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September 97 Stanislaus
Audubon Bird Sightings
Saturday, September 6 — Black-throated Gray
Warbler seen at Tuolumne River Regional Park (JG)
Saturday, September 6 - Female Lark Bunting along Crabtree Rd. north of
the Eucalptus trees past the Dry Creek Bridge. (HR)
Saturday, September 13 - Pacific Golden-Plover, American Golden-Plover,
Semipalmated Plover seen at the Modesto Sewage Ponds (JG)
Saturday, September 13 - Grasshopper Sparrow seen on Crabtree Rd. 1/2
mile north of the Dry Creek Bridge (HR)
Sunday, September 14 - Vesper Sparrow seen along the north end of
Frankenheimer Rd. (HR)
Sat, Sept. 20 - Grasshopper Sparrow, Rufous-crowned
Sparrow,White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow,
Savannah Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Hammond's Flycatcher, Pacific-slope
Flycatcher, Nashville Warbler, Hermit Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Wild
Turkey, Greater Roadrunner, all in Del Puerto Canyon (JG)
Sat, Sept. 20 - Pectoral Sandpiper. Seen
at Woodward Reservoir, east
end. (HR)
Sun, Sept. 21 - Willow Flycatcher, Hammond's Flycatcher, Pacific-slope
Flycatcher all seen in Del Puerto Canyon (HR)
Sun, Sept. 21 - Brewer's Sparrow. On Wilm's Rd. 2.9 miles north of the
Wilm's Rd./Cooperstown Rd. intersection. (HR)
Thursday, Sept. 25 An immature Peregrine
Falcon was observed flying around
the Modesto Sewage Ponds. (HR)
Thursday, Sept. 25 A Marbled Godwit was seen at the Ceres Sewage Ponds.
(HR)
Friday, Sept. 26 A juvenile Black Tern, Pacific Golden-Plover, Semipalmated
Plover and Pectoral Sandpiper were seen at the Modesto Sewage
Ponds. (HR, JG)
Sunday, Sept. 28 Sandhill Cranes, American White Pelicans, Pacific
Golden-Plovers and Semipalmated Plovers were seen at the
Modesto Sewage Ponds.
(JG)
Birders: JG = Jim Gain, HR = Harold Reeve
October 97 Stanislaus
Audubon Bird Sightings
10/4/97 A Merlin was seen at the San
Joaquin NWR. Please note that this area can only be visited with permission from
the SJNWA.
10/18/97 and 10/21/97 10 to 12 Great-tailed
Grackles were seen at
Modesto Creekside Golf course. Please check in at the pro shop before
wandering around. The birds have been hanging out at the ponds by the #1
Tee box and by the 18th green. (JG, BC)
Birders: JG = Jim Gain, HR = Harold Reeve, BC=Bob
Corey
November 97 Stanislaus
Audubon Bird Sightings
Bird sightings:
all are from the field trip on 11/22
Davis Rd. - Ferruginous Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Prairie
Falcon, Golden Eagle,
Osprey
Lake Rd. - Partially albino Red-tailed Hawk, Sora,
Sharp-shinned Hawk,
Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, Bald Eagle, Osprey
Cooperstown Rd. - Vesper Sparrow, Ferruginous Hawk
Crabtree Rd. - Merlin, Ferruginous Hawk
Friday, November 28 - First ever county record of Red
Phalarope. Two were seen
at the Modesto Sewage Ponds. Please be sure to sign in at the
office before
going out on the ponds. The birds were at the southwest corner of the eastern
large holding pond(JG). They were refound on Saturday the 29th(HR). Also seen
was a Merlin in the same area(JG).
Birders: JG = Jim Gain, HR = Harold Reeve, BC=Bob
Corey
December 97 Stanislaus Audubon Bird
Sightings
Friday, December 5th.
Modesto Sewage Ponds. 4 Horned Grebes, 1 1st winter Mew Gull,
2 PacificGolden-Plovers, many White-faced Ibis. (JG)
Del Puerto Canyon. All along the first 2 miles. Rough-winged Hawk,
Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, Prairie Falcon, plus 4 other regular
raptors.
