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Re: [SBB] Fwd: Sacramento/Out of Area

It's interesting that so many of us were in the Sacramento area this weekend. Daniella and I went to the Isenberg Crane Reserve on Saturday. There was a large group of birders there in the morning, and a smaller group in the afternoon. The Sandhill Cranes numbered in the thousands, so they are not particularly rare, but I was still thrilled to see them. They would sometimes fill the sky in mixed flocks with Greater White-fronted Geese, Tundra Swans, Snow Geese, and Canada Geese. There were several Red-tailed Hawks and American Kestrels on the telephone poles.
 
These were all present in lesser numbers at the Cosumnes River Preserve, where we went in the middle of the day.
 
Rarities (for me) were Merlin, Belted Kingfisher, and Say's Phoebe at Isenberg, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Cosumnes.
 
I'll post some pictures to my pbase gallery later this week.
 
--Garrett
http://www.pbase.com/garrettlau
 
On 12/5/05, Lisa Myers <[[email protected]]> wrote:
I'll continue the Sacramento update.
 
I too led a trip through the central Valley this weekend.  After we stopped for the Mountain Plovers and Ferruginous Hawks east of Fairfield we spent the weekend birding Colusa NWR, Sacramento NWR, LLano Seco Wildlife Area, Packer Unit Wildlife Area and Grey Lodge. We too enjoyed watching several Bald Eagles and even a Golden Eagle really stir things up at Sacramento NWR.
 
Blue morph geese were few to be found and only two were spotted.
 
Peregrine Falcon, Merlin, Prairie Falcon and American Kestrels all made an appearance over the weekend.
 
Yesteday while parked next to the Sacramento River on 45 (around 2:00 PM), north of Princeton and south of Four Corners we were thrilled to have a SWAINSONS HAWK fly over.
 
The skies were clear enough that even without your optics one could see both Mt. Lassen and Mt. Shasta - completely covered in snow.
 
Lisa Myers

Tom Merigan <[[email protected]]> wrote:
Sacramento adventures continued:

Ted Chandik led a second section that birded these 2 areas this
weekend. We had better weather,less people but about the same number of
bird species seen. We saw 2 bitterns-one which I got pics of both "hiding"
in their traditional way http://www.pbase.com/image/53162395 and a shot of
him flying http://www.pbase.com/image/53162521 We also saw a prairie
falcon http://www.pbase.com/image/53162062 ,a barn owl and a bald
eagle. Very rewarding and well worth the trip to Sacramento

Tom Merigan







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>Ted Chandik's birding group visited Sacramento NWR and Colusa NWR this
>week, braving high winds and intermittent rain. High points of our visit
>were an adult Bald Eagle, up close and personal, at Sacramento. And three
>American Bitterns, seen twice, at Colusa. The bitterns presented classic
>profiles and two different birds flew. No owls (alas!).
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 >[SBB] Fwd: Sacramento/Out of Area (From: Tom Merigan <[[email protected]]>)
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