From: Chris Howard
Email: choward@telis.org
Date: 2/18/02
Time: 9:22:17 PM
Remote Name: 209.209.67.166
Fifteen birders joined the Furnace Creek Birding field trip, sponsored by Eastern Sierra Audubon Society on Saturday, Feb. 16th. A total of 58 species were seen throughout the weekend including some rare birds such as Ruddy Ground-Dove, Harris's Sparrow, Vermilion Flycatchers and an early sighting of Northern Rough-winged Swallow.
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| Harris's Sparrow | Lewis's Woodpecker | Greater Roadrunner | Greater Roadrunner | Snow Goose | Vermilion Flycatcher | Inca Dove |
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| Ruddy Ground-Dove | Ruddy Ground-Dove | Ruddy Ground-Dove | Ruddy Ground-Dove preening Inca Dove | Ruddy Ground-Dove | Ruddy Ground-Dove | |
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A female Ruddy Ground-Dove was seen on the front lawn of a mobile home just south of the low hotel units hanging out with 10 Inca Doves. Three Snow Geese were on the largest water hazard with a Canada, a Wood Duck female was there, too. One Harris's Sparrow was in the ditch between the 700 building and the abandoned sewer ponds to the west. A male and female Vermilion Flycatcher are wintering at the sewer ponds. A Common Moorhen is wintering at the reedy water hazard. The Rough-winged Swallow was with 10 Tree Swallows over the largest water hazard. A Red-breasted Sapsucker was near the doves and a Red-naped Sapsucker was on Airport Road. Around 10 Lewis's Woodpeckers were in the date groves.