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| 10/2/26 11:50 am |
Daniel Edelstein via groups.io <danieledelstein...> |
[northbaybirds] Interested in more Evening Grosbeak information? |
| 10/1/26 12:42 pm |
NANCY AND EUGENE HUNN via groups.io <enhunn323...> |
Re: [northbaybirds] Evening Grosbeaks & Clark's Nutcrackers |
| 9/30/26 5:27 pm |
richard s. cimino via groups.io <rscimino...> |
[northbaybirds] Evening Grosbeaks at Community Center Calistoga CA |
| 9/30/26 5:18 pm |
richard s. cimino via groups.io <rscimino...> |
[northbaybirds] Evening Grosbeaks & Clark's Nutcrackers |
| 9/30/26 4:56 pm |
richard cimino via groups.io <yellowbilledtours...> |
Re: [northbaybirds] Montane Bird Irruptions |
| 9/30/26 3:09 pm |
Diane Hichwa via groups.io <dhichwa...> |
Re: [northbaybirds] Montane Bird Irruptions |
| 9/27/26 8:13 am |
mike.heffernon via groups.io <mheff...> |
[northbaybirds] Selasphorus hummer Occidental 9/27 |
| 9/26/26 4:15 pm |
Maggie Rufo via groups.io <magwhls...> |
Re: [northbaybirds] Montane Bird Irruptions |
| 9/25/26 11:08 pm |
Tim Bray via groups.io <tbray...> |
Re: [northbaybirds] Cassin’s Finches and good flight day at Hawk Hill |
| 9/25/26 10:11 am |
Kurt Niznik via groups.io <kurtniznik...> |
Re: [northbaybirds] Cassin’s Finches and good flight day at Hawk Hill |
| 9/24/26 6:17 pm |
Courtney Buechert via groups.io <courtney...> |
[northbaybirds] Cassin’s Finches and good flight day at Hawk Hill |
| 9/24/26 5:49 pm |
Joel Hedgpeth via groups.io <jhedg...> |
[northbaybirds] Montane Bird Irruptions |
| 9/23/26 10:53 am |
mike.heffernon via groups.io <mheff...> |
[northbaybirds] FOS Sparrows Occidental 9/23 |
| 9/22/26 6:57 pm |
Gregory Luckert via groups.io <Greg.luckert...> |
[northbaybirds] Tennessee warbler at Shollenberger Park in Petaluma |
| 9/22/26 9:27 am |
ibis.butler via groups.io <ibis.butler...> |
Re: [northbaybirds] Pt. Reyes, Mendoza Ranch, Yellow-green Vireo, Baird's Sandpipers |
| 9/22/26 9:06 am |
Cynthia Boyer via groups.io <byerbird...> |
[northbaybirds] FOS Golden & White crown Sparrows in Sonoma |
| 9/21/26 10:55 pm |
Denise Hamilton via groups.io <2napabirders...> |
[northbaybirds] Pt. Reyes, Mendoza Ranch, Yellow-green Vireo, Baird's Sandpipers |
| 9/21/26 7:14 pm |
Joel Hedgpeth via groups.io <jhedg...> |
[northbaybirds] First of season |
| 9/21/26 6:05 am |
Dawn via groups.io <soxdawn...> |
[northbaybirds] MRN Pt. Reyes Drakes Bay Long-Tailed Duck 9/15 |
| 9/17/26 8:36 am |
Derek Lecy via groups.io <dlecy...> |
[northbaybirds] White-rumped Sandpiper and Hudsonian Godwit at Abbotts Lagoon, MRN |
| 9/15/26 2:55 pm |
mike.heffernon via groups.io <mheff...> |
[northbaybirds] Selasphorus question (Occidental) |
| 9/9/26 9:08 pm |
Aidan Sinha via groups.io <aidansinha...> |
[northbaybirds] Northern Wheatear report at Point Reyes |
| 9/8/26 10:02 am |
mike.heffernon via groups.io <mheff...> |
[northbaybirds] Occidental Allen’s Hummers Sept 8 |
| 9/5/26 3:24 pm |
Colin Meusel via groups.io <colinroots...> |
[northbaybirds] Virginia’s Warbler at Rodeo Lagoon |
| 9/3/26 12:54 pm |
Ethan Monk via groups.io <z.querula...> |
[northbaybirds] Mourning warbler, 2nd hand |
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Date: 10/2/26 11:50 am
From: Daniel Edelstein via groups.io <danieledelstein...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Interested in more Evening Grosbeak information? |
Some of you may have seen the following excellent Sylvia Wright note that highlights an illuminating YouTube talk (by UC-Davis biologist Thomas Hahn) related to the five type calls, etc. corresponding to Evening Grosbeak:
(Regards, Daniel Edelstein, Novato)
Sierra Foothills Audubon has a spectrogram-rich public talk on Evening Grosbeaks, by UC Davis biologist Thomas Hahn, on our YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUfNNrohqZ8&t=275s
Jul 19, 2025
