Bob/Tweets: Since retiring, my wife and I have prowled and birded rural
California and the entire coast five or six times during recent
winters--there are a lot of good places to visit. I suggest that you
consider getting a copy of Don Roberson's "Monterey Birds" (2nd Edition,
2002, Monterey Aud. Soc.; ABA sales), which covers one of the best coastal
areas (Monterey County) thoroughly, with excellent up-to-date species info.
and birding routes, including include Elkhorn Slough, Carmel River, Pt.
Lobos and Andrew Molera State Parks, and the Big Sur coast. Of all the
places we've visited, other that Bodega Bay, you might not do better than
spending all or at least most of your time in the general vicinity of
Monterey and the Big Sur, guided by this book. Also check out Roberson's
website at http://montereybay.com/creagrus/index.html, which covers birds
and much more.

Bruce Moorhead
Port Angeles, WA
bruceb at olypen.com

> Message: 14
> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 11:29:48 -0700
> From: "B & P Bell" <bellasoc at isomedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Suggestions for Califorina Coast Birding
> Locations?
> To: <bstallcop at seanet.com>, "Tweeters List"
> <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> Hi Bob and Tweets
>
> If you only have two to three days, your best bets are Bodega Bay and the
> Point Reyes Peninsula, and then down in the Monterey area. Birding
> Northern
> California by John Kemper has detailed information for 81 areas and many
> more individual sites. For more information go to virtualbirder.com and
> navigate to the California area.
>
> In 20 years in the area these areas were always exciting. Fall along the
> California coast is consistently good and some real surprises can turn up.
>
> Have fun, and good birding.
>
> Brian H. Bell
> Birding & Natural History Guide
> mailto bellasoc at isomedia dot com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Stallcop" <bstallcop at seanet.com>
> To: "Tweeters List" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 2:57 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Suggestions for Califorina Coast Birding Locations?
>
>
>> Tweeters:
>>
>> I am driving from the Seattle area to Los Angeles during the first week
>> of
>> October, and plan to take the coast highway where possible. I will be
>> able
>> to take two or three days to bird, and need some suggestions about the
>> best
>> "hot spots" to hit in the trip.
>>
>> Bob Stallcop
>> bstallcop at seanet.com
>>
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> Message: 15
> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 11:34:47 -0700
> From: "Howard Armstrong" <godwits at wavecable.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] shorebirds on Whidby
> To: "Tweeters" <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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> Tweeters,
> Yesterday Thais and I birded Whidby for shorebirds. Highlites were:
> 1 Whimbrel at Crocket Lk.
> 1Stilt Sandpiper at Swantown/Boss Lk.
> 1 Black Turnstone at " " "
> 8 Shhort-billed Dowichers " " "
> 2 Sanderlings " " "
> 10+ Semi-palmated Plovers " " "
> Penn Cove was too full most of the day.
>
> Howard Armstrong
> Samish Island
> mailto:godwits at wavecable.com
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> Message: 16
> Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 11:50:18 -0700
> From: Wilson Cady <gorgebirds at juno.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Re: [obol] Snowy Egret at Ridgefield NWR 9-2-06
> To: godwit513 at msn.com
> Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu, obol at lists.oregonstate.edu
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> Anyone venturing down to the Ridgefield/Vancouver area to check out the
> juvenile Snowy Egret at the Ridgefield River "S" Unit might also want to
> pay a visit to Vancouver Lake where there are numerous shorebirds to look
> over. The best spot to find these birds is by going out Fourth Plain
> Blvd. to the Flushing Channel parking lot and walking out to the lake and
> then South where there are extensive mud flats. In the past I have had
> Ruff and Stilt Sandpipers here. Yesterday after viewing the bird at the
> River "S" Unit my wife and I checked this part of Vancouver Lake where we
> found:
>
> 1 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER
> 7 KILLDEER
> 11 GREATER YELLOWLEGS
> 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS
> 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS
> 1 SANDERLING
> 50+ WESTERN SANDPIPERS
> 30+ LEAST SANDPIPERS
> 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
> 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS
>
> Today we had a great movement of migrants through our property in
> western Skamania County with:
> 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
> 6 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS
> 2 VAUX'S SWIFTS
> 3 RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS
> 1 WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE
> 2 HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHERS
> 1 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER
> 8 CASSIN'S VIREOS
> 4 WARBLING VIREOS
> 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES
> 30 CEDAR WAXWINGS
> 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS
> 20 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS
> 2 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS
> 5 WILSON'S WARBLERS
> 25 WESTERN TANAGERS
> 3 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS
> A small light-colored sparrow with a spotted undersides, no
> facial markings and a barred crown made a brief visit to our bird bath.
> This bird was about the same size as the American Goldfinches but
> slimmer. My wife and I are puzzled over the identification of this
> sparrow, the nearest thing we can find in my of our guides is a juvenile
> Brewer's Sparrow.
>
> Wilson Cady
> Washougal, WA
>
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