(JG)
12/8 Modesto Sewage Ponds. 3 -1st winter Thayer's Gulls,
4 Horned Grebes
(JG)
12/20/97 Turlock Lake
7 to 9 Horned Grebes, Turlock Lake inlet 65 Mountain Plovers,
Turlock Lake campground 8 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 3 Black-throated
GrayWarblers, 1 Townsend's Warbler, 1 Hutton's Vireo and
1 Western Tanager.
(JG)
Birders: JG = Jim Gain, HR = Harold Reeve, BC=Bob
Corey
January 98 Stanislaus
Audubon Bird Sightings
Bird sightings:
1/4/98 Wilms
Rd from HWY 120 to Crabtree Rd. at Hwy 132. 3 Prairie Falcons,
7 Ferruginous Hawks, 3 Rough-legged Hawks, 9 Red-tailed
Hawks, 2 Burrowing Owls, 2 Vesper Sparrows. (JG, MC)
LaGrange trail. 2 Huttons Vireos, 2 Rufous-crowned
Sparrows, 1 Canyon Wren, 2 Phainopeplas, 2 Common
Goldeneye. (JG, MC)
1/7/98 Knights Ferry - 58 Turkey Vultures, 1 Red-breasted
Sapsucker
1/7/98 Wilms Rd and Cooperstown Rd. - 3 Prairie Falcons,
2 Ferruginous Hawks, 1 Rough-legged Hawk, 3 Bald
Eagles, 3 Golden Eagles, 12 Vesper Sparrows
1/7/98 Turlock Lake Area - 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 Merlin,
1 Huttons Vireo, 14 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 2 Horned
Grebes, 1 Golden Eagle, 3 Osprey (JG, MG)
1/17/98 - Crabtree Rd. just north of Warnerville Rd. 1 Lesser
Yellowlegs
with a group of 20-30 Greater Yellowlegs in a flooded field. (JG, m.obs.)
1/21/98 - Mapes ranch 30 Black-bellied Plovers.
(Victor Lyons USF&W, fide JG)
1/25/98- Del Puerto Canyon
2 Lewis's Woodpeckers at mile 9.3, 1 Greater
Roadrunner at mile 10.4, 1 Costa's Hummingbird at Frank
Raines Park by the
softball field (JG and BC)
Birders: JG = Jim Gain, MG=Maria Gain, HR =
Harold Reeve, BC=Bob Corey, MC= Mike Cummins
February 98 Stanislaus
Audubon Bird Sightings
Bird sightings:
2/8/98 1 Adult Bald Eagle
at the corner of Lake Rd. and Hawkins Rd. 3-4 Black-throated
Gray Warblers, 16 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 2 Hutton's Vireos
at the Turlock Lake Campground. 3 Vesper Sparrows on Warnerville
Rd. near the
intersection with Wilms and Cooperstown Rds. 3 Prairie
Falcons, 2
Ferruginous Hawks, 2 dark morph Rough-legged Hawks, and 1 very
cooperative
Short-eared Owl (I shot about 40 photos within 25 feet) all along Wilms
Rd.
(around 2PM) (JG)
2/17/98 A female Great-tailed
Grackle was observed at the Modesto Creekside
Golfcourse. This is now 3 years running that Great-tailed
Grackle have been
reported in Stanislaus County. This bird is either a very early migrant or
represents our first overwintering bird. (BC fide JG)
Saturday 2/21/98 During a very
windy and rainy morning I had at least 8 immature
and 4 adult Bald Eagles as well as 1 immature Golden Eagle at Turlock
Lake.
(JG)
Sunday 2/22/98 Audubon outting to Merced Wildlife
Refuge. 3 blue morph Ross's
geese and several Yellow-headed Blackbirds. We then went to
visit Del Puerto
Canyon which is a mess. We had a female columbarius race
Merlin at mile 1,
as well as a Ferruginous Hawk that had its meal stolen by a Golden
Eagle. We
continued on to the Modesto Sewer Ponds and had either a 2nd or
3rd county
record of Surf Scoter. This was a 1st winter female with just a
sprinkling of
white along the back of the neck. I counted 93 species by the end of the
trip.
(JG)
Birders: JG = Jim Gain, MG=Maria Gain, HR =
Harold Reeve, BC=Bob Corey, MC= Mike Cummins
March 98 Stanislaus
Audubon Bird Sightings
Bird sightings:
3/1 — Modesto Sewage
Ponds. The first Swainson’s Hawk of the season was
observed flying over the San Joaquin River. A rather high number of 5 Pacific
Golden-Plovers were seen in a large flock of Black-bellied Plovers. A flock of
about 20 Yellow-headed Blackbirds were seen flying over the sewage ponds.
3/7 — The first Pacific-slope Flycatcher of the
season was observed along Dry
Creek just east of Claus Rd.
3/13 — The female Surf Scoter continues to be seen
at the Modesto Sewage Ponds.
3/22 — A columbarius race of Merlin was seen at mile
3 in Del Puerto Canyon.
The year’s first Bullock’s Oriole and Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
were also seen in
the canyon along with a Greater Roadrunner.
