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I’ve been seeing bunches of Cedar Waxwings in my backyard over the last few weeks. Such a delight! (I live just up the hill from Kaaren.) Rosalie
On Mar 3, 2023, at 4:34 PM, Kaaren Perry <surfbird1@...> wrote:
Waking up to sunshine and blue skies was a lovely surprise. While sitting at the breakfast table a flock of about 35 Cedar Waxwings landed in a nearby leafless tree. While I have been seeing reports of them around the county and seen a few flocks flying past at a distance here, this was the first seasonal actual 'stop and perch' for me this season. About 5 minutes later 10 American Robins landed in the same tree soon joined by at least 20 more flying past, and they then all headed north. The yard is still hosting the wintering sparrows, among them the expected White-crowns, both pugetensis and gambelii subspecies, Golden-crowns, Lincoln, Sooty Fox and yes the White -throated Sparrow, first reported on October 24, 2022 and has continued to be seen daily to this date.
I then took a short drive up to Whale Rock and no surprises there. Most of the ducks have moved on and only a few Ring-necked and fewer Greater Scaup were seen. Visit with Tom Edell and later Jeanette Stone rounded out the morning.
Later this afternoon I received a call from Jeanette that she had 2 Black-legged Kittiwakes at Santa Rosa Creek. I headed up a little while later to luckily re-find a single Black Kittiwake. It was not immediately present but finally flew in off the ocean, landing in the lagoon. Quickly hunkered down among the hundred or so bathing gulls, finally moving out onto a small exposed sandy island with other gulls now drying off. Gull sp. present included the expected Western, California, Short-billed and Glaucous-winged. A few potential Icelands but the distance was too great to positively id.
Kaaren Perry
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Well, no Cedar Waxwings for me out here in Creston. However, I’ve had a flock of American Robins for the last few days. They have numbered up to 33. This is a first for this location for me!! Jan Bugge Creston
On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 6:10 PM Rosalie Valvo < rvalvo@...> wrote: I’ve been seeing bunches of Cedar Waxwings in my backyard over the last few weeks. Such a delight! (I live just up the hill from Kaaren.) Rosalie Waking up to sunshine and blue skies was a lovely surprise. While sitting at the breakfast table a flock of about 35 Cedar Waxwings landed in a nearby leafless tree. While I have been seeing reports of them around the county and seen a few flocks flying past at a distance here, this was the first seasonal actual 'stop and perch' for me this season. About 5 minutes later 10 American Robins landed in the same tree soon joined by at least 20 more flying past, and they then all headed north. The yard is still hosting the wintering sparrows, among them the expected White-crowns, both pugetensis and gambelii subspecies, Golden-crowns, Lincoln, Sooty Fox and yes the White -throated Sparrow, first reported on October 24, 2022 and has continued to be seen daily to this date.
I then took a short drive up to Whale Rock and no surprises there. Most of the ducks have moved on and only a few Ring-necked and fewer Greater Scaup were seen. Visit with Tom Edell and later Jeanette Stone rounded out the morning.
Later this afternoon I received a call from Jeanette that she had 2 Black-legged Kittiwakes at Santa Rosa Creek. I headed up a little while later to luckily re-find a single Black Kittiwake. It was not immediately present but finally flew in off the ocean, landing in the lagoon. Quickly hunkered down among the hundred or so bathing gulls, finally moving out onto a small exposed sandy island with other gulls now drying off. Gull sp. present included the expected Western, California, Short-billed and Glaucous-winged. A few potential Icelands but the distance was too great to positively id.
Kaaren Perry
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Yesterday at 3:00 on Happy Hill in Cambria, there were several small flocks of Cedar Waxwings in our Monterey Pine. They flew between 2 trees while a Cooper’s Hawk(?) circled and there were probably 50 to 60 total…very animated! Such handsome birds, I’ve never seen so many in this area.
