The Monterey Seabirds trip on Aug 25th was a bit on the slow side but first timers still came away with 10-12 lifers. The weird report is online at:...
Roger Wolfe
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Sep 1, 2006 1:32 pm
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Greetings birders, first many thanks to Guy McCaskie and John Sterling for posting about the spoonbill and Tricolored Heron earlier. Today (friday) Oscar...
Dan King spotted and I also saw one BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY from the Alamo River mouth at about 7 this morning. It flew from the west end of Mullet Island and...
Hi, I want to chase the Wood Thrush at Crystal Springs, San bernardino County. When I Google "Crystal Springs" I get a place in California (lots of pages i.e....
Has anyone been seeing condors in the Cottonwood Canyon to McPherson Peak area of late? If so, is the route drivable in a passenger car? If not, are there...
Birders I know many of you are watching Tropical Storm John with a careful eye, but I thought it might be good to post about the potential for this storm to...
Hi Brian and Calbirders, I have been wondering i.e. hoping that these storms, combined with the warm water this summer would bring us birds that would be 5...
Hello all, This morning the Piping Plover was present at Red Hill Marina, Imperial County, though it was once again further up the shoreline than the bird has...
All: For a peek at what might be coming our way see: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/wb/v30n04/ Seabirds carried inland by tropical storm by Roy Jones in Western...
I'm planning on returning to Lee Vining and Mono Lake next weekend (Sunday morning through Monday afternoon or evening 9/10-11) to catch the fall migration. I...
September is great for birding in Mono County. Crowley Lake, Bridgeport Res and Mono Lake can have rare shorebirds and those lakes plus Topaz Lake can have...
Kris Olson, Peggy Macres + I birded the Salton Sea on Saturday and Sunday of the Labor Day weekend. We saw most of the noted rare birds of the past few weeks....
Hello, Seabirders, Shearwater Journeys trip from Monterey Bay on Sunday, September 3, 2006 was full of surprises. Highlights included a FALLOUT OF " RAINING ...
OOPS, I've been informed that I left the POMARINE JAEGERS off the species list for the September 3, 2006 pelagic trip: We saw 38 POMARINE JAEGERS! Jaegers...
Hi, Birders, I ran out for a couple of hours' birding today, mid-day. Wasn't the greatest. Best find was an adult LEWIS' WOODPECKER near San Juan Bautista....
Dear Calbirders: This August has been one of the better in the past few years for species diversity and vagrants on the Farallones. For those of you...
Hey folks There was a nice juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper at the mouth of Pilarcitos Creek in Half Moon Bay (San Mateo County) this afternoon (4:45 pm). The...
Birders An interesting phenomenon is happening as I write this to our north in Alaska. The remnants of an incredibly strong typhoon are passing over the ...
Hi all, I have seen a lot of directions posted for getting to Crystal Spring via the road from the south (which doesn't sound like a lot of fun) but haven't...
Steve and Calbirds, I am currently lecturing at a conference in Las Vegas but had today off so I went to Crystal Spring. I found the Wood Thrush today (sept...
Birders Leave it to Paul to suck the proverbial Asian wind from the sails! I for one, am still optimistic! Brian: I wished I shared in your CalBird optimism...
CalBirders We are currently testing our new bulk upload feature at eBird (www.ebird.org). This tool allows the user to upload existing data from Excel, Access,...
Hi everyone, My recent request for help was so successful I figured I would try again. We are staying in Death Valley for two nights next week and I am...
I did not include the correct mileage in my post earlier about the directions to Crystal Spring from Tecopa. Here is the correct mileage: From Tecopah go 8.7...
Hi, all! I know this may be slightly off-topic, but if any of you lepidoptephiles out there could confirm a mystery butterfly that unfortunately got itself...
Todd McGrath looked up from his cell phone and said to me, "Guy found a Mississippi Kite in Imperial Beach a few days ago." We were returning to Fisherman's...
Todd and Tanner Easterla just phoned to tell me about some great birds at the mouth of the Whitewater River this afternoon. one DEAD Blue-footed Booby one or...
The juv. CRCA is currently on the telephone poles along the A&G Sod Farm, along Dairy Mart Road south of Interstate 5. The juv Mississippi Kite was reported...
