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Birds of the Eastern Sierra, CA, including Inyo and Mono Counties.
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Toll House Springs, Deep Springs, Scotty's
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Today, Linda Terrill, Kate Goldberg and I visited eastern Inyo. Toll
House Springs had a lot of migrants, including a female Tennessee
Warbler. Of interest at Deep Springs was a female American Redstart and
a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak. There was a male Northern Parula at
Scotty's Castle.... more »
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Black Chin and Lawrence's GF
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Hi,
We got done from several days on the Mono Lake Islands counting gulls (20,023 nests by the way, still below the long-term average, but better than the last couple dismal years).
I busted up the slope behind LV, and even mid-day the Black-chinned Sparrow Nora found was still singing away, with the din of Brewer's Sparrows.... more »
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More Mono Sightings
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Hello,
Here's a few more sightings from Mono from this weekend past. On
Sunday the 27th, I had a singing JUNIPER TITMOUSE on the east slope of
Glass Mountain. In the afternoon, I had an adult male INDIGO BUNTING
just off Benton Crossing Road at Wildrose Canyon. Up slightly further
in the canyon were one or two PLUMBEOUS VIREOs and at the spring was a... more »
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Death Valley over the weekend
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A group of us including myself, Lauren Harter, Dan Maxwell, Matt
Brady, Justyn Stahl, Tristan McKee, and Zach Ormsby birded the Death
Valley area on May 25-26. Of note was an Ovenbird on both days at
Stovepipe Wells as well as 30+ species there on May 26 including all
the swallows but martin and a Bufflehead. On May 26 we had a Northern... more »
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Black-chinned sparrow in lee vining
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Singing male above the town in the sagebrush by the big white rock LV. 830
this morning. There is a dirt road from the elementary school soccer
field. Head north on the road until you are below the big LV. It was
singing there and chasing other birds. Will post photos but I am on
krakatoa until Wednesday. Nora... more »
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Band-tailed Pigeon at Baker Meadow
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A Band-tailed Pigeon was at Baker Meadow, W of Big Pine, 26 May. This rare
species is not reported every year in Inyo County but some years there are
multiple records throughout the county.
Tom & Jo Heindel
Big Pine, CA
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Canada Warbler!
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I went running this AM along the dirt road on the south side of Mill creek (lower Lundy Cyn) and hear/saw a singing CANADA WARBLER!
To get there, access the dirt road that runs along the north side of Mill creek, just upstream of the old 395 bridge (upstream of main 395). A short ways up from the old 395 cross over, there's a big Jeff Pine on the north side of the dirt road by a green rock someone painted to look like a frog. It was about 50-100 m upstream of that. On the south side of the creek, there are 3 big, evenly spaced Jeff Pines, it was between the upstream 2, slowly moving upstream. The wind is picking up right now, and predicted to blow like crazy today.... more »
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Birding trip to Owen's Valley
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Hi Birders-
We're making a birding and hiking trip in 2 weeks and will be around Bishop, Mammoth and Benton area. Looking for suggestions on good birding spots.
We're planning on going to Fish Slough and have the Birding Trail Guide. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Judy Heffner
Humble, Texas... more »
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Summer Tanager Mammoth Lakes Photos
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About 30 yards up stream from the Mammoth Museum a female Summer Tanager flew in, I thought at first it was a western, when looking at the photos I tried to make it into a scarlet, a good birder in sd Id`d it as a summer, under side of tail is green, darkish in scarlet photos at [link] I threw in a few of a cassin`s vireo that was singing up a storm... more »
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Bell's Vireo increasing in Shoshone
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Hi Birders,
Bell's Vireo are doing well in Shoshone this year with 7 territories as
of today. This is the most we've had to date.Thumbs up for cowbird trapping
and habitat restoration.
This video is titled, " The proper way to buid a Bell's Vireo nest"
here is the link
[link]... more »
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