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L McC turns 100
Gil Ewing
Hello fellow birders
I could be risking my future access to CV Birds by posting something not involving a rare bird report, but this one time is worth the risk. Please congratulate Louise McCullough, the Grande Dame and Queen Mother of Sacramento birding, on reaching her 100th birthday. Fantastic!!! Gil Ewing Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., CA
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Least Terns back at Sacramento Reg WTP (search opportunity)
Chris Conard
Hi folks, For the 10th time in the past 12 years, Least Terns are nesting at the Sacramento Regional WTP in Elk Grove. The site has restricted access, but I'm looking to arrange a few chances to see them. Please let me know by e-mail if you're interested (and times that you are free) and I'll send directions and details. The first chance will be 10am tomorrow (6/2). Only one pair of this typically colonial species has nested each time, though a second pair was observed earlier this week. They nest in gravel roads between treatment ponds. Details on the establishment of this nesting site are here: http://www.cvbirds.org/bulletin/downloads/volume-12/ Chris Conard Sacramento
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RFI about a Placer County hotspot
I was wondering about parking for the Linda Creek Open Space in Roseville. It’s not too far from my mom’s house and I’d like to bird it when I come down to visit her. Where does everyone park to access it? I was thinking of parking at Maidu Regional Park and walking back to it, but if there is a better access point, I’d like to know. Thanks!
Michele Swartout Red Bluff “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.”- John Muir
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Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area is OPEN
Steve Hampton
I just got a call from Mary Schiedt, who's away from her computer at the moment. The news: at long last all the repairs are done and the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area is OPEN!!! I have no idea what the water levels are-- and too late for most of spring migration, but nevertheless everything should be checked. Also, don't forget to look for Grasshopper Sparrows down around Lot H; they've bred in that area before. I have a simple map at http://www.tertial.us/yolobirds/yolo.html. good birding, Steve Hampton Davis, CA
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chat and Nashville warbler at Sacramento Bypass
Michael Perrone
This morning along the north levee of the Sacramento Bypass, a yellow-breasted chat was singing continuously from near the top of a set of bare snags about 100 yards east of where the road makes a sharp turn and leaves the levee. This behavior suggests a territorial bird. A bit west of the chat, a Nashville warbler sang occasionally. This species is irregular (that is, not every year) in Yolo County in late May. For a male to be here this late offers the possibility that it was a vagrant of the eastern race. Michael Perrone Davis
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green-tailed towhee at Grasslands Regional Park, Yolo Co.
Michael Perrone
A green-tailed towhee was at the park at about 9:45 AM today, May 28, foraging at the edge of the wide central path that separates the two archery ranges north of the headquarters area. It was near the south end of the path, at first with Swainson's thrushes and a robin, then by itself. There are two prior spring records for Yolo County, in mid- and late May. Michael Perrone and Sonjia Shelly Davis
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Cosumnes River Preserve / White Slough (PAAS Field Trip report)
I led my Palo Alto Adult School birding class to Cosumnes River Preserve yesterday, for a morning of birding. We began on the marsh trail, then crossed the road and returned to the visitors center by way of the river trail and adjacent meadow.
Highlights were the numerous SWAINSON’S HAWKS that were seen in both dark and intermediate morphs. The Swainson’s Hawks outnumbered the RED-TAILED HAWKS by at least 3-to-1, which is especially fun for our South Bay group! We admired three WOOD DUCKS in the large pond between the rail road tracks and visitors center—two brilliant males, and one female. There was also a single male BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the same area. Along the south end of our loop we saw one CATTLE EGRET in full breeding plumage, and conveniently positioned beside both SNOWY and GREAT EGRET for comparison. We continued a bit south toward the dead end of the trail and saw nesting NUTTALL’S WOODPECKER, heard PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, and WARBLING VIREO. We had our lunch on the visitors center balcony, hoping to study the Hummingbirds at the feeders, but the feeders were empty. Luckily, the flowers along the pavement were attracting birds and we saw several ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRDS and two BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS. After the class broke up, two cars wished to visit White Slough on their way home. There we spent just enough time to locate BLUE GROSBEAK in the meadowy area near the first pond. It was a first summer male, singing and calling, but lacking the full blue breast. Instead, it showed a buffy breast that at first made it looks a bit like a Western Bluebird. A second BLUE GROSBEAK called from the trees near the cars. A single SWAINSON’S THRUSH called from the dense cover near the parked cars, but eluded view. YELLOW WARBLER was briefly seen here as well. Matthew Dodder Mountain View
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Re: Black Swift- Carmichael, CA 5/21/19
I thought I was seeing things at first, but I had 2 fly over me while out at Paynes Creek Wetlands this evening.
