mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser) (06/21/88)
I took an Audubon field trip to the Sierras this past weekend. The area covered was Yuba Pass and Sierra Valley just north of Truckee. Yuba Pass is typical mountain conifer habitat at about 6700 ft., while the habitat in the Sierra Valley is arid sagebrush, more typical of the eastern slope, and wet marsh at about 4000-5000 ft. Many of the species in the Sierra Valley are surprising, considering the location and altitude. Some highlights: YUBA PASS Cassin's Finch - feeding young all over the place Red Breasted Sapsucker White Headed Woodpecker Black Backed Woodpecker - nest hole staked out Hammond's Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Townsend's Solitaire Clark's Nutcracker Hermit Warbler McGillivray's Warbler Calliope Hummingbird American Dipper - 2 nests with young being fed SIERRA VALLEY Yellow Headed Blackbird - what a noise these make! Common Snipe - winnowing over the marsh Gray Flycatcher Green Tailed Towhee Sage Thrasher Brewer's Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Black Tern White Faced Ibis Sandhill Crane American Bittern Wilson's Phalarope Virginia Rail - called out with a tape, great looks from about 15 ft. Willet Black Billed Magpie - one of the few spots to see them in California Swainson's Hawk - good bird, for the location Common Nighthawk Mountain Bluebird Looking and listing, Mike
gp@picuxa.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello X1190) (06/21/88)
In article <24086@oliveb.olivetti.com> mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser) writes: > > I took an Audubon field trip to the Sierras this past weekend. List of birds seen deleted... >Looking and listing, >Mike It never ceases to amaze me. All those birds out there that I have yet to see. I have seen them all in field guides, but when someone tells me he actually saw them.... Anyone willing to pay for a plane ticket to the west :-) -- ========================================================================= Greg Pasquariello AT&T Product Integration Center att!picuxa!Tinman!gpasq 299 Jefferson Rd, Parsippany, NJ 07054 =========================================================================