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* Arcata Bird Box Daily Summary
* 11 September 2005
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hotline: Arcata Bird Box
date(s): 4 September-11 September 2005
number: (707)-822-LOON (5666)
to report: (707)-822-LOON (Do not send reports by e-mail)
coverage: Northwestern CA (Del Norte, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties)
compiled: 11 September 2005 at 9:25 p.m.
transcriber:Rob C. Fowler
This is the weekly summary of reports from the Arcata Bird Box
Birdbox, sponsored by the City of Arcata and Redwood Region
Audubon Society. Most birds reported are in Humboldt County
unless otherwise noted. Birds in caps under the “highlights”
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). If you would like more up to
date summaries you can check on postings from Northwest Calbird, and
other California birding listserves at:
http://www.sialia.com/s/calists.pl.
You can also
subscribe to NW Calbird at that website if you’d like to.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Blue-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Ashy Storm-Petrel
American White Pelican
Pacific Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Ruff
Tufted Puffin
Burrowing Owl
Willow Flycatcher
LEAST FLYCATCHER
Red-eyed Vireo
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
YELLOW WAGTAIL (POSSIBLE)
American Pipit
Northern Mockingbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
“Baypoll” Warbler
McGillivray’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
“Sooty” Fox Sparrow
DICKCISSEL
4 Sep
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At Stone Lagoon, north of Trinidad, there were 5 HOODED MERGANSERS along
with some Pacific Loons and “some” Dunlin and other peeps (Chris Tonra).
A juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was present with other peeps on the west
end of the V-street Loop, west of Arcata. Five to 6 Sooty Shearwaters were
seen off of the North Jetty (Scott Carey).
At Shay Park, in Arcata, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was found in the
blackberries just below the large parking lot for the high school playing
field (Jheremie Kellerman and Amy Stercho).
The juvenile male RUFF was still present at Eel River Wildlife Area (ERWA)
along with 70 Lesser Yellowlegs and 1 juvenile Red Knot (David Fix and Jude
Power).
In DEL NORTE COUNTY the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN is still present at Lakes
Earl and Talowa. A juvenile RUFF was found at Teal Point on Lake Earl (Alan
Barron). Call Alan at 707.465.8904 for more information and directions.
5 Sep
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The RUFF was still present at the western part of ERWA; 2 juvenile STILT
SANDPIPERS were also present there (“Lucas”, no last name).
A RED-EYED VIREO and a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER were found in the riparian patch
just east of the mouth of Redwood Creek near Orick (Ken Irwin).
A possible BLUE-HEADED VIREO was found out near the pond at the Blue Lake
Fish Hatchery but was seen briefly through much foliage. At Shay Park the
migrant flock held a NASHVILLE WARBLER and an adult Townsend’s Warbler.
There was a WILLOW FLYCATCHER at marker #11 at the Log Pond at the Arcata
Marsh. A male HOODED MERGANSER was at the Arcata Oxidation Ponds (Scott
Carey).
6 Sept.
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Today there was a “SOOTY” FOX SPARROW and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Mad River
County Park. In the Arcata Bottoms, at the corner of Jackson Ranch and
Foster there were 20 American Pipits. On the 3rd, 4th, and 5th there was an
Olive-sided Flycatcher in the observer’s back yard; it sang on the 5th
(David Fix).
There was 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Eel River Wildlife Area, 2 PACIFIC
GOLDEN-PLOVERS in a field opposite of the Ferndale Oxidation Ponds and 1
female type BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the Oxidation Ponds (Sean McAllister).
7 Sept.
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Today, in the vicinity of Orick, there was a WILLOW FLYCATCHER and a
BLUE-HEADED VIREO in the riparian at the base of Bald Hills Road. At the
Orick Dump there was a MAGNOLIA WARBLER. At the riparian patch east of the
Redwood Creek Mouth there was a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER and a MCGILLIVRAY’S
WARBLER (Ken Irwin).
At Eel River Wildlife Area the RUFF and 1 STILT SANDPIPER continued
(David Fix).
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, Swainson’s Thrush, and a Common Yellowthroat, were
inland at the mouth of Willow Creek (Tom Leskiw).
8 Sept.
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At Davidson Road, north of Orick, there was a DICKCISSEL and a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER (Ken Irwin).
There were 2 Common Yellowthroats at the Elk River Wildlife Area (Tom
Leskiw).
9 Sept.
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At the Horse Pasture Willows on the North Spit, just south of Fairhaven,
there was 1 hatch-year CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (David Fix).
Along the Redwood Creek Levee, in Orick, about ˝ way down from the Shoreline
Market, there was 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 1 PALM WARBLER, and a single
BURROWING OWL (Ken Irwin).
