http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/ Central Valley Birds Sun, 19 May 2013 01:36:11 GMT John and Glennah Trochet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17536 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17536 Dear Birders, This morning's Tall Forest bird survey began at the Accidental Forest, with the temperature at 36 degrees (probably a degree or two cooler to the Sat, 18 May 2013 21:17:29 GMT Ron Pozzi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17535 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17535 5-18-2013 Greetings Birders, Scott Dietrich and I observed 2 BANK SWALLOWS in front of the CEMEX Materials Plant in Sheridan last evening. We also had 2 BLUE Sat, 18 May 2013 20:57:50 GMT Jeanine McElwain http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17534 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17534 Hi, Yesterday evening I spotting the large flock of Swainson's hawks mixed in with great and cattle egret, sitting in a grassy field. Why would Swainson's Sat, 18 May 2013 18:39:24 GMT danielamywelsh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17533 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17533 This morning (Sat., 5/18) at 10:00 I saw a Yellow-Breasted Chat at Sacramento Bar along the American River Parkway. It was singing loudly from a perch about Sat, 18 May 2013 17:36:26 GMT Steve Hampton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17532 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17532 FYI, for the last several years there have been 2-3 Inca Doves in Esparto, CA (west of Woodland, Yolo County). They look and act wild. However, they are Sat, 18 May 2013 13:48:11 GMT John Sterling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17531 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17531 Nice work by Logan in digging up these records. John Sterling VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695 530 908-3836 jsterling@... ... Sat, 18 May 2013 00:11:00 GMT Steve Hampton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17530 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17530 yes, nice dark rufous morph Swainson's Hawk. ... -- Steve Hampton Davis, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Fri, 17 May 2013 23:55:42 GMT Dennis Pleau http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17529 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17529 I put a picture of a hawk in 'Identification Help' needed folder. Maybe a dark morph Swainson's? It couldn't carry the ground squirrel and wasn't going to Fri, 17 May 2013 19:17:06 GMT Andy Engilis, Jr. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17528 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17528 This morning I found a Yellow-breasted Chat on Putah Creek near its confluence with Dry Creek (in the town of Winters). The bird was on private property. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:57:46 GMT Ron Melcer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17527 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17527 Birders, A good spring for chats... While surveying Cache Creek Settling Basin in Yolo County this morning there were two individuals vocalizing from Thu, 16 May 2013 20:53:09 GMT John and Glennah Trochet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17526 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17526 Dear Birders, This month's survey will depart through the Farm Center gate, corner of Bruceville and Desmond Roads, promptly at 05:30. Bring mosquito Thu, 16 May 2013 20:48:54 GMT John and Glennah Trochet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17525 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17525 Dear Birders, On the way home from a survey down at the Cosumnes River Preserve, I stopped briefly along Desmond Road to check the ponds. The male Eurasian Thu, 16 May 2013 05:37:21 GMT szafrica77 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17524 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17524 Thought I'd check outall the Swainson's Hawks at Road 105 that was reported and stopped first at Road 103. Across the street from the large Eucalyptus grove Thu, 16 May 2013 03:33:31 GMT John and Glennah Trochet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17523 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17523 Dear Birders, This morning I did a point count survey along the Yolo side of Putah Creek between Hopkins and Pedrick Roads, followed by some atlassing on Wed, 15 May 2013 23:22:42 GMT Leslie Flint http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17522 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/message/17522 Hi all, Spent a few hours at Cosumnes today working on adding to my county list. Bird of note is the EURASIAN WIGEON which is still present on the north pond