Field Notes
By Stan Harris
28 April - 24 August
With 4 months' observations, this will be a long report. My apologies to observers whose reports had to be left out for lack of space. Don't forget the pelagic trip on 28 Sep out of Ft. Bragg (cost $65). For sign ups, contact Bob Keiffer (707) 744-1160 (home) or (707) 744-1424 (work). Throughout this report the following abbreviations stand for my editorial comments.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Yellow-billed Loon (FR,NC): 1, Pt. St. George, 2 Jul (AB): Leach's Storm Petrel (IL): 1, flying along Eel River near Loleta, 10 Jun (RLeV,RH): Blue-winged Teal (FR): 1 male, Mouth Little River, 8 May (TL); 1 male, Lake Earl, 30 May (BW); 1 pair, Arcata Marsh Project (AMP), 21 Jun (JP): OLD SQUAW (LS): 1, lower Eel River, 20 Apr (BS): Goshawk (FR): 1, west of Highway 101 at Redway, 5 May (DF); 1, Hayfork, 10 May (JH,et al.); 1, Hettenshaw Valley, 22 Jun (JH,GH); 1, Trinity Lake, 17 Aug (JH,TL): Prairie Falcon (FR): 1, Trinity Lake, 17 Aug (JH,TL): Ruffed Grouse (IL, FR): 1, Mail Ridge (Alderpoint side, 2000 feet elevation), 2 May (JG); 1, 15 miles N. Somes Bar, 5 Jun (JHe); Up to 10 in singles, NE of Weitchpec, summer (EE): Pacific Golden Plover (EF): 1, lower Eel River, 30 Jul (SMc).
Plovers on the River
Snowy Plover (BR, IL): 9+ nests, Eel River from Van Duzen to below Fernbridge, 28 May-12 Jun (RLeV,et al.); 3 nests on Centerville Beach, 28 May-12 Jun (RLeV, et al.): Black-necked Stilt (FR): 2, Lower Eel River, 11 Jun (RLeV): Solitary Sandpiper (LS): 1, flyover, Azalea Hill, 2 May (GL); 1, Lanphere Road, 19 May (BC): Bar-tailed Godwit (FR): 1 male, breeding plumage, ocean beach north of Pt. St. George, 29 Jun-5 Jul (AB, et al.): Semipalmated Sandpiper (EF,FR): 1 juv, Manila, 28 Jul (GH); 1 juv, Butcher Slough, 28 Jul (RJA); 1 juv, Trinity Lake (Trinity Center--first Trinity County Record?), 1-2 Aug (GH,JH); 2, mouth of Elk River, 31 Jul (KI); 1 ad, Butcher Slough, 11 Aug (RJA): Wilson's Phalarope (EF,FR): 1, McKinleyville Golf Course, 3 Jul (LU): Arctic Tern (IL, FR): 1, Mad River County Park, 20 Aug (BC): Horned Puffin (FR): 1, MacKerricher State Park, 25 May (SS, et al.): White-winged Dove (FR): 1, west end, Lanphere Road, 2 Aug (CJR): Flammulated Owl (FR): 2-3 calling, Black Lassic (Humboldt Co.), 16 May (GH; 2 calling, Black Lassic (Humboldt Co.), 11 Jul (TL,SP): Black Swift (FR): 17, migrating N past Manila, 4 Jun (GH); 4 (flyby), Bald Hills Road (Lyons Creek trailhead), 7 Jun (TL): White-throated Swift (BR, FR,GW): first known breeding (?) record for the Northcoast region, 1-2 birds going in and out of crevice in a rock face, 1.4 miles east of Trinity/Humboldt County Line on Alderpoint to Zenia road, 5-6 May, 16 May, 6 Jul (CS, et al.): Costa's Hummingbird (FR): 1 male, Willits feeder, 10-31 Jul (DT, et al.): Red-naped Sapsucker (BR, FR): 1 male, paired with a Red-breasted Sapsucker at nest hole, Ship Mountain (Del Norte Co.), 2-7Jul (RH, et al.): Rock Wren (FR): x, Dyerville/Alderpoint road, 5 May (DF); 1, milepost 11, Snow Camp Road, 10 May (RJA, KN,EE,GB); 1 Alderpoint, 15 Jun (RJA,DA): Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (FR): 3 pair, trail to Red Mountain, 17 May (GH); 1, acting territorial, 1 mile below Kneeland School, 5 Jul (SF,AD): Mountain Bluebird (IL,FR): 1, Mail Ridge, 2 May (JG).