10 Sept.
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In the Orick area today, while looking at a BLACKPOLL WARBLER at the Orick
Dump, a bird heard calling, while flying east to west over the dump was
hypothesized to be a YELLOW WAGTAIL! The observer searched for the bird
where he thought it landed but did not locate the suspect. There was still a
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER present in the riparian patch just east of the
Redwood Creek mouth, 1-2 NORTHERN PARULAS were present at the base of Bald
Hills Road (north of Orick), and 1 well studied LEAST FLYCATCHER, along with
2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS were present at the bridge on Davidson Road, also north
of Orick (Ken Irwin).
A Humboldt State University Ornithology class went on a pelagic trip on the
HSU vessel, The Coral Sea, and saw the following highlights: 1 LAYSAN
ALBATROSS, 1 TUFTED PUFFIN, 2-3 ASHY STORM-PETRELS, 11 Sabine’s Gulls, 1
Pomarine Jaeger, and 2 Parasitic Jaegers (Rob Fowler).
A well-photographed BLUE-HEADED VIREO was found about 80 yards upstream of
the bridge that crosses the Bear River, which is located near Capetown.
Capetown is between the towns of Petrolia and Ferndale (Sean McAllister).
11 Sept.
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Three juvenile STILT SANDPIPERS and 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and 100 VAUX’S
SWIFTS were present at the Eel River Wildlife Area (Sean McAllister, David
Fix et al.)
A juvenile Sora, 1 Virginia Rail, and 2 Red-necked Phalarope, and 20 Yellow
Warblers were present at the Salmon Creek Unit of Humboldt Bay National
Wildlife Refuge (David Fix).
The 1st Ruby-crowned Kinglet of the season and a continuing WILLOW
FLYCATCHER was present at the Blue Lake Fish Hatchery. There were large
flocks of 100 and 300 Violet-green Swallow near Mad River County Park (Scott
Carey).
The first lowland Yellow-rumped Warbler of the season was in a backyard in
Arcata (Rob Fowler).
A “BAYPOLL” WARBLER was at the Salt River riparian in the Eel River Bottoms
but was not seen well enough to be fully determined (Sean McAllister).
-End transcript
* Arcata Bird Box Daily Summary
* 11 September 2005
- Transcript
hotline: Arcata Bird Box
date(s): 4 September-11 September 2005
number: (707)-822-LOON (5666)
to report: (707)-822-LOON (Do not send reports by e-mail)
coverage: Northwestern CA (Del Norte, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties)
compiled: 11 September 2005 at 9:25 p.m.
transcriber:Rob C. Fowler
This is the weekly summary of reports from the Arcata Bird Box
Birdbox, sponsored by the City of Arcata and Redwood Region
Audubon Society. Most birds reported are in Humboldt County
unless otherwise noted. Birds in caps under the “highlights”
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). If you would like more up to
date summaries you can check on postings from Northwest Calbird, and
other California birding listserves at:
http://www.sialia.com/s/calists.pl
You can also
subscribe to NW Calbird at that website if you’d like to.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Blue-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Ashy Storm-Petrel
American White Pelican
Pacific Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Ruff
Tufted Puffin
Burrowing Owl
Willow Flycatcher
LEAST FLYCATCHER
Red-eyed Vireo
BLUE-HEADED VIREO
YELLOW WAGTAIL (POSSIBLE)
American Pipit
Northern Mockingbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
“Baypoll” Warbler
McGillivray’s Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
“Sooty” Fox Sparrow
DICKCISSEL
4 Sep
--------
At Stone Lagoon, north of Trinidad, there were 5 HOODED MERGANSERS along
with some Pacific Loons and “some” Dunlin and other peeps (Chris Tonra).
A juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER was present with other peeps on the west
end of the V-street Loop, west of Arcata. Five to 6 Sooty Shearwaters were
seen off of the North Jetty (Scott Carey).
At Shay Park, in Arcata, a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD was found in the
blackberries just below the large parking lot for the high school playing
field (Jheremie Kellerman and Amy Stercho).
The juvenile male RUFF was still present at Eel River Wildlife Area (ERWA)
along with 70 Lesser Yellowlegs and 1 juvenile Red Knot (David Fix and Jude
Power).
In DEL NORTE COUNTY the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN is still present at Lakes
Earl and Talowa. A juvenile RUFF was found at Teal Point on Lake Earl (Alan
Barron). Call Alan at 707.465.8904 for more information and directions.
5 Sep
--------
The RUFF was still present at the western part of ERWA; 2 juvenile STILT
SANDPIPERS were also present there (“Lucas”, no last name).
