----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Robert William Hewitt <rwhbirdman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: nwcalbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 6:59 PM Subject: [nwcalbird] RBA: February 19th - March 3rd, 2013, NW California Bird Box. [1 Attachment] [Attachment(s) from Robert William Hewitt included below] FEBRUARY 19th – MARCH 3rd, 2013- NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BIRD BOX REPORT - RBA * Northwestern CaliforniaBirdAlert *4 March 2013 CANW0604.02 hotline: Northwestern CaliforniaBirdAlert date(s): 19 February – 3 March 2013 number: (707)-822-LOON (5666) to report: (707)-822-LOON (Do not send reports by e-mail) coverage: Northwestern CA (Del Norte, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties) compiled: 1 March 2013 at 5:30 p.m. transcriber: Robert W. Hewitt Birds mentioned: Greater White-fronted Goose Blue-winged Teal Eurasian Wigeon EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL Northern Fulmar Rough-legged Hawk Whimbrel Heerman’s Gull White-throated Swift Merlin Prairie Falcon Say's Phoebe Northern Shrike Palm Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow-headed Blackbird Tricolored Blackbird BALTIMORE ORIOLE 19 Feb, ----------- A pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL was at the Arcata Marsh, South I Street Pond, tucked in the vegetation before the railroad tracks, reported by George Ziminsky. 22 Feb, ----------- A EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was at the Moxon Dairy, Arcata Bottoms, Tony Kurz. 23 Feb, ----------- The pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL continued at the Arcata Marsh, South I Street Pond, from George Ziminsky. 25 Feb, ----------- A NORTHERN FULMAR was seen at the Woodly Island Marina, Eureka, by Meghan Still and Tony Kurz, oddly inside Humboldt Bay. They also reported a flyover WHIMBREL and an immature HEERMAN'S GULL also at Woodly Island Marina/Indian Island Eureka. 26 Feb, ----------- A SAY'S PHOEBE was in the Arcata Bottoms, along the V Street Loop reported by Phil Choan, who also saw several TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD that were at the Lanphere Dairy in the Arcata Bottoms as well as a juvenile dark MERLIN near the Hammond Trail Bridge. 27 Feb, ----------- A possible vocal WHITE-THROATED SWIFT was at the Blue Lake Cottonwoods Rob Fowler. A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was in the Ferndale Bottoms, Goble and Fulmar Rd, by Phil Choan, who also reported a pair of WOOD DUCK and a PRAIRIE FALCON in the Loleta Bottoms, Hawk Hill Road. 28 Feb, ----------- A NORTHERN SHRIKE was at the Arcata Marsh, I Street Dog-leg, Rob Fowler. Annie Meyer reported a singing NASHVILLE WARBLER from Sunnybrea residential, Chester Ave. Arcata. 1 Mar, ----------- Tony Kurz reported a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on Old Arcata Road, Faye Slough Bottoms as well as a single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in with the “cacklers,” he also saw a male EURASIAN WIGEON further north on Old Arcata Road, at the Bayside Pond. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was along the V street Loop, Arcata Bottoms Casey Ryan. 3 Feb, ----------- A PALM WARBLER was at the Arcata Marsh, Treatment Marsh vicinity, reported by George Ziminsky. An adult NORTHERN SHRIKE was in the Arcata Bottoms, at Foster and Polaris, Robert Hewitt, who also saw a MERLIN on the Arcata Bottoms at Dolly Varden Road. We also have a continuing report on NWCalbird of the immature male BALTIMORE ORIOLE, still at Sky Lloyd’s house in Crescent City. This is the weekly summary of reports from the Northwestern CaliforniaBirdAlert, sponsored by the City of Arcata, Redwood Region Audubon Society, and generous support from area birders. Most birds reported are in Humboldt County unless otherwise noted. Birds in caps under the "highlights" section have about 50 (plus or minus 5) records of occurrence in Northwestern Californiaas defined in Stan Harris's "Northwestern CaliforniaBirds" (3rd edition, 2005). CaliforniaBirdRecords Committee review species are noted with an asterisk (*).On another note, you can subscribe to Northwestern CaliforniaBirdAlertthis listserv at: http://groups.google.com/group/northwest-california-bird-alert. This listserv receives audio messages, which are called in to the Northwestern CaliforniaBirdAlert. One of the benefits of using this listserv is that it saves on your long-distance phone bills by receiving messages in your e-mail, of which typically appear within 5 minutes of the message being called in. Messages get sent as .wav files and they come as attachments. Broadband helps. Average file size is 270kb and max size is about 1 MB. Good Birding! Yours Rob, -- Robert W. Hewitt Wildlife Biologist, LBJ Enterprises Eureka, CA, 95501, USA (707) 601-8581 Board Member and Founder 18th Annual Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival April 18th-24th, 2013 www.godwitdays.org Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/GodwitDays Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/godwitdays __._,_.___Attachment(s) from Robert William Hewitt 1 of 1 Photo(s) shrike 4.jpg Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback . __,_._,___