http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/ CALBIRDS Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:05:44 GMT Monte http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8216 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8216 Christopher Taylor just called to state that the Bar-tailed Godwit is in view at the Jamboree bridge crossing of Newport Back Bay in Newport Beach this Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:16:43 GMT thunefeld http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8215 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8215 Brian, too, have a good slug of Northern Fulmars down here in San Diego..... on Tuesday November 3 we saw 4 Brown Boobies at the south end of the Nine Mile Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:00:05 GMT Nicholas Freeman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8214 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8214 Hi Birders You are cordially to attend Los Angeles Audubon Society's monthly meeting this coming Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7:30pm. The address is Plummer Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:48:22 GMT Frances Oliver http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8211 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8211 Sandhill Crane Festival, Nov 6-8, 2009 There are several events of interest to birders at this year's Sandhill Crane Festival in Lodi. Saturday's featured Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:48:53 GMT toddamcgrath http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8210 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8210 Birders, The sold out Condor Express deepwater pelagic scheduled for November 7th has been rescheduled due to extremely bad weather exepcted offshore on Sat. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:18:26 GMT John_Small@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8209 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8209 Good Afternoon CA Birders I have an important question. Are the algae blooms that occur off the California coast been a common thing since the beginning of Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:30:29 GMT Brian Sullivan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8208 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8208 Birders I'm interested in photographing adult Swainson's Hawks this winter for a study I'm working on regarding molt. If anyone finds any Swainson's spending Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:25:43 GMT Brian Sullivan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8207 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8207 Birders I've noticed a big movement of Northern Fulmars into Monterey Bay over the past few weeks. Each time I seawatch from Pt. Pinos I see dozens, regardless Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:03:42 GMT Alison Sheehey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8206 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8206 Birders, A schedule of most all of this year's Christmas Bird Counts with contact information can be found here. www.natureali.org/cbcs.htm If you are a Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:27:15 GMT Dave Compton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8205 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8205 Mark,   Wild or not, your Gray Silky-Flycatcher looks like a Phainopepla. If I'm not mistaken, the latter is more likely in Santa Ynez.   Dave Compton Santa Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:45:28 GMT markbrown1848 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8204 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8204 All: I was at private residence in Santa Ynez this afternoon and I heard a whit call. I thought it sort of sounded like a Willow Flycatcher. I went to look Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:08:08 GMT Linda LeRoy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8203 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8203 I have posted 2 pictures of the juvenile bar-tailed godwit in flight in the "OC Godwit" folder. These were taken as he was chased off by a whimbrel, & then Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:38:02 GMT bigbirderscott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8202 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8202 137 species in 2008! Lots of Raptors and Owls. All levels of birders are welcome to join us on the Oroville Christmas bird count. Bring warm clothes, hiking Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:34:55 GMT wagtail1997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8201 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8201 Courtesy of Bruce Aird, I've posted his photo of the bird in flight. The direct link to the jpg is: http://members.cox.net/orcorba/BruceAird.jpg Joel Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:20:49 GMT Jim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8200 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/8200 Hi, Questions are being raised as to which subspecies is involved with the recently-discovered (thanks, Neil) Bar-tailed Godwit at Newport Backbay. The three