RBA
* Northwestern California Bird Alert
* 24 Aug 2006
CANW0608.24
hotline: Northwestern California Bird Alert
date(s): 1-24 Aug 2006
number: (707)-822-LOON (5666)
to report: (707)-822-LOON (Do not send reports by e-mail)
coverage: Northwestern CA (Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, western Siskiyou
and northern Mendocino counties)
compiled: 24 Aug 2006 at 10:30 a.m.
transcriber: Rob C. Fowler
Begin transcript-
This is a summary of reports from the Northwestern
California Bird Alert , sponsored by the City of Arcata, Redwood Region
Audubon Society, and generous support from local birders. Most
birds reported are in Humboldt County unless otherwise noted.
Birds in caps under the "birds mentioned" section have about 50 (plus
or minus 5) records of occurrence in Northwestern California as
defined in Stan Harris's " Northwestern California Birds" (3rd
edition, 2005). California Bird Records Committee review species
are noted with an asterisk (*). Send reports of California Bird
Record Committee Review Species sightings to: Guy
McCaskie,Secretary, California Bird Records Committee P. O. Box 275
Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275 (or by e-mail to
guymcc@pacbell.net). On another note, you can subscribe to Northwestern
California Bird Alert this listserv at:
http://groups.google.com/group/ northwest - california - bird -
alert
.
This listserv receives audio messages, which are called in to the
Northwestern California Bird Alert . One of the benefits of using
this listserv is that it saves on your long-distance phone bills by
receiving messages in your e-mail, of which typically appear within
5 minutes of the message being called in. Messages
get sent as .wav files and they come as attachments. Broadband helps.
Average file
size is 270kb and max size is about 1 MB.
Good Birding!
NOTE: Sorry that the transcripts have been off-line for awhile. I will again
begin to do weekly summaries of messages called in to the birdbox. It's
possible that I may post transcripts on an even more frequent basis once the
fall vagrant season really heats up.
Birds Mentioned:
Brant
Northern Pintail
Black Scoter
Hooded Merganser
Pacific Loon
Red-Throated Loon
YELLOW-BILLED LOON*
Red-necked Grebe
MANX SHEARWATER*
BROWN BOOBY*
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Pacific Golden-Plover
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wandering Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knots
Semipalmated Sandpiper
RED-NECKED STINT*
LITTLE STINT* (not confirmed)
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Heermann's Gull
Western Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Elegant Tern
Common Tern
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Eurasian Collared Dove
Rhinoceros Auklet
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Willow Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Gray Warbler
McGillivray's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
California Towhee
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Aug.
-----------
At King Salmon were 88 MARBLED MURRELETS, 5 PACIFIC LOONS, and 1
RED-THROATED LOON (Matt Wachs).
Of local interest was a CALIFORNIA TOWHEE seen at Lighthouse Ranch on Table
Bluff (Sean McAllister).
2 Aug.
-----------
An interesting report of COMMON POORWILL came in from Eureka: 1 bird was
heard near 8th and P Streets; the 2nd bird was heard responding to this bird
from another location (Chet Ogan).
3 Aug.
-----------
At the mouth of Jacoby Creek, in North Humboldt Bay, a juvenile SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER, 2 RED KNOTS, and 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were the highlights of a
morning of shorebirding (Jim Tietz).
One GOLDEN EAGLE, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1 WHITE-TAILED KITE, and 4 PURPLE
MARTINS were highlights from Bear River Ridge. On the north side of Woodley
Island, in Humboldt Bay, were 50 RING-BILLED GULLS were seen, including 1
juvenile (David Fix).
At Cock Robin Island a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO continued. On the ocean side of
the South Spit a flock of gulls that extended the length of the spit was
estimated to contain at least 12,000 gulls with 80% estimated to be
HEERMANNS' GULLS, 15% WESTERN GULLS, AND 5% other species (Kerry Ross).
