Date: 7/14/26 12:05 pm From: Ken Burton via groups.io <shrikethree...> Subject: [NWCALBIRD] interesting flicker observation
I just want to share an interesting observation I made at Beau Pre Golf Club this morning: a male intergrade flicker (presumably the one I photographed there last summer) feeding a male fledgling! See https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/checklist/S372100289. Wondering if this might be the first confirmed breeding of an intergrade in the area. This juvenile makes me appreciate how hard it must be to differentiate intergrades from Gilded Flicker where they co-occur!
Date: 7/7/26 6:28 pm From: Ken Burton via groups.io <shrikethree...> Subject: Re: [NWCALBIRD] Parulas etc.
Alan,
Short answer: Yes! Someone even went so far as to express hope that there
are some parulas where they're "supposed" to be this year! No breeding
confirmations yet as far as I can tell, but at least two pairs in Humboldt
County.
Thanks for your message!
Ken Burton
McKinleyville
On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 4:56 PM Alan Contreras via groups.io <acontrer56=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Of possible interest to NW Cal birders, at least four pairs of N Parula
> are attempting to nest in Curry Co Oregon this year. We have had a couple
> of previous nestings but not this many at the same time. Is NorCal getting
> Parulas this year?
>
> Also in Curry are a possible nesting Gray Catbird, a couple of nonbreeding
> redstarts hanging out together and a male Chestnut-sided. Catbird numbers
> are up state-wide and they are widespread.
>
> Regards - Alan
>
> Alan Contreras • Eugene, Oregon
> Alanlcontreras.com
> Nostalgic for Nixon.
>
>
>
Date: 7/7/26 4:56 pm From: Alan Contreras via groups.io <acontrer56...> Subject: [NWCALBIRD] Parulas etc.
Of possible interest to NW Cal birders, at least four pairs of N Parula are attempting to nest in Curry Co Oregon this year. We have had a couple of previous nestings but not this many at the same time. Is NorCal getting Parulas this year?
Also in Curry are a possible nesting Gray Catbird, a couple of nonbreeding redstarts hanging out together and a male Chestnut-sided. Catbird numbers are up state-wide and they are widespread.
Regards - Alan
Alan Contreras • Eugene, Oregon
Alanlcontreras.com
Nostalgic for Nixon.
Date: 6/26/26 3:13 pm From: Ken Burton via groups.io <shrikethree...> Subject: [NWCALBIRD] White-throated Swift nesting?
I had a WTSW over Hunts and North Bank this morning. I notice there are some recent reports of WTSW near Alves on West End. I wonder whether the Hatchery Road colony has moved to one of the freeway Mad River bridges (101 or 299). Worth looking into....
