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DECEMBER 2009/JANUARY 2010
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Redwood Region Audubon Society www.rras.org
110 TH Christmas Bird Counts
Redwood Region Audubon Society (RRAS) is Arcata – Saturday, December 19, Kerry Ross (707-839- Centerville – Sunday, January 3, Gary Lester (see
sponsoring four local Christmas Bird Counts 4365; e-mail kerry@madriverbio.com). The count circle Del Norte). The count circle is centered on Loleta,
(CBCs) between December 19 and January 3. The is centered on Arcata, stretching north to McKinleyville divided into geographic sectors of 1) Fields Landing,
counts are part of the 110th count that involves south of Murray Road, west to Samoa and Manila, east King Salmon, College of the Redwoods; 2) Table
over 50,000 observers – most of them amateurs -- to Bayside up to the Baywood Golf Course, and south Bluff; 3) Loleta; 4) Fortuna; 5) Ferndale; 6) Centerville
throughout the US and the world. including Freshwater and to Eureka along the waterfront Road; 7) Port Kenyon Road; 8) Grizzly Bluff Road;
to Bayshore Mall. 9) South Spit; 10) Centerville Beach; 11) Elk River
Visit www.rras.org/cbc/cbc_full_extent.htm to view Valley; 12) Humboldt Hill; and 13) Salt River.
maps of the local count circles imposed over major Del Norte – Sunday, December 20, Alan Barron (465-
streets and roads. Such boundary delineations will let 8904, flockfinder@yahoo.com) or Gary Lester (work
you know whether your property lies within a count 707-443-8326, home 707-839-3373, garylester@w-
area. and-k.com). The count circle includes Crescent City,
Smith River, Fort Dick, Lake Earl, Jedediah Smith
Ways you can participate Redwoods State Park/Redwood National Park, and the
1. Give counters access to your property western portion of the Smith River National Recreation
2. Keep a list of birds that you see in your yard Area.
on that day (be a “feederwatcher”)
3. Join a team to cover a territory near your Willow Creek – Saturday, December 26, Gary Lester
home. (New birders are paired with veterans, (see Del Norte). The count circle, centered on Willow
so you don’t have to be an expert.) Creek, includes Horse Mountain, portions of the South
Fork & Main Stem of the Trinity River, the small
All are welcome. Call the contacts listed below to community of Salyer, and the southern Hoopa Valley.
participate at any level.

December Program January Program

The Delight of Waterbirds


• Christmas Bird Count Brush-up •
and pot luck Oil Spill Emergencies:
“the birds of winter behind the redwood curtain” how you can help Birds
Learn about the the drama and excitement as a smoothly-oiled
Our December program features the ace photographer and irrepressible machine swings into action to save many birds. With its mission of
Kerry Ross with his slant on preparing for the Christmas Bird Count. “providing best achievable care to oiled wildlife,” the Oiled Wildlife
6:30 for the pot luck and 7:30 for the talk. Come and be amazed! Care Network (OWCN) is a world leader in oiled wildlife rescue,
rehabilitation and research. The Marine Wildlife Care Center on the
Our annual Christmas Bird Count preview is a look at both the campus of Humboldt State University is one of the primary oiled bird
expected birds and some historical CBC rarities, concentrating on rehabilitation facilities in the statewide Network. Come learn about
waterbirds. Join Kerry Ross and several local CBC organizers as oiled wildlife response in California and locally, share the successes,
they discuss bird identification and distribution in preparation for the and see the birds as they are released.. Oiled wildlife rehabilitation
upcoming Christmas Bird Counts. This will be preceded by a potluck is the only opportunity available to the public to get involved in oil
dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. Bring a dish to share; we’ll provide drinks spill response. Don’t wait for the next oil spill! Find out how we are
and place settings preparing for oil spills and how you can help with oiled bird rescue
This CBC preview is a popular event and is guaranteed to edify and Tamar Danufsky has worked in the field with shorebirds, seabirds,
entertain! Mark Your Calendars! Winter is on its way, and it’s time to songbirds, black bears, raptors, and desert beetles. She has a BS in
start thinking about participating in 1 or more Christmas Bird Counts, Zoology and a MS in Wildlife and for the last nine years has worked
occurring this year from Monday, December 14, 2009 to Tuesday, in the HSU Wildlife Department as Museum Curator and coordinator
January 5, 2010. Four of California’s 117 count circles are covered in of HSU’s oil spill response facility.
Humboldt, Del Norte, and Trinity counties.

This program will be held on This program will be held on


Friday, December 11th, Friday, January 8th,
potluck starting at 6:30 p.m., starting at 7:30 p.m.,
at the Humboldt County Office of Education at the Humboldt County Office of Education
near the Burre Center at Myrtle and West in Eureka. near the Burre Center at Myrtle and West in Eureka.
Bring a mug and enjoy shade-grown coffee. Bring a mug and enjoy shade-grown coffee.
Thank you for ensuring that our meetings are fragrance-free. Thank you for ensuring that our meetings are fragrance-free.
CHAPTER LEADERS FIELD TRIPS Humboldt
Every Saturday: Arcata Marsh and Wildlife
OFFICERS
President— Ken Burton.................................825-1124 Sanctuary. These are our famous, rain-or-shine field
Breeding
President-Elect — Kerry Ross …………..... 839-4365 trips at the marsh; take your binocular(s) and have Bird
Secretary—Adam Brown...............abrown@prbo.org a great morning birding! Meet in the Klopp Lake
Treasurer—Susan Calla.................................465-6191 parking lot at 8:30 a.m. Call Kerry Ross (839-4365) Atlas
for more information.