Thrashers
Sage Thrasher (FR,EF): 1, Salmon Creek/Hookton Road, 28 Jul (MW): Tennessee Warbler (LS): 1, Gasquet Ranger Station, 8 Jun (KS,RH): Parula Warbler (LS): 1 singing, Trinidad Beach State Park, 30 May (TL,KI); 2, Patrick's Point State Park, 4 Jun (KI); 1 singing S of Trinidad on Scenic Drive-Luffenholtz Creek, 10 Jun, 5-6 Jul (KI,TL): 1 singing, Skunk RR tracks, near Pudding Ck. Ft. Bragg, 22 Jun (JW et al.); 1 singing, McKinleyville, 2-7 Jul (GS, et al.): Chestnut-sided Warbler (LS): 1 singing, Davison Road, 8 Jun (KI); 1 singing, Skunk RR. Tracks, near Pudding Ck. Ft. Bragg, 22-23 Jun (JW,DT, et al.); 1 Elk Head, 27 Jun (CL): Magnolia Warbler (LS): 1 singing, Trinidad Beach State Park, 29 May-10 Jun (TL); 1 singing, Big Lagoon, 2-8 Jun (DF,KI); 1 male, Skunk RR. Tracks, 18 Jun (DT): Palm Warbler (LS): 1, Fernbridge, 2 May (KS,PH); 1 singing, Patrick's Point State Park, 25 Jun (KI): Blackpoll Warbler (LS): 1 adult female, Pt. St. George, 8 Jul (AB): Black-and-white Warbler (LS): 1 male singing, Elk Head, 20-21 Jun (KI,GL): American Redstart (OS?): 1, male singing, Mad River County Park, 23 May-19 Jun (GH, et al.); 1, Fieldbrook Road/299, 7-19 Jun (KI); 1 singing yellowstart, Manila, 19 Jun (KI); 1 singing yellowstart, Bayshore Mall, 25-26 Jun (TL,JH); 1 female, Clam Beach, 24 Jun (TL); 1 second year male caught and banded near Mad River Fish Hatchery, 6 Jul (CH): Ovenbird (FR): 1 singing, Elk Head, 27 May (TL, JH, et al.): Northern Waterthrush (LS,EF): 1 singing, Lower Westhaven hill, 24 Jun-5 Jul (KI, et al.); 1, Manila, 13 Aug (GH): Rose-breasted Grosbeak (OS?): 1, Stagecoach Road, 6 Jun (KI); 1 male singing, Elk Head, 27 Jun (TL); 1 male singing, Glendale, 27-28 Jul (LP); 1 male, Irish Beach, 6 Jul (ET): Indigo Bunting (FR): 1, Arcata Bottoms along Mad River Road, 10 Jun (KI): Black-chinned Sparrow (FR): 6 along Red Mountain Trail, 17 May (GH); "numerous," False Ant Pt. Trail, 22 Jun (GH, JH): Sage Sparrow (FR): 1, Trail to False Ant Point, 21-22 Jun (BW, JH, GH, et al.): Vesper Sparrow (LS): 3, Fortuna, 23 Apr (MW): Lark Bunting (FR): 1 male, Lanphere Road, 3 Aug (CJR): LeConte's Sparrow (FR): 1, Lake Earl shoreline, 21-26 May (DJ-S,JGa., AB, et al.): Yellow-headed Blackbird (FR): 1 male, mouth Jacoby Creek, 2 May (JF); 4, AMP, 19 Aug (BC): Lawrence's Goldfinch (FR): 4, Hayfork, 10 May (JH, et al.); 1, town of Mad River, 17 May (GH); 1, trail to Red Mountain, 17 May (GH); 4 males, 1 female, Shower's Pass Road, 1-7 Jun (PS, G&LL); 1 pair, Shower's Pass Road, 2 Jun (JH,TL):
