEROS AUKLET, LAZULI BUNTING and CHIPPING SPARROW. At the Stallcup Willows (a.k.a. "New Willows") were INDIGO BUNTING, BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, YELLOW WARBLER, and WARBLING VIREO. At the Fish Docks were BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, CASSIN'S VIREO and TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE. > > Good birding. > > Mark Forney > Larkspur, CA > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Yellow-breasted Chat at Muir Beach (Friday) From: kathryn spence <kathrynspence AT att.net> Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 22:16:55 -0700 Hi, I found a singing YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in some Twinberry bushes at Muir Beach on Friday around 11.. After parking in the Muir Beach lot and walking over the long bridge, I turned left away from the beach. It was about half way down to the intersection of the 2 trails, about halfway up the hill with coastal scrub on the right-hand side. Also saw some Large Marble butterflies and a Green Heron there. Sorry for the late post. Kathryn Spence ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: 2013 05 06 Sea Ranch From: Diane Hichwa <dhichwa AT earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 06 May 2013 17:30:13 -0700 An interesting day: on the Gualala River at Twin Bridges: Northern Rough-winged Swallows and Purple Martin near The Sea Ranch air strip: 4 Purple Martins where they regularly roost on a dead tree and have used it to nest in the past, Olive-sided Flycatcher singing (as it has been since 4/29), and at least 4 Red Crossbills feeding in the top of a fir. And what appeared to be a Rufous Hummingbird--no sign of any green. Diane Hichwa Email: dhichwa AT earthlink.net Telephone: 707-785-1922 (Sea Ranch) 707-483-3130 (cell) More Tail Wagging!!! Less Barking!! Millie 2007 ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:northbaybirds-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/ Listowners: mailto:northbaybirds-owner AT yahoogroups.com Please do not post "Out of Office" messages to NorthBayBirds. For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:northbaybirds-normal AT yahoogroups.com