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NV Birds — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:23:23 +0000

—–Original Message—– Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 19:22 While at Rancho San Rafael park yesterday afternoon, I noticed a Steller’s jay fly repeatedly to a large cottonwood branch. The bird landed on the side of the branch I couldn’t see but it seemed to be returning to the same spot each time. After maybe 30 [...]

Help with Hummingbird ID

NV Birds — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:31:12 +0000

—–Original Message—– Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:26 East, Las Vegas, 5-16-12, I noticed a different Hummingbird at the feeder this morning. Maybe just an immature, but I’m not sure. Can anyone help? Pictures aren’t great but should be good enough for an ID I hope. http://s317.photobucket.com/albums/mm376/gmzachman/ Thanks, Gary Zachman

California Quail chick, west Reno (Washoe Co.), May 16

NV Birds — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:31:12 +0000

—–Original Message—– Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:28 A pair of noisy California Quail have at least one tiny, equally noisy chick in my yard this morning. With a three-week incubation time, this indicates that the egg(s) was laid in late April. This seems early, but it’s always nice to see regardless of the timing. [...]

Declining Eurasian Collared-Dove population in Austin (Lander Co.)

NV Birds — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:31:12 +0000

—–Original Message—– Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:40 Frank Whitman, who lives in Austin (Lander Co.), asked me to pass the following along to the listserve. Over the past several years, the number of Eurasian Collared-Doves has soared in that town. This year, they have been nearly absent, and Frank today wrote that he finally [...]

Mississippi Kite at Las Vegas Wash

NV Birds — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:31:10 +0000

—–Original Message—– Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 12:28 This morning at about 9 a.m., Tim Ricks and I observed an adult Mississippi Kite at the Las Vegas Wash near the Pabco Road Weir in Henderson. The bird was perched in a mesquite tree growing in the discharge channel that carries treated wastewater from the City [...]

5/15 Wetlands Park/Duck Creek Area, Stilt Sandpiper

NV Birds — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:49:51 +0000

—–Original Message—– Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 18:43 Hi birders, Late this afternoon Greg Scyphers and I enjoyed a nice alternate Stilt Sandpiper in the middle pond of the Duck Creek area of Wetlands Park. It was associating with a few dowitchers. Andrew Lee Henderson

Unusually Dark House Finch in Fallon

NV Birds — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:07:54 +0000

—–Original Message—– Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 20:26 We have a very dark House Finch that showed up at our place in Fallon a few days ago and he’s been eating sunflower seeds and getting a sugar rush from the oriole nectar. I’ve never seen a House Finch this dark and it was quite a [...]

Northern Pygmy Owl

NV Birds — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:28:52 +0000

—–Original Message—– Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 15:26 NV birders, Dennis and I took a hike up the Thomas Creek trail this morning up into the pine forests of the Carson Range, between Reno and Lake Tahoe. We encountered many spring migrants, including Cassin’s Vireo, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Warbling Vireos, and one W. Wood-Pewee – no [...]

eBird Report – Pahranagat WLR, May 11, 2012]

NV Birds — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:29:14 +0000

—–Original Message—– Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 10:56 —–Original Message—– Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 9:16 PM Pahranagat NWR, Lincoln County, US-NV May 11 to 12, 2012 4:00 PM – 6:30 PM Traveling over 3.0 mile(s) Observer: John B. Free and Melissa Renfro (May 11th) and with 14 others from Red Rocks Audubon (L.V.) on [...]

Corn Creek

NV Birds — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:29:14 +0000

—–Original Message—– Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 13:38 I just talked with Amy Sprunger, who is the Refuge Manager at the Desert National Wildlife Refuge (Corn Creek) regarding the changes that have been happening over the last couple of years at Corn Creek. In a nutshell, here is what is happening.. The front pond has [...]