NOTES FROM THE STATUS BOARD, TRAVEL DESK, AND MATERNITY WARD
Pacific Loon (IS): 250 (one flock), King Salmon, 31 Jul (SMc): Pied-billed Grebe (BR,IL): 1-2 chicks, 3/4 grown, no other evidence of breeding!, AMP, 23 Jun-23 Jul (SH); 1, Lewiston Lake, 30 Jul-2 Aug (JH,GH): Red-necked Grebe (LS,EF): 1 breeding plumage, N of Westport, 17 May (DT); 1 breeding plumage, MacKerricher St. Park, 24 May (DT); 1, breeding plumage, King Salmon 2, 31 Jul-17 Aug (KN, EE, SMc, BD): Clark's Grebe (FR): 2, North Jetty, 9 May (DF); 2, Lake Earl, 20 May (AB); 1 Trinity Lake, 17 Aug (JH, TL): Brown Pelican (EF): 5, Trinidad Harbor, 30 Apr (SH); 6, Crescent City Harbor, 1 May (SH); 13, mouth Mad River, 2 May (TL,SP), 12, South Jetty, 12 May (DF): American Bittern (FR): 1, AB, 20 May (DA; 1, Lake Earl, 24-26 May (JP,SH, et al.); 1, MacKerricher St. Park, 12 May (DT); 1 juv, AMP, 21 Jul (SH); 1, Eureka sewage marshes, 9 Aug (LH,SH,VW): Great Egret (IL): 1 pair apparently nesting in Great Blue Heron colony, Lake Earl, 6 Jun (SH, DJ-S): Snowy Egret (BR): 15-20, nesting, Prince Island, 6 Jun (SH,DJ-S): Tundra Swan: 1 near AMP, 4 May (RJA): Black Brant (OS): 1-4, South Hum. Bay, 14-17 Aug (KI, AA, BD): Western Canada Goose (BR): up to 7 broods on AOP/AMP daily, 23 May-30 Jun (SH); 5 broods, Indian Island, 27 May (SH, RR); 200 (molting?), Lake Earl, 6 Jun (SH, DJ-S); 140 (one flock), AOP, 18 Jul (SH): Wood Duck (BR): at least 10 broods at AOP/AMP, 16 May-2 Jul (SH); flying young and adults, Trinity Lake, 30 Jul-2 Aug (GH,JH): Pintail (EF): 1 female, Trinity Lake, 30 Jul-2 Aug (JH, GH); 1-2 females, AMP, 9-11 Aug (SH); 17, AMP, 16 Aug (SH, et al.): Lesser Scaup (LS,EF,OS?): 1, ocean (!) off Mad River, 29 Apr (DF): Black Scoter (LS,OS?,EF): 9, North Jetty, 9 May (DF); 1, MacKerricher St. Park, 26 May (DT); 2 females, Endert's Beach, 7 Jun (RH); 1 male, North Jetty, 16 Aug (BD,SH): Hooded Merganser (EF,OS?): 2 in female plumage, AMP, 18 Jul (SH); 1 female plumage, AMP, 11 Aug (DF).