DIRECTORS Available
Jim Clark ………………...........................… 445-8311 Sunday, December 13: Humboldt Bay National
Rob Fowler ………………..............……….. 822-5095
Wildlife Refuge. This is a wonderful, two-to-three We still have both
Sean McAllister ..............................................268-0592
hour trip for people wanting to learn the birds of the hardcover and
Lew & Judie Norton.......................................445-1791
Chet Ogan ………………..............………… 442-9353
Humboldt Bay area. It takes a leisurely pace with softcover copies of
Kerry Ross ......................................................839-4365 emphasis on enjoying the birds! Beginners are more
than welcome. Meet at the Refuge Visitor Center at Atlas of the Breeding
C.J. Ralph .......................................................822-2015
Jay Sooter ……………………..........……… 444-8001 9 a.m. Call Jude Power or David Fix (822-3613) for Birds of Humboldt
more information. County, California (published 2005), in stock,
COMMITTEE CHAIRS now available at half price: softcover $15
Conservation—Chet Ogan ..........................442-9353 Saturday, December 19: Arcata Christmas Bird and hardcover $25 (both plus tax if mailed).
Education -- David Tompkins........................443-6959 Count , Join us for the 110th year of the Christmas
Field Trips—Kerry Ross ..........................839-4365 Bird Count. All ages and abilities are encouraged to Consider getting some for Holiday gifts!
Historian—John Hewston ..........................822-5288 participate. You can join a group of birders or just do Contact Jan Andersen at (707) 616-3888 or
Membership—Lew & Judie Norton.............445-1791 a feeder watch at your own house. This count circle jandersen1936@earthlink.net to arrange a
NEC Representative—C.J. Ralph.................822-2015 extends from the mouth of the Mad River to the
Field Notes—Sean McAllister ......................268-0592 purchase.
North Jetty and inland nearly to Blue Lake. Contact
Programs—C.J. Ralph...................................822-2015
Publicity—Sue Leskiw....................................442-5444
Kerry Ross at kerry@madriverbio.com or 839-4365
Sandpiper—David Schumaker...............530-227-5192 to participate. Pacific Coast Joint Venture
—Gary Bloomfield........................822-0210
Volunteer Coordinator Sunday, December 20: Del Norte Christmas Bird Protects Wetlands
—-----------HELP!------------------- Count. Join us for the 110th year of the Christmas One of the activities RRAS Conservation
Lake Earl Branch—Sue Calla.......................465-6191 Bird Count. All ages and abilities are encouraged to Committee is involved with is Pacific Coast Joint
RRAS Web Page......................................www.rras.org participate. There are many people from Humboldt Venture. The Pacific The Pacific Coast Joint Venture
Arcata Bird Alert .....................822-LOON (822-5666) County that participate in this count so carpooling is a public-private partnership, focusing on the
is encouraged. If you are interested in participating identification, protection, and restoration of the most
The Sandpiper is published nine times each year by important wetlands and associated upland and riparian
Redwood Region Audubon Society contact Allen Barron at flockfinder@yahoo.com or
707-465-8904 or Gary Lester at garys.lester@gmail. habitats in coastal British Columbia, Washington,
P.O. Box 1054, Eureka, CA 95502.
Oregon and Northern California. The Pacific Coast
com or 839-3373. Joint Venture (PCJV) continues to play an important
role in northern California by building unique and
Sunday, December 20: Eureka Marsh. Join the diverse partnerships for conserving critical habitat. The
Thinking of Joining the first of this season’s monthly walks for some great PCJV was created to implement the North American
National Audubon Society? birding in downtown Eureka. We will spend an Waterfowl Management Plan and administers North
If so, please use the coupon below. By sending in your
hour or two on a flat loop that will take us through a American Wetland Conservation Act (NAWCA) grants
membership on this form, rather than replying to solicita- variety of habitats from bay and mudflat to riparian and has since been expanded to include all native flora
tions from National Audubon, $20 is sent directly to RRAS. and marshland. Meet in the parking lot at the foot of and fauna and the full range of habitats associated with
This is how NAS rewards local chapters for recruiting West Del Norte Street at 8:30 a.m. Call Kerry Ross the region’s wetland ecosystems. The Farm Bill that
national members. (Otherwise, the RRAS dues share per goes through Congress each year is a major funder of
new member is only a couple of dollars.) Thank you.
(707-839-4365) for more information.
NAWCA. The California PCJV includes Del Norte,
Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, and Siskiyou Counties.
Saturday, December 26: Willow Creek Christmas
Chapter Membership Application Bird Count. Join us for the 110th year of the Christmas
We adjoin other JV’s in California including the Oregon,
San Francisco, and Central Valley JVs.
Yes, I’d like to join. Bird Count. All ages and abilities are encouraged to
Please enroll me as a member of the National Audubon participate. You can join a group of birders or just Over the last 5 years, over $4.5 million has been
Society and of my local chapter. Please send
AUDUBON magazine and my membership card to the
do a feeder watch at your own house. Contact Gary allocated for the acquisition and restoration of wetlands
address below. Lester at garys.lester@gmail.com or 839-3373 to in Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino Counties.
participate. Recently, partnership-sponsored projects at Lake Earl
My check for $20 is enclosed. (Introductory offer)
in Del Norte, Valley View conservation easement near
NAME_______________________________ Petrolia, McDaniels Slough project in Arcata, Jacoby
Sunday, January 3: Centerville Christmas Bird
ADDRESS___________________________ Count. Join us for the 110th year of the Christmas Creek and Vance Dairy in Humboldt, were among those
CITY ______________________________ funded. This year nearly $1 million should be granted
Bird Count. All ages and abilities are encouraged to to PCJV California for restoration of 415 acres and
STATE____________ZIP______________ participate. This is the oldest count circle in Humboldt enhancement of 1960 acres. RRAS would like to partner
email ______________________________ County. You can join a group of experienced birders with City of Eureka, Coastal Conservancy, and RCAA
Local Chapter Code: C9ZC240Z or just do a feeder watch at your house. Contact to enhance a 15-acre Parcel adjacent to Eureka/PALCO
Please make checks to the National Audubon Society. Gary Lester at garys.lester@gmail.com or 839-3373 Marsh
Send this application and your check to: to participate.
