Had a great time earlier this month at the Birding Festival- great birds, great leaders and fantastic weather. This was my first Birding Festival and would...
Hi folks, From 3 PM to 3:30 PM on Saturday, March 16, 2013, I got very good looks at the previously reported pair of Nelson's Sparrows (Ammodramus nelsoni) at...
Photos of the Salton Sea Cave Swallows from this morning may be seen on my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40928097@N07/. Tom Benson San Bernardino,...
Hi, This reminder email is being sent to the four California list servs which cover all or portions of Kern County. The Kern America's Birdiest Inland County...
Thanks to all the birders who responded to my information request of Wednesday March 13. Jeff Miller and I arrived at Hwy 101 EXIT 87A in the area of the...
Has anyone seen the Gray Hawk in Carpinteria recently ? Myself a few birding buddies are thinking of driving from the bay area to see if the Gray Hawk remains...
As many of you may have heard, the Condor Express suffered a fire over the weekend that gutted the wheelhouse. The vessel will likely not be ready to return...
This is a good time of year to put up bird nesting boxes... Information about attracting Western Bluebirds and other small cavity-nesting birds can be found...
Hi, Birders: Western Field Ornithologists is now soliciting papers for presentation at its 38th annual conference -- a joint conference with the Washington...
FEBRUARY 19th – MARCH 3rd, 2013 - NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BIRD BOX REPORT - RBA * Northwestern California Bird Alert *4 March 2013 CANW0604.02 hotline:...
I know this is a bit late but thought, this was important. I sighted this Last Wed. afternoon(feb. 27) in the afternoon at low tide. We came the next day in...
This morning at 10:30, March 4, it was on the 4th pole west of the intersection of Padaro Ln/Santa Claus Ln. cut-off and Via Real, on Via Real North of the...
County Recorders/Contributors: The Winter Season (December 2012 through February 2013) is ended, and we solicit reports for inclusion in the Southern...
Hi all. Joe Russell and I drove the van out to Quail Lake this afternoon and immediately spotted the Northern Shrike at 4:15 PM. It was perched on a low shrub...
For anyone that has enjoyed our Heermanns's Gulls and Elegant Terns, here's a wonderful informative and concise video about where 95% of them come from and the...
Just returned from hiking out on e whitewater river levee towards the river mouth at the salton sea. I was looking for the wintering Black thr Blue Warbler...
Feb 28th - Thursday 7:00PM The Extraordinary Future of San Francisco Bay Guest Speaker- Marc Holmes - Program Director, The San Francisco Bay Institute Where...
SAN DIEGO PELAGIC BIRDING SCHEDULE 2013 BUENA VISTA AUDUBON SOCIETY & GRANDE SPORTFISHING Note: all trips listed below are aboard the sportfishing vessel...
SAN DIEGO PELAGIC BIRDING SCHEDULE 2013 BUENA VISTA AUDUBON SOCIETY & GRANDE SPORTFISHING Note: all trips listed below are aboard the sportfishing vessel...
Pt. III: Back From The Dead, A Cautionary Tale A. L's death date is first published in the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences (vol 18,...
Pt. II: The Missing Years, The Illusionist Adolphus Heermann's early years were not known by Stone nor covered by Hume. His father's 1923 biography had...
Adolphus Lewis Heermann (A. L.) was an important mid-nineteenth century, natural history collector whose material from California and the Southwest can be...
[This one is just for the record and can not be chased.] Yesterday Monday morning Maggie Sherriffs and I found this male Rusty Blackbird in Carpinteria, Santa...
Birders, With the Great Backyard Bird Count wrapping up today, I thought that it would be interesting to post the eBird live submission map to this listserve....
The Iceland Gull was present again today (Feb 18) at the Bootsma Dairy pond along Ramona Expressway from about 11:15 AM until at least 12:00 PM when I left. I...
A second cycle ICELAND GULL was present at the Bootsma Dairy pond on the north side of Ramona Expressway east of Lakeview. This bird was first found last...
Hi Folks, My husband David and I walked the trails of Pt. Lobos yesterday seeking wildlife of all stripes. We were not disappointed. Best bird sighting was an...