A RED-EYED VIREO and a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER were found in the riparian patch
just east of the mouth of Redwood Creek near Orick (Ken Irwin).
A possible BLUE-HEADED VIREO was found out near the pond at the Blue Lake
Fish Hatchery but was seen briefly through much foliage. At Shay Park the
migrant flock held a NASHVILLE WARBLER and an adult Townsend’s Warbler.
There was a WILLOW FLYCATCHER at marker #11 at the Log Pond at the Arcata
Marsh. A male HOODED MERGANSER was at the Arcata Oxidation Ponds (Scott
Carey).
6 Sept.
---------
Today there was a “SOOTY” FOX SPARROW and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Mad River
County Park. In the Arcata Bottoms, at the corner of Jackson Ranch and
Foster there were 20 American Pipits. On the 3rd, 4th, and 5th there was an
Olive-sided Flycatcher in the observer’s back yard; it sang on the 5th
(David Fix).
There was 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Eel River Wildlife Area, 2 PACIFIC
GOLDEN-PLOVERS in a field opposite of the Ferndale Oxidation Ponds and 1
female type BLUE-WINGED TEAL in the Oxidation Ponds (Sean McAllister).
7 Sept.
---------
Today, in the vicinity of Orick, there was a WILLOW FLYCATCHER and a
BLUE-HEADED VIREO in the riparian at the base of Bald Hills Road. At the
Orick Dump there was a MAGNOLIA WARBLER. At the riparian patch east of the
Redwood Creek Mouth there was a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER and a MCGILLIVRAY’S
WARBLER (Ken Irwin).
At Eel River Wildlife Area the RUFF and 1 STILT SANDPIPER continued
(David Fix).
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, Swainson’s Thrush, and a Common Yellowthroat, were
inland at the mouth of Willow Creek (Tom Leskiw).
8 Sept.
---------
At Davidson Road, north of Orick, there was a DICKCISSEL and a WILLOW
FLYCATCHER (Ken Irwin).
There were 2 Common Yellowthroats at the Elk River Wildlife Area (Tom
Leskiw).
9 Sept.
---------
At the Horse Pasture Willows on the North Spit, just south of Fairhaven,
there was 1 hatch-year CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER (David Fix).
Along the Redwood Creek Levee, in Orick, about ˝ way down from the Shoreline
Market, there was 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, 1 PALM WARBLER, and a single
BURROWING OWL (Ken Irwin).
10 Sept.
---------
In the Orick area today, while looking at a BLACKPOLL WARBLER at the Orick
Dump, a bird heard calling, while flying east to west over the dump was
hypothesized to be a YELLOW WAGTAIL! The observer searched for the bird
where he thought it landed but did not locate the suspect. There was still a
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER present in the riparian patch just east of the
Redwood Creek mouth, 1-2 NORTHERN PARULAS were present at the base of Bald
Hills Road (north of Orick), and 1 well studied LEAST FLYCATCHER, along with
2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS were present at the bridge on Davidson Road, also north
of Orick (Ken Irwin).
A Humboldt State University Ornithology class went on a pelagic trip on the
HSU vessel, The Coral Sea, and saw the following highlights: 1 LAYSAN
ALBATROSS, 1 TUFTED PUFFIN, 2-3 ASHY STORM-PETRELS, 11 Sabine’s Gulls, 1
Pomarine Jaeger, and 2 Parasitic Jaegers (Rob Fowler).
A well-photographed BLUE-HEADED VIREO was found about 80 yards upstream of
the bridge that crosses the Bear River, which is located near Capetown.
Capetown is between the towns of Petrolia and Ferndale (Sean McAllister).
11 Sept.
---------
Three juvenile STILT SANDPIPERS and 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and 100 VAUX’S
SWIFTS were present at the Eel River Wildlife Area (Sean McAllister, David
Fix et al.)
A juvenile Sora, 1 Virginia Rail, and 2 Red-necked Phalarope, and 20 Yellow
Warblers were present at the Salmon Creek Unit of Humboldt Bay National
Wildlife Refuge (David Fix).
The 1st Ruby-crowned Kinglet of the season and a continuing WILLOW
FLYCATCHER was present at the Blue Lake Fish Hatchery. There were large
flocks of 100 and 300 Violet-green Swallow near Mad River County Park (Scott
Carey).
The first lowland Yellow-rumped Warbler of the season was in a backyard in
Arcata (Rob Fowler).
A “BAYPOLL” WARBLER was at the Salt River riparian in the Eel River Bottoms
but was not seen well enough to be fully determined (Sean McAllister).
-End transcript