The Partners involved in the California PCJV
National Audubon Society include: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, California
Winter Raptor Counts: This winter’s Loleta-
P.O. Box 422250 Ferndale raptor counts will not be prescheduled; Department of Fish & Game, USDA Forest Service,
Palm Coast, FL 32142-2250 they will be conducted opportunistically based California Coastal Conservancy, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, City of Arcata, City of Eureka,
--------------LOCAL CHAPTER------------- on weather and the coordinator’s availability. If Redwood Region Audubon Society, California Waterfowl
REDWOOD REGION AUDUBON SOCIETY you want to participate, contact Ken Burton, Association, Ducks Unlimited, Jacoby Creek Land Trust,
P.O. BOX 1054 brdnrd@sbcglobal.net or 825-1124 to be notified Mendocino Land Trust, North Coast Regional Land
EUREKA, CA 95502 when dates are decided. Trust, and Redwood Community Action Agency.

California PCJV Partners have permanently


protected over 90,000 acres of coastal wetland habitat
Join the Education Committee since 1992! CJ Ralph is the local Chair, Sharon Kahara
is the California Coordinator, and Chet Ogan has
The RRAS Education Committee has a few openings for
represented RRAS since 1998. If you wish to know more
new members. If you are interested in helping educate the
check out the website http://www.pcjv.org/california/
public about birds and their habitat needs and awarding
scholarships, please contact David Tompkins at (707)
443-6959 or tompkins@telis.org.

New Members
Keep Up-to-Date
Redwood Region Audubon Society welcomes the
Through RRAS following new members and subscribers:
Listserve Arcata – Patty Andriese, Stephen Bailey,
Be reminded about field trips and programs and Nate Blum, Simone Bottger
learn about upcoming meetings, public hearings, Eureka – Kristin & David La Fever
and symposia of interest to RRAS members and McKinleyville – Rowetta Miller
other concerned nature lovers. Subscribe in 1 of Redway – Kathy Ludey
2 ways: through a Web page link at http://groups. Trinidad – Peter Monahan
yahoo.com/group/rras or by e-mail to rras-
subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Postings should We look forward to seeing you on field
have complete information. This listserve is not for Ruffed Grouse, 1 November 2009 trips and at our monthly programs.
posting bird sightings. Mad River,Trinity Co., CA © Kerry Ross
Contrarian, and Proud of It
It was surprising just how fast the day had County. Weather forecasters predicted the
warmed. Scoping the skies for my quarry, I felt remnant typhoon’s deluge to begin… on the
a certain urgency to find one before the image- morning of the Arcata Christmas Bird Count. The
distorting heat waves took control. day kicked off with heavy wind and sideways
With the sparkling ocean below me, I rotated rain. Not surprisingly, all avian life appeared to
the scope slowly, scanning the horizon to the have been purged from our sector. Just before
southeast. Three… no four, large birds soared lunch, our soggy team visited a property outside
together in the distance. I was encouraged by the Eureka. The house’s eaves lacked gutters, made
lack of upturned wings and what appear to be abundantly clear as I peered upward into a tree,
short tails. There’s no flapping or teetering to their only to have a series of waterfalls stream down
flight; they soar from point A to B with authority. the sleeves of my rain jacket. Fortunately, our
A single bird splinters off and heads straight for house lay within the count circle, so hot soup

so we think we are me. It closes the distance to me by about one-


half and banks. I make out the elongated white
and a change of clothes semi-fortified us for the
afternoon’s fun (2.78” of rain in Eureka that day:
so smart patches on the leading edge of the underwing,
close to the body.
a record).

Exhibit C: The Ferndale CBC, held on 12/30/90,


The other day I was working on my tractor and Ecstatic, I pump my fist in the air: Golden Eagle found my team and me scoping a field near the
dropped a small part between the engine and the has been eliminated from consideration. A man Salt River on a record-setting frigid Humboldt
side of the frame. I spent about 10 minutes trying to turns to me, points to the ocean, and says, “Why morn. Slowly, the sun rose over the streamside
retrieve the part with pliers, long forceps, a magnet, are you looking up that way, the view is over vegetation to reveal hundreds of Killdeer
and various other methods when it suddenly occurred here?” “Well,” I try to explain, “I’m looking at a hunkered down in a field. The birds’ backs
to me that if I took a screwdriver and dropped it rare bird, one I’ve never seen before: a California gleamed like diamonds, refracting the low-
down on top of the wayward part it would force it to Condor.” angled light. It took us a while to confirm that
fall out the bottom of the compartment and onto the every single Killdeer was frost-encrusted, and
ground. I felt so smug until C.J. sent me an article He was right… in a way. Who comes to Big I, for one, shivered involuntarily in the morning
from The Economist May 30th, 2009 issue. Sur and then turns his back on the ocean? Our chill.
The article, “Sticks and Stones,” was about fascination for birds is difficult to put into words;
a bird called a rook. The rook is a member of the we birders often exhibit behavior that’s contrary It’s customary to focus on family, home, and
to the norm. To wit: community gatherings during the holiday
crow family that lives in Europe. These birds
season. However, we birders take on additional
are very intelligent and the subjects of a study by responsibilities as Christmas draws nigh. As
Exhibit A: I returned to Humboldt during the
Christopher Bird (a very appropriate last name) and last week of August this year following nearly a compiler, participant, or landowner granting
Nathan Emery of Cambridge University. They have month in Arizona. A mid-summer visit to southern access, the count—the Count—is a seasonal
been studying the tool using ability of rooks. Arizona is regarded by the general population as touchstone, as close to ritual as some of us get.