4 Aug.
-----------
An immature BALD EAGLE was seen flying over the Six Rivers Supervisors
building in Eureka (Tom Leskiw).
5 Aug.
-----------
In the riparian at Cock Robin Island, just south of the bridge, 3
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS were seen [Cameron Rogueman (spelling?)].
6 Aug.
-----------
A PACIFIC-GOLDEN PLOVER was seen on the southern side of Cock Robin Island
(Scott Carey).
7 Aug.
-----------
On Clam Beach 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were seen (Kerry Ross).
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO continued at Cock Robin Island. At Shelter Cove,
southern Humboldt County, 3 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen in the
campground across from the Marina (Jerry White).
8 Aug.
-----------
In extreme northern MENDOCINO COUNTY a BROWN BOOBY* was found in Bear
Harbor, part of Sinkyone Wilderness State Park (Jerry White).
Two juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS were found in the slough on the north
side of western portion of the V-Street Loop. An adult ANCIENT MURRELET was
found off the North Jetty. A female BLACK SCOTER was seen off of the Samoa
Boat Ramp area on the North Spit (Scott Carey).
9 Aug.
-----------
in MENDOCINO COUNTY the BROWN BOOBY* was seen again at Bear Harbor, this
time farther north in the harbor than from where the bird was originally
found (Jerry White).
10 Aug.
-----------
During a seawatch from the North Jetty a MANX SHEARWATER* was the top
highlight, seen well, being observed for about 5 minutes. Other highlights
from the seawatch included 1 RED-NECKED GREBE, 5 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS, 12
MARBLED MURRELETS, 1 COMMON TERN, 3,500-4,000 COMMON MURRES, 2,500
HEERMANN'S GULLS, and 4 WANDERING TATTLERS (Rob Fowler).
11 Aug.
-----------
In DEL NORTE county an adult RED-NECKED STINT* was found at Lake Talawa
(Lucas Bruigi). The observer videotaped the bird and was reviewed by other
observers and the bird clearly resembles a RN STINT.
In Eureka 1,034 ELEGANT TERNS were seen by the Wharfinger Building. On the
V-street Loop 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS continued, along with 9 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS (Kerry Ross).
12 Aug.
-----------
In DEL NORTE COUNTY the RED-NECKED STINT was NOT REFOUND despite much
searching. Other highlights from birding various spots on Lake Talawa/ Lake
Earl included: 2-3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1-2 SNOWY PLOVERS, 1 RUDDY
TURNSTONE, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 1 AMERICAN AVOCET, and 2 BANK SWALLOWS (Rob
Fowler).
A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was seen on the South Spit with other shorebirds (Tom
Leskiw).
In Southern Humboldt County a MERLIN was seen in the Community Park, near
Garberville (Robert "Woods" Sutherland).
In Arcata, at 3 g's Hay and Feed, at the end of Boyd Road, a male (and
possibly female) ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK were coming to feeders.
Interestingly the male RBGR was feeding a fledgling of undetermined species
(Sam Genandreas).
13 Aug.
-----------
A YELLOW-BILLED LOON* was found in Humboldt Bay, being seen from the
northern portion of the South Spit [Charlie Buckowsky (spelling?)]. The bird
was seen by other observers later in the day (Matt Wachs).
The male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK continued at 3 G's Hay and Feed in Arcata.
No fledgling of any type was seen with the bird (Rob Fowler).
An ANCIENT MURRELET and RHINOCEROS AUKLET were seen in the channel between
King Salmon and the South Spit (Matt Wachs).
14 Aug.
-----------
The YELLOW-BILLED LOON continued in the same area as reported yesterday (Rob
Fowler, Scott Carey).
A NASHVILLE WARBLER, first found on July 31st, was still present in the
Bayshore Mall Willows, in Eureka (Tom Leskiw).
At the base of Fickle Hill, in Arcata, 2 SPOTTED OWLS were detected (Ken
Irwin).
