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Subject: Re: White-Winged Dove
From: DSUDDJIAN(AT)aol.com
Date: 3 Feb 2002 12:24am
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In a message dated 2/2/02 7:15:13 PM Pacific Standard Time,
eisner(AT)slac.stanford.edu writes:
>
> I'm curious as to the precise winter status of this species in Santa Cruz
> County. The year lists on the Santa Cruz Bird Club web page show a record
> for Jan. 1, 2000; but David Suddjian's "Santa Cruz Birds" column for that
> period doesn't mention it.
>
>
Al,
Thanks for the detailed account in your post.
I think the 1/1/00 "record" on the annual list is erroneous, and that none
were reported in SCZ in 2000. Thank you for catching that.
All the prior recent records from SCZ have been between 8 Aug to 7 Oct (9
Sept 1987 near Laguna Creek, 7 Oct 1990 at Wilder Ranch, 8 Aug 1996 at Santa
Cruz, 12 Aug 1997 at Santa Cruz, 13 Sept 1998 at Santa Cruz, 1-3 Oct 1999 at
La Selva and 28 Sept 2001 at La Selva).
Two older records are both outliers to this pattern and their validity as
wild birds might be questioned. One was west of Watsonville on 18 July 1939
and the other was at Green Valley road north of Watsonville on 30 Dec 1965.
The later bird was reportedly "sick or exhausted" but was considered at the
time to be a wild bird. I have tentatively accepted it as a winter record for
SCZ.
So, counting that one, yours would be the 2nd winter record for SCZ and it
stands alone next to the recent trend of early fall records. Do San Mateo or
Monterey counties have much in the way of winter records?
David Suddjian, Capitola
Santa Cruz Bird Club
Bird Records Keeper
dsuddjian(AT)aol.com
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Subject: Re: White-Winged Dove
From: Don Roberson <creagrus(AT)montereybay.com>
Date: 3 Feb 2002 8:19am
Pasted below is the text of "Monterey Birds", 2d ed., now in final editing, on
White-wing Dove. It addresses the question of winter records (i.e., very very
few). Don Roberson
WHITE-WINGED DOVE
Zenaida asiatica
Rare fall vagrant along the coast, exceptional in spring or winter.
Since the first White-winged Dove was recorded locally 23 Nov 1954 near
Carmel (G. P. Lamont), the county has accumulated 41 records of 42 birds.
Thirty of these have been during the last dozen years, and is now averaging
over two per autumn. The vast majority are single individuals at coastal
“vagrant traps” such as Big Sur R. mouth/Pt. Sur area (13 recs.), Carmel R.
mouth (8), or Pt. Pinos (4 ). Twice two birds have appeared together (5 Oct
1983 Pt. Pinos, 28 Sep 1998 Big Sur R. mouth mesa). There are also multiple
records from Moonglow Dairy, Moss Landing (5), the Salinas ponds (3), and
Pebble Beach (2), and singles from both the Salinas and the Little Sur River
mouths, and two from sites in the Salinas Valley. Records stretch rather
evenly through the fall: Aug (7), Sep (13), Oct (13), and Nov (6). Most (73%)
have stayed less than a day, and only three have lingered as long as four
days. The most lengthy stay was one at Salinas R. mouth 19-26 Sep 1993 (J.
Sorensen +).
There is an old published sight record from near Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co.
, on the early date of 18 July 1939 (Bond 1939), illustrating the potential
for vagrants in MTY as early as July. There is also a late December record
from Watsonville. Here in MTY, one at the Carmel R. mouth 31 Dec 1995-1 Jan
1996 (W. Reese, B. Hill) establishes our latest date, and may have been
attempting to winter locally.
The sole spring vagrant was at the old naval housing near Pt. Sur from 18-19
May 1998 (J. Booker +).
Earliest fall vagrant 12 Aug 1983 flying past Hopkins Marine Station, P. G.
(A. Baldridge); latest fall vagrant (excluding the possible wintering bird) 28
Nov 1960 along Old Stage Rd., e. of Salinas (Charles & Viola Anderson). The
late December record is discussed in the main text.