Missing Kites
White-tailed Kite (?????): Do other people have the impression this species has undergone a recent drastic decline locally? I only saw 1 at AMP on 20 and 26 May and again on 30 Jun all summer! Please report these so we can get a feeling for any population changes that may be taking place: Bald Eagle (IL): 2, Galbreath Ranch, 26 Apr (KHg); 1 ad over HSU, 6 May (RM); 1 adult, Trinity Dam, 10 May (JH, et al.); 1 imm, mouth Mad River, 4 May (HG); 1 adult, Korbel, 23 Jun (JHe); "sev", Trinity Lake, 30 Jul-2 Aug (JH,GH): Cooper's Hawk (IL): 1, Fruitland Ridge, 7 May (JG); 1, downtown Eureka, 15 Jul (JG): Golden Eagle (EL): 1, near Miranda, 5 May (DF); 2 ad, Redwood Valley, 6 May (RLeV); 2 adults, Honeydew, 1 Jun (JH); 1 subadult, Hurdy Gurdy drainage, Del Norte, 17 Jun (KS): Peregrine Falcon (GW, EL): 1, AB, 27 Apr (DA); 1, Forest Glen to Route 3, 10 May (JH); 1 ad stooped on a Marbled Murrelet (unsuccessfully), Boye's Prairie, 2 Jun (DF), 1 ad, AOP, 24 Jun (SH); 1 eating a juv Bonaparte's Gull, Lower Mad River, 27 Jun (RLeV); 1 Drake Hill Road, 27 Jun (SF), 1 North Bay, 30 Jun (GH); 1 AOP, 9-18 Jul (SH,KN); 1, Manila, 27 Jul (GH); 1, AMP, 2-11 Aug (SH,DF); 1, mouth Elk River, 9 Aug (SH,VW): Wild Turkey (FR): 1, near Blocksberg, 6 May (JH,TL,SH); 25 incl. young, Bull Creek, 16-18 Aug (GB): Virginia Rail (BR,IL): 4, mill pond, Hayfork, 10 May (JH, et al.); 1, Skunk Cabbage Trail, 11 May (TL); 1 ad with 2 downy chicks, AMP, 13 Jun (SH); 2, Three Creek drainage west of Willow Creek, 5 Jun (TL,SP); 1 No Name Pond, 4 Jul (SH); 1 juv seen +3 heard, AMP/AOP, mostly No Name Pond, 21 Aug (SH): Sora (EF): 4, includ. 1 flying juv only 2/3 as large as nearby adults, AMP/AOP, mostly No Name Pond, 16-24 Aug (SH): Semipalmated Plover (EF): 20, lower Mad River, 18 Jul (BC); 3-7, Trinity Lake, 16-17 Aug (JH,TL): Lesser Yellowlegs (LS,EF): 1, AB, 27 Apr (DA); 4, Eureka Sewage Ponds, 9 Aug (SH,VW), 3 lower Mad River, 16 Aug (BD,SH); 1, Trinity Lake, 16 Aug (JH,TL): Ruddy Turnstone (EF): 1, Klopp Lake, 16 Jul (MW); 12, Lower Mad River, 11 Aug (BC): Surfbird (EF): 1, North Jetty, 9 Jul (SH, KN); 60, North Jetty, 9 Aug (SH, VW): Red Knot (OS?): 2, breeding plumage, AMP, 3 May (MM); 1, Klopp Lake, 4 May (RJA); 7, Humboldt Bay, 12 Jun (GH); 1 winter plumage, 1 breeding plumage, North Bay, 9 Jul (SH,KN); 1, Klopp Lake, 22 Jul (SH, RJA,BC): 2, Klopp Lake, 16 Aug (BD, et al.): Baird's Sandpiper (EF, IL): 2 ad., Trinity Center, 30 Jul-2 Aug (JH,GH); 4, South Spit, 31 Jul (KI); 2-4, lower Mad River, 11-16 Aug (BC,SH,BD); 1, South Bay, 14 Aug (KI,AA); 2, mouth Elk River, 14 Aug (KI, AA); 1-2, Trinity Lake, 16-17 Aug (JH,TL); 2, Big Lagoon, 23 Aug (GL, LL): Pectoral Sandpiper (EF): 6, lower Mad River, 9 Aug (SH); 1, Trinity Lake, 17 Aug (JH,TL): Dunlin (LS): 1 breeding plumage, 12 May, MacKerricher St. Park (DT): Common Snipe (LS,EF): 1 winnowing, Eureka, 5 May (DF); 1, Eureka Sewage ponds, 9 Aug (SH,VW): Red-necked Phalarope (EF): 1 breeding plumage, Pudding Ck, 14 Jun (DT); 4, North Bay, 30 Jun (GH); 1, Trinidad Head, 1 Jul (MHi); 66, AOP/AMP, 12 Jul (SH); 200, Loleta Bottoms, 19 Aug (DD): Pomarine Jaeger (EF): 3, offshore, Baker Beach, 11 Aug (KI): Parasitic Jaeger (EF): 1 juv, Pt. St. George, 17 Jul (DF,CS,MF); 5, North Jetty, 20 Jul (KS,ER); 2, Freshwater Lagoon, 30 Jul (KI); 4, South Spit, 31 Jul (KI); 4, North Jetty, 8 Aug (GH): Heermann's Gull (EF): 2, South Jetty, 27 May (RR, SH): Ring-billed Gull (IL): 2, Trinity Center, 30 Jul-2 Aug (GH, JH): Herring Gull (LS): 4, North Jetty, 9 May (DF).
