Date: 5/3/24 7:08 am From: Guy McCaskie via groups.io <guymcc...> Subject: [CALBIRDS] Blue Rock Thrush
Thanks to Marty Freeland (see below), I learned that recent taxonomic
changes "lumped" the former Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis with the Blue
Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius. Therefore both the bird photographed in
Washington and on the Farallon Islands are indeed Blue Rock Thrushes,
probably of the migratory form philippensis. Sorry for the confusion.
Guy McCaskie
"Under current Clements/eBird taxonomy, there is no longer any species
recognized as "Rock Thrush."
The Farallones bird is an example of the taxon currently treated as
subspecies philippensis of the Blue Rock-Thrush. This race is highly
migratory.
Additional information about the systematics, distribution, and movement of
the Blue Rock-Thrush complex is available at (for example) Cornell
University's Birds of the World site
(https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/burthr/cur/introduction;
subscription may be required for access).
Date: 5/2/24 7:03 pm From: Guy McCaskie via groups.io <guymcc...> Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] [SFBirds] Swallow-tailed Gull and Blue Rock-Thrush on the Farallons
Aidam,
The photo shows a Rock Thrush, not a Blue Rock Thrush. The Rock Thrush is a long distant migrant and the Blue Rock Thrush is non-migratory.
Guy McCaskie
From: <CALBIRDS...> [mailto:<CALBIRDS...>] On Behalf Of Denise and David Hamilton
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 4:10 PM
To: <CALBIRDS...>
Cc: <CALBIRDS...>
Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] [SFBirds] Swallow-tailed Gull and Blue Rock-Thrush on the Farallons
For anyone interested, here is an article about the Blue Rock-Thrush that was found in Oregon
All,
The Farallon Islands team has posted their eBird list from today (https://ebird.org/checklist/S170456776). The rock-thrush is still there, but the Swallow-tailed Gull was not reported - may be worth checking beaches in the area (San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin Counties) tomorrow in case it is roosting somewhere along the coast. Congratulations to the Farallon Islands team on these great finds!
Date: 4/30/24 4:11 pm From: Denise and David Hamilton via groups.io <2napabirders...> Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] [SFBirds] Swallow-tailed Gull and Blue Rock-Thrush on the Farallons
For anyone interested, here is an article about the Blue Rock-Thrush that
was found in Oregon
I sure wouldn't mind finding that on a beach!
Denise Hamilton
Napa
On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 10:12 PM Aidan Sinha via groups.io <aidansinha=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> All,
> The Farallon Islands team has posted their eBird list from today (
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S170456776). The rock-thrush is still there,
> but the Swallow-tailed Gull was not reported - may be worth checking
> beaches in the area (San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin Counties) tomorrow
> in case it is roosting somewhere along the coast. Congratulations to the
> Farallon Islands team on these great finds!
>
> Aidan Sinha
> San Jose
>
>
>
Date: 4/28/24 5:39 pm From: Harold Reeve via groups.io <birder...> Subject: [CALBIRDS] Roseate Spoonbill in Stanislaus Co.
Hi birders, I am just the messenger regarding a Roseate Spoonbill found in Stanislaus County on the San Joaquin River NWR about 3:20 this afternoon, April 27, by Jodi Smith. The spoonbill was seen from the Wetlands Loop of the Pelican Nature Trail, looking north from the sharp right turn in the trail where it first approaches the marsh about 400 yards (roughly 1/4 mile) northeast of the parking area. It was seen and photographed by Jodi and several other birders between 4:30 and 5:00 pm before it flew slightly north and out of sight. It was also reported about 6:00 pm when it was flushed by a Bald Eagle and flew off towards the northeast. I would love to know if this is the Kern Co. spoonbill, last seen at the Kern Water Bank in mid-March, relocated a few hundred miles north.Harold ReeveModesto
Date: 4/27/24 7:43 pm From: Tom Benson via groups.io <thomasabenson...> Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] Roseate Spoonbill in Stanislaus County
There is a CBRC-accepted record of the Roseate Spoonbill from Humboldt County, at two different locations 31 Oct and 7 Nov 2020, so not quite the northernmost record in California.
Tom BensonSecretary, California Bird Records Committee
On Saturday, April 27, 2024 at 07:37:57 PM PDT, Aidan Sinha <aidansinha...> wrote:
All,
Just the messenger here. A Roseate Spoonbill was found by Jody Smith today at the San Joaquin NWR in Stanislaus County. The bird later seen by several others. The directions to the bird, given by Jim Gain, are: "From the main parking lot on Dairy Road, east about 500 yards. At sharp bend to the south. Look north from the corner."
This is the northernmost record for CA and the first for Stanislaus County in eBird. There was also a Roseate Spoonbill seen by many earlier in the year ~200 miles to the south in Kern County - possibly the same bird moving around the Central Valley. Congrats to Jody Smith on this find!
Date: 4/27/24 7:37 pm From: Aidan Sinha via groups.io <aidansinha...> Subject: [CALBIRDS] Roseate Spoonbill in Stanislaus County
All,
Just the messenger here. A Roseate Spoonbill was found by Jody Smith today at the San Joaquin NWR in Stanislaus County. The bird later seen by several others. The directions to the bird, given by Jim Gain, are: "From the main parking lot on Dairy Road, east about 500 yards. At sharp bend to the south. Look north from the corner."
