Central Valley Bird Box RBA
May 14, 2000
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 08:39:34 -0700
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From: Steve Abbott <skua@JPS.NET>
Subject: [BIRDWEST] RBA: Central Valley BirdBox, CA 5/14/00
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- RBA
* California
* Central Valley Bird Box
* 5/14/00
* CACV0005.14
- Birds mentioned
WANDERING TATTLER (San Joaquin)
Caspian Tern (Fresno)
Forster's Tern (Fresno)
Black Tern (Fresno)
Vaux's Swift (El Dorado, Fresno)
White-throated Swift (El Dorado)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (El Dorado)
California Thrasher (El Dorado)
Yellow-breasted Chat (El Dorado)
Western Tanager (El Dorado)
Sage Sparrow (El Dorado)
Lazuli Bunting (El Dorado)
- Transcript
hotline: Central Valley Bird Box, CA
sponsor: Sacramento Audubon Society
to report: (916) 481-0118 ******When Reporting, please leave the DATE of
observation*****
coverage: California's Central Valley and Northern Sierra Nevada
compiler: Steve Abbott
email: skua@jps.net
El Dorado County:
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Tim Steurer reports on a trip to Sweetwater Creek on 5/10 the following
highlights: SAGE SPARROW, CALIFORNIA THRASHER, and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER
along the trail in the chaparral 1/2mi east of the lake. In the riparian,
there were the following: VAUX'S and WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, WESTERN TANAGER, and LAZULI BUNTING. Sweetwater Creek is located
along Salmon Falls Rd.
Fresno County:
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On 5/10, Beverly Brock reports 2 BLACK TERNS, 4 CASPIAN TERNS, and several
dozen FORSTER'S TERNS at a commercial fish pond on Riverbend Ave., south of
Ashland Ave.
Madera County:
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On 5/10, Beverly Brock reports 2 VAUX'S SWIFTS at the bridge where O'neil Rd
crosses Cottonwood Creek east of Hwy 145.
San Joaquin County:
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Kurt Mize reports a WANDERING TATTLER in the eastern corner of the
easternmost oxidation pond at the Stockton Sewage Ponds on 5/11. To gain
access to the ponds, please go to the office located at 2300 Navy Drive.
From I-5, take Hwy 4 west to Navy Drive (north for a very short distance and
then west) to the office to sign in. From the office return to Navy Drive
east to Tillie Lewis Rd. (south or right) to Hwy 4 and turn right again
(west). The Sewage Ponds will be on the north side of the road after
crossing the river. Proceed to the gate and wait to be let in.
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PLEASE NOTE: Any birds considered locally rare in these reports may not
yet be confirmed and should be documented and forwarded to the
appropriate records committee (see contacts below) or sub-regional Field
Notes editor.
Any observations of rare species should be documented and
forwarded to the Sacramento Bird Records Committee (SBRC) which reviews
records of unusual birds reported within the area described by the
Checklist of the Birds of the Sacramento Area.
Send reports to:
Tim Manolis
808 El Encino Way
Sacramento, CA 95864
email: Ylightfoot@aol.com
For California Bird Records Committee review species, please send reports
to:
Michael M. Rogers
Secretary CBRC
P.O. Box 340
Moffett Field, CA 94035-340
email: mrogers@nas.nasa.gov
For further discussion of birds in California's Central Valley, please
visit http://www.egroups.com/list/central_valley_birds
For further discussion of birds in California's Sierra Nevada, please
visit http://www.egroups.com/list/sierra-nevadabirds
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