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2003


Welcome to the Mono Lake Committee's Bird Sightings page! This emphasis of this forum is birds, but other noteworthy wildlife sightings are encouraged also. Click on a link below to see the details of a sighting. If you have a photo of your sighting, and would like it posted here, please email it to Bartshe Miller ().  We encourage people with knowledge of rare sightings in Mono County to report their sighting information to the sub-regional editor  for Mono County, Kristie Nelson (storm_petrel@hotmail.com). When watching birds and other wildlife, please be respectful of their territory and habitat.

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Not a Lot Bartshe Miller 12/2/03 03 Dec 2003
Bobcat at Lee Vining Creek Greg Reis 11/23/03 23 Nov 2003
Weird Junco and 12 big Swans River Gates and Leah Culp 11/22/2003 22 Nov 2003
Snow Goose at Mono Lake River Gates 11/20/2003 20 Nov 2003
Rush delta still active Leah Culp 11/16/2003 16 Nov 2003
Wilson and Mill Creeks Leah Culp 11/14/2003 14 Nov 2003
Cassin's Vireo and Tundra Swans near the lake Leah Culp 11/6/2003 06 Nov 2003
Red-necked Phalarope at Wilson Creek Delta River 11/6/2003 06 Nov 2003
Rush Creek Delta River Gates 11/05/2003 05 Nov 2003
Pinyon Jays David Garcia 10/26/03 05 Nov 2003
Red Tail Hawk-Dipper David Garcia 10/26/03 05 Nov 2003
Snarling Bobcat on Creek Trail Greg Reis 11/2/03 02 Nov 2003
More Bobcat info and links Gregor same.. 02 Nov 2003
Tree Swallow and Myrtle Warbler on Wilson Creek Leah Culp 11/1/2003 01 Nov 2003
Mono Inn birding: Crows, Varied Thrush, Lincoln's Sparrow Justin Hite sat/ur/day 01 Nov 2003
An Ode to Eared Grebes in the Air Justin Hite and River Gates th/urs/day 30 Oct 2003
and to the one on the street Chris McCreedy fr/id/ay 31 Oct 2003
Two American Crows blowing in the wind River Gates 10/29/2003 30 Oct 2003
common tern Breck Tyler 10/19/03 26 Oct 2003
Sabine's Gull, Bald Eagle and Golden-crowned Kinglets River Gates and Justin Hite 10/25/03 25 Oct 2003
Sabine's Gull River Gates 10/25/2003 25 Oct 2003
Bird ID... what did we see? chief 10/23/03 25 Oct 2003
Re: Bird ID... what did we see? River Gates 10/25/03 25 Oct 2003
Re: Bird ID... what did we see? chief 10/23/03 29 Oct 2003
Lee Vining Creek Delta and Bottomlands loveliness: Bonaparte's Gull, Cedar Waxwings and Lincoln's Sparrow Sacha Heath 10/17/2003 17 Oct 2003
Big Pelican flock and Common Loon at Mono Debbie House 10/14/03 14 Oct 2003
Re: Big Pelican flock and Common Loon at Mono Bartshe c/ab/uv 23 Oct 2003
Yellow-shafted Flicker at Rush Creek Delta Chris Howard and Rosie Beach 10/11/2003 11 Oct 2003
Re: Yellow-shafted Flicker at Rush Creek Delta Chris Howard and Rosie Beach 10/11/2003 13 Oct 2003
Mockingbird in Lee Vining Justin Hite 10/2/03 03 Oct 2003
Swainson's hawk River Gates 09/27/2003 01 Oct 2003
Burrowing Owl on Paoha Justin Hite and Greg Reis su/nd/ay 28 Sep 2003
I am a Pinyon Jay Chris McCreedy su/nd/ay 28 Sep 2003
Eastern Sierra PRBO Bird-a-thon 2003! Leah Culp, River Gates, Sacha Heath, Justin Hite, Chris McCreedy and Chris Tonra 09/24/2003 26 Sep 2003
A few good birds River Gates 9/20/2003 22 Sep 2003
First PRBO Fall Area Search Justin Hite, River Gates, ChrisTonra, and Leah Culp 9/3/03 05 Sep 2003
Mono Lake Fall Shorebird Census River Gates 8/23/2003 05 Sep 2003
American Redstart on Rush Creek (the best creek in the world) Chris McCreedy Fr/id/ay 29 Aug 2003
morning warbler sighting Jeri Langham 08/18/03 18 Aug 2003
Greater White-fronted Goose at County Park (Snow Goose hybrid?) Bartshe Miller 8/17/03 18 Aug 2003
name that goose (PHOTOS) Bartshe 8/17/03 20 Aug 2003
Northern Saw-whet Owl Chris McCreedy to/da/yy 15 Aug 2003
Acorn Woodpecker Kristie Nelson 8/11/03 13 Aug 2003
Solitary Sandpiper at County Park Justin Hite, River Gates, Kathy Kelley 8/8/03 09 Aug 2003
Magnificent Frigatebird at Mono Lake Joel Herr 8/2/2003 05 Aug 2003
More info and photos (PHOTOS) Bartshe Miller 8/2/03 06 Aug 2003
