Valley Birders, Today, June 4th, Cliff Hawley and I went into western Placer County in search in more birds to add to Cliffs impressive and growing Placer Year List. Today we added #s 206 and 207 to

Hi all, Today at 1215 I found a female Great-tailed Grackle in Redding at Kutras Lake, where folks feed the funny ducks and geese. It's on Park Marina Drive just south of the aqua golf driving range

Placer Birders, I am involved with Placer Legacy in an attempt to provide input to the Placer County Board of Supervisors on open space planning in the implementation of the county general plan. I

Hello Birders, Last night the 9th of June, I observed a Lesser Nighthawk along Nicolaus Rd. I saw the the bird flying over a graded area where a subdivision is being put in at the corner of

- RBA * California * Central Valley Bird Box * 6/11/99 * CACV9906.11 -----When Reporting, please leave the DATE of observation----- - Birds mentioned Common Snipe (Placer) Pileated

Folks, ...something to think about concerning Common Nighthawks...in the east, CONI frequently nests on flat gravel roofs much like killdeer often do. I am assuming (although I haven't payed

In Roseville, Placer County 6/10/99, there was a migrant Willow Flycatcher, migrant Western Flycatcher that didn't look right on for one of the Sierran foothill (Pacific-slope) types (hmmm...), and a

Central Valley Birders: As this is of interest to Central Valley Birds, I have taken the liberty to forward this e-mail. Link to the picture and see what you think. No date of the sighting was

A very interesting event has occured in the Cache Creek Settling Basin in Yolo County. The north and west ends of it have sprouted a young riparian forest, probably due to heavy floods in past years.

Dave: I sent a similar reply to Steve only, repeated here: A pretty map, but as they point out, a work in progress and not necessarily an accurate depiction (and most certainly not the last word)

I've answered my own question regarding chat status on the valley floor. Take a look at the nice PRBO website at http://www.prbo.org/CPIF/Riparian/Ybch.html which shows some evidence of recent

Steve, David, Tim, CV Birders: In S.J. Co., in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, I am aware of a handful of recent observations of y-b chats singing on territories on in-stream channel islands. These

In a message dated 99-06-15 00:58:27 EDT, you write: << The decline of the y-b chat is obviously related to habitat loss - i.e. native riparian habitats have been greatly reduced in the Sacramento

Steve: Pretty neat stuff about the newly established riparian habitat in the Cache Creek settling basin. Sounds like a great area to check for nesting as well as migrant/vagrant species in Yolo.

Although these places are not open to the public, I thought I'd report on some interesting sightings that some recent bird surveys have turned up in Yolo County. At the Davis Wetlands, a Bufflehead

Hey Tim, Thanks for the cogent comments about yellow-breasted chats. My interest is in why the local distribution of chat is the way it is. You are right that my gloomy view is colored by the fact

Waldo R Holt wrote: My personal assessment of chats on the valley floor in SJ during the past 20 years is that their status and distribution has about remained the same. I should mention that this

Here is a message from the birding@... group from Dave Feliz: Out at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area we have confirmed the successful nesting of Wilson's Phalarope. Four eggs in a nest on the

Steve Hampton wrote: I've always maintained that if more appropriate habitat were made available in the CV, former nesters would start returning. I suspect the Yolo Bypass W.A. will soon be one of