http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/ CALBIRDS Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:09:45 GMT Jeffery Davis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7972 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7972 Hello! My wife amy and I read in Brad Schram's book (GREAT book BTW!!!!) that there were Red-crowned Parrots in "urban" Orange County. Can anyone provide us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:03:25 GMT Chuck Sexton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7971 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7971 This may be old and very uninteresting news, but I was a little surprised to see a pair of Saffron Finches collecting nesting material in the Demonstration Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:12:12 GMT SiriusGuy@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7970 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7970 Thank you everyone for the advisory on the YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE range NOT extending into Oregon. My trip to far Northeast California had mainly been for Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:44:58 GMT Ken Burton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7969 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7969 Alan, Rest assured that they were black-billed, which is common in that area. I have heard reports of yellow-billed in the Ashland area but magpies in the Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:29:44 GMT Jamie Chavez http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7968 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7968 According to the Oregon Bird Records Committee, Yellow-billed Magpie is on the "Records Not Accepted by the OBRC" list through 2009. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:51:05 GMT SiriusGuy@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7967 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7967 About two weeks ago, Magpies were evident as I drove along Highway 395 just south of the Oregon border. In fact, I saw one or two NORTH of the state line. I Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:13:53 GMT Joseph Morlan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7966 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7966 A colleague suggested I post this to the group. There is a phenomenon in size illusion where a rear object appears larger than a front object of the same size Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:57:59 GMT lesliepancoast http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7965 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7965 Does anyone know of a good resource (link) to a birding checklist for Sequoia National Park? Leslie Pancoast Livermore, CA Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:57:17 GMT enoluvr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7964 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7964 Hey group, I was unfortunate enough to have spent the whole day in front of the feeders at Kern River Preserve without luck and now I can see why. The bird Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:55:03 GMT Coddlers@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7963 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7963 No need to apologise at all John. I really appreciate the early alert to a possible mega-rarity - as well as the subsequent education. Thanks Bruce Barrett San Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:39:27 GMT John Sterling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7962 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7962 I took another look at the photos and zoomed in closer. I agree with Al and Todd. Sorry to create a scare. The bird looked huge to me in the photo and the Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:15:37 GMT Todd Easterla http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7961 Cal-Hummers, Here is two more cents.....This bird seems way to small for a Blue-throated Hummingbird to me. This bird also has no white line exteneding down Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:37:04 GMT wagtail042000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7960 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7960 Williamson's ,"Hummingbirds of North America", cites a breeding record (no year given) for Tulare County.It does seem kind of small for a Blue-throated--but Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:30:24 GMT Alvaro Jaramillo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7959 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7959 Joe et al. Thanks for posting the photos. My personal opinion is that this is not a Blue-throated Hummingbird, it looks like a female Black-chinned Hummingbird Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:54:55 GMT Joseph Morlan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7958 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/message/7958 All, The photos were posted on the Tulare/Kings email list and may be viewed at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tularekingsbirds/photos/recent/list However, you