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Michele Swartout Red Bluff "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." - John Muir.
On May 21, 2019, at 18:34, Clifford Hawley <yellowhammerCA@...> wrote:
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Birder Survey
Birders, Please take a few minutes and take this online survey about birders developed by Terry Rich. I just did and it is relatively easy and quick as far as surveys go. thanks, John
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Black Swift- Carmichael, CA 5/21/19
Clifford Hawley
Hi CV birders,
About 20 minutes ago I had a Black Swift in Carmichael over the soccer fields just south of the Koobs Nature Area between Engle and Gibbons and west of Garfield Ave. I have been scanning the skies all day because the other times I've found Black Swift was during this kind of unsettled weather. The very large, all-dark swift was riding the winds without much flapping. I only saw a few shallow wingbeats. It passed over the Koobs Nature Area and headed north. Good luck and good birding. Cliff Hawley Sacramento, CA -- Clifford Hawley
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Sutter County
Matt Forster
Early afternoon today, I received a call from my mom saying she thought she had a adult male, Rose-breasted Grosbeak at her feeder outside of Meridian in Sutter County. Living in Chico, a little more than an hour away, I jumped in my car and immediately called Stuart Angerer who lives right across the river from my parents.
About twenty minutes out from the location, Stuart confirmed the sighting. I arrived and heard the song as soon as I stepped out of the car, then confirmed it 20 minutes later with a visual. Since 2:30pm, the bird has been continuously singing and visiting the feeder in the chicken pen every 20-30 minutes. My parents are happy to accommodate anyone that would like to try for the bird. You can park in the front of there house and walk around the north side to the back of the property where the feeders are. Email me directly for the address or check my eBird checklist: findforster@.... Matt Forster Chico, CA
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Glossy Ibis Woodland WTP
Mark Stephenson <markstephenson4106@...>
Hi all; today Lucas Stephenson found a Glossy Ibis at Woodland WTP with photos at the pond past where there’s a sign that states no Birder Vehicles past this point. We have posted an eBird checklist of the sighting. We studied this bird carefully with Lucas Corneliussen and Joseph Zeno. Very north east side of the water treatment plant in an ephemeral pond.
Good Luck&Happy Birding Mark&Lucas Stephenson
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Fw: [CVBirds] northern parula at Grasslands Park
Michael Perrone
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From: michaelperrone10@... [central_valley_birds] <central_valley_birds-noreply@...> To: "central_valley_birds@..." <central_valley_birds@...> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019, 1:29:47 PM PDT Subject: [CVBirds] northern parula at Grasslands Park This morning Grasslands Park in Yolo County was very birdy, including a sporadically singing northern parula, first found near the southeast corner of the wooded area, and later (about 10 AM) just north of the headquarters/park host building. Given that amount of travel, it could be anywhere in the park by now. Michael Perrone & Sonjia Shelly Davis __._,_.___
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Sacramento Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Following Gil Ewing’s suggestion, I checked out the night-heron rookery in south Sacramento tonight and saw 1 and maybe 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons fly to the west from the rookery trees at 8:15. One for sure with slighter build and leg extension beyond the tail. The second bird looked good but was not absolutely positive as I didn’t get a long enough look.
John Sterling VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695 PO Box 1653 Woodland, CA 95776A 530 908-3836 jsterling@... www.sterlingbirds.com
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Re: Strategy to see the continuing Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Sacramento
Paddlegal
Fantastic! Thanks for the info and your determination. I'll give it another try.
