RBA
* Northwestern California Bird Alert
* 3 January 2006
CANW0701.03
Birds Mentioned:
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Widgeon
Canvasback
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-necked Grebe
Ruffed Grouse
American Bittern
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
CRESTED CARACARA*
Pacific Golden-Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
SLATY-BACKED GULL* (s)
ICELAND GULL*
Glaucous Gull
Short-eared Owl
Red-naped Sapsucker
White-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Say's Phoebe
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Western Bluebird
Black-and-white Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
American Tree Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
hotline: Northwestern California Bird Alert
date(s): 17 Dec.-2 Jan. 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: 3 Jan. 2006 at 3:30 p.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 less than 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).
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: Since I haven't done the transcripts for awhile due to the busy
holiday season and traveling I am posting the most recent weeks first for
birders benefits since so many awesome rarities have been found this past
week.
RECENT TRANSCRIPTS: 25 DEC. 2006-2 JAN. 2007
25 Dec.
-----------
Sixty-six CANVASBACKS were seen on Stone Lagoon (Kerry Ross).
26 Dec.
-----------
Six RED-NECKED GREBES were seen south of Indian Island (Michael Morris).
27 Dec.
-----------
No reports.
28 Dec.
-----------
One FERRUGINOUS HAWK, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 1 PRAIRIE FALCON, and 1
BURROWING OWL were seen along Bear River Ridge. Another FERRUGINOUS HAWK was
seen near the intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 36 (Kerry Ross).
A YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER was present in Arcata near East and Upper
California Streets (Blain Engel).
29 Dec.
-----------
In DEL NORTE COUNTY a 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL was seen near the mouth of
Lake Talawa. At the Alexander Dairy pond 12 HOODED MERGANSERS, 2 COMMON
GOLDENEYE, 46 CACKLING GEESE, AND 1 EURASIAN WIDGEON were the highlights
(Lucas Bruigi).
30 Dec.
-----------
A SUMMER TANAGER has been consistently coming to a residence in Eureka. Call
Kay Rocco at 707.442.5572 if you want to see the bird (Rob Hewitt).
31 Dec.
-----------
The Centerville CBC took place: Highlights (in order of rarity) included: 1
3rd cycle SLATY-BACKED GULL* (Todd and Tanner Easterla, John Hunter) seen
late afternoon at the tip of the South Jetty (a dangerous spot; one CBC
counter was swept off of here some years ago), CRESTED CARACARA (Jim Tietz,
Rebecca Green, Gary Bloomfield), CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (J. Tietz and R.
Green) in the town of Port Kenyon, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (J. Tietz and R.
Greene) along the Salt River, PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER (Easterlas and J.
Hunter) somewhere in Loleta Bottoms (?), SAY'S PHOEBE (don't know who or
where), ROCK SANDPIPER (Ken Burton) South Jetty, and SWAMP SPARROW (not sure
who or where). Other lesser highlights were seen also.....
1 Jan.
---------
A 1st cycle ICELAND GULL, with characters of the nominate glaucoides form,
was seen and photographed on the south spit of Humboldt Bay (Todd Easterla fide
Jim Tietz). See Rob Fowler's posting on Calbirds or Northwest Calbird from
this day for further directions and details. This bird has not been refound
as of yet.
A WESTERN BLUEBIRD was a new years hightlight for a residence in the town of
Freshwater (Rob Hewitt).
The AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was still present at its usual location on the V
Street Loop. Four SHORT-EARED OWLS and 1 AMERICAN BITTERN were seen along
the trail of Mad River Slough (Daryl Coldren).
2 Jan.
---------
An adult SLATY-BACKED GULL* was seen and photographed in the gull flock at
the mouth of Redwood Creek near the town of Orick (John Hunter, Todd and
Tanner Easterla). This is the first photo documented record of SLATY-BACKED
GULL for Northwestern California.
Around 4:30 p.m. the 3rd cycle SLATY-BACKED GULL* was seen by a visiting
Southern California birder at about 150 feet before the end of the South
Jetty. The observer also saw the continuing AMERICAN TREE SPARROW on the V
Street Loop (Dick Norton).
A flock of TUNDRA SWANS were seen flying southeast of Bridgeville on the
Alderpoint Road in southern Humboldt (Bonnie Cook).
BELATED TRANSCRIPTS: 17-24 DEC.
