Hey, Sabine's Gulls seem to be annual at Lake Tahoe from mid September to early November (mostly- North Lake Tahoe). Yesterday there were three immature Sabine's Gulls at the China Lake Sewage facility ponds. Also, on the way home I stopped at Lake Crowley in Mono County and had three immature and one adult Sabine's Gulls at the Southwest portion of the lake. Weather obviously has allot to do with the inland sightings as well. Yesterday there was a moderate Southerly flow up there. Most of my sighting's of these guys are during a Southerly flow and or stormy weather.
Todd Easterla Rancho Cordova Birder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke Cole" <[email protected]> To: "'Richard Carlson'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 11:15 AM Subject: RE: [CALBIRDS] Sabine's Gull migration > Richard, > > Sabine's gulls are common offshore migrants in the fall, usually > relatively far offshore (e.g. we don't see the main migration from > shore, but you can see hundreds if you are 10-50 miles offshore). Each > fall a few are found inland (including inland inland like Minnesota!). > Some years there are major irruptions inland, sometimes probably due to > weather and other times probably due to significant breeding success > (and thus more birds to wander). Two years ago there were about 20 > Sabine's gulls on Lake Tahoe and they were seen widely throughout > interior California. Perhaps this is another good year for them over > land. > > Luke Cole > San Francisco, CA > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > ReplayTV: Control live television > Special Sale: 50% off ReplayTV > CNet Ranked #1 over Tivo! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/aUMW7B/A6qGAA/ySSFAA/70TolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected] > Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS > Listowners: mailto:[email protected] > > For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: > Turn off email delivery: mailto:[email protected] > Resume email delivery: mailto:[email protected] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
