Hi, all! Started out wanting to bird the road through Los Coyotes Indian Reservation, but didn't get past the paved road: they're resurfacing in there and...
On this rather dreary, overcast, drizzly day, I visited Hidden Lake Park in Milpitas, where the second-cycle gull thought to be Kumlien's Iceland Gull ...
Because of my impending "retirement" next year and a move to probably smaller living quarters, I'm trying to reduce the bulk of my professional library. I've...
Thanks again to all who have responded to my appeal for IDs. Digital Camera's are great for being able put things up like this, although the digital zoom does...
I am trying to put together an activity with my Spanish classes to coincide with the International Migratory Bird Day event in May. I remember seeing a chart,...
Thanks to everyone who took the trouble to look at my pictures. Not suprisingly the "peep" sandpiper produced the most disagreement, but the picture wasn't...
Dear Kimball and LA Birders, This afternoon at 1:45 pm a bird flew over me at Hazard Park, East Los Angeles, that I believe was a juvenile light phase...
Hi, all! Did the Sunrise Highway today, and it was kind of fun to hear lots of FOX SPARROWS tuning up their songs on the heels of my telling people during the ...
1) I read in the LA Times today that people in the northern half of California, and other parts of the Pacific Northwest are being asked to take down their...
Hi All Just a note to invite you to the 2005 Kern Valley Bioregions Festival. I have taken over the role as coordinator this year and I am working on adding ...
Hey folks I thought you may be interested in one person's opinion on this possible Kumlien's Gull in Milpitas. I contacted Bruce Mactavish of St. Johns, ...
Today Matt Brady and I along with several out of state birders (Chris Nunes from RI, Mike Barber from AZ, and Charlie Wright from WA) had a KUMLIEN'S type gull...
Birders: The "second-year bird showing features consistent with a Kumlien's (Iceland) Gull" reported by Al Jaramillo yesterday, 22 February 2005. I arrived at...
Calbirders, See below for the latest on the CA vs. TX state bird lists. The word is out. Can you hold that lead?! Steve Shunk Sisters, OR -- Stephen Shunk ...
Hi all, Over here at Redwood Shores from England and I'm pretty pleased with my total of about 54 species in a day and a half so far, just going around the...
The BLUE JAY continues visiting a feeder in Redwood Valley on private property in Humboldt County near HWY 299 (21 Feb 2005). Either call the Arcata Birdbox...
Monterey Seabirds will kick off 2005 on March 13. The last two March trips have produced MANX, SHORT-TAILED, BLACK-VENTED and PINK-FOOTED SHEARWATERS....
Birders Dan Singer re-located the second year Slaty-backed in Half Moon Bay today. This bird was seen once before five weeks ago. It has changed quite a bit, ...
I received a phone call from Dan Singer about 10:30 this morning and he's apparently refound the 2nd cycle (not 3rd) SLATY-BACKED GULL. This would be the...
This evening at about 5:00 PM Rich Cimino and I visited Mercey Hot Springs east of Hollister to check for the Long-eared Owls that had been reported...
Birders, In association with the 10th annual Godwit Days celebration we will be offering two Pelagic Trips out of Humboldt Bay, sponsored by Swarovski Optic. ...
Our Audubon chapter is considering sponsoring a local teen (don't know who yet) to go to camp for a week this summer. We'd prefer it to be bird-oriented, but...
While San Francisco Chronicle subscribers have no doubt already seen today's front page article regarding access issues to the Farallones Islands, those ...
Forwarded by request. Please reply directly to "Ralph and Brenda Todd" <rbtodd (at) todds9.fsnet.co.uk>: I am not sure if you can help me please or put me...
Hi all, Had a fantastic time at the San Diego Bird Festival this past week. The tours were fun, the ocean was calm and Palomar was great even though a ...
Anyone birding Los Gallinas Sewage Ponds in Marin County be alert for an odd leucistic(sometimes called schizochroic plumage)Mew Gull. The bird was found...
The LEFL was still behind the Watermark Building at 8th and N Streets in Arcata this morning (Feb. 14). Ken Burton McKinleyville [Non-text portions of this...
Hi, all! For anyone who may have attended the San Diego Bird Fest this last week, it was requested that I put the full outline from my "Sparrows of San Diego...
Calbirders: I thought this might be of interest to you. Please forward to any appropriate local lists. Also, please do not respond to me regarding the ...
Thanks to advice from several Calbirders, I sent the information on the banded mountain plover we saw in Panoche Valley last week to Fritz Knopf in Colorado...