15 Aug.
-----------
The YELLOW-BILLED LOON was still present in the previously mentioned
location (Kerry Ross).
Inland, at the mouth of Willow Creek, were 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS with one
bird being a hatch-year (Tom Leskiw).
16 Aug.
-----------
On the V-street Loop were 146 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and 12 NORTHERN PINTAIL
(Scott Carey).
17 Aug.
-----------
A MCGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER was in a yard in Bayside; the observers average 1 a
year there (David Fix).
18 Aug.
-----------
The YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported from a different location today: seen
from the east side of the north spit, by the coast guard station (Gaylan
Reed).
Highlights from a morning spent shorebirding at Jacoby Creek included: 1
BRANT, 1 juvenile SNOWY PLOVER (unbanded; one of few records for mudflats in
Humboldt Bay), and 2-3 juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS (Rob Fowler).
In McKinleyville, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER was found at Hiller Park. The bird
could be seen from the north end of the baseball/soccer fields, in the newly
built runoff ponds (Kerry Ross).
In DEL NORTE COUNTY, 19 species of shorebirds were seen at Lake Earl/Talowa.
Highlights included: 1 juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 3 juvenile BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS, 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and 2 RED PHALAROPES (Lucas Bruigi).
Also in DEL NORTE COUNTY, a COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen flying over the 101
bridge of the Klamath River (Scott Carey).
19 Aug.
-----------
A SOLITARY SANDPIPER and WANDERING TATTLER were seen on Clam Beach and 6
HOODED MERGANSERS, and 4 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were seen at the Little River
Estuary. The SOLITARY SANDPIPER continued at Hiller Park (Kerry Ross, Rob
Fowler).
On the eastern end of the V-street loop, in the wet area on the south side
of the road, were a BLACK-NECKED STILT (Ken Irwin; Scott Carey), a BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER (Scott Carey).
20 Aug.
-----------
A male NORTHERN PARULA was seen with a large migrant flock in the Blue Lake
Cottonwoods, just south of the bridge that crosses the Mad River on Fish
Hatchery Road. At the mouth of the Little River were 4 continuing BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS (Scott Carey).
In DEL NORTE COUNTY an apparent juvenile LITTLE STINT* was seen on the
mudflats of Lake Talawa. (Lucas Bruigi).
The bird was videotaped for a couple of minutes before flying off. The
videotape has not been examined.
21 Aug.
-----------
The BLACK-NECKED STILT continued on the V-street Loop (Scott Carey).
The YELLOW-BILLED LOON was seen from King Salmon. A PARASITIC JAEGER was
seen at the entrance of Humboldt Bay today and also on he 19th (Matt Wachs).
22 Aug.
-----------
A well-seen juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK was the highlight near the summit of
Bear River Ridge. A NASHVILLE WARBLER was in the riparian at the bridge in
Capetown. The BLACK-NECKED STILT continued in the previously described area
of the V-street Loop (David Fix).
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen in a backyard in Arcata. On the gravel bars
of the Mad River, in the vicinity of Mad River County Park, were 3 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS (Rob Fowler).
In DEL NORTE COUNTY 22 AMERICAN AVOCETS were on Lake Talawa; 2 were at teal
point at Lake Earl along with 1 SNOWY PLOVER (fide Alan Barron).
23 Aug.
-----------
In a backyard in Arcata five species of migrant warblers were seen with the
highlight being a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and 2 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS. A
hatch year WILLOW FLYCATCHER was also present (Rob Fowler).
A female BLACK-NECKED STILT was found in the new pond on I-street at the
Arcata Marsh (Daryl Coldren). This is probably the same bird that was
originally found on the V-street Loop as that bird was not present when
checked after viewing this bird (fide Rob Fowler).
