Just in case... you are thinking about travel to distant lands. My wife, Lelia had work at Squaw Valley, CA.think 1960 winter Olympics. Near Lake Tahoe (deepest is 1650'). I had to go to help with bag handling and chauffer duties. And Bird guide. I birded some miscellaneous places using all my eBird talents. (which so far are limited) 80 species in about 4 days. Here are a some in order of appearance. Weather was ok. Hiked around Donner Pass. And hour from Sacramento, and the Truckee area. Also rode the tram to the height on Squaw. Super views.snow capped peaks, L Tahoe, and a Horned Lark and pair of Mtn Bluebirds...stunning. CA Scrub Jays Stellar's Jay (common) C. BB Magpie Brewer's Blackbirds C Am. Avocet 2 Mtn Chickadee C DE Juncos.. C. Oregon race. Fox Sparrow.. ~9 western race. Pretty different than ours. Yellow-r Warblers. C. these were the "Audubon" race.. awesome yellow throat. Orange-c Warblers 3 Wilson's W 1 Hutton's Vireo 1 a first Cassin's Vireo 3. A first. Pacific Wren. a first.. the above 2 were also in this mixed forest, w/ wooded stream. Similar to our Winter. Bl.headed Grosbeak.. 5 Spotted Towhee ~8 Green Towhee 2 Nashville Warbler 2 Bullock's Oriole 2 Acorn Woodpecker 3. Spiffy. White-headed Woodpecker. Way cool. A first. Bushtit. 2 Found a nest.. way cool.. Cassin's Finch. 3 (1 male) a first. Western Grebe ~60 Clark's Grebe 1 breeding plum. A first. Eared Grebe. 14 nice breeding plume. Rock Wren. singing in full view...wren's have such great songs. CA Towhee. BG Gnatcatcher. CA Quail 60 Anna's, Caliope and Bl. chinned Hummers. Mtn Bluebirds pair. stunning. CA Gull. Always good to come home..we do have some great birds ! not their spectacular trees however. B To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe: E-mail this command to [log in to unmask] UNSUBSCRIBE UV-Birders To change your e-mail address: E-mail this command from your old address to: [log in to unmask] CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail address] Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html