http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/ Birding in Modoc/Siskiyou Counties, CA Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:07:43 GMT Steve Rottenborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/115 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/115 I participated in the Luke Cole Memorial Challenge by birding Modoc County over the weekend, recording 124 species in the Surprise Valley/Goose Lake/Alturas Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:45:05 GMT Steve and Heather Rottenborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/114 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/114 I spent the weekend in Modoc County, getting our for a few hours of birding each morning. Almost all of my birding during the period 4-6 Sep was right on and Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:28:10 GMT John Sterling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/113 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/113 Reporting the continuing presence of some rare birds. At New Pine Creek, along Stateline Road, a Red-shouldered Hawk, and the singing Red-eyed Vireo and Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:35:35 GMT CHISHOLM, Graham http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/112 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/112 This past week while up in Modoc and Lassen counties working on conservation projects, I had the chance to do a little birding. Perhaps of interest are the Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:24:48 GMT John Sterling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/111 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/111 Just received a phone call from Todd Easterla. Along State Line Road in New Pine Creek (at OR/CA state line on east side of Goose Lake) he refound Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:13:50 GMT Dave Quady http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/110 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/110 Siskiyou birders: First, apologies for this tardy posting . . .. Those who don't belong to the 'better late than never' school should hit delete now . .... On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:04:34 GMT Steve and Heather Rottenborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/109 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/109 I saw some interesting birds in Modoc County over the weekend. Highlights, roughly in descending order of significance/interest to me, were as follows: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:16:54 GMT countylines2003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/108 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/108 Luke Cole 400 Species $40,000 Memorial Challenge A benefit for Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment (CRPE) September 26th and 27th, 2009 The birding Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:56 GMT Frances Oliver http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/107 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/107 Yesterday, Ed Pandolfino & I birded parts of Modoc & Lassen Co. It was a beautiful day away from the heat of the CV. Starting off from Likely (S end of Modoc Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:51:46 GMT carolspencer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/106 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/106 Hello, Ray Ekstrom and I took a trip over to the southeastern part of Modoc County on June 13-14. It was cloudy with scattered showers, but overall avoided Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:53:01 GMT Steve and Heather Rottenborn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/105 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/105 Highlights from a few days' birding in Modoc County, 7-9 June, were as follows: Ferruginous Hawk: 1 adult soaring over CR 6 on the eastern edge of Surprise Thu, 28 May 2009 22:53:21 GMT Kevin McKereghan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/104 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/104 Not having any notes in front of me I can say I certainly have had a pair at the Soup Springs campground every summer for the past 8 years. They have been Thu, 28 May 2009 22:34:39 GMT John Sterling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/103 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/103 I surveyed Soup Springs area for the Forest Service often in 1990 and 1991 and never detected Pileated Woodpeckers there. Please send me the dates or at least Thu, 28 May 2009 22:12:06 GMT Kevin McKereghan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/102 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/102 In the South Warner¹s they are fairly common, certainly in the Soup Springs area I have seen them daily, and heard far more often, over the course of multiple Thu, 28 May 2009 14:57:51 GMT Kevin Spencer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/101 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/message/101 Pileated are uncommon but regular in the North Warners, such as on the east side of Crane Mountain, Willow Creek, north to Hwy 140. I pick them up on a