Leslie Mark Cambria
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Friday, March 3, 2023, 7:06 PM -0800 from buggaloosa@... <buggaloosa@...>:
Well, no Cedar Waxwings for me out here in Creston. However, I’ve had a flock of American Robins for the last few days. They have numbered up to 33. This is a first for this location for me!! Jan Bugge Creston On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 6:10 PM Rosalie Valvo < rvalvo@...> wrote: I’ve been seeing bunches of Cedar Waxwings in my backyard over the last few weeks. Such a delight! (I live just up the hill from Kaaren.) Rosalie Waking up to sunshine and blue skies was a lovely surprise. While sitting at the breakfast table a flock of about 35 Cedar Waxwings landed in a nearby leafless tree. While I have been seeing reports of them around the county and seen a few flocks flying past at a distance here, this was the first seasonal actual 'stop and perch' for me this season. About 5 minutes later 10 American Robins landed in the same tree soon joined by at least 20 more flying past, and they then all headed north. The yard is still hosting the wintering sparrows, among them the expected White-crowns, both pugetensis and gambelii subspecies, Golden-crowns, Lincoln, Sooty Fox and yes the White -throated Sparrow, first reported on October 24, 2022 and has continued to be seen daily to this date.
I then took a short drive up to Whale Rock and no surprises there. Most of the ducks have moved on and only a few Ring-necked and fewer Greater Scaup were seen. Visit with Tom Edell and later Jeanette Stone rounded out the morning.
Later this afternoon I received a call from Jeanette that she had 2 Black-legged Kittiwakes at Santa Rosa Creek. I headed up a little while later to luckily re-find a single Black Kittiwake. It was not immediately present but finally flew in off the ocean, landing in the lagoon. Quickly hunkered down among the hundred or so bathing gulls, finally moving out onto a small exposed sandy island with other gulls now drying off. Gull sp. present included the expected Western, California, Short-billed and Glaucous-winged. A few potential Icelands but the distance was too great to positively id.
Kaaren Perry
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This morning in Los Osos, on the corner of Bayview Heights and Highland I counted 120 Cedar Waxwings on the wires. Then I watched them feed on the hollyberry bush in the resident’s backyard. Very cool!
On Mar 4, 2023, at 7:52 AM, Tasha Kon <pangeamea@...> wrote:
Yesterday at 3:00 on Happy Hill in Cambria, there were several small flocks of Cedar Waxwings in our Monterey Pine. They flew between 2 trees while a Cooper’s Hawk(?) circled and there were probably 50 to 60 total…very animated! Such handsome birds, I’ve never seen so many in this area.
Leslie Mark Cambria
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Friday, March 3, 2023, 7:06 PM -0800 from buggaloosa@... <buggaloosa@...>:
Well, no Cedar Waxwings for me out here in Creston. However, I’ve had a flock of American Robins for the last few days. They have numbered up to 33. This is a first for this location for me!! Jan Bugge Creston On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 6:10 PM Rosalie Valvo < rvalvo@...> wrote: I’ve been seeing bunches of Cedar Waxwings in my backyard over the last few weeks. Such a delight! (I live just up the hill from Kaaren.) Rosalie Waking up to sunshine and blue skies was a lovely surprise. While sitting at the breakfast table a flock of about 35 Cedar Waxwings landed in a nearby leafless tree. While I have been seeing reports of them around the county and seen a few flocks flying past at a distance here, this was the first seasonal actual 'stop and perch' for me this season. About 5 minutes later 10 American Robins landed in the same tree soon joined by at least 20 more flying past, and they then all headed north. The yard is still hosting the wintering sparrows, among them the expected White-crowns, both pugetensis and gambelii subspecies, Golden-crowns, Lincoln, Sooty Fox and yes the White -throated Sparrow, first reported on October 24, 2022 and has continued to be seen daily to this date.
I then took a short drive up to Whale Rock and no surprises there. Most of the ducks have moved on and only a few Ring-necked and fewer Greater Scaup were seen. Visit with Tom Edell and later Jeanette Stone rounded out the morning.
Later this afternoon I received a call from Jeanette that she had 2 Black-legged Kittiwakes at Santa Rosa Creek. I headed up a little while later to luckily re-find a single Black Kittiwake. It was not immediately present but finally flew in off the ocean, landing in the lagoon. Quickly hunkered down among the hundred or so bathing gulls, finally moving out onto a small exposed sandy island with other gulls now drying off. Gull sp. present included the expected Western, California, Short-billed and Glaucous-winged. A few potential Icelands but the distance was too great to positively id.
Kaaren Perry
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