Terns from the South
Elegant Tern (EF): 1, MacKerricher St. Park, 15 Jun (DT); 450, North Bay, 25 Jun (DF, JP); 3, MacKerricher St. Park, 13 Jul (DT); 200, Klopp Lake, 16 Jul (MW); 11, Crescent City Harbor, 17 Jul (DF,CS,MF); 150, Trinidad to Gold Bluff Beach, 30 Jul (KI); 600, South Bay, 31 Jul (KI): Common Tern (EF): 3, Klopp L., 16 Jul (MW); 1, North Jetty, 8 Aug (GH): Marbled Murrelet (IS): 2-4, Hum. Bay jetties, 9-27 May (DF,SH,RR); 4-6, off Endert's Beach, 7 Jun (RH); 2, North Jetty, 8 Aug (GH); 47 off Baker Beach incl. 14 in juv plumage, 11 Aug (KI): Rhinoceros Auklet (EL): 1, North Jetty, 9 May (DF); 1, Elk Head, 24 May (TL); 1, Pt. St. George, 2 Jul (JH); 2, Elk Head, 15 Jul (KI); 1, Baker Beach, 15 Jul (KI): Tufted Puffin (FR): x, Green Rock, 12 May, 21 May (TL): Barn Owl (IL): 1, Hayfork, 10 May (JH, et al.): Pygmy Owl (IL): 1 heard, Redway 23 Apr (EJH); 1 seen, Blue Lake, late Apr (KHu); 1, Mail Ridge, 13 Jun (JG): Spotted Owl (GW): 1, dead, partly eaten with talon marks in back (Barred Owl perched nearby with barred feathers on talons), Skunk Cabbage Trail, 11 May (TL,SP); 1, Richardson Grove St. Park, 13 Jun (DS); MH reports that they failed to nest on Hoopa Res. this summer. Barred Owl (FR): 2, Skunk Cabbage Trail, 11 May (see above under Spotted Owl) (TL,SP); 1 heard and seen near Big Bar, 1 May (KY,JS); 1, Richardson Grove St. Park, 13 May (DS): Short-eared Owl (IL): 1, calling, Smith Etter Road near Honeydew, 2 May (TL,SP); 1, near Blue Lake, 8 May (BW): Common Nighthawk (IL): 1, Wilson Creek, Del Norte, 5 Jun (BW); 2, Big Lagoon, 7 Jun (CO); 1, Prairie Creek St. Park, 9 Jun (DF); 1, Bayside, 9 Jun (JP); 1, west of Willow Creek, 15 Jun (TL,SP); 4, near Willow Creek, 17 Jun (TL); 1, Azalea Hill, 18 Jun (DG); 1, Horse Mtn., 11-12 Aug (TL); 3, Trinity Lake, 16 Aug (JH,TL): Vaux's Swift (IS,IL): 5, Hayfork, 10 May (JH, et al.): All White Hummingbird Sp. (GW): 1, Irish Beach, 5 Jul (ET): White-headed Woodpecker (FR): 1, Black Lassic, 29 Jun (L&DB-O); 2, Dry Lake south of Red Lassic, Hum. Co., 13 Jul (TL,SP,M&BW).
