[EBB Sightings] 5000 Bandtails

That's more than was recorded on any xmas count in North America the last two years  by 3 and 8 fold respectively!
Sequoia, CA recorded 1678 in 08-09, Groveland, CA had 658 in 07-08. These are totals for entire count circles of course...

--- On Sun, 2/21/10, Judi Sierra  wrote:

> From: Judi Sierra 
> Subject: [EBB Sightings] 5000 Bandtails
> To: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
> Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 7:02 PM
> >From today's Chron- Stenstra
> Band-tail surprise: On the Mott Trail at Briones Regional
> Park near Martinez, Cliff Warner was hiking up to Mott Peak
> when an estimated 5,000 band-tailed pigeons erupted from
> under the oaks. "They were feeding on the plentiful acorn
> crop from the fall," Warner said. Band-tails are migratory
> nomads, that is, they will roam wherever they can find
> acorns or mineral springs.
> 
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