This public talk – “Evening Grosbeaks of the Sierra Nevada and the West” – was presented on June 25, 2025, at the monthly meeting of the Sierra Foothills Audubon Society, in Nevada City, California. About the Talk Evening Grosbeaks are showy finches of the sub-family Carduelinae—a group that includes many familiar western songbirds such as goldfinches, house finches, crossbills, rosy-finches and siskins. Their white, black and gold plumage makes them stand out at a feeder or along the gravelly side of the road as you drive into the Sierra. About the Speaker Thomas Hahn, Ph.D., is a field biologist who has been studying western finches since he was a graduate student at the University of Washington in the late 1980s and early 90s. He is a professor at University of California, Davis, in the Department of Neurology, Physiology and Behavior. His research interests include environmental regulation of avian annual cycles of behavior, physiology and morphology, and behavioral and physiological responses of birds to unpredictable environmental events. He is an authority on avian communication, especially use of heterospecific mimicry in song, and learned non-song vocalizations.
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Date: 10/1/26 12:42 pm
From: NANCY AND EUGENE HUNN via groups.io <enhunn323...>
Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Evening Grosbeaks & Clark's Nutcrackers |
Apparently Eurasian Nutcrackers are also on the move in Europe. Gene
On 09/30/2026 5:18 PM PDT richard s. cimino via groups.io
<rscimino...> wrote:
What about the Clarks Nutcracker eruption?
For several years, the CLNU were rare during the summer birding
season.
This past July during a four day back packing trip we had
Clark’s Nutcrackers in small groups along our route: all be very
vocal.
Could these CLNU be Rocky Mountain Nutcrackers on the move?
A birder in Southern California two weeks ago post 1500 CLNU’s,
that a lot of birds.
Rich Cimino
Yellowbilledtours.com
From: <peninsula-birding...> <peninsula-birding...> On
Behalf Of Alvaro Jaramillo via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 5:19 AM
To: <kforward...>; 'Peninsula Birding'
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Subject: Re: [pen-bird] Evening Grosbeaks at Purisima Creek
Redwoods OSP 9/29
Kent
Looking at the spectrograms, it looks like this is a type 1
Evening Grosbeak. You could change the ID to that specifically.
This is a population from the Pacific Northwest and BC/Alberta.
Not the type you have in the Cascades/Sierra. This is interesting
as it suggests that the “montane invasion” birds may be coming
from various different places, so what is affecting Evening
Grosbeaks may not be the same thing as what is influencing Pinyon
Jays.
Find out more here:
https://ebird.org/news/evening-grosbeak-call-types-of-north-america
map of types here:
https://blog.aba.org/2012/12/five-species-of-evening-grosbeakslets-find-out-together.html
Alvaro Jaramillo
<alvaro...>
www.alvarosadventures.com
From: <peninsula-birding...> <peninsula-birding...> On
Behalf Of Kent Forward via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 11:22 PM
To: Peninsula Birding <peninsula-birding...>
Subject: [pen-bird] Evening Grosbeaks at Purisima Creek Redwoods
OSP 9/29
Today while birding the riparian area of lower Purisima I heard
Evening Grosbeaks! I wasn't able to obtain a visual. I have been
studying the vocalizations of some of the rarer birds partaking in
the current large irruption of montane birds to our area so when I
heard these vocalizations it reminded me of Evening Grosbeak, so I
got Merlin going and it concurred, and also I got feedback from
several skilled ear-birders in the affirmative for Evening
Grosbeak! This was in the lower parking lot at 37.437585,
-122.370610
https://ebird.org/checklist/S397598170
Happy migration and montane irruption birding!
