I went out Friday and checked on the Lark Buntings. I found the flock had split into two groups. I found one flock of 10 birds (7 males, 3 females) and another flock of 7 (4 males and 3 females). One

Hello all, Today, 5/11/99, Bruce Webb and I birded bits of Placer County and found the following highlights: 1 male BLUE GROSBEAK singing on Brewer Rd approx. 1/2mi south of Wise Rd. Stop at

Dear Birders, I returned this morning to the Tall Forest at the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County. It was a pretty slow day. I spoke with Tonya Haff, one of the PRBO people

John, You mention you had an audible Least Bittern. Was it giving the Black-billed Cuckoo call or the raucous "shack-shack-shack-shack" call? Mitch Heindel introduced me to the latter call,

- RBA * California * Central Valley Bird Box * 5/12/99 * CACV9905.12 - Birds mentioned White-faced Ibis (Placer) Hooded Merganser (Yolo) Black Rail (SACRAMENTO-probable) Black Tern (Placer,

Yesterday was slow, but today, Wed, May 12, was full of birds. Just standing around my house waiting for my carpool, I had 3 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS 1 TOWNSEND'S WARBLER 1 YELLOW WARBLER 4 WILSON'S

Yolo County birders have long suspected a resident roadrunner population in the hills around the Capay Valley, especially in the Capay Hills on the east side of Capay Valley and the west side of the

I don't have the dates with me, but I found a Roadrunner with about 6 to 8 chicks once at mile 4 in Del Puerto Cyn. This was back in the late 80's, probably in early June. I have seen Roadrunners

Steve Hampton wrote: I would be interested in knowing if any CV county has had Roadrunner as a confirmed nester, even those in the San Joaquin Valley where they are know residents. Here in San

Hello everyone, Just a few things about roadrunners. While doing the Yolo Birdathon on 4/24 a guy in a pickup truck stopped to talk to us near the bottom of road 41. He mentioned that he owned

Roadrunners still occur on the west side of the valley in Tehama County. I have knowledge of 4 sightings within the last 2 years, all by members of my family, while I still need the bird for the

Hi Folks: This morning (5/14) at Upper Beach Lake, Sacramento County (just south of the town of Freeport) we (Stan Wright, Kim Knerl and I) netted and banded a Swamp Sparrow. Habitat at the site

Bruce and all, On 1/2/99 we had a Greater Roadrunner on Newville Rd. in Tehama Co. The bird was first spotted by Christie Nelson and then seen by John Sterling, Lohn Luther, Steve Rovell and

Hi birders: I (Wandering Tattler) have copies of the new 3rd edition of the Nat'l Geographic Fieldguide available. Let me know if you're interested. I woke up this morning to the first real rush

Hello folks: On the spur of the moment (like, the day before!) Bruce Deuel, Bruce Webb, Jim Snowden and I decided to try a Big Day in Butte County on Wednesday, May 12. The amazing thing is that

Good morning all, This morning, 5/16/99, I walked through Crosswoods Park in Citrus Heights (Sacto County) and had a lot of activity. Highlights: 1 HERMIT WARBLER 2 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS 1

One of our subscribers suggested that the [CenValBirds] identifier on the subject line was just too long. I agree. So, from now on look for the shorter [CVBirds] in its place. I didn't want anybody

Dear Birders, Yesterday I had an enjoyable day at Cosumnes, my home away from home: ten species of warblers, highlighted by a chat in a place it might stick, lots of vireos and tanagers and a

May 18-- finally I'm seeing some migrant flycatchers, just when the warblers are peetering out. In 20 minutes around my yard this morning: 1 WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE 1 "WESTERN" FLYCATCHER 1 HAMMOND'S

- RBA * California * Central Valley Bird Box * 5/19/99 * CACV9905.19 - Birds mentioned Calliope Hummingbird (Placer) Lewis' Woodpecker (Placer) Warbling Vireo (Sacramento) Nashville Warbler