Matt Grube, Tom Benson, Brittany O'Connor and I spent an unusually chilly Saturday in the east Mojave yesterday. Some bird highlights included WHITE-WINGED DOVE and SUMMER TANAGER at Zzyzx, and BANK SWALLOW and LONG-BILLED CURLEW at the Baker sewage ponds. A smattering of migrants (most notably WILSON'S WARBLERS, but also including four species of empids) were at several locations, among them Horsethief Spring, which is in good shape. In the afternoon, we drove down the Lanfair Valley and across Cedar Canyon Road, and did not find any Cassin's Sparrows, although Tom spotted a Long-nosed Leopard Lizard. Wildflowers made a good very showing throughout the Mojave National Preserve, the best we've seen in years. Sandy Sandy Koonce Department of Mathematics University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 92373 |
v1.35 - 11/22/22 - Finally rewrote code to handle new Groups.IO web structure v1.30 - 01/05/16 - Revamped cloud logic, optimized database queries, linked to eBird rarities. v1.23 - 12/08/11 - Added direct link to CBRC records. v1.22 - 12/03/11 - Corrected GMT offsets on dates. Added last 5 posts at top. v1.21 - 11/24/11 - Added direct link to range map for NA birds. v1.2 - 11/23/11 - Greatly improved graphing technology - separates month vs. year by posts. Added species auto-complete functionality. v1.14 - 11/22/11 - Added cloud bubble for common thread topics. v1.13 - 11/22/11 - Added integrated photos where available. v1.12 - 11/22/11 - Added multiple input boxes for additional refinement, negative search criteria (eg. -keyword). v1.11 - 11/22/11 - Added banding code, species look-up. Also direct link to recent eBird observations. v1.1 - 11/22/11 - Added 'date' functionality. Shows top 'month/year' combinations for a query. Restrict results to that 'month/year'. v1.0 - 11/21/11 - Initial version coded. Currently archiving 'lacobirds' and 'calbirds'.