Kent Forward
El Granada
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Date: 9/30/26 5:27 pm
From: richard s. cimino via groups.io <rscimino...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Evening Grosbeaks at Community Center Calistoga CA |
Al,
Interesting today in Calistoga CA. we had a dozen Evening Grosbeaks which Merlin ID as Cedar Waxwings.
Could the Marlin not recognize the Type 1 (Pacific Northwest BC/Alberta) dialect ?
So, it defaulted to Cader Waxwings?
Marlin was certainly confused.
Rich Cimino
Yellowbilledtours.com
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Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 5:19 AM
To: <kforward...>; 'Peninsula Birding' <peninsula-birding...>
Subject: Re: [pen-bird] Evening Grosbeaks at Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP 9/29
Kent
Looking at the spectrograms, it looks like this is a type 1 Evening Grosbeak. You could change the ID to that specifically. This is a population from the Pacific Northwest and BC/Alberta. Not the type you have in the Cascades/Sierra. This is interesting as it suggests that the “montane invasion” birds may be coming from various different places, so what is affecting Evening Grosbeaks may not be the same thing as what is influencing Pinyon Jays.
Find out more here:
https://ebird.org/news/evening-grosbeak-call-types-of-north-america
map of types here:
https://blog.aba.org/2012/12/five-species-of-evening-grosbeakslets-find-out-together.html
Alvaro Jaramillo
<mailto:<alvaro...> <alvaro...>
<http://www.alvarosadventures.com> www.alvarosadventures.com
From: <peninsula-birding...> <mailto:<peninsula-birding...> <peninsula-birding...> <mailto:<peninsula-birding...> > On Behalf Of Kent Forward via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 11:22 PM
To: Peninsula Birding <peninsula-birding...> <mailto:<peninsula-birding...> >
Subject: [pen-bird] Evening Grosbeaks at Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP 9/29
Today while birding the riparian area of lower Purisima I heard Evening Grosbeaks! I wasn't able to obtain a visual. I have been studying the vocalizations of some of the rarer birds partaking in the current large irruption of montane birds to our area so when I heard these vocalizations it reminded me of Evening Grosbeak, so I got Merlin going and it concurred, and also I got feedback from several skilled ear-birders in the affirmative for Evening Grosbeak! This was in the lower parking lot at 37.437585, -122.370610
https://ebird.org/checklist/S397598170
Happy migration and montane irruption birding!
Kent Forward
El Granada
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Date: 9/30/26 5:18 pm
From: richard s. cimino via groups.io <rscimino...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Evening Grosbeaks & Clark's Nutcrackers |
What about the Clarks Nutcracker eruption?
For several years, the CLNU were rare during the summer birding season.
This past July during a four day back packing trip we had Clark’s Nutcrackers in small groups along our route: all be very vocal.
Could these CLNU be Rocky Mountain Nutcrackers on the move?
A birder in Southern California two weeks ago post 1500 CLNU’s, that a lot of birds.
Rich Cimino
Yellowbilledtours.com
From: <peninsula-birding...> <peninsula-birding...> On Behalf Of Alvaro Jaramillo via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 5:19 AM
To: <kforward...>; 'Peninsula Birding' <peninsula-birding...>
Subject: Re: [pen-bird] Evening Grosbeaks at Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP 9/29
Kent
Looking at the spectrograms, it looks like this is a type 1 Evening Grosbeak. You could change the ID to that specifically. This is a population from the Pacific Northwest and BC/Alberta. Not the type you have in the Cascades/Sierra. This is interesting as it suggests that the “montane invasion” birds may be coming from various different places, so what is affecting Evening Grosbeaks may not be the same thing as what is influencing Pinyon Jays.
