6.14 - 16
[Sierra Nevada Birds] Yuba Pass
Yuba PassEric Preston and I birded
the Yuba Pass area all the way up to Honey Lake this weekend
past. While we had several nice birds and Yuba Pass proper was
quite birdy, the obvious highlight was one adult and two juvenile
LONG-EARED OWLS in Lassen County. One juvenile had just fledged
and the other was still in the nest with the adult nearby. Details
on request. .jpg)
Photos
both courtesy of and ©2002 Eric W. Preston.
Other highlights included 9 total LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS (one flying across Hwy. 395), a BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER (thanks Les) and several breeding confirmations. Along Marble Hot Springs Road, there was an adorable juvenile STRIPED SKUNK that I was tempted to try to photograph but thought better of. Along Red Rock Road, there was a huge infestation of Mormon Crickets.
Mark
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AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN 25 + 7 at pond opposite
Goose Lake (Jun 15)
LONG-EARED OWL 1 adult 2 jveniles + nest, Lassen County (Jun
16)
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD 2 males at Bassett's Feeders (Jun 15)
LEWIS'S WOODPECKER 3 at South of Loyalton (Jun 15)
LEWIS'S WOODPECKER 5 at Antelope Valley Road (Jun 15)
WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER male at Yuba Pass (Jun 15)
WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER CO-ON at riparian east of Bassett's (Jun
15)
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER drumming at pond opposite Goose Lake
(Jun 15)
TREE SWALLOW CO-ON at riparian east of Bassett's (Jun 15)
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE CO-ON at Riparian east of Bassett's (Jun 15)
96 species seen:
Pied-billed Grebe (18)
American White Pelican (9)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (23).jpg)
White-faced Ibis (18, 24)
Gadwall (18)
Mallard (18)
Cinnamon Teal (18, 19)
Northern Shoveler (19)
Northern Pintail (24)
Redhead (18)
Osprey (7)
Northern Harrier (17, 23)
Swainson's Hawk (20)
Red-tailed Hawk (23)
Mountain Quail (5)
American Coot (18)
Sandhill Crane (18)
Killdeer (18)
Black-necked Stilt (24)
American Avocet (24)
Willet (18, 24)
Common Snipe (18)
Wilson's Phalarope (18, 19)
Ring-billed Gull (18, 24)
California Gull (24)
Caspian Tern (24)
Forster's Tern (23)
Long-eared Owl Lassen County
Common Nighthawk (5, 18)
Anna's Hummingbird (6)
Calliope Hummingbird (6)
Lewis's Woodpecker (13, 14, 22)
Williamson's Sapsucker (5)
Red-breasted Sapsucker (2)
Downy Woodpecker (5)
Hairy Woodpecker (4, 14)
White-headed Woodpecker (4, 10)
Black-backed Woodpecker (9)
Northern Flicker (5, 13, 14)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (5)
Western Wood-Pewee (4, 5, 13, 14)
Hammond's Flycatcher (5)
Dusky Flycatcher (5)
Western Kingbird (23)
Warbling Vireo (4, 5, 9, 13)
Steller's Jay (4)
Black-billed Magpie (1)
American Crow (21)
Common Raven (11)
Horned Lark (20)
Tree Swallow (4)
Cliff Swallow (12)
Barn Swallow (18)
Mountain Chickadee (4)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (5)
White-breasted Nuthatch (5)
Bewick's Wren (21)
House Wren (13, 14)
Marsh Wren (18)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (5)
Western Bluebird (14)
Mountain Bluebird (11, 16)
Townsend's Solitaire (5, 9)
Hermit Thrush (15)
American Robin (5)
Sage Thrasher (20)
Nashville Warbler (7, 8)
Yellow Warbler (7, 21)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (3, 5)
Hermit Warbler (4)
MacGillivray's Warbler (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10)
Wilson's Warbler (4, 5)
Western Tanager (5)
Green-tailed Towhee (14)
Spotted Towhee (7, 13, 21)
Chipping Sparrow (5)
Brewer's Sparrow (17)
Vesper Sparrow (17, 20)
Savannah Sparrow (18)
Fox Sparrow (5, 7, 8, 10)
Song Sparrow (3)
Lincoln's Sparrow (4)
White-crowned Sparrow (5)
Dark-eyed Junco (5, 13)
Black-headed Grosbeak (13)
Red-winged Blackbird (11)
Western Meadowlark (20)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (18)
Brewer's Blackbird (11, 17)
Brown-headed Cowbird (5)
Bullock's Oriole (13)
Cassin's Finch (5)
Pine Siskin (5, 9)
Evening Grosbeak (3, 4)
Juvenile Striped Skunk (18)
Boatloads of Mormon Crickets (21)
Locations:
1) Sierraville (Jun 14)
2) Riparian east of Bassett's (Jun 14)
3) West of Bassett's (Jun 15)
4) Riparian east of Bassett's (Jun 15)
5) Yuba Pass (Jun 15)
6) Bassett's Feeders (Jun 15)
7) First turnout along Gold Lake Hwy (Jun 15)
8) Sardine Lake Picnic Area (Jun 15)
9) Pond opposite Goose Lake (Jun 15)
10) Half mile east of Yuba Pass (Jun 15)
11) Hwy 49 in Sierra Valley (Jun 15)
12) Smithneck Road (Jun 15)
13) South of Loyalton (Jun 15)
14) Antelope Valley Road (Jun 15)
15) Yuba Pass (II) (Jun 15)
16) Calpine (Jun 16)
17) Calpine Corner (Jun 16)
18) Marble Hot Springs Road (Jun 16)
19) Harriet Lane (Jun 16)
20) Outside Loyalton (Jun 16)
21) Red Rock Road (Jun 16)
22) Hwy 395 south of Honey Lake (Jun 16)
23) Honey Lake Fleming Unit (Jun 16)
24) Honey Lake Daikin Unit (Jun 16)
6.17 [SFBirds] Violet-green Swallows in
San Francisco
> From: Jay Withgott [mailto:withgott@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 3:14 PM
> To: SFBirds@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [SFBirds] 3 Rare SF breeders noted today
>
>
>
> Speaking of SF breeders, I think it likely that Violet-green
Swallow has bred
> at Lake Merced this year. On 3 occasions b/w 23 May &
2 June I've seen a pair
> of VG Swallows foraging at the concrete bridge, and today
they were there with
> a third bird. The three birds looked to be of different
plumage brightnesses,
> as if male, female, and young -- although this was w/o binocs
and I did not get
> good or repeated looks at them. Seems sensible that they
might have nested in
> a snag on one of the golf courses nearby, though. - J
>
Yes, Violet-green Swallow is fairly uncommon, having been confirmed only in block 5080 which includes downtown SF and the western half of the west span of the Bay Bridge.
Mark
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