[EBB Sightings] Carson Pass - Sierra Nevada

Glad to hear that you found plenty at Kirkwood, but their decline  
throughout their range is well-documented.  See:

	http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=4264&m=0

for example.

Mark
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Mark Eaton
mark at markeaton.org




On Jul 6, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Taite Darlington wrote:

> I spent a week at Carson Pass in the Sierra, the national forest  
> including and surrounding Kirkwood Ski Area. I observed and heard  
> many Olive Sided Flycatchers, every day, on the various hiking  
> trails in this region.
> For all of you concerned about the decline of Olive Sided  
> Flycatchers in the Bay Area, at least there seems a healthy presence  
> of them in the mountains from this unscientific observation.
> 42 species sighted in all: notable are Bald Eagle, Osprey, Western  
> Tanagers (many), Williamson's Sapsucker, Red Breasted Sapsucker,  
> Green-tailed Towhee.
> Happy Birding,
> Taite Darlington
> Berkeley
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