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...
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....
Yesterday afternoon, at least one juvenile STSA continued in the northwest portion of the wetland at Eel River Wildlife Area. Ken Burton McKinleyville ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
The Monterey Seabirds Aug. 26 trip report with photos is online at: http://www.montereyseabirds.com/SeabirdTripReport050826.htm We have a trip scheduled for...
CalBirders, I am an Illinois birder who will be coming out for a week to bird next week, to include a couple of pelagics out of LA and Monterey. As we will be...
Birders: I'm repeating (again - sorry) my request for sightings of Yellow-chevroned and White-winged Parakeets. We're up to almost 300 sightings for the year,...
Hi all, I am sad to report that Jim Kuhn was killed in a vehicle accident here in the Imperial Valley this morning. Jim was the founder, the original driving ...
CalBirders, The fall research season began last week on SEFI and we lucked out by arriving just in time for a good early season pulse. We have had good numbers...
Yesterday morning, Michael Stevenson and I counted four SOLITARY SANDPIPERS at the June Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant ponds. We had heard prior reports of...
... No photos, but maybe if we're up there again I'll take a few. Besides redwoods, the river valley has lots of laurels and sycamores and a few cottonwoods....
All: The Santa Cruz county Caracara was seen by many birders Saturday morning, after being refound by a birder from Riverside. . .It was foraging in a plowed...
Hi, all! Sorry for the cross-posting, but not everyone in San Diego is subscribed to SDBirds, so I thought I'd try and get as wide a coverage as possible....
Is there any place where I can go to see Common Murres from the shore near San Francisco (with or without a scope) at this time of year? Any help would be...
Calbirders: There will be a deepwater trip from Santa Barbara on the fast and comfortable catamaran Condor Express on November 12th. It has been an excellent...
The CRESTED CARACARA is still present near Davenport in Santa Cruz County. Directions at: http://santacruzbirdingguide.org/North%20coast.htm Here are a couple...
Peter, I think the bird looks good for Solander's Petrel, though I have no experience with Solander's / Providence in the field. Re: the images on the...
CalBirders - Below is a message from Peter Pyle concerning a Solander's Petrel seen from a research vessel. Peter is inviting comments on the identity of this...
Birders, When the first printing of "The Sibley Guide to Birds" came out it listed the common name of Caracara cheriway as Northern Caracara. Later Sibley...
Hi Calbirders, We've had a few posts lately where the poster has included the entire previous message to which he/she is responding. This wastes valuable ...