-End transcript
* Northwestern California Bird Alert
* 24 Aug 2006
CANW0608.24
hotline: Northwestern California Bird Alert
date(s): 1-24 Aug 2006
number: (707)-822-LOON (5666)
to report: (707)-822-LOON (Do not send reports by e-mail)
coverage: Northwestern CA (Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, western Siskiyou
and northern Mendocino counties)
compiled: 24 Aug 2006 at 10:30 a.m.
transcriber: Rob C. Fowler
Begin transcript-
This is a summary of reports from the Northwestern
California Bird Alert , sponsored by the City of Arcata, Redwood Region
Audubon Society, and generous support from local birders. Most
birds reported are in Humboldt County unless otherwise noted.
Birds in caps under the "birds mentioned" section have about 50 (plus
or minus 5) records of occurrence in Northwestern California as
defined in Stan Harris's " Northwestern California Birds" (3rd
edition, 2005). California Bird Records Committee review species
are noted with an asterisk (*). Send reports of California Bird
Record Committee Review Species sightings to: Guy
McCaskie,Secretary, California Bird Records Committee P. O. Box 275
Imperial Beach, CA 91933-0275 (or by e-mail to
guymcc@pacbell.net). On another note, you can subscribe to Northwestern
California Bird Alert this listserv at:
http://groups.google.com/group/ northwest - california - bird -
alert
.
This listserv receives audio messages, which are called in to the
Northwestern California Bird Alert . One of the benefits of using
this listserv is that it saves on your long-distance phone bills by
receiving messages in your e-mail, of which typically appear within
5 minutes of the message being called in. Messages
get sent as .wav files and they come as attachments. Broadband helps.
Average file
size is 270kb and max size is about 1 MB.
Good Birding!
NOTE: Sorry that the transcripts have been off-line for awhile. I will again
begin to do weekly summaries of messages called in to the birdbox. It's
possible that I may post transcripts on an even more frequent basis once the
fall vagrant season really heats up.
Birds Mentioned:
Brant
Northern Pintail
Black Scoter
Hooded Merganser
Pacific Loon
Red-Throated Loon
YELLOW-BILLED LOON*
Red-necked Grebe
MANX SHEARWATER*
BROWN BOOBY*
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Merlin
Pacific Golden-Plover
American Avocet
Black-necked Stilt
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wandering Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knots
Semipalmated Sandpiper
RED-NECKED STINT*
LITTLE STINT* (not confirmed)
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Heermann's Gull
Western Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Elegant Tern
Common Tern
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Eurasian Collared Dove
Rhinoceros Auklet
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Willow Flycatcher
Purple Martin
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Black-throated Gray Warbler
McGillivray's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
California Towhee
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Aug.
-----------
At King Salmon were 88 MARBLED MURRELETS, 5 PACIFIC LOONS, and 1
RED-THROATED LOON (Matt Wachs).
Of local interest was a CALIFORNIA TOWHEE seen at Lighthouse Ranch on Table
Bluff (Sean McAllister).
2 Aug.
-----------
An interesting report of COMMON POORWILL came in from Eureka: 1 bird was
heard near 8th and P Streets; the 2nd bird was heard responding to this bird
from another location (Chet Ogan).
3 Aug.
-----------
At the mouth of Jacoby Creek, in North Humboldt Bay, a juvenile SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER, 2 RED KNOTS, and 2 RUDDY TURNSTONES were the highlights of a
morning of shorebirding (Jim Tietz).
One GOLDEN EAGLE, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER, 1 WHITE-TAILED KITE, and 4 PURPLE
MARTINS were highlights from Bear River Ridge. On the north side of Woodley
Island, in Humboldt Bay, were 50 RING-BILLED GULLS were seen, including 1
juvenile (David Fix).
At Cock Robin Island a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO continued. On the ocean side of
the South Spit a flock of gulls that extended the length of the spit was
estimated to contain at least 12,000 gulls with 80% estimated to be
HEERMANNS' GULLS, 15% WESTERN GULLS, AND 5% other species (Kerry Ross).