California specimens have all been assigned to northwestern race Z. a.
mearnsi; it seems very likely that all MTY birds have been of this subspecies.
White-winged Doves have traditionally been said to range south to Chile, but
vocalization and morphology of South American populations are different, and
they have recently been split as Pacific Dove Z. melodia (Baptista 1997).
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Subject: Sunday a.m. at Rancho del Oso
From: "Donaldson, Judy" <judyd(AT)mbari.org>
Date: 3 Feb 2002 1:43pm
Took a 3-hour morning walk at Rancho del Oso/Waddell Creek,
joined by Pam Myers and Tommy Takano. We identified 32 species--
mostly the usual suspects for the area. Best sighting was
a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK sitting in the open with its back to us.
Saw one TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, but no other warblers.
WINTER WRENS and HERMIT THRUSHES popped up everywhere.
Several HAIRY WOODPECKERS worked the snags, and a flock of
PYGMY NUTHATCHES worked low in the pines over the road.
Biggest surprise: Not seeing another birder...
Judy Donaldson
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Subject: Great Backyard Birdcount
From: Barry McLaughlin <mclaugh(AT)cats.ucsc.edu>
Date: 3 Feb 2002 2:03pm
There is a link on the Bird Club's web page to the Great Backyard
Birdcount, Feb. 15-18.
To take part, you count the birds in your backyard, park, or nature area
during the four days of the count.
For more information see: http://www.birdsource.com/
Barry McLaughlin
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Subject: Orchard Oriole
From: John Meyer <meyer(AT)stanford.edu>
Date: 3 Feb 2002 3:25pm
All:
The Orchard Oriole made a brief appearance at 1 pm today, in the willows
about 25 feet in front of the #3 trail marker. Maria picked it up, and we
got good views for perhaps 5-10 seconds.
Yours, John Meyer
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John Meyer, Dept. of Soc., Stanford U., Stanford CA 94305. (650)7231868
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Subject: NatBri WHWDOV et SBS-XXXVI al.
From: Todd Newberry <taxa(AT)darwin.UCSC.EDU>
Date: 3 Feb 2002 5:20pm
At 4:20 this afternoon the WHITE-WINGED DOVE that Al Eisner reported was at
Natural Bridges SP post-3 at 4:30 yesterday was in one of the sickly pines
just inside the park boundary along Swanton Blvd where it intersects
Modesto Ave. The bird was perched at about 15ft in mid-tree, rather close
to the main trunk, amidst a flock of about 20 Mourning Doves. Five minutes
later the flock (and it) had flown.
The white fore-edge of the wing is very prominent, the stubby tail evident,
the wings plain, the bird's chubbiness enough to make it stand out in the
flock in middling light (against the late afternoon western sky).
Thanks, Al Eisner, for reporting this nice bird! And thanks, Brian, for
pointing the bird out to me right as I got there!
Also on this Super Bowl Sunday: The TUFTED DUCK continued at Westlake Pond,
the ORCHARD ORIOLE continued to skulk in the willow thicket at NatBri
post-3 and very occasionally went up onto the not-high overhanging
eucalyptus limbs apparently to feed, and the WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS
continued to feed below the guava hedge along the Spring St. side of 719
High St SCZ, between the brick walk and the driveway. The sparrows are best
seen 7:30-9 from the driveway, using the cars parked in the driveway as a
blind, or from the kitchen window -- just knock on the kitchen door there.
Todd
Todd Newberry
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
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Subject: WW Dove, Westlake Pond
From: SCRE(AT)aol.com
Date: 3 Feb 2002 9:19pm
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Matt Brady and I had the WHITE-WINGED DOVE at Natural Bridges this afternoon
didn't really look for the Orchard Oriole so its not surpraising that we
didn't see it.
Went over to the Sycamore Groove along the San Lorenzo had a single male
COMMON MERGANSER along the river.
