Hi, I was visiting an Air Force buddy near Travis AFB (Bay Area) and saw the following bird land on his deck. It was robin sized, white underneat with blue on...
Is the bird still being seen? Could someone provide information on when and how to best get to the location where it's been seen? Any other local "hotspots"...
Hi Debbie, Kay, and others in Alameda County, Here is a link for reporting dead birds in Alameda County, and other information about WNV in Alameda County. ...
For the most current info on WNV, go to this website: www. <http://www.westnile.ca.gov/> westnile.ca.gov/. The news is not good for our California birds....
This morning, Elias Elias and I saw a CACKLING GOOSE (in the strict sense - i.e., NOT an Aleutian Goose) in a flock of Canada Geese that flew over the Arcata...
Wow, sounds as if Sacramento is being hit pretty hard by WNV. Here in San Luis Obispo County, there have been reports of several horses being infected, but I...
Thanks to everyone who responded to my RFI on the Davenport Crested Caracara. I hope to look for it Saturday. Thanks especially for the URL references...
Thanks. Wish it weren't true ... for the sake of the magpies and other birds! :-( ... [snipped] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
On my way back from a pelagic trip on Monday, I stopped at a rest stop on US 101 between Camp Roberts and Paso Robles. There was a Yellow-billed Magpie...
Lilith, To set the record straight, Morgan Hill is far from the "northernmost reach" of the YBMA's range. That award goes to the Shasta Lake area in Shasta...
Thanks for the clarification. I had been informed in 2003 that Morgan Hill was as far as they got -- but they seem to be getting around, don't they? :-) Sue ...
The CRESTED CARACARA was still along Swanton Road today, Sept 2. I missed it in the fields along Hwy 1 as I went northbound ca. 7:20 and then southbound ...
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This morning, a hatch-year male RBGR was banded in the Mad River Slough area of Arcata. The site itself is closed to the public; the nearest public access is...
Birders, Back in June I notified the list of a survey being conducted by the Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration Program. Many of you responded, and let the ...
Folks, Kimya Lambert and I found the Caracara this morning just east of Hwy 1 across from Scott Creek Beach. This is one mile north of Swanton Road on Hwy 1....
Hey Birders. Adam Brown has left the Island for a few weeks, so I've taken over the weekly Farallon update. Vagrants and uncommon migrants seen during the...
Hi Debbie, That is a good observation by your friend. Might be the work of an Accipiter. Hope so. I read that there are fewer reports of dead birds in the ...
This morning, the BBSA continued in the large, plowed field complex on the south side of Lanphere Road a little west of Mad River Road in Arcata. When I saw...
Hi Michelle, That is good news. Can use some these days. Would you like to document the number of Magpies that you see? You could just count/estimate the ones...
Yesterday morning 9/5, Mike Rogers found a juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper in Alviso, Santa Clara County. It was seen by other birders up until 6:30pm. The...
The juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still present this morning (discovered by Dave Weber of Milpitas) on the levee just north of the south-west corner of...
Yesterday afternoon, at least one juvenile STSA continued in the northwest portion of the wetland at Eel River Wildlife Area. Ken Burton McKinleyville ...
I posted a picture of the "odd" PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Santa Clara River (Ventura county) Estuary, first found on 4th September 2005 by Dave Pereksta et al....
For those of you that plan on attending the Central Valley Bird Symposium, I have just finished making arrangements for a new Friday field trip to the San...
Dennis Braddy's post of 22 August about the common name for the Caracara in Santa Cruz County was a bit of a surprise. Not Dennis' posting; rather that the...
The species was split by the AOU in their 42nd Supplement in 2000. The citation for the split (into 3 species) is the Auk 117:847-858. The split was Crested...
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Hello All-- Lynn Hemink and I watched the buff-breasted sandpiper along the levee at the Don Edwards Environmental Ed. Center in Alviso this morning (9/8/)...
According to Peterson's Field Guide to Western Birds, [northern] cardinals were introduced to the San Gabriel area years ago. I've been to San Gabriel several...
I had a bunch of nutmeg manakins at my feeder last winter. At least 4 adults and 8-10 juveniles would mob the feeder and hold their own against house finches...
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