Find out more here:
https://ebird.org/news/evening-grosbeak-call-types-of-north-america
map of types here:
https://blog.aba.org/2012/12/five-species-of-evening-grosbeakslets-find-out-together.html
Alvaro Jaramillo
<mailto:<alvaro...> <alvaro...>
<http://www.alvarosadventures.com> www.alvarosadventures.com
From: <peninsula-birding...> <mailto:<peninsula-birding...> <peninsula-birding...> <mailto:<peninsula-birding...> > On Behalf Of Kent Forward via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2026 11:22 PM
To: Peninsula Birding <peninsula-birding...> <mailto:<peninsula-birding...> >
Subject: [pen-bird] Evening Grosbeaks at Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP 9/29
Today while birding the riparian area of lower Purisima I heard Evening Grosbeaks! I wasn't able to obtain a visual. I have been studying the vocalizations of some of the rarer birds partaking in the current large irruption of montane birds to our area so when I heard these vocalizations it reminded me of Evening Grosbeak, so I got Merlin going and it concurred, and also I got feedback from several skilled ear-birders in the affirmative for Evening Grosbeak! This was in the lower parking lot at 37.437585, -122.370610
https://ebird.org/checklist/S397598170
Happy migration and montane irruption birding!
Kent Forward
El Granada
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Date: 9/30/26 4:56 pm
From: richard cimino via groups.io <yellowbilledtours...>
Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Montane Bird Irruptions |
12 Evening Grosbeaks seen in the Chinese Pistache trees in the Calistoga Community Center Parking lot.
Later in the Calistoga Fair Grounds walking Washington Ave we had 5 handsome Audubon Warblers and a Northern Yellow Warbler flycatching some several Black Walnut tree lining the Napa River..
During the early morning hike up Mount Saint Helena, we had nine + Sooty Fox Sparrows and Red-breasted Nuthatches and we witnessed a Sharp-shinned Hawk chasing a Song Sparrow. The Sparrow survived. Sorry no Clark Nutcrackers head or seen on the mountain.
Rich Cimino
Yellowbilledtours.com
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Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 3:09 PM
To: <magwhls...>
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Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Montane Bird Irruptions
4 evening grosbeaks at S end of Sea Ranch yesterday, Sept 29, photographed by Gary Hopkins. We have a number of red-breasted nuthatches seen and heard this month too.
Diane Hichwa
Email: <mailto:<dhichwa...> <dhichwa...>
Telephone: 707-785-1922 (Sea Ranch)
707-483-3130 (cell)
More Tail Wagging!!! Less Barking!!
Millie 2007
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Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Cc: CALBIRDS <CALBIRDS...> <mailto:<CALBIRDS...> >, Central Valley Birds <centralvalleybirds...> <mailto:<centralvalleybirds...> >, Birds North Bay <northbaybirds...> <mailto:<northbaybirds...> >
Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Montane Bird Irruptions
Resent-From: <magwhls...> <mailto:<magwhls...> >
Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:15:02 -0700
Today inhad a red-breasted Nuthatch, briefly, in small oak trees in my semi-urban neighborhood in Novato.
First time for that species since I started keeping a log in 2009.
Maggie Rufo
Novato
On Sep 24, 2026, at 3:44 PM, Denise Hamilton via groups.io <2napabirders...> <mailto:<2napabirders...> > wrote:
Hi all,
As many of you have already noticed, there are irruptions of Clark's Nutcrackers, Evening Grosbeaks and especially Red-breasted Nuthatches 9and maybe others) the past few weeks. David and I were at Pt. Reyes this past Monday and the nuthatches were everywhere! Out at the lighthouse they were climbing all over the rocks next to the stairs going down to the lighthouse (among the multiple ones in the trees and elsewhere). At the fish docks, there were some in the parking lot climbing around the fence posts. Every stop we made that day, they were there!
I just received my weekly "Flight Calls" from the ABA and they have an article about it. I am assuming that even folks that aren't members can look at this if you are interested:
Ongoing Montane Bird Irruptions in Fall 2026 - American Birding Association <https://www.aba.org/ongoing-montane-bird-irruptions-in-fall-2026/>
Happy fall birding!
Denise Hamilton
Napa
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Date: 9/30/26 3:09 pm
From: Diane Hichwa via groups.io <dhichwa...>
Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Montane Bird Irruptions |
4 evening grosbeaks at S end of Sea Ranch yesterday, Sept 29, photographed by Gary Hopkins. We have a number of red-breasted nuthatches seen and heard this month too.
Diane Hichwa
Email: <dhichwa...>
Telephone: 707-785-1922 (Sea Ranch)
707-483-3130 (cell)
More Tail Wagging!!! Less Barking!!
Millie 2007
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Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Montane Bird Irruptions
Resent-From: <magwhls...>
Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:15:02 -0700
Today inhad a red-breasted Nuthatch, briefly, in small oak trees in my semi-urban neighborhood in Novato.