Went over to WESTLAKE POND where along with the continuing TUFTED DUCK, 1
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, and 2 CANVASBACKS we had a singles each of
COMMON GOLDENEYE, MEW GULL, and BELTED KINGFISHER.
David Vander Pluym
UCSC
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Subject: WTSP
From: Lois Goldfrank <loisg(AT)sccs.santacruz.k12.ca.us>
Date: 3 Feb 2002 6:02pm
In case anyone wants to see a White-throated Sparrow without bothering
Todd, there's also been one recently at Marker 3 along with everything
else. (If you want to see 3 at once though, you still have to go to
Todd's.)
Lois Goldfrank
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Subject: Monterey Bay Area Birdbox for Sunday February 3, 2002
From: "Bill Hill" <billhill(AT)redshift.com>
Date: 3 Feb 2002 9:17pm
This report is a transcript of the new messages on the Monterey Bay Area
Birdbox. The Birdbox is brought to you by the Monterey Peninsula Audubon
Society and can be reached at 831 626-6605.
Birds in this report:
White-winged Dove
White-throated Sparrow
Tufted Duck
Orchard Oriole
Cattle Egret
Santa Cruz:
Yesterday, a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was near marker 3 on the nature trail at
Natural Bridges State Park. You can get to this area easily from the
Delaware Street entrance by turning immediately to the left after the
entrance. [Al Eisner]
WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS are still feeding on the ground at 717 High Street.
The birds are on the Spring Street side and you can see them from the
driveway by using the cars as a blind. The TUFTED DUCK is still at West
Lake Pond and the ORCHARD ORIOLE is still in the area of Marker 3 on the
nature trail at Natural Bridges State Park. The WHITE-WINGED DOVE first
reported yesterday, was still in the east part of the park at 4:30 this
afternoon. [Todd Newberry]
Moss Landing:
This morning, a CATTLE EGRET was in the cattle pens near the Eucalyptus
Grove at Moon Glow Dairy. [Rob Fowler]
The Monterey Peninsula Audubon Society has a web site at
http://montereyaudubon.org/ . The site has announcements about field trips
and meetings and other great info for birders.
another non-profit site with much information about local birding is Don
Roberson's "Creagrus" web site at http://montereybay.com/creagrus Go to his
"Monterey County" page for a portal to local birding sites, or try the
"links" page to reach various pelagic boat trip operators and providers of
local birding services on Elkhorn Slough and elsewhere.
Pleas report your sightings to the Birdbox at 831-626-6605 not to our email
addresses. If you have questions about this transcript or need information
on birding the Monterey area, feel free to email me at billhill(AT)redshift.com
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Subject: Monterey Peninsula birding
From: Les Chibana <les(AT)auc.com>
Date: 3 Feb 2002 10:38pm
Yesterday, 02/02/02, I took my class on a trip along the northern edged of
the Peninsula, avoiding the flying white balls and crowds on the south side.
We didn't have any unsual bird sightings, but the regularly seen birds were
quite nice.
I did speak to a woman who had been on a Monterey Bay Whale Watching trip
on Friday and reported that Capt. Richard Ternullo pointed out a YELLOW-
BILLED LOON near the Aquarium. We scoped from shore, but were only able to
ID COMMON and numerous PACIFIC LOONS. One RED-THROATED LOON was seen in the
inner harbor at Fisherman's Wharf. We were not able to find the Harlequin
Duck.
A mixed flock of SURFBIRDs, SANDERLINGs, and BLACK TURNSTONEs were on a
rock near Hopkins Marine Lab.
Non-bird stuff: a GRAY WHALE was very near shore near the marine lab to
west of Lover's Point. Moved very slowly, didn't see the back arching
or any flukes, just a nose poking up and a few blows. The Monarch
butterfly show at the Monarch Habitat was warming up.
We found an oiled COMMON MURRE on the beach opposite Crespi Pond. I was
able to retrieve it and, with some information from Stephen Bailey of the
PG Natural History Museum, delivered it to the Monterey SPCA on Hwy 68.
It had oil mostly on its belly but probably had ingested some while
preening.
Les Chibana
Palo Alto
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