Neotropical Flycatchers
Willow Flycatcher (IL): 1 singing, Weaverville, 12 May (LB-O); 1, Trinidad Beach St. Park, 30 May (KI); 1, 11.1 miles up Forest Service road 16 from Highway 199, 18 Jun-2 Jul (KS,JH);1, east side of Freshwater Lagoon, 25 Jun-8 Jul (KI,DF, et al); 1 singing, Klamath River/101, 26-29 Jun (KS,CO); 1, Redwood Creek estuary, 8 Jul (DF,JP, RJA); 5, Lewiston Lake, 17 Aug (JH,TL); 1 AMP, 24 AUG (SH): Dusky Flycatcher (ES,EL): 4, Titlow Hill Road, 4 May (KS); 4, Snow Camp Road, 10 May (KN,EE, RJA, GB): Hammond's Flycatcher (BR,EL): 1 carrying food, Grizzly Camp near Grove's Prairie, 12 Jul (JH, et al.): Purple Martin (BR): 12, AMP, 3 May (MM); x, Lake Earl, 26 May (JH, et al.); 2 pair at nest holes, Caspar Creek Snag, 30 May (DT); 1-2 AMP/AOP, 11 Jun-11 Jul (SH); 1 singing, east of Fortuna, 18 Jun (SMc); "pairs," near Fortuna, mid Jun (DG): Bank Swallow (IL,FR): x in flight, east to end of road on south side of 101 bridge at Klamath River, 29 Jun (CO). Gray Jay (BR,EL): 1, Westhaven, 20 May (TL); 1, came to catfood at feeder, Essex, spring to mid Jun (3 including new juv came to same feeder in summer 1996) (B&CP); 1, Bayside, 25 Jun (DF,JP); 1 new juv, Lanphere Dunes, early Jul (CJR); "family," Humboldt/Trinity Co. Line, 2 miles south of Grizzly Camp, 12 Jul (JH); 2 ad and 2 juv, Trinidad Quarry, 15 Jul (KI): Common Raven (BR): 1 nest with young, Azalea Hill, 19 May (G&LL): Plain Titmouse (FR): 1, near Alderpoint, 6 May, (JH,TL,SH); x, Hettenshaw Valley, 22 Jun (JH,GH): Red-breasted Nuthatch (EF,IL); 1, AMP, 7 Jul (SH); 1-2, Sunny Brae, 15 Jul-9 Aug (SH): Dipper (BR): nest, Tall Trees Trail, 28 Jul (CG): Ruby-crowned Kinglet (LS): 1, trail to Red Mountain, (JH, et al.): Mockingbird (IL): 1 singing, Fortuna, 29 May-13 Jun (RLeV, et al.); 1, Clam Beach, 13 Jun (TL): California Thrasher (FR,EL): x, near Shelter Cove, 5 May (DF); 2, trail to Red Mtn, 10-17 May (JH,GH, et al.): Townsend's Warbler (LS): 1, Snow Camp, 10 May (KN,EE,RJA,GB); 1, trail to Red Mtn., 10 May (JH, et al.); 1, Azalea Hill, 16 May (GL); 1, trail to Red Mtn, 17 May (GH).
