http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/ San Joaquin Birds Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:29:56 GMT Cheri Pillsbury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3205 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3205 Hi All, My friend Pat has a Black Phoebe in her yard, first ever. She doesn't live anywhere near what I would consider phoebe habitat. Now Bob Stahmer tells Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:21:02 GMT Kasey Foley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3204 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3204 Please join us for the California Condors Program presented by Linda Kincaid at the Central United Methodist Church, 3700 Pacific Avenue, in Stockton at 7:30 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:55:36 GMT sschneider7@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3203 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3203 I finally birded Flood & Waverly for the first time, and it lived up to expectation. I arrived before 8 at Waverly north of Rt. 4 (near the end of the paved Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:29:47 GMT Sara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3202 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3202 Hi Birders, Gobs of Cattle Egrets today at Buckley Cove in Stockton - conservatively 75. They started out in the alfalfa field in a tight flock and moved Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:30:27 GMT Dajwagner@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3201 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3201 Hello Birders, You are invited to enjoy a great wetlands winter birding area in an area where great numbers of geese, sandhill cranes, ducks, raptors, and Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:32:25 GMT Cheri Pillsbury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3200 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3200 Hi All, The very morning after I wrote complaining about my four goldfinches and the flock of 40 or so flying a street over I looked outside to see over 20 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:17:51 GMT Cheri Pillsbury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3199 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3199 Hi All, Yes, I am capable of birding someplace other than Flood and Waverly! I've been meaning to get out for the evening fly-in, and Sunday's weather got me Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:51:30 GMT sschneider7@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3198 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3198 Joining a couple dozen other birders, I enjoyed the evening fly-in on S. Staten Island Rd from 3:45 to 6. Flocks of waterfowl were still descending when I Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:09:02 GMT Sara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3197 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3197 Hi Birders, 39 Cattle Egrets were perched on the island at Buckley Cove in Stockton this morning. This brings the cove checklist up to 114. Sara Blauman Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:44:21 GMT Jim Rowoth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3196 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3196 Hey, SJ Avipihiles, Location: Lodi Sewage Ponds Observation date: 1/30/10 Notes: Beautiful clear day, temps in upper 50s/low 60s. E ponds very low Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:18:03 GMT Cheri Pillsbury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3195 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3195 Hi All, Just as I was leaving my seat by the French doors this morning a Sharp-shinned Hawk landed on the brush pile in the feeding area. It's a good thing Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:50:00 GMT Cheri Pillsbury http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3194 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3194 Hi All, The sun came out Saturday so I decided to get in the car and go. I thought Waverly would be too muddy to drive, but it wasn't. I stopped by the Barn Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:05:37 GMT Jim Rowoth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3193 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3193 Location: Stillman Magee County Park (Clements) Observation date: 1/24/10 Notes: Gray, overcast, cold (42-45 degrees, lite breeze) Number of Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:59:12 GMT Sara http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3192 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3192 Hi Birders, This morning at Buckley Cove in Stockton there was a fly over of a Mew Gull. This bird extends the Buckley Cove checklist to 113. Only one Sora Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:10:52 GMT sschneider7@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3191 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/message/3191 I enjoyed an actual sunrise this morning, with snow-covered mountains to both east and west. No rarities showed up at either birding location, but the mix of