juv. Red-shouldered Hawk Bartshe, Santiago, Arya 7/31/03 01 Aug 2003
California Gull nabs a Gadwall chick at County Park Justin Hite 7/25/03 25 Jul 2003
Red Phalarope, Ruddy Turnstones, phalarope heaven... Debbie House July 22-23 24 Jul 2003
2nd Annual Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua List Chautauqua weekend 6/20-22/03 6/22/03 24 Jul 2003
a humbling encounter at mono lake zaza@rcn.com 07/19 /03 21 Jul 2003
Phalaropes! River Gates and Sacha Heath 07/19/2003 20 Jul 2003
Re: Phalaropes! Bartshe 7/21/03 23 Jul 2003
Black-throated Blue and Black and White Warblers at Mill Creek River Gates 06/29/03 29 Jun 2003
Mono Basin CBC Chris McCreedy to/da/yy 29 Jun 2003
Eastern Kingbird on Rush Creek Chris McCreedy to/da/yy 10 Jun 2003
Black-throated Sparrow Kelly Miller 6/8/03 08 Jun 2003
Adult Bald Eagle Bartshe Miller 6/07/03 07 Jun 2003
Cedar Waxwings in town for breakfast Arya Degenhardt 05/20/03 20 May 2003
International MIgratory Bird Weekend River Gates, Sacha Heath. Laeh Culp and Quresh Latif 05/10/03 18 May 2003
Lee Vining Creek Trail Douglas Dunaway 05/08/03 09 May 2003
Ibis at DeChambeau Ponds Erika Obedzinski & Kevin Warren 05/02/2003 04 May 2003
catchers of flies River Gates 5/03/03 04 May 2003
Hark! Sacha Heath, Leah Culp, River Gates, Quresh Latif 05/03/03 03 May 2003
Post Fire Observations at Wilson Creek Sacha Heath 05/02/2003 02 May 2003
Butterflies; Mallards; Rubber Boa Greg Reis & Douglas Dunaway 4/23/03 29 Apr 2003
Mr. Wilson paul mcfarland 4/28/2003 29 Apr 2003
On the look out for early nesters Sacha Heath 04/22/2003 22 Apr 2003
Green Heron Quresh Latif 04/21/2003 22 Apr 2003
Western Kingbirds Joel Ellis and Sacha Heath 04/20/2003 22 Apr 2003
Welcome back the Green-tailed Towhee Sacha Heath 4/10/2003 10 Apr 2003
"Crusty" the Mono Cone Great-tailed Grackle Kristie Nelson and Sacha Heath April 9 20 10 Apr 2003
First native blossoms in Mono Basin Greg Reis 4/9/03 09 Apr 2003
Brown-headed Cowbirds arrive.... Sacha Heath 4/8/2003 08 Apr 2003
never mind the bullock's johnny rotten 4/2/2003 02 Apr 2003
Winter fades into spring... Sacha Heath 03/30/2003 30 Mar 2003
Evening Grosbeaks Bartshe Miller 3/21/03 21 Mar 2003
Red-naped Sapsucker in Mono City Heidi Hopkins and Chris McCreedy 21 March 21 Mar 2003
Turkey Vulture in the Mono Basin Chris McCreedy 20 March 20 Mar 2003
singing sage sparrows paul mcfarland 3/16/2003 17 Mar 2003
Hooded mergs + Kristie Nelson 3/13/03 13 Mar 2003
not a bird, but a butterfly Paul McFarland 3/7/2003 12 Mar 2003
Mono Lake County Park Chris McCreedy 03/08/03 08 Mar 2003
cliff swallow! Kristie Nelson 3/4/02 06 Mar 2003
Tragic Mountain Lion Encounter Douglas Dunaway 03-03-03 04 Mar 2003
spring birds -gulls are back!! Kristie Nelson 3/2/03 04 Mar 2003
Pintails above diversion dam Paul McFarland 2/27/2003 28 Feb 2003
Say's Phoebe lives! Chris McCreedy 02/27/03 27 Feb 2003
First of Spring Say's Phoebe Chris McCreedy 02/24/2003 24 Feb 2003
Northern Saw-whet Owl Bartshe & Kelly 2/22/03 23 Feb 2003
County Park on 2/18 Bartshe Miller 2/18/03 22 Feb 2003
Mono Lake County Park Chris McCreedy 02/20/03 20 Feb 2003
Spring slowly Chris McCreedy 02/19/03 19 Feb 2003
Female Cooper's Hawk Douglas Dunaway 02-17-03 18 Feb 2003
American Crow and FOS Red-winged Blackbird Chris McCreedy 2/9/2003 09 Feb 2003
Bald Eagle Douglas Dunaway 02-07-03 08 Feb 2003
Bald Eagle Douglas Dunaway 2-1-03 01 Feb 2003
Spotted Towhees Singing at Mono Lake Chris McCreedy 01/30/03 30 Jan 2003
Cassin's Finches Storm Mono City Chris McCreedy 01/30/03 30 Jan 2003
Barn Swallow at Mono City Chris McCreedy and Kristie Nelson 01/29/2002 29 Jan 2003
Juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk Douglas Dunaway 1/16/03 16 Jan 2003
Quiet lake River Gates 01/12/03 12 Jan 2003
Mono Basin CBC! Mono Basin All-Stars 01/04/03 05 Jan 2003
Re: Mono Basin CBC! River Gates 01/10/03 10 Jan 2003
Barn Owl at Co. Park River Gates 1/02/03 03 Jan 2003
2002 Sightings Webmaster 1/1/03 01 Jan 2003

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