4 Aug.
-----------
An immature BALD EAGLE was seen flying over the Six Rivers Supervisors
building in Eureka (Tom Leskiw).
5 Aug.
-----------
In the riparian at Cock Robin Island, just south of the bridge, 3
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS were seen [Cameron Rogueman (spelling?)].
6 Aug.
-----------
A PACIFIC-GOLDEN PLOVER was seen on the southern side of Cock Robin Island
(Scott Carey).
7 Aug.
-----------
On Clam Beach 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were seen (Kerry Ross).
A YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO continued at Cock Robin Island. At Shelter Cove,
southern Humboldt County, 3 EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES were seen in the
campground across from the Marina (Jerry White).
8 Aug.
-----------
In extreme northern MENDOCINO COUNTY a BROWN BOOBY* was found in Bear
Harbor, part of Sinkyone Wilderness State Park (Jerry White).
Two juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS were found in the slough on the north
side of western portion of the V-Street Loop. An adult ANCIENT MURRELET was
found off the North Jetty. A female BLACK SCOTER was seen off of the Samoa
Boat Ramp area on the North Spit (Scott Carey).
9 Aug.
-----------
in MENDOCINO COUNTY the BROWN BOOBY* was seen again at Bear Harbor, this
time farther north in the harbor than from where the bird was originally
found (Jerry White).
10 Aug.
-----------
During a seawatch from the North Jetty a MANX SHEARWATER* was the top
highlight, seen well, being observed for about 5 minutes. Other highlights
from the seawatch included 1 RED-NECKED GREBE, 5 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS, 12
MARBLED MURRELETS, 1 COMMON TERN, 3,500-4,000 COMMON MURRES, 2,500
HEERMANN'S GULLS, and 4 WANDERING TATTLERS (Rob Fowler).
11 Aug.
-----------
In DEL NORTE county an adult RED-NECKED STINT* was found at Lake Talawa
(Lucas Bruigi). The observer videotaped the bird and was reviewed by other
observers and the bird clearly resembles a RN STINT.
In Eureka 1,034 ELEGANT TERNS were seen by the Wharfinger Building. On the
V-street Loop 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS continued, along with 9 LESSER
YELLOWLEGS (Kerry Ross).
12 Aug.
-----------
In DEL NORTE COUNTY the RED-NECKED STINT was NOT REFOUND despite much
searching. Other highlights from birding various spots on Lake Talawa/ Lake
Earl included: 2-3 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 1-2 SNOWY PLOVERS, 1 RUDDY
TURNSTONE, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 1 AMERICAN AVOCET, and 2 BANK SWALLOWS (Rob
Fowler).
A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was seen on the South Spit with other shorebirds (Tom
Leskiw).
In Southern Humboldt County a MERLIN was seen in the Community Park, near
Garberville (Robert "Woods" Sutherland).
In Arcata, at 3 g's Hay and Feed, at the end of Boyd Road, a male (and
possibly female) ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK were coming to feeders.
Interestingly the male RBGR was feeding a fledgling of undetermined species
(Sam Genandreas).
13 Aug.
-----------
A YELLOW-BILLED LOON* was found in Humboldt Bay, being seen from the
northern portion of the South Spit [Charlie Buckowsky (spelling?)]. The bird
was seen by other observers later in the day (Matt Wachs).
The male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK continued at 3 G's Hay and Feed in Arcata.
No fledgling of any type was seen with the bird (Rob Fowler).
An ANCIENT MURRELET and RHINOCEROS AUKLET were seen in the channel between
King Salmon and the South Spit (Matt Wachs).
14 Aug.
-----------
The YELLOW-BILLED LOON continued in the same area as reported yesterday (Rob
Fowler, Scott Carey).
A NASHVILLE WARBLER, first found on July 31st, was still present in the
Bayshore Mall Willows, in Eureka (Tom Leskiw).
At the base of Fickle Hill, in Arcata, 2 SPOTTED OWLS were detected (Ken
Irwin).