The rooks they chose were birds that have bizarre behavior, yet if the monsoons kick in, it’s Stumble out of bed. Trade its warm cocoon for
never been seen using tools. They were raised in cooler than one would think. And the birds are a cold house. It’s dark: no light penetrates the
captivity and apparently had no need for tools. paramount: while there, I met up with someone windows. Breakfast: something hearty to start
When these birds need tools they apparently have in Miller Canyon that had seen 15 species of the day. Caffeine. Load gear in vehicle. Watch
the intelligence to make and use them immediately. hummingbirds that day. On my way back home, the sky and listen for the first bird. Will it be a
When the birds are presented with a I found myself in the desert town of California Raven…again?
problem, a tube with a delicious, to rooks, waxworm City at mid-afternoon. A thermometer read 106º.
on a platform in a tube the rooks almost immediately I drove past a modern-day oasis—a public golf I can hunker inside, safe from the elements during
retrieve the prize by dropping a rock or a stick down course—and made my way to a sprawling, many- the holiday season with the best of ‘em: mulled
the tube to push it out the bottom. Not only that, if fingered duck pond. Littered with an abundance cider, baked goods, way too much food, and
given various sized rocks they will, usually on the of plastic detritus and garbage, the pond reeked some football. However, the time has once again
of decaying vegetation and fish. arrived where we attempt to juggle the many
first try, choose the largest rock that will fit in the
responsibilities of the holiday season. We may
tube to do the job. get harried, turn up late for a family commitment,
Only then did I realize that I was sitting next to a
If given several sticks the birds will either dead, partially eaten carp. Why move? This dead or lose our cool a time or two. However, this is
drop a heavy stick down the tube or use a lighter fish is but a single grain of sand in this olfactory our chosen lot in life: it’s what we do for fun. If
one to push into the tube to achieve the same result affront. Nobody, and I mean nobody, was out a movie that combines drama with comedy can
as the rock. If given the choice of a stick or a stone and about in the oppressive heat. Residents were be termed a dramedy, the combination of play
they will choose the object best fitted for the job on hunkered down, clinging to their AC. The vibe and (self-imposed) duty that is the CBC might
the first try. If neither is appropriate, too large a rock of the town was absolutely post-apocalyptic. well be termed “pluty.” The holiday season
and a stick with horizontal twigs attached, they will However, as I doubted I’d pass this way again approaches… and our feathered mistress calls.
alter the best choice to do the work. As an example during summer, I kept to the shade the best I
the bird will prune the twigs off the stick until it fits could. My efforts were rewarded by seeing a Tom Leskiw
inside the tube. Ross’ Goose. October 28, 2009
The final problem was to give the birds a
straight piece of wire and a tube with a plug in the Exhibit B: December 2002. Typhoon Pongsana,
bottom preventing the birds from pushing the worm after wrecking havoc in Guam and elsewhere,
out. No problem, they merely bent the wire into a crosses the Pacific, drawing a bead on Humboldt
hook and pulled them out the top.
Feeling a little chagrined I reflected on my
tractor problem and felt a little foolish. I recovered
quickly when I thought, “Yeah, well I bet they can’t
drive a tractor!” But then, maybe they have never
been asked to!
governor’s signature
-Dave Schumaker
on anti-poaching law signals new
seriousness about protection of birds
and other wildlife
Sacramento, CA – Governor Schwarzenegger’s has moved quickly to address the real and growing
signature on a new anti-poaching law that creates threat of poaching to California birds and other
tough new penalties for violators signals a new wildlife,” said Graham Chisholm, executive director
seriousness about the protection of the state’s of Audubon California. “This law is an important
precious birds and wildlife, said representatives of tool that our wardens will have in combating this
Audubon California today. shocking trend.”
Assembly Bill 708, authored by Assembly Member Audubon California began pushing for new legislation
Jared Huffman, recently passed through both to increase penalties for violations after learning
houses of the State Legislature without a single no late last year of an alarming upswing in poaching
vote. The bill installs tough penalties for the illegal incidents. AB 708 quickly gained widespread
taking of birds and other wildlife well over what support from both sides of the aisle, as well as an
the law allows, as well as poaching for profit and array of conservation and hunting organizations,
intentionally torturing wildlife. It also allows the wardens, and law enforcement officials.
