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Subject: HOTLINE: (S) western
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Date: 27 Jun 90 00:59:00 GMT
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Area   4 ... Western Hotlines
#284 24-Jun-90  01:08am    is from Chuck Williamson to San Diego

Area   5 ... Texas Birding HOTLINES
#8   23-Jun-90  08:38pm    is from Chuck Williamson to Texas State





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ECHO area  4 ... Western Hotlines

From:    Chuck Williamson                         
To:      San Diego                                Msg #284, 24-Jun-90  01:08am 
Subject: San Diego 6/22/90


Transcriber's note: We will continue to pick up the expense of
calling San Diego and Los Angeles RBA tapes until someone from
those localities are able to provide the service.
                                        Sharon Goldwasser
                                        Tucson Az
CALIFORNIA - 
              Arcata (707) 826-7031 
              Los Angeles (213) 874-1318 
              Monterey (408) 375-9122 
                 Updates (408) 375-2577 
              Morro Bay (805) 528-7182 
              Northern California (415) 528-0288 or 
                                        524-5592 
              Sacramento (916) 481-0118 
              San Bernadino (714) 793-5599 
              San Diego (619) 435-6761 and  <--------------<<<<
                              479-3400 (daily updates) 
              Santa Barbara (805) 964-8240 
              San Francisco (415) 528-0288 
              S.W. Sierra/San Joaquin (209) 782-1237 


     This is the San Diego rare bird alert for Friday June the
22nd, 1990.

     An OLDSQUAW is apparently summering in the cove just south
of main part of the Navel Amphibious Base and just north of the
LEAST TERN nesting area known as Delta Beach on the Silver
Strand. 

     An adult LAUGHING GULL was seen flying by the mouth of the
Tijuana River on the 17th. 

     A WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was found at the South Bay Marine
Biology Study area on the Silver Strand on Coronado also on the
17th.

     A singing RED-EYED VIREO was found on the 20th in San Marcos
on Questhaven Road southeast of Rancho Santa Fe Road.

     A male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK was seen coming to a feeder on
Sutherland Dam Road on the 17th.

     Since June 12th one or more BRONZED COWBIRDS have been
caught in cowbird traps at Horsecamp at the north end of the
Borrego Valley.
 
     A male AMERICAN REDSTART is apparently summering at the east
end of the large pond on the east side of Dairymart Road in the
Tijuana River Valley.

     A PHAINOPEPLA was seen on the 4600 block of Harvey Road
above Mission Valley on the 21st.

     At Red Hill at the south end of the Salton Sea a LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL was reportedly seen on the 17th and 18th. 

     For updates during the week you may call 479-3400. Generally
birds seen on private property will be not be reported on the
bird tape without the permission of the property owner.  If you
have any questions about local birding you may call 464-7342
between 8 am and 8 pm.  Anyone wishing to report a bird may do so
at the end of this message.  Please wait for the tone and tell us
what you have seen, where, the date of observation and your name
and phone number.  The San Diego Rare Bird Alert is sponsored by
the San Diego Field Ornithologists. Thank you for calling.

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 * Origin: Southern Az Birding BBS (602) 881-4280 (Opus 1:300/16)
SEEN-BY: 300/16

ECHO area  5 ... Texas Birding HOTLINES


From:    Chuck Williamson                         
To:      Texas State                              Msg #8, 23-Jun-90  08:38pm 
Subject: Texas State Tape 6/21/90


From: GOV_RHP@SHSU.BITNET
Subject: HOTLINE: TEXAS RARE BIRD ALERT
Sender: National Birding Hotline Cooperative <BIRD_RBA@arizvm1.bitnet>

The most recent update (6/21) of the Texas Rare Bird Alert reports only two
species, both in South Texas.
 
At Laguna Atascosa NWR: YELLOW-GREEN VIREOS are still being reported near the
visitor center.  Two males have been reported singing through much of the day.
This activity apparently begins around 9AM.
 
At the Sabal Palm Sanctuary in Brownsville:  A pair of MEXICAN CROWS is
reported nesting.  The sanctuary is only open on the weekends.
 
The Texas Rare Bird Alert is sponsored by the Piney Woods Wildlife Society and
the Houston Audubon Society.  It reports only rare and unusual sightings from
throughout Texas.  It can be reached at 713-821-2846.
 
 
GOV_RHP@SHSU


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 * Origin: Southern Az Birding BBS (602) 881-4280 (Opus 1:300/16)
SEEN-BY: 300/16