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Farley Sacramento CA
On May 11, 2019, at 11:12 PM, Gil Ewing <gewing1@...> wrote:
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Strategy to see the continuing Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Sacramento
Gil Ewing
Hi all, The Yellow-crowned Night-Heron is still present. After totaling more than 6 hours of trying, this evening I finally got a brief view of the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron discovered and photographed by Carol Livingston on May 8 at the Waterford Cove Apartment rookery in Sacramento’s Pocket Area. The bird was the 243rd night-heron flying out from the redwoods after sundown. During evening daylight hours one would never have known there were more than than couple of dozen night-herons in the redwoods, as few were visible, were it not for the constant gurgling chatter emanating from high up there. However, at 7:45PM, I noticed a few night-herons trickling out and flying west, into the west wind (into the direction of the Sacramento River and Babel Slough), at the rate of only about 2 per minute at first. So I stationed myself on the west side of the area at the corner of Cutting Way and Lanyard Court, to view and count the herons, all of which were flying westward over or by my location. It was getting too dark to try photography, but the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was finally spotted at 8:23 PM, before it got too dark to see well enough. See attached eBirdchecklist for more info (but no photo of the rarity). On an earlier visit, I found the herons were much more active and visible at dawn than they had been in the evening today. Maybe that could be a good time to detect this rarity in better light. Good luck. Gil Ewing Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., CA ______________________________________ Waterford Cove Apartments heron rookery, Sacramento, California, US May 11, 2019 5:18 PM - 8:30 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.4 kilometer(s) Comments: Sunny, 82 degrees at start, until well after sundown, dipping to 74 degrees, with a steady, building west wind. For the first two hours twenty minutes I saw fewer than two dozen night-herons in the trees, but at 7:45 PM they started to trickle out from the redwoods. All of them were flying westward, so I stationed myself at the corner of Cutting Way and Lanyard Court to study them as they flew out. They were flying out at only the rate of about 2 a minute at first, but as the light was fading the rate increased. 29 species Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 2 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 9 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)) 2 Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 6 Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 2 Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 3 Great Egret (Ardea alba) 2 A pair circled repeatedly and landed on the redwoods periodically, and appeared to be investigating the. possibility of nesting here. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) 80 An estimate. Early on, I could count only 21 in the redwoods, but more kept flying in, including flocks of 18, 14, 14, 7, and individuals. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) 2 Two separate individuals briefly landed on the redwoods. Green Heron (Butorides virescens) 4 One was seen flying out of a redwood, so it probably had a nest there. Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) 259 Two-hundred fifty-nine. This is an actual count of individuals that were flying westward out of the redwood rookery/nest colony after 7:45PM until 8:30PM. The total number was amazing considering that very few of these were visible earlier. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) 1 Continuing rarity discovered and photographed by Carol Livingstone on May 8. This was the 243rd night-heron flying out from the redwoods after sundown, at 8:23PM. It was already too dark to appreciate some features such as the dark underwings, as the bird flew by overhead, but there was enough light to discern the dark head with a pale crown and a white streak on the lower cheek. White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) 28 In a single flock flying over. Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 2 Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1 Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) 3 Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttallii) 2 Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) 2 California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 2 American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 9 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 6 Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 8 Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 4 Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) 2 American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 5 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 3 Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 64 Flocks of 42 and 22 came to roost. House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) 4 American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1 View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56160945 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
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Tall Forest survey results
Glennah Trochet
Dear Birders, Today's Tall Forest bird survey at the Cosumnes River Preserve produced about 81 species of birds. There were no real surprises but a nice variety of regular passerine migrants, some of these in high numbers. Highlights included the following: bald eagle- 1 adult western wood-pewee- 8 Pacific-slope flycatcher- 1 western flycatcher- 3 Cassin's vireo- 1 warbling vireo- 6 Swainson's thrush- 24 golden-crowned sparrow- 1 Oregon junco- 1 brown-headed cowbird- 50 (the lowlight) Nashville warbler- 3 common yellowthroat- 17 yellow warbler- 5 black-throated gray warbler- 3 Townsend's warbler- 14 hermit warbler- 1 Wilson's warbler- 36 western tanager- 3 black-headed grosbeak- 40 blue grosbeak- 1 lazuli bunting- 2 Best, John Trochet Sacramento
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Summer Tanager
Ray Rozema
Hello
Has the Summer Tanager been seen in Davis, after the first sighting? Thankyou Ray Rozema Sheldon CA
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NO luck refinding the Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Gil Ewing
Hi all
I failed in trying to find the Yellow-crowned Night-heron photographed and reported by Carol Livingston last evening in Sacramento’s Pocket Area at the Waterford Cover Apartments heron rookery at Windbridge Dr. and Cutting Way. Spent over three hours there. Two other birders came and went, and another arrived as I was leaving, but by then the night-herons were mostly tucked away in the redwoods and mostly hidden from view. Perhaps evening might be a better time to search. My eBird checklist, attached below, has some further details. Gil Ewing Fair Oaks, Sacramento Co., CA
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Summer Tanager at West Pond, Davis, CA Wed. May 8, 2019
Gene R. Trapp
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