State Department of Fish and Game to revoke the
license of the worst offenders. -from Audubon California
Barrowʼs Goldeneye, 18 November 2009 “We are pleased that the Governor and the Legislature http://ca.audubon.org//
Smith River,Del Norte Co., CA © Ken Burton
Field Notes By Sean McAllister
SUMMARY OF NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA 1, Shelter Cove, 25 Oct (DFx); 1, AM, 7 Nov (RFo) •
BIRD OBSERVATIONS Blackpoll Warbler: 1, Cooper Gulch, 6 Oct (TLe) • Black
and White Warbler: 1, McKinleyville, 19 Sep (GSL); 1,
12 September – 18 November 2009 Trinidad, 21 Sep (MHa); 1, Cypress Patch/North Spit, 5 Oct
(TKu) • American Redstart: 1, MRCP, 4 Oct (RHe, EKe)
Note: Many of the observations in this summary were • Ovenbird: 1, MRCP, 7-8 Oct (PCh, KRo, RSm) • Northern
reported previously in the November issue of the Sandpiper, Waterthrush: 1, Arcata yard, 12 Oct (GBl); 1, Aldergrove
which was mailed exclusively to RRAS members. Pond, 12 Oct (PCh); 1 returning, Log Pond/AM, 23 Oct
(RFo) • McGillivray’s Warbler: 2, Entrance Patch/N. Spit,
Two Redwood Region Audubon pelagic birding trips went out 12 Sep (TKu, DSp, JSa) • Hooded Warbler: 1 cont., Mauer
20-30 miles offshore, producing some of the highlights this Marsh, 17-26 Sep (TLe) • Wilson’s Warbler: 1, Cooper
period. Onshore, fall migration has produced a few goodies Gulch, 23 Oct (TLe) • Pairie Warbler: 1 Trinidad, 18 Sep
for local birders to chase but overall it has been a rather (MHa) • Yellow-breasted Chat: 1, AM, 22 Sep (RFo) •
mild event. Some of the highlights include: a long-overdue Yellow-headed Blackbird, 23 October 2009 SUMMER TANAGER: 1, adult male cont., Lake Cleone,
first Del Norte county record of BLUE-HEADED VIREO, Arcata Bottoms, Humboldt Co., CA © Kerry Ross 16 Sep (KHv); 1 adult male, Fieldbrook, 27 Sep (BSi) •
discovered by Alan Barron, deservedly, in his own yard!; a Western Tanager (lsr): 1, Hookton Road, 20 Oct (SMc) •
Russell Creek/Lake Earl, 6 Oct (LBr); 1, NJ, 2 Nov (JSa) • California Towhee: 2, NE Del Norte Co., 9 Oct (ABa) •
SANDHILL CRANE, which touched down briefly in the
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 1, North Spit, 12 Sep (TKu, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW: 1, AB, 15-18 Nov (RFo,
sand dunes at Ten-Mile beach was seen (and photographed)
DSp, JSa); 2, CRI, 13 Sep (SCa, MWa); 1, Virgin Creek, 30 COg) • Chipping Sparrow: 1, Eureka Marsh, 15 Oct (SCa)
only by Mendo-birder Karen Havlena; Humboldt county’s
Sep (DTo) • Baird’s Sandpiper: 1, Redwood Creek, 13 Sep • Clay-colored Sparrow: 1, Cooper Gulch, 27-28 Sep
first RUSTY BLACKBIRD in more than a decade was found
(KI); 2, MRCP, 28 Sep (KRo) • Pectoral Sandpiper: 1-8, (SMc, ANT); 1, Davison Road/Orick, 7 Oct (TLe, KBu); 1,
by Kerry Ross in the Arcata Bottoms and this was followed
Lake Tolowa, 15-19 Sep (LBr, JSt, ABa); 1, Chadbourne McKinleyville yard, 8 Oct (KRo); 1, Vigo St./Eureka, 11 Oct
by another rare icterid, GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE,
Gulch, 16 Sep (RHu, CKi, DTo); 1, Mad River Estuary, 19 (SCa); 1, Lake Cleone, 15-16 Oct (DTo, KHv); 1, VSL, 16
found by Rob Fowler. Several species not expected in
Sep (KRo, RSm); 50-80, Pacific Shores, 20-28 Sep (LBr); 4, Oct (RFo); 1, McKinleyville, 31 Oct (KSl) • Lark Sparrow:
any given year have made multiple appearances this fall,
AB, 22 Sep (TKu, DSp); 2, Virgin Creek, 25 Sep (DTo); 1, 1, Westport, 15 Sep (DTo); 1, Humboldt Hill, 17 Sep (DCo,
including HUDSONIAN GODWIT, BAR-TAILED
Lake Cleone, 27 Sep (DTo); 5, McKay Pond/AM, 28 Sep LTu); “1 or 2”, CC Harbor, 23 Sep (ABa) • LARK
GODWIT, SUMMER TANAGER, LARK BUNTING
(LMa); 5, Lanphere Road/AB, 29 Sep (KRo); 1, PALCO BUNTING: 1, Jackson Ranch Rd./AB, 29 Sep (EE); 1,
and ORCHARD ORIOLE. An AMERICAN TREE
Marsh, 30 Sep - 4 Oct (SCa); 1, Glass Beach, 2 Oct (DTo); Buck’s Port, 21 Oct (KBu, CMo) • Fox Sparrow (esr): 1,
SPARROW was discovered by Rob and Quinn Fowler.
