http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/ Post bird sightings, questions and other information regarding Stanislaus County, California. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:59:30 GMT Eric Caine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1393 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1393 A Franklin's Gull, two Western Willets and two Black Terns were at the Modesto Wastewater Treatment Plant today. Public access to the plant is restricted to Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:45:36 GMT Joe Devine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1392 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1392 There were 20 Wilson's Phalaropes in a holding pond on S. Carpenter Rd. 1.8 miles south of W. Main at noon today. All were still in breeding plumage. This is Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:01:50 GMT John Harris http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1391 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1391 This morning at about 1030 a Yellow-breasted Chat was in a thicket of willows between Orange Blossom Road and the Stanislaus River. This is the same location Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:43:53 GMT John Harris http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1390 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1390 This morning Sal Salerno and I went in search of the sparrows reported by others on Cherry Lake Road over the last few days. We arrived at 0900. We began by Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:23:25 GMT John Harris http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1389 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1389 Hello birders, This morning Sal Salerno and I went in search of the sparrows reported by others on Cherry Lake Road over the last few days. We arrived at 0900. Sun, 31 May 2009 23:29:01 GMT salvatore salerno http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1388 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1388 After Harold Reeve and Roy Carlson (of San Mateo) re-found Eric's SUMMER TANAGER, I went back down to the park for a second time. After a while, Daniel Gilman Sun, 31 May 2009 23:14:38 GMT Harold Reeve http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1387 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1387 The Summer Tanager found at Thousand Oaks Park this morning by Eric Caine continues to be seen this afternoon. A couple of Western Tanagers are in the area Sun, 31 May 2009 22:17:02 GMT luv2bird2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1386 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1386 Uncommon sighting yesterday at Fresno County's Woodward Park with a group of first time youngsters birding. Four terns took turns dive bombing for fish near Sun, 31 May 2009 18:58:53 GMT Eric Caine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1385 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1385 A female Summer Tanager, Stanislaus County's second record, was at Thousand Oaks Park in Modesto this morning at about 9:40am. Despite much searching, it had Sat, 30 May 2009 21:56:26 GMT Eric Caine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1384 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1384 An Olive-sided Flycatcher frequented the oaks and new planted trees near the parking lot at the southern terminus of Coffee Road in Modesto this morning. The Tue, 26 May 2009 04:32:26 GMT kestrel44 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1383 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1383 Just before leaving Pacific Grove (Monterey County) to come home today, I saw a small yellow bird that I cannot I.D. It was entirely yellow on the underside Mon, 25 May 2009 17:59:09 GMT Eric Caine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1382 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1382 The second Stanislaus County record Black and White Warbler, a female, was at 1000 Oaks Park in Modesto this morning. The bird was seen intermittently from Sun, 17 May 2009 22:10:51 GMT Don Roberson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1381 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1381 Yesterday, May 16, Rita & I spent the morning along Del Puerto Canyon road. We had at least 4 migrant Willow Flycatchers, 3 of them at "owl rock" at the 3.9 Thu, 14 May 2009 03:56:38 GMT Bob Power http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1380 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1380 Hi all: A small group of surveyors have a limited number of routes in Henry Coe related to the Lick fire of 2007 and how bird species respond following these Tue, 12 May 2009 14:17:32 GMT Janice Jorgensen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1379 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/STA_Birds/message/1379 I grew up in Gustine-Merced Ca. I would love to go birding with someone while visiting 5/31-6/8 in Merced County or Stanislaus County. or are there any field