First time for that species since I started keeping a log in 2009.
Maggie Rufo
Novato
On Sep 24, 2026, at 3:44 PM, Denise Hamilton via groups.io <2napabirders...> wrote:
Hi all,
As many of you have already noticed, there are irruptions of Clark's Nutcrackers, Evening Grosbeaks and especially Red-breasted Nuthatches 9and maybe others) the past few weeks. David and I were at Pt. Reyes this past Monday and the nuthatches were everywhere! Out at the lighthouse they were climbing all over the rocks next to the stairs going down to the lighthouse (among the multiple ones in the trees and elsewhere). At the fish docks, there were some in the parking lot climbing around the fence posts. Every stop we made that day, they were there!
I just received my weekly "Flight Calls" from the ABA and they have an article about it. I am assuming that even folks that aren't members can look at this if you are interested:
Ongoing Montane Bird Irruptions in Fall 2026 - American Birding Association
Happy fall birding!
Denise Hamilton
Napa
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Date: 9/27/26 8:13 am
From: mike.heffernon via groups.io <mheff...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Selasphorus hummer Occidental 9/27 |
Morning, birders -
Echoing Josh’s recent post from Sebastopol, we still have at least one Sel (Rufous) hummingbird at and around the feeders this morning. Easily the latest in the year I’ve observed them here.
Good birding,
Mike Heffernon
Occidental
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Date: 9/26/26 4:15 pm
From: Maggie Rufo via groups.io <magwhls...>
Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Montane Bird Irruptions |
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Date: 9/25/26 10:11 am
From: Kurt Niznik via groups.io <kurtniznik...>
Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Cassin’s Finches and good flight day at Hawk Hill |
RE: Steller's Jays, might they be interior birds irrupting with the rest of the interior species we're seeing? We should be on the lookout for interior race birds. The frontalis and annectens subspecies differ in having a lighter blue on the back and underside and often blue extending up into the chest, grayer heads and backs and more extensive blue streaks on the forehead extending to the crown and in annectens white spots above the eye and whiter forehead streaks, among other subtle differences.
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Date: 9/24/26 6:17 pm
From: Courtney Buechert via groups.io <courtney...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Cassin’s Finches and good flight day at Hawk Hill |
As part of the GGRO Hawkwatch team today, I enjoyed a strong flight day in the headlands. A good variety of raptors kept us busy, highlighted by 158 Broad-winged Hawks. We also had a good variety of passerines, highlighted by 3 calling Cassin’s Finches. Oddest sighting of the day for me was a tight flock of 7 Steller’s Jays flying just below the peak and slipping around to the south towards SF. I didn’t know that they moved regionally in groups like that.
Courtney Buechert
Corte Madera
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Date: 9/23/26 10:53 am
From: mike.heffernon via groups.io <mheff...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] FOS Sparrows Occidental 9/23 |
Hey birders,
Right on time, 3 sparrow species arrived this morning at our house on Taylor Ln. Fox, Golden-crowned and White-crowned sparrows are now all here. I’ve always (20 years or so) found it interesting that whereas the GCs and Fox sparrows remain here until the last week of May, the WCs make brief appearances and then head a quarter mile to the east to the highest part of Taylor. Almost as though there’s an invisible barrier that keeps them from the eastern part of the road.
Good birding,
Mike Heffernon
Occidental
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Date: 9/22/26 9:27 am
From: ibis.butler via groups.io <ibis.butler...>
Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Pt. Reyes, Mendoza Ranch, Yellow-green Vireo, Baird's Sandpipers |
Just a note to clarify that the Yellow-green vireo was originally found yesterday by Emmett Iverson.
Mark Butler
Inverness
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Date: 9/21/26 10:55 pm
From: Denise Hamilton via groups.io <2napabirders...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Pt. Reyes, Mendoza Ranch, Yellow-green Vireo, Baird's Sandpipers |
Hi All,
Just wanted to get the word out since I haven't seen any other Bird
reports. This afternoon (9/21) saw a Yellow-green Vireo discovered by Mark
Butler (we think) by the now deserted houses. It was behind the last
building to the north where there is a single pine tree with its branches
laying on top of the roof of a shed.