1, AB, 6 Oct (RFo); 1, Lake Cleone, 7 Oct (DTo); HC: 140 McKinleyville, 12 Sep (KRo) • Lincoln’s Sparrow: ESR:1,
(!), Russell Creek/Lake Earl, 7 Oct (ABa); 2, Foster Road/ Woodley Island, 14 Sep (TLe) • White-throated Sparrow:
Abbreviations: AB = Arcata Bottoms; AM = Arcata Marsh;
AB, 14 Oct (KRo, RSm) • SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER: ESR: 1, Cypress Patch/N. Spit, 6 Oct (RFo); HC: 10, Bayside,
BLC = Blue Lake Cottonwoods; CC = Crescent City; CRI =
1-2 , Russell Creek/Lake Earl, 11-21 Oct (LBr, ABa, JGar, 16 Nov (DFx, JPo) • Golden-crowned Sparrow: ESR: 1,
Cock Robin Island; ESR = earliest seasonal report; HBNWR
JLu) • Rock Sandpiper: 1-2, NJ, 1-10 Nov (RHe, TKu); 1, McKinleyville, 14 Sep (KRo) • Lapland Longspur: ESR: 2,
= Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge; HC = High
Glass Beach, 3-8 Nov (DTo); 1, Trinidad, 14 Nov (MHa) • South Spit, 2 Oct (TLe); HC: 17, Pacific Shores, 11 Oct
Count; KS = King Salmon; LSR = latest seasonal report;
Dunlin: 8, CRI, 13 Sep (SCa, MWa) • Buff-breasted (ABa, REk, JFl) • Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 1, Shay Park,
MR = Mad River; MRCP = Mad River County Park; NJ =
Sandpiper: 1, Lake Tolowa, 15-19 Sep (LBr, JSt, ABa) • 14-17 Sep (?, DFx, JPo, KRo, RSm, RFo) • BLUE
North Jetty; PPSP = Patrick’s Point State Park; RRAS-PBT
Bonaparte’s Gull: 1, AM, 2&8 Nov (JSa, SCa) • Mew Gull: GROSBEAK: 1, Usal, 6 Oct (JWh) • Bobolink: 2, CC
= Redwood Region Audubon Sponsored Pelagic Birding
1, Trinity Res., 11 Nov (RFo et al) • Thayer’s Gull: 1, RRAS- Harbor Dredge Ponds, 21-27 Sep (ABa) • Tricolored
Trip; SRB = Smith River Bottoms; VSL = V Street Loop
PBT, 11 Oct (KRo, et al) • Sabine’s Gull: 1, Elk Creek Blackbird: 7-18 males, Alexandre Dairy, 11-13 Oct (ABa,
Mouth, 29 Sep (LBr) • Black-legged Kittiwake: 1, RRAS- REk, JFl) • Yellow-headed Blackbird: 1, north of Fort
Greater White-fronted Goose: 12 reports. ESR: 1, Eureka
PBT, 11 Oct (KRo, et al); 1, PPSP, 14 Nov (DCo, et al); 5, Bragg, 16 Oct (J&KHv); 1, VSL, 23 Oct (KRo); 1, Eureka
Marsh on 26 Sept (TLe); HC: 75+, over McKinleyville, 28
North Spit, 15 Nov (SCa) • Caspian Tern: 2, Elk River Waterfront, 24 Oct (PRo, LRo) • RUSTY BLACKBIRD: 1,
Sept (KSl) • Snow Goose: 1, Arcata, 17 Nov (DFx) • Ross’s
mouth, 11 Oct (RFo); 3, Eel River estuary, 16 Oct (SMc) • AB, 11-15 Nov (KRo, PCh, COg, SCa, RFo) • GREAT-
Goose: 1, Lewiston Lake, 20 Oct (JLu); 1, HBNWR, 10 Nov
Elegant Tern: 17, CC Harbor, 21 Sep (ABa); 2, Humboldt TAILED GRACKLE: 1, Moxon Dairy, 13 Nov (RFo, OH)
(RHe) • Aleutian Cackling Goose: Early reports of 15 and
Bay, 23 Sep (JPo) • South Polar Skua: 1, RRAS PT, 11 Oct • ORCHARD ORIOLE: 1, VSL, 27 Sep (TKu); 1, nr.
14 from MRCP and AM, respectively, came on 28 Sep (LMa,
(KRo, et al) • Pomarine Jaeger: 3, RRAS PT, 11 Oct (KRo, Laguna Point, 1-5 Oct (JSt, KHv, DTo); 1, Fairhaven, 6 Oct
KSl); HC: 1100, HBNWR, 27 Oct (GRe, ENe) • Eurasian
et al) • Parasitic Jaeger: 2, Table Bluff, 13 Sep (SCa, (RFo) • LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH: 2 heard, AB, 16
Wigeon: 1, AM, 26 Sep (ZLo); 1-4, Arcata Marsh, 9 Oct –
MWa); 2, NJ, 19 Sep (KRo, RSm); 3, NJ, 26 Sep (DCo, Nov (TKu, LTu).
18 Nov (RFo, JSa, SCa, EE) • Ring-necked Duck: 1, NE
TKu, LTu); 1, North Spit, 15 Nov (SCa) • Long-tailed
McKay Pond, 7 Oct (RFo) • Harlequin Duck: 1-2, Glass
Jaeger: 1, CC Harbor, 15 Sep (KSl); 1, NJ, 19 Sep (KRo,
Beach, 2-20 Oct (DTo); 1-4, nr. Humboldt Bay entrance
RSm) • LONG-BILLED MURRELET: 1, RRAS-PBT, 11
channel, 10 Oct – 15 Nov (Z&JLo, TKu, DSp, JSa, SCa,
Oct (KRo, et al) • Ancient Murrelet: 2, North Spit, 15 Nov
KRo, JCe) • White-winged Scoter: 1, RRAS-PBT, 13 Sep
(SCa) •Cassin’s Auklet: 65, RRAS-PBT, 11 Oct (KRo, et al)
(KRo, et al); 14, MRCP, 9 Nov (RFo) • Black Scoter: 1, CC
• Rhinoceros Auklet: 1, Table Bluff, 13 Sep (SCa, MWa);