This is the northernmost record for CA and the first for Stanislaus County in eBird. There was also a Roseate Spoonbill seen by many earlier in the year ~200 miles to the south in Kern County - possibly the same bird moving around the Central Valley. Congrats to Jody Smith on this find!
Date: 4/27/24 9:23 am From: Sammy Cowell via groups.io <samueldavidcowell...> Subject: [CALBIRDS] Swallow-tailed Kite in Ventura County
Hello,
We just had a Swallow-tailed Kite fly over us off Las Posas Rd. in Santa Rosa Valley, next to Moorpark in Ventura County heading towards Hill Canyon. I know there was a sighting in Encino, so may be the same bird. Anyways, just letting you all know!
Date: 4/26/24 10:12 pm From: Aidan Sinha via groups.io <aidansinha...> Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] [SFBirds] Swallow-tailed Gull and Blue Rock-Thrush on the Farallons
All,
The Farallon Islands team has posted their eBird list from today ( https://ebird.org/checklist/S170456776 ). The rock-thrush is still there, but the Swallow-tailed Gull was not reported - may be worth checking beaches in the area (San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin Counties) tomorrow in case it is roosting somewhere along the coast. Congratulations to the Farallon Islands team on these great finds!
Date: 4/26/24 9:35 am From: Gerry McChesney via groups.io <gerry.mcchesney...> Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] [SFBirds] Swallow-tailed Gull and Blue Rock-Thrush on the Farallons
i'm not on island but the Blue Rock Thrush is still on the island this
morning and has been found on the Farallon webcam
https://www.calacademy.org/webcams/farallones/. Very windy out there today
and camera image is very shaky. BIrd is moving around, too.
Report is that no sightings yet today of the Swallow-tailed Gull. . If
re-found, maybe they can get it on the webcam.
Gerry McChesney
Manager, Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 10:41 PM Aaron Maizlish via groups.io
<amm.birdlists...> wrote:
> Hey SF and Peninsula Birders,
>
>
> For those of you who don’t subscribe to the eBird alerts, there was an
> absolutely bonkers checklist submitted by the Farallon Islands team today.
>
> A (the) SWALLOW-TAILED GULL showed up on the islands, looking spiffy in
> full alternate plumage, just like the one last fall. I’ll go out on a limb
> and suggest that it is the same adult bird that was seen on San Gregorio
> Beach on Sept. 1, 2023, and prior to that in Goleta in July. (Might even
> be the same bird as prior year’s records.). I think that was the 7th North
> American sighting of this species, normally found around the Galapagos.
>
> But that’s not even the main story. A BLUE ROCK-THRUSH is also on the
> checklist. This is a bird that had never been reported in the United
> States until four days ago when one was photographed on the beach in Cannon
> Beach Oregon, about 600 miles north of here. Is it the same bird?
> Probably, and it’s woefully misoriented if it’s heading south in April.
> They’re found in Europe and Asia, and this is the philppensis subspecies
> that breeds in Asia at about this latitude. This will be a first
> California record - the photos on the checklist are awesome.
>
> I would hit the beaches tomorrow if these aren’t being seen on the
> Farallons. The Swallow-tailed Gull is a nocturnal feeder and tends to
> rest-in place during the daytime, so any big gull flock in San Mateo, San
> Francisco or Marin Counties, all about equidistant from the Farallons, is
> possible. The Goleta and San Gregorio sightings were both in large flocks
> of loafing gulls on a sand berm separating a wide beach from a lagoon.
> And the Blue Rock-Thrush? Who knows. They like rocky cliffs, harbors,
> rip-rap, sandy beaches, even concrete buildings and built-up areas
> according to Alvaro Jaramillo. If it’s the same bird as the Oregon
> sighting that means it’s averaging 150 miles a day.
>
> Crazy stuff to kick off our spring-rarity season.
>
> Aaron Maizlish
> San Francisco
>
>
>
> [image: 1200.png]
>
> eBird Checklist - 25 Apr 2024 - Southeast Farallon Island (Farallon
> Islands NWR, restricted access) - 39 species (+3 other taxa)
> <https://ebird.org/checklist/S170310255> > ebird.org <https://ebird.org/checklist/S170310255> > <https://ebird.org/checklist/S170310255> >
>
>
>
Date: 4/23/24 3:10 pm From: Ken Burton via groups.io <shrikethree...> Subject: Re: [CALBIRDS] Swallow-tailed Kite
Hugh,
Was there supposed to be a photo attached to this post?
Ken Burton
McKinleyville
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 2:40 PM Hugh Ranson via groups.io <zonetail1=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Just the messenger. A friend of a (I believe non-birding) friend
> photographed this bird at 5:03 pm yesterday on the 4600 block of Encino
> Ave., Encino, near Encino Reservoir. I believe it's legit.
>
> Hugh Ranson
> Santa Barbara
>
>
>
Just the messenger. A friend of a (I believe non-birding) friend photographed this bird at 5:03 pm yesterday on the 4600 block of Encino Ave., Encino, near Encino Reservoir. I believe it's legit.