17 Dec.
-----------
Five FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, 5 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, 1
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, and 1 HORNED LARK were seen on Bear River Ridge. Outside
of Ferndale 2 EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES were seen (Kerry Ross).
18 Dec.
-----------
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW continued at the north end of the parking lot at
Bayshore Mall. The bird was seen coming to seed spread on the ground (Lou
Norton).
A SPOTTED SANDPIPER was seen about 1/2 mile southwest of Azalea Park (Ken
Irwin).
A NORTHERN SHRIKE continued along the V-Street Loop and was seen by walking
out on the Mad River Slough trail. The AMERICAN TREE SPARROW also continued
on the V-Street Loop in location mentioned in previous birdbox transcripts
(Scott Carey).
19 Dec.
-----------
In DEL NORTE COUNTY 3 RUFFED GROUSE were seen on Teran Road in the new Mill
Creek aquisition for Del Norte Redwoods State Park (Chet Ogan).
20 Dec.
-----------
The AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was still present on the V Street Loop (Bill
Rodstrom).
21 Dec.
-----------
A flock of 7 TREE SWALLOWS were seen outside of the town of Loleta (Daryl
Coldren).
Two WESTERN BLUEBIRDS were seen near the Mad River Bridge inland at Blue
Lake. An adult BALD EAGLE was seen near the Indianola cutoff near Highway
101 (Scott Carey).
22 Dec.
-----------
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued along the V Street Loop and was seen near the
Tree Sparrow spot (Frank Anderson).
24 Dec.
-----------
The Willow Creek CBC took place. Highlights were a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER
(Kerry Ross, Tom Leskiw) at the very end of Patterson Road around the
perimeter of a large pond. A WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (Jeff Allen) was seen
coming while coming down from the Horse Mountain ski area. A WHITE-HEADED
WOODPECKER (Lauren Lester) was seen on the top of Horse Mountain (fide CBC
compiler: Gary Lester).
Twenty TUNDRA SWANS were seen flying south over the Mad River Slough trail.
One LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen along the trail and the AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
was still present (Scott Carey).
Fifteen SWANS (probably Tundra) were seen flying south over Henderson Center
in Eureka (Michael Morris).
-End transcript
* Northwestern California Bird Alert
* 3 January 2006
CANW0701.03
Birds Mentioned:
Tundra Swan
Eurasian Widgeon
Canvasback
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-necked Grebe
Ruffed Grouse
American Bittern
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
CRESTED CARACARA*
Pacific Golden-Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
SLATY-BACKED GULL* (s)
ICELAND GULL*
Glaucous Gull
Short-eared Owl
Red-naped Sapsucker
White-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Say's Phoebe
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Western Bluebird
Black-and-white Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
American Tree Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
hotline: Northwestern California Bird Alert
date(s): 17 Dec.-2 Jan. 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: 3 Jan. 2006 at 3:30 p.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 less than 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).
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: Since I haven't done the transcripts for awhile due to the busy
holiday season and traveling I am posting the most recent weeks first for
birders benefits since so many awesome rarities have been found this past
week.
RECENT TRANSCRIPTS: 25 DEC. 2006-2 JAN. 2007
25 Dec.
-----------
Sixty-six CANVASBACKS were seen on Stone Lagoon (Kerry Ross).
26 Dec.
-----------
Six RED-NECKED GREBES were seen south of Indian Island (Michael Morris).
27 Dec.
-----------
No reports.
28 Dec.
-----------
One FERRUGINOUS HAWK, 2 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 1 PRAIRIE FALCON, and 1
BURROWING OWL were seen along Bear River Ridge. Another FERRUGINOUS HAWK was
seen near the intersection of Highway 101 and Highway 36 (Kerry Ross).
A YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER was present in Arcata near East and Upper
California Streets (Blain Engel).
29 Dec.
-----------
In DEL NORTE COUNTY a 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL was seen near the mouth of
Lake Talawa. At the Alexander Dairy pond 12 HOODED MERGANSERS, 2 COMMON
GOLDENEYE, 46 CACKLING GEESE, AND 1 EURASIAN WIDGEON were the highlights
(Lucas Bruigi).
30 Dec.
-----------
A SUMMER TANAGER has been consistently coming to a residence in Eureka. Call
Kay Rocco at 707.442.5572 if you want to see the bird (Rob Hewitt).