15 Aug.
-----------
The YELLOW-BILLED LOON was still present in the previously mentioned
location (Kerry Ross).
Inland, at the mouth of Willow Creek, were 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS with one
bird being a hatch-year (Tom Leskiw).
16 Aug.
-----------
On the V-street Loop were 146 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and 12 NORTHERN PINTAIL
(Scott Carey).
17 Aug.
-----------
A MCGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER was in a yard in Bayside; the observers average 1 a
year there (David Fix).
18 Aug.
-----------
The YELLOW-BILLED LOON was reported from a different location today: seen
from the east side of the north spit, by the coast guard station (Gaylan
Reed).
Highlights from a morning spent shorebirding at Jacoby Creek included: 1
BRANT, 1 juvenile SNOWY PLOVER (unbanded; one of few records for mudflats in
Humboldt Bay), and 2-3 juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS (Rob Fowler).
In McKinleyville, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER was found at Hiller Park. The bird
could be seen from the north end of the baseball/soccer fields, in the newly
built runoff ponds (Kerry Ross).
In DEL NORTE COUNTY, 19 species of shorebirds were seen at Lake Earl/Talowa.
Highlights included: 1 juvenile PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 3 juvenile BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS, 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, and 2 RED PHALAROPES (Lucas Bruigi).
Also in DEL NORTE COUNTY, a COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen flying over the 101
bridge of the Klamath River (Scott Carey).
19 Aug.
-----------
A SOLITARY SANDPIPER and WANDERING TATTLER were seen on Clam Beach and 6
HOODED MERGANSERS, and 4 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS were seen at the Little River
Estuary. The SOLITARY SANDPIPER continued at Hiller Park (Kerry Ross, Rob
Fowler).
On the eastern end of the V-street loop, in the wet area on the south side
of the road, were a BLACK-NECKED STILT (Ken Irwin; Scott Carey), a BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER (Scott Carey).
20 Aug.
-----------
A male NORTHERN PARULA was seen with a large migrant flock in the Blue Lake
Cottonwoods, just south of the bridge that crosses the Mad River on Fish
Hatchery Road. At the mouth of the Little River were 4 continuing BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS (Scott Carey).
In DEL NORTE COUNTY an apparent juvenile LITTLE STINT* was seen on the
mudflats of Lake Talawa. (Lucas Bruigi).
The bird was videotaped for a couple of minutes before flying off. The
videotape has not been examined.
21 Aug.
-----------
The BLACK-NECKED STILT continued on the V-street Loop (Scott Carey).
The YELLOW-BILLED LOON was seen from King Salmon. A PARASITIC JAEGER was
seen at the entrance of Humboldt Bay today and also on he 19th (Matt Wachs).
22 Aug.
-----------
A well-seen juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK was the highlight near the summit of
Bear River Ridge. A NASHVILLE WARBLER was in the riparian at the bridge in
Capetown. The BLACK-NECKED STILT continued in the previously described area
of the V-street Loop (David Fix).
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen in a backyard in Arcata. On the gravel bars
of the Mad River, in the vicinity of Mad River County Park, were 3 BAIRD'S
SANDPIPERS (Rob Fowler).
In DEL NORTE COUNTY 22 AMERICAN AVOCETS were on Lake Talawa; 2 were at teal
point at Lake Earl along with 1 SNOWY PLOVER (fide Alan Barron).
23 Aug.
-----------
In a backyard in Arcata five species of migrant warblers were seen with the
highlight being a NASHVILLE WARBLER, and 2 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS. A
hatch year WILLOW FLYCATCHER was also present (Rob Fowler).
A female BLACK-NECKED STILT was found in the new pond on I-street at the
Arcata Marsh (Daryl Coldren). This is probably the same bird that was
originally found on the V-street Loop as that bird was not present when
checked after viewing this bird (fide Rob Fowler).
-End transcript