harbor, 6 Oct (RHe, EKe, GOb, Maria); 1, AM, 4-7 Nov
91, RRAS-PBT, 11 Oct (KRo, et al) • Short-eared Owl: 1,
(KRo. RFo); 11, CC area, 5 Nov (MHa); 1, Trinidad 8-10
VSL, 9 Nov (TKu) •Common Poorwill: 1, Saddle Mountain,
Nov (MHa) • Barrow’s Goldeneye: 12, Lewiston Res., 11
21 Sep (Z&JLo) • Black Swift: 1, MRCP, 16 Sep (PCh) •
Nov (RFo, et al); 3, Smith River, 18 Nov (KBu, LLa) •
White-throated Swift: 2, Garberville, 5 Oct (SCa); 2, Usal,
Hooded Merganser: 3-13, VSL, 29 Sep – 13 Nov (KRo,
6 Oct (JWh) • Lewis’s Woodpecker: 4, Kneeland, 9 Oct
RSm, RFo, RHe); 8, AM, 8 Nov (SCa) • Yellow-billed Loon:
(BBu, DVz); 1, Bald Hills Road/Hum Co. , 18 Oct (EKe,
1, Samoa boat ramp, 12-29 Sep (BCa, TKu, JPo, DFx) •
EDa) • Western Wood-Peewee: 1, Cooper Gulch, 6 Oct
Pacific Loon: 1, Lewiston Res.,7 Nov (RHe) • Red-necked Rusty Blackbird, Arcata Bottoms,
(TLe) • Willow Flycatcher: 1, Arcata, 12 Sep (GBl); 1,
Grebe: 1, NJ, 3 Oct (RHe) • Eared Grebe: 5, Crab Park, 13 © Kerry Ross, 2009•11•11
Trinidad, 21 Sep (MHa); 1, Arcata Marsh, 22 Sep (RFo) •
Sep (SCa, MWa) • Clark’s Grebe: 1, CC Harbor, 6 Oct
Say’s Phoebe: 1, Kneeland, 11&21 Sep & 5 Oct (BBu,
(RHe, EKe, GOb, Maria) • Black-footed Albatross: 34, Many thanks to the observers:
DVz) 1, Redwood Creek, 6 Oct (KIr); 1, CC B St. Pier, 6 Oct
RRAS-PBT, 11 Oct (KRo, et al); 6, off NJ, 19 Oct (TKu, Steve Barlow, Alan Barron, Bob Battingen,
(ABa, RHe, EKe, GOb, Maria); 1, Ferndale Bottoms, 17 Oct
JSa); 10 “albatross”, 6-8 miles offshore KS, 19 Oct (MWa) •
(OH); 1, AB, 13 Nov (RFo, DCo) • Black X Say’s Phoebe Gary Bloomfield, Lucas Brug, Barbara Burek,
Northern Fulmar: 282, RRAS-PBT, 11 Oct (KRo, et al); 12,
Hybrid: 1 returned, Port Kenyon Road/Ferndale Bottoms, Ken Burton, Pam Cahill, Brent Campos, Scott
PPSP, 14 Nov (DCo, et al); 5, North Spit, 15 Nov (SCa) •
26 Sep – 14 Oct (OH, KRo, RSm, KBu) • Tropical Kingbird: Carey, Phil Chaon, Daryl Coldren, Elaine
Pink-footed Shearwater: 424, RRAS-PBT, 11 Oct (KRo, et
1, CRI, 19 Sep (SMc); 1, Lanphere Dunes, 12 Oct (CJR) • David, Ray Ekstrom, Elias Elias, David Fix, Jim
al) • Flesh-footed Shearwater: 1, RRAS-PBT, 11 Oct (KRo,
Northern Shrike: 3, Pacific Shores, 11 Oct (ABa, REk, Flett, Quinn Fowler, Rob Fowler, John Gaffin,
et al) • Buller’s Shearwater: 42, RRAS-PBT, 11 Oct (KRo,
JFl); 1, South Spit, 1-6 Nov (LTu, DCo) • Plumbeous Vireo: Joe Gartland, Rick Golightly, Melody Hamilton,
et al) • Sooty Shearwater: 201, RRAS-PBT, 11 Oct (KRo,
1, SRB, 18 Sep (LBr) • Cassin’s Vireo: 1, BLC, 12 Sep Jim Havlena, Karen Havlena, Owen Head, Rob
et al) • Short-tailed Shearwater: 1, from Laguna Point, 22
(TLe); 1, Arcata, 12 Sep (GBl) • BLUE-HEADED VIREO: Hewitt, Richard Hubacek, Ken Irwin, Elyse
Oct (DTo); 1, PPSP, 14 Nov (DCo, et al) • American White
1, 1st Del Norte county record!, CC yard, 5 Oct (ABa) • Kelly, Caroline Kinet, Tony Kurz, Alexandra
Pelican: 1, flyover Eureka, 2 Oct (LTu); 1 imm, Trindad
Warbling Vireo: 1, Arcata, 25 Sep (GBl); 1, Cooper Gulch, Lamb, Laurie Lawrence, Tom Leskiw, Gary
Head, 8 Oct (MHa) • Cattle Egret: 1 on the back of a cow,
6 Oct (TLe) • Red-eyed Vireo: 1, Eureka Marsh, 16 Sep
Loleta Bottoms, 14 Oct (KRo, RSm) • White-faced Ibis: 2, Lester, Ron LeValley, Zach Loman, Jill Loman,
(LTu, SBa); 1, Trinidad, 17 Oct (MHa) • Gray Jay: 1, Jim-
AM, 20 Sep (KRo) • Bald Eagle: 1, Alexandre Dairy, 6 Oct
Jam Ridge, 25 Sep (MPe, fide GSL) • Horned Lark: 2,
John Luther, Larry Maurin, Sean McAllister,
(RHe, EKe, GOb, Maria); 1, Bayside, 21 Oct (DMo) •
Pacific Shores, 8 Oct (LBr) • Purple Martin: 2, CRI, 20 Sep Diana Mossman, Cindy Moyer, Eric Nelson,
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1 attacking feeder birds, Bayside, 25 Judy Norton, Lew Norton, Gretchen O’Brien,
(JSt) • Ruby-crowned Kinglet: ESR: 1, Aldergrove Pond,
Sep (PCa); 1, North Spit, 12 Oct (SCa); 1, Elk River mouth, Merritt Perry, Larry Pitts, Jude Power, C.J.