31 Dec.
-----------
The Centerville CBC took place: Highlights (in order of rarity) included: 1
3rd cycle SLATY-BACKED GULL* (Todd and Tanner Easterla, John Hunter) seen
late afternoon at the tip of the South Jetty (a dangerous spot; one CBC
counter was swept off of here some years ago), CRESTED CARACARA (Jim Tietz,
Rebecca Green, Gary Bloomfield), CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (J. Tietz and R.
Green) in the town of Port Kenyon, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER (J. Tietz and R.
Greene) along the Salt River, PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER (Easterlas and J.
Hunter) somewhere in Loleta Bottoms (?), SAY'S PHOEBE (don't know who or
where), ROCK SANDPIPER (Ken Burton) South Jetty, and SWAMP SPARROW (not sure
who or where). Other lesser highlights were seen also.....
1 Jan.
---------
A 1st cycle ICELAND GULL, with characters of the nominate glaucoides form,
was seen and photographed on the south spit of Humboldt Bay (Todd Easterla fide
Jim Tietz). See Rob Fowler's posting on Calbirds or Northwest Calbird from
this day for further directions and details. This bird has not been refound
as of yet.
A WESTERN BLUEBIRD was a new years hightlight for a residence in the town of
Freshwater (Rob Hewitt).
The AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was still present at its usual location on the V
Street Loop. Four SHORT-EARED OWLS and 1 AMERICAN BITTERN were seen along
the trail of Mad River Slough (Daryl Coldren).
2 Jan.
---------
An adult SLATY-BACKED GULL* was seen and photographed in the gull flock at
the mouth of Redwood Creek near the town of Orick (John Hunter, Todd and
Tanner Easterla). This is the first photo documented record of SLATY-BACKED
GULL for Northwestern California.
Around 4:30 p.m. the 3rd cycle SLATY-BACKED GULL* was seen by a visiting
Southern California birder at about 150 feet before the end of the South
Jetty. The observer also saw the continuing AMERICAN TREE SPARROW on the V
Street Loop (Dick Norton).
A flock of TUNDRA SWANS were seen flying southeast of Bridgeville on the
Alderpoint Road in southern Humboldt (Bonnie Cook).
BELATED TRANSCRIPTS: 17-24 DEC.
17 Dec.
-----------
Five FERRUGINOUS HAWKS, 5 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, 1
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, and 1 HORNED LARK were seen on Bear River Ridge. Outside
of Ferndale 2 EURASIAN COLLARED DOVES were seen (Kerry Ross).
18 Dec.
-----------
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW continued at the north end of the parking lot at
Bayshore Mall. The bird was seen coming to seed spread on the ground (Lou
Norton).
A SPOTTED SANDPIPER was seen about 1/2 mile southwest of Azalea Park (Ken
Irwin).
A NORTHERN SHRIKE continued along the V-Street Loop and was seen by walking
out on the Mad River Slough trail. The AMERICAN TREE SPARROW also continued
on the V-Street Loop in location mentioned in previous birdbox transcripts
(Scott Carey).
19 Dec.
-----------
In DEL NORTE COUNTY 3 RUFFED GROUSE were seen on Teran Road in the new Mill
Creek aquisition for Del Norte Redwoods State Park (Chet Ogan).
20 Dec.
-----------
The AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was still present on the V Street Loop (Bill
Rodstrom).
21 Dec.
-----------
A flock of 7 TREE SWALLOWS were seen outside of the town of Loleta (Daryl
Coldren).
Two WESTERN BLUEBIRDS were seen near the Mad River Bridge inland at Blue
Lake. An adult BALD EAGLE was seen near the Indianola cutoff near Highway
101 (Scott Carey).
22 Dec.
-----------
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued along the V Street Loop and was seen near the
Tree Sparrow spot (Frank Anderson).
24 Dec.
-----------
The Willow Creek CBC took place. Highlights were a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER
(Kerry Ross, Tom Leskiw) at the very end of Patterson Road around the
perimeter of a large pond. A WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (Jeff Allen) was seen
coming while coming down from the Horse Mountain ski area. A WHITE-HEADED
WOODPECKER (Lauren Lester) was seen on the top of Horse Mountain (fide CBC
compiler: Gary Lester).
Twenty TUNDRA SWANS were seen flying south over the Mad River Slough trail.
One LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen along the trail and the AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
was still present (Scott Carey).
Fifteen SWANS (probably Tundra) were seen flying south over Henderson Center
in Eureka (Michael Morris).
-End transcript