Ahoy, The fall seabirding season is fast upon us here on the west coast. Just yesterday skipper Richard Ternullo reported hundreds of Sabine's Gulls at the...
August 1, 2005 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The brief sumer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the...
Hi, Seabirders, Sorry that I got the year incorrect in my earlier post‹Shearwater Journey's schedule for 2005, not 2006. I'm sure it was obvious to everyone....
A colleague will be attending the AOU meeting in Santa Barbara, 23-27 August, and is interested in seeing a condor. Any advice on the best possibilities...
Please note my address change for reporting birds from Alpine, Calaversas and Modoc counties. I no longer work at Jones & Stokes, but work for HT Harvey &...
Hi everyone A couple of months ago I posted a message on here asking for information on some of So Cal's birds, including Lawrence's Goldfinch. The general...
PRBO's 29th Annual Bird-A-Thon, September 1 through October 15, 2005! Grab your binoculars, get your field guide and get ready for PRBO's 2005 Bird-A-Thon, the...
HELLO, SEABIRDERS & OTHERS INTERESTED IN THEM! This is just in from Peter Pyle who is at sea on a Southwest Fisheries Service, La Jolla, CA CSCAPE research...
Hi folks, This is a SHORT NOTICE request for help. Tomorrow, Thursday, I hope to try to find these 3 species. I've gotten only a few emails over the last week...
I just returned from a four day fishing trip aboard the "Searcher" out of San Diego. We spent much of our time in U.S. waters (Los Angeles County to be...
Hello all, While visiting Georgia in July, I ran across this brand new list serve, Shorebirds, co-founded by Steve Holzman, who used to live in California. If...
Hi folks, Thanks to the 27 (!) people who replied to my RFI on such short notice. Nearly everyone told me that a prime location for Yellow-billed Magpie was...
Ryan just wants everyone to know that, this didn't come from him as he no longer uses that e-mail address and was out birding this morning. David Vander Pluym ...
Is anyone who's going on next Sunday's Shearwater Journeys pelagic trip out of Fort Bragg interested in meeting up for dinner and/or sharing lodging costs in...
Yesterday, at Crane Flats Meadow, in Yosemite NP, I had a probable Red-breasted Sapsucker, however, the red was rather pale and washed out on the breast and...
Howdy, Seabirders, Shearwater Journeys kicked off the fall pelagic season with a wildly successful pelagic trip to the Farallon Islands on August 7, 2005, ...
Could be sampling error, as Magpies as exceptionally large and obvious, the other birds might just go unnoticed. ... Will Chatfield-Taylor San Ramon, CA ...
Sampling error is possible. However Black-billed Magpies (BBMA) have not fared well in the face of West Nile Virus. As a basically unscientific but very...
Corivds appear to be most susceptible to West Nile (see the article by Komar N, Experimental infection of North American birds with the New York 1999 strain of...
This just came through and may be of interest to a wider audience. Natural Bridges State Beach (Park?) is in Santa Cruz County. Dan ... From: stevegerw@......
At approx. 0905 this morning Sue Smith refound the bird. After entering the park follow the signs to picnic area #2 (and cabins A and B). After parking...
To reach the park go east on Hwy. 78 until just before Julian. Turn right on Pine Hills Road and follow the signs to the park. Address: 4945 Heise Park Road,...
Hi, all! Took visiting birder Rob from Rhode Island with me to do an EBR out by La Posta, and he was a very happy camper as we managed to actually SEE several ...
Hi Birders - I didn't see this already posted. Today, Steve Gerow found a young YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Natural Bridges State Park in west Santa Cruz....
Hello, Seabirders, CORRECTION: I wanted to make a correction to the trip report for the August 7, 2005 trip to the Farallon Islands. I reported on two ORCAS...
HELLO, SEABIRDERS, This just in‹‹the Offshore Report is reporting that the MENDOCINO RIDGE is rocking with PTERODROMAS! Reports from the past two days...
On Saturday/Sunday August7th Kathy Robertson and I searched for the Shaver Lake/ Dingy creek / Boy Scout Meadows Great Grey Owl which was present 2004. It was...
Hello, Seabirders, Shearwater Journey's pelagic trip from Monterey Bay today was a knock out! About 9:30 am, Jennifer Green and Jeri Langham simultaneously...
Over the last week the shorebirds have really begun coming in. A few highlights have been a group of 5 Adult Wilson's Phalaropes showing up in breeding...