26 Sep (RFo) • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 1, Orick Dump, 10
15 Oct (SCa) • Cooper’s Hawk: 1, Mauer Marsh, 25 Sep Ralph, Galen Reid, Kerry Ross, Lynda Roush,
Oct (KIr) • Mountain Bluebird: 9, Trinity Res., 11 Nov
(TLe); 1, Fay Slough, 12 Oct (SCa) • Harlan’s Hawk: 1, Paul Roush, Jesse Sargent, Stephanie Schneider,
(RFo, et al) • Northern Mockingbird: 1, Log Pond/AM, 24
Fay Slough, 12 Oct (SCa) • Ferruginous Hawk: 1, AB, 7-9 Keith Slauson, Bob Sizel (sp?), Rachel Smith,
Sep (OHe); 1, Orick, 16 Oct (KIr); 1, Smith River, 21 Oct
Nov (ZLo, RFo) • Rough-legged Hawk: 1, McKinleyville, 7 David Spangenberg, John Sterling, Scott Terrill,
(ABa, JLu); 2, Garberville, 7 Nov (JSo); 1, AB, 15 Nov
Nov (KRo); 1, AB, 14 Nov (KRo) • Crested Caracara: 1 Dorothy Tobkin, Leslie Tucci, Dan Van Zile,
(SCa) • Sage Thrasher: 1, Eureka Marsh, 18 Sep (SCa) •
cont., SRB, 19 Sep – 5 Nov (JSt, PCh, ABa, JLu, MHa) • Matt Wachs, Jerry White, Ben Zyla.
RED-THROATED PIPIT: 1 (heard), Pacific Shores, 29
Merlin: 8 reports. ESR: 1, South Spit, 18 Sep (TLe) • Prairie
Sep (LBr) • American Pipit: ESR: 5, South Spit, 13 Sep
Falcon: 1, Humboldt Hill, 6 Oct (LTu) • Common Moorhen:
(SCa, MWa) • Tennessee Warbler: 1, Trinidad, 10-15 Oct Field Notes is a compilation of bird sighting
1-2, Lake Cleone, 13-14 Sep & 3 Nov (DTo, RHu, et al) •
(MHa); 1, Bayshore Mall Willows, 11 Oct (RFo) • Nashville reports for Humboldt, Del Norte, western Trinity
SANDHILL CRANE: 1, Ten-mile Beach, 1 Oct (KHv) •
Warbler: 1, Davison Road/Orick, 7 Oct (TLe, KBu); 1, and northern Mendocino counties. Sources
American Golden-Plover: 1, AB, 17 Sep – 5 Oct (DFx, JSt,
MRCP, 10 Oct (TKu, DSp); 1, BSLP, 20 Oct (DFx); 1, include the Redwood Region Audubon Society
RFo, LMa, JPo, TKu, DSp, JSa); 1, Russell Ck/ Lake Earl, 8
Eureka, 2 Nov (JLo) • Northern Parula: 1, Manila Park, 12 bird alert and birders’ information phone line
Oct (LBr); 1, Loleta Bottoms, 11-14 Oct (RFo, KRo, RSm,
Sep (TKu, DSp, JSa); 1, Trinidad, 12 Sep (MHa) • Yellow (707-822-LOON), the online northwestern
KBu) • Pacific Golden-Plover: 2-4, AB, 17 Sep-6 Oct (DFx,
Warbler: 1, Elk River Wildlife Area, 15 Oct (SCa); 1, AM, California birdwatching and information
m.obs.); 1, Lake Tolowa, 19 Sep (JSt, ABa); 1-13, Loleta
23 Oct (RFo) • Chestnut-sided Warbler: 1, Orick Dump, exchange (nwcalbird@yahoogroups.com),
Bottoms, 25 Sep-14 Oct (L&JNo, MWa, KRo, RSm); 1,
13 Sep (KIr); 1, MRCP, 1 Sep (PCh); 1, Eureka Marsh, 20 the Mendocino County birders’ listserve
Virgin Creek, 7 Oct (RLeV); 1, Ocean Ranch, 15 Oct (SMc)
Sep (ALa); 1, Aldergrove Pond, 26 Sep (RFo); 1, Elk Head,
• Lesser Yellowlegs: 1, Klopp Lake, 26 Sep (RFo); 1, McKay (mendobirds@yahoogroups.com), and reports
16 Oct (MHa) • Black-throated Gray Warbler: 2, BLC, 12
Pond/AM, 28 Sep (LMa); 3, VSL, 8 Oct (KRo, RSm); 2,
cSep (TLe); 1, Arcata, 25 Sep (GBl) • Townsend’s Warbler
submitted directly to the compiler. Future
VSL, 8 Nov (SCa) • Whimbrel: 1, Mauer Marsh, 25 Sep
(esr): 1, Arcata, 12 Sep (GBl) • Blackburnian Warbler: 1, reports may be submitted to any of the sources
(TLe) • HUDSONIAN GODWIT: 1, CRI, 19 Sep (SMc); 1, mentioned above, or to Sean McAllister:
Arcata yard and elsewhere along Janes Creek, 25-27 Sep
Virgin Creek, 20-30 Sep (DTo, KHv) • BAR-TAILED sean@madriverbio.com; 417 2nd St., Suite 201
(GBl, RFo, OHe) • Palm Warbler: 1, AB, 9 Oct (LTu); 1,
GODWIT: 1, PALCO Marsh, 24 Sep (OH) • Ruddy Eureka, CA 95501; (707) 268-0592.
SRB, 10 Oct (ABa, JFl); 1, Old Town Eureka, 20-21 Oct &
Turnstone: 1, Klopp Lake, 26 Sep (RFo); 1, PPSP, 14 Nov
14 Nov (SMc, GSL); 1, Pt. St. George, 21 Oct (ABa, JLu);
(DCo) • Red Knot: 3, Elk River Mouth, 24 Sep (OH); 1,

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