http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/ Sutter/Yuba County Birding & Graylodge Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:31:53 GMT rayhasey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/99 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/99 Wigeon are uncommon in Sutter County so I went looking for the Lesser Wigeon recently reported on Sacramento Avenue. I eventually did find five wigeon a half Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:14:13 GMT rayhasey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/98 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/98 There have been some interesting birds reported on the regional birding threads. Many of you only get this local thread and may have missed these. One is the Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:56:17 GMT rayhasey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/97 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/97 Today at 4pm there was a spotted sandpiper at Shanghai Bend. It was just above the falls where there is a small wet inlet. I stood on the concrete pipe to take Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:14:50 GMT Raymond Hasey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/96 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/96 You are correct John on all of your points. The bird did have something in its mouth that made it appear in the photos to be 2-3 times longer than it actually Sun, 23 Sep 2012 06:43:00 GMT John Sterling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/95 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/95 maybe if you put a link to the other photos that you have that show the true length of the bill, it would be easier for people to identify the bird. These Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:26:12 GMT rayhasey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/94 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/94 John Sterling has determined that the scissor-tailed flycatcher reported is actually a Bushtit. This is a confusing bird that does not match a scissor-tail Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:43:35 GMT rayhasey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/93 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/93 Quail are not very common in Sutter County but a flock has been seen twice inside the Sutter Bypass levee. I have not seen them often, but they are there if Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:39:08 GMT rayhasey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/92 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/92 Swifts are uncommon is Sutter County, they sometimes occur along the Feather River but otherwise they are quite rare. They are regularly found in Marysville Sat, 07 May 2011 23:54:55 GMT rayhasey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/91 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/91 A visit to Shanghai Falls discovered at least three black terns. This is reached from Garden Highway, east on Shanghaii, park, and walk south to where you hear Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:33:11 GMT CaliKat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/90 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/90 I just had a Eurasian Collared Dove at my home for about 30 minutes. It is only the second one I have seen here. Good Birding, Kathryn Sanderson Olivehurst Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:11:07 GMT John Sterling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/89 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/89 I checked out the photos on the website. It is an immature male Common Goldeneye. The small white round spot on the head as opposed to a crescent on a Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:53:23 GMT rayhasey http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/88 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/88 At 11 am there was a Barrow's Goldeneye west of West Butte Road. This was slightly nw of the five palms on the east side of the road. I posted a few photos in Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:34:09 GMT CaliKat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/87 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/87 This morning at 8 a.m., a flock of very low flying Canada Geese flew over my home. The flock was heading southwest and numbered 16 individuals. Good Birding Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:39:51 GMT CaliKat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/86 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/86 I was just at the wildlifeextra.com website and found another word that may describe this bird better: Xanthochroism Birds can show this condition in one of Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:20:59 GMT CaliKat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/85 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sutteryubabirds/message/85 A strange looking bird showed up at my sunflower feeder today and fed there off and on all day with other House Finches. I believe it to be a leucistic House