Towhees
Green-tailed Towhee (FR): 2, Grouse Mtn., 5 Jul (BF): California Towhee (IL): 1, mouth Van Duzen River, 2 May (KS,PH); 5-6, vic. Blocksberg, 6 May (JH, TL, SH); 1, near Carlotta, 11 Aug (BW): Chipping Sparrow (IL): 1, McKinleyville, 3 May (RLeV); 1, carrying food, Kneeland Airport, 18 Jun (RLeV): Lark Sparrow (IL): 1 singing, Fortuna, 2 May (KS,PH); 1, Hettenshaw Valley, 29 Jun (LB-O): Grasshopper Sparrow (FR): 1, Mail Ridge, 5 May (DF); 2, Snow Camp Road (12 mile post), 10 May (KN,EE,RJA,GB); 1, Bear River Ridge, 19 May (CO); 3 singing, east of Kneeland Airport, 18 Jun (RLeV); 1 singing, Bald Mtn. (3 mile south Lord Ellis Summit), 26 Jun (CO): Lincoln's Sparrow (BR): 1, carrying food, Grove's Prairie, 12 Jul (JH): White-crowned Sparrow (IL): 2 singing, 5000 feet elevation, Horse Mtn, 11 Jun (TL): Golden-crowned Sparrow (LS): 1, trail to Red Mtn, 10 May (JH, et al.): Tricolored Blackbird (GW): Uncertain if nesting was successful at Drake Hill Colony this year--14 males and 17 females seen there on 28 Apr. copulating and nest materials being carried (B&MW), but none seen there on 24 May (PS), or 4 Jun (BW). 70 were seen there on 12 Jun (SMc) (no young seen), but none on 30 Jun (SH): 8, flying along Eel River near Fortuna, 28 May (RLeV): Hooded Oriole (BR): 1, Arcata, 30 Apr (DW); 1, Arcata Plaza, 13-19 May (RB,DF); 1 singing, 14th and I street, Arcata, 5-23 May (RJA); 1 pair with a new fledgling, Spear Ave, Arcata, 17 Jun (RJA,RB); 1 male, 1 female reported, Butcher Slough Pond, 8 Aug (Anon): Cassin's Finch (FR): 1, South Fork Mtn, 10 May (JH, et al.): Red Crossbill (BR): Many reports of small (2-8) groups from throughout the lowlands including the following evidence of nesting: 2 with nest material, Azalea Hill, 21 Jun (GL); 1 pair feeding a fledgling, Glendale, 28 Jul (LP); 1 male and 1 juv, Azalea Hill, early Aug (GL); 1 juv with adults, Arcata, 2 Aug (GB): Evening Grosbeak (BR): 2-40, Azalea Hill, 29 Apr-28 May (G&LL); 5, Dow's Prairie, 14 Apr (DKH); 2, trail to Red Mtn, 17 May (GH); x, Redwood Science Lab, Arcata, 13 May (CO); x, Rio Dell, 19 May (CO); x, Sunny Brae, 14-17 May (SH); 1 female feeding young, Miranda, 11 Jul (JG).
Many thanks to the following who submitted observations for this report:
R.J. Adams, Anthony Alstart, David Anderson, Anon, Louise Bacon-Ogden, Alan Barron, Gary Bloomfield, Roger Burke, Althea Cara, Bryon Cariss, Sean Conden, Ruth Crane, Kit Davenport, Anthony Desch, Bruce Deuel, Duke Diehl, Elias Elias, Mark Fisher, David Fix, Brad Freeman, Jan Friedrichsen, John Gaffin (JG), Dan Garrison, Joe Gartland (JGa), Hal Genger, Sam Ginnandrea, Chris Graybill, George Green, Sam Fitton, D. K. Hagans, Lorie, Mike (MHa), and Stan Harris, Jim Havelnine, Gjon Hazard, E. J. Hendrix, P. Herrera, John Hewston (JHe), Catharine Hibbard, Mark Higley (MH), Matt Hinton (MHi), Garth Hudson(GHu), Kelda Hudson (KHu), K. Hughes (K Hg), John, Kim, and Liberty Hunter, Ken Irwin, Debra Jaques-Strong, Carol Lawrence, Tom Leskiw, Lauren and Gary Lester, Ron LeValley, Sharon Levy, KJM, R. Mathis, Sean McAllister, Tim McKay, Mark Morrissette (MMo), Mike Morris (MM), Kristie Nelson, Chet Ogan, Barbara and Charles Parke, Linda Parkinson, Lisa Pershell-Quinns, Susan Petersen, Marna Powell, Jude Power, C. J. Ralph, Richard Ridenhour, Ed Robinson, Greg Schmidt, Cecelia Secor, Jay Seegar, Doug Shaw, Keith Slauson, Bruce Slocum, Stan Snyder, Paul Springer, Richard Stien, Craig Strong, Dorothy Tobkin, Ed Tonningsen, Larry Ulrich, Matt Wachs, Denise Walker, Bud and Margaret Widdowsen, Mr and Mrs Jerry White, Margaret Varga, Catharine Walling, Vanessa Woodford, Kendall Young.
Please call future reports to the Arcata Bird Box (822-5666), to me at 822-3802, or send them to me at 1595 Charles Ct., Arcata, 95521.
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