Dave Bowden and I drove through Lassen National on our way home to the bay area. We found a few good birding spots to share with you driving south on Hy89. One...
The High Country News August 4th issue has a wonderful article on the two competing Owls. It address's the conservation quandary of Barred Owl expanding...
This member of the notoriously difficult-to-identify genus Empidonax breeds in coniferous and mixed forests of western North America from Alaska south to...
Hi Everyone, El Cerrito birder here. I saw a male Chukar at 641 Liberty St. in El Cerrito California at 1:00 p.m. November the 18th. I got within 4 feet of...
I've noticed that quite a few birders mention Peter Pyle's guides (a new one just came out, I believe) as a useful resource for field identification of birds,...
The Rock Sandpiper reported on eBird and Monterey bay birds in Santa Cruz was seen again today. Located on the lower cliff area across from 1200 West Cliff...
A Worm-eating Warbler is being reported by Dave Bowden of Berkeley and Paul Saraceni of San Francisco. The Worm-eating was still present and provided views to...
The blackbird was in the pasture behind the below-mentioned building this morning. There was no sign of the caracara. Ken Burton Arcata ... From: "Alan...
The female RUSTY BLACKBIRD continued yesterday in the pasture behind the farm buildings at the east end of Moseley Road. Ken Burton (Arcata) Chet Ogan (Eureka)...
Little Panoche Valley on Sunday was very windy. We managed to see the following individual birds of interest driving along Fresno road J1: 2 Prairie Falcons...
Sunday Morning it was so windy on Patterson Pass Rd. summit, my car was blown off trying to get out of the car. Not really, but very windy. It was a real...
Monday early morning 8:30 am at the Junction it was 36 degrees with great views of the back side of Mt. Hamilton with snow. We found one Lewis's Woodpecker...
My Redondo Beach friend's 13 year old cockatiel got out today for the first time. He was very disoriented. He answers to Bobby Bird and has a yellow head,...
Thanks Jack, 'I've been gardening this afternoon.. Notice many Painted Ladies passing my through my garden today. My non-scientific monitoring here in...
This morning I lead a birding walk along the mitigated hills sided of The City of Pleasanton Callippe Golf Course in Alameda County. There are several pair of...
Tim Koopmann owner and fourth generation rancher in eastern Alameda County open his ranch to Ohlone Audubon today. The ranch is 900 acres of rolling hills -...
All -- I am posting this for Amy Hartell at the Un. Of Oregon. There is a survey monkey link below for ease of responding. Thanks. Graham Chisholm Audubon...
The U.S. Nightjar Survey Network is continuing into its third year as a vital program to gather data on the population distribution and population trends on...
Hi Birders - Rita Carratello called to tell me that Rich Stallcup found a bird that he thought might have been an ARCTIC LOON. So I went to investigate and...
Greetings The Sea and Sage Audubon Advanced Bird Camp Program went to sea today from Dana Point on the Discovery Center's Sea Explorer. Marine mammals and...
Greetings, The sold-out Condor Express was brimming with more than 75 birders as it departed Santa Barbara Harbor at exactly 7:00 a.m., July 25, 2009. There...
Anna Hrycin visiting from New York had asked me to lead her to view Lewis Woodpecker's so that she could photograph the species. Little did I know that we...
Dear North American Birds Contributors, The summer season has come to a close so please submit your noteworthy records from the Northern California Region for...