A while later, David and I discovered 2 Baird's Sandpipers in the now,
almost dried-up large stock pond.
eBird report: eBird Checklist - 21 Sep 2026 - Pt. Reyes--Mendoza Ranch (B
Ranch) - 9 species (+1 other taxa) <https://ebird.org/checklist/S395116487>
Cheers,
Denise and David Hamilton
Napa
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Date: 9/17/26 8:36 am
From: Derek Lecy via groups.io <dlecy...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] White-rumped Sandpiper and Hudsonian Godwit at Abbotts Lagoon, MRN |
Birders,
Cross-posting on the listserve that there is currently a juvenile Hudsonian Godwit hanging out on the west shore of Abbotts Lagoon. This bird was initially found on 9/12 by Derek Heins and Teale Fristoe, and subsequently refound in the morning of 9/14 by Eli Gross; having since been seen by many.
Yesterday, in addition to the continuing hudwit, Lucas Stephenson picked out an adult White-rumped Sandpiper in the growing peep flock on the north shore of the main lagoon. The bird was actively foraging and chasing juvenile Western Sandpipers, showing well for the many observers present. Eventually, the entire flock left the north shore of the main lagoon at dark, presumably to roost at a more protected spot on the main lagoon.
Good luck to anyone going for these birds, and congratulations to the original finders.
Derek Lecy
San Rafael, CA
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Date: 9/15/26 2:55 pm
From: mike.heffernon via groups.io <mheff...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Selasphorus question (Occidental) |
Hello, birders. About a week ago I posted that I’d still been seeing Allen’s Hummers at and around our feeders. I also put Selasphorus in parentheses, as I’m not able to differentiate the two species without tail feathers being really evident. It was pointed out to me (very politely) that banded birds in September have proven to be mostly Rufous. So I have a question since I’ve seen these birds every day here in September, including today, the 15th (I’ve also seen them everyday since the last week of January): is it more likely that summer Allen’s are still lingering, perhaps because of the consistent food source; or is it more likely that migrating Rufous are taking a two week layover here? Or another explanation I haven’t thought of? Thanks in advance!
Mike Heffernon
Occidental
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Date: 9/9/26 9:08 pm
From: Aidan Sinha via groups.io <aidansinha...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Northern Wheatear report at Point Reyes |
All,
Just the messenger. Photos of a Northern Wheatear that were taken today by Tom Nemeth at Point Reyes were recently posted to one of the regional bird groups. The bird was seen along the road, possibly around the coordinates below: 38.055287,-122.975480
If the bird sticks around, the best strategy to refind it may be to drive along the roads on the point scanning for birds on the fences next to the roads. Good luck to all chasing!
Aidan Sinha
San Jose
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Date: 9/8/26 10:02 am
From: mike.heffernon via groups.io <mheff...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Occidental Allen’s Hummers Sept 8 |
Good morning, birders. I’ve noticed for about a month, Allen’s hummers showing up on the Sonoma and Marin counties EBird rare bird alerts. Allen’s (Selasphorus) hummingbirds, which typically show up here the last week of January, are still present here on the Taylor Ln property on and around the feeders.
P.S. I miss how this listserve used to be utilized before EBird. It was always more descriptive, more personal. Alas.
Mike Heffernon
Occidental
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Date: 9/5/26 3:24 pm
From: Colin Meusel via groups.io <colinroots...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Virginia’s Warbler at Rodeo Lagoon |
(37.8323974, -122.5290139) In parking lot/bowl about 100 yards west of T1111. Located by frequent (unfamiliar) chip notes. In coyote brush, willows, and the live oak about 50 ft up on op of cliff to the west of the lot
This morning. See
https://ebird.org/checklist/S390016000…for specifics and photos of bird and habitat.
-Colin Meusel (Petaluma, CA)
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Date: 9/3/26 12:54 pm
From: Ethan Monk via groups.io <z.querula...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Mourning warbler, 2nd hand |
Hi all,
The following message from Logan Kahle:
“ Hi all,
There was a hy (female?) Mourning Warbler this morning at Rodeo Lagoon by “T1111” building here (37.8327046, -122.5277070). The bird was skulky but should be findable with patience. It calls a fair amount.
Best of luck to those who look it!
Logan Kahle”
Ethan Monk
Ethan
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