3/24 — On a drive from Turlock Lake to Wilms Rd.,
2 - 3 Merlins, 2 Burrowing
Owls, Vesper Sparrows, and 2 Rough-legged Hawks were
seen.
3/28 - Results of the field trip. Davis Rd. 1 Adult
Golden Eagle, Merlin.
Turlock Lake Campground, Black-throated Gray Warbler,
hundreds of American
Goldfinches. Hwy 132 Ferruginous Hawk. Wilms
Rd. Rough-legged Hawk and
Burrowing Owl.
May 98
Stanislaus Audubon Bird Sightings
Bird sightings:
May 2, 1998 - Del
Puerto Canyon. NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL, WARBLING VIREO, BLUE GRAY
GNATCATCHER, YELLOW WARBLER, WILSON’S WARBLER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, GREEN
HERON, CANYON WREN, HAIRY WOODPECKER, CALIFORNIA THRASHER, COMMON MERGANSER,
LAZULI BUNTING, and LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH.
May 2, 1998 - Modesto Sewage Ponds. BLUE GROSBEAK,
WILSON’S and RED-NECKED
PHALAROPE, WHITE-FACED IBIS, and AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN.
May 2, 1998 - Modesto. WHITE-THROATED SWIFT, CHIPPING
SPARROW, GREAT-TAILED
GRACKLE.
May 2, 1998 - East side of county. CANVASBACK, BUFFLEHEAD,
OSPREY, BREWER'S
SPARROW, LESSER NIGHTHAWK, winnowing COMMON SNIPE, pumping AMERICAN BITTERN.
(May 2 sightings by BC, JB, and JG)
May 5, 1998 - San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge. LEAST
BITTERN. (JF)
May 9, 1998 - Modesto Sewage Ponds. SEMIPALMATED PLOVER,
SNOWY PLOVER (2),
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, RUDDY
TURNSTONE, BLACK TERN, FORSTER'S TERN, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, WHIMBREL, and
LONG-BILLED CURLEW. (JG, TM, many obs.)
May 9, 1998 - Del Puerto Canyon. GRASSHOPPER SPARROW.
(MF)
May 9, 1998 - Bird Rd., Del Puerto Canyon (evening trip).
LESSER NIGHTHAWK,
COMMON POORWILL, BARN OWL, and WESTERN SCREECH-OWL. (HR, DY, JG, many
obs.)
May 9, 1998 - Del Puerto Canyon. CANYON WREN, COSTA'S
HUMMINGBIRD,
RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW, WARBLING VIREO, YELLOW WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, GREEN HERON (nesting), OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN
TANAGER, and WILD TURKEY. (HR, TM, JG, many obs.)
May 12, 1998 - Riverbank Sewage Ponds. BLACK
TERN. (MC)
JG = Jim Gain, HR = Harold Reeve, SR = Sherrie Reeve, BC = Bob Corey, JB =
Jeff Brown, JF = John Fulton, TM = Tim Manolis, DY = David Yee, MC = Mike
Cummins
Sat. May 16, 1998 - Del Puerto Canyon. OLIVE-SIDED
FLYCATCHER, WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER,
GREEN HERON (on nest), SWAINSON'S THRUSH, YELLOW
WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. (JG)
Sat. May 16, 1998 - Modesto. 4 different drain
holes were being used by
WHITE-THROATED SWIFTS where the Briggsmore overpass goes over the
railroad
tracks. Also, a large, light bellied, notch-tailed, swallow-like bird was seen
briefly and not refound using the same type of drainage holes in the same area.
(JG)
May 23-25, 1998 - Henry Coe State Park.
Wild Turkeys, Greater Yellowlegs (2), lots of
Western Screech-Owls, Northern Pygmy-Owls (3), Common
Poorwills (3), Hairy
Woodpeckers (2), Olive-sided Flycatchers (3), Western
Wood-Pewees,
Pacific-slope Flycatchers (4), Cassin's Vireos (7), many
Hutton's Vireos,
Warbling Vireo (1), Western Tanagers (2), lots of Sage
Sparrows and Chipping
Sparrows, 2 Black-chinned Sparrows singing 50 yards south
of Mustang Peak in
Santa Clara County (someday I'll get them in Stanislaus
County), and lots of
Lazuli Buntings and Lawrence's Goldfinches. A total of 62
species. (JG, many
obs.)
5/31 - Del Puerto Canyon.
BLUE GROSBEAK, WILLOW FLYCATCHER (JG, BC)
5/31/98 Briggsmore Overpass in Modesto - White-throated
Swifts (9) were seen flying
around the railroad underpass.
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