Hi Bob, Harrison's two seabird books (one illustrated, the other photographic) are both very good, but you don't always get looks that let you rely on plumage....
Dear Calbirders, I will be in San Diego for a pelagic trip during the first week of September and will have two days free for landbirding (Sept. 1st and 2nd)....
On Monday (30 July 2007) there was a swarm of 60 or so Selasphorus (mostly Allen's, I would guess, since a female has been on territory in a small willow...
Howdy, Seabirders, Shearwater Journeys kicked off the seabird migration period early with our first pelagic trip from Monterey on Friday, July 27th. Weather...
Hi, Seabirders, Shearwater Journey's pelagic trip from Fort Bragg on Sunday, July 29, 2007 kicked off the seabird season on the north coast. Even though the ...
Hi, there, Seabirders, Shearwater Journeys had a fantastic trip from Bodega Bay on Tuesday, July 31st. Weather and seas were good. It was mostly overcast, with...
Hi CalBirders, I apologize for the delayed post, but I wanted to report the sighting of Tricolored Blackbirds in Lassen County, north of Susanville CA on July...
County Coordinators/Contributors: The Summer Season (1 June through 31 July) is ended, and we solicit reports for inclusion in the Southern California Region...
Participate in the first statewide survey for Long-billed Curlews in California's interior agricultural valleys, Fall 2007! This past January, with the...
This message may seem off-topic (and long) to some, however, since it concerns the language we use to communicate in this forum, I think it is in-bounds. For...
Hi, all! We had a 3rd-summer gull at HSB (near the north end of the Least Tern colony, just north of the mouth of the Santa Ana River) on Thursday afternoon...
The Curlew Sandpiper has not been reported in three days. It appears to be gone. John Sterling 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695 530-908-3836 (cell) 530-753-3733...
Monterey Seabirds will kick of the fall season next weekend with back to back 8 hour trips on Saturday and Sunday. Cost is still $85 per person and once again...
Yesterday while boating and birding on Lake Don Pedro (from Moccasin Point) I encountered an unknown waterfowl. I took about 100 photos and this morning was...
Jamie Mullin reports that while: <<boating and birding on Lake Don Pedro (from Moccasin Point) I encountered an unknown waterfowl. I took about 100 photos and...
Hi, Irma and I found a Red-necked Stint that is still mostly in alternate plumage at 3:30 PM Sunday and watched it for about a half an hour. The head, nape, ...
Hello CALBIRDS, Brent Campos, Devin Bosler and I birded the Salton Sea vicinity, Imperial and Riverside Counties, on Wednesday and Thursday, 2 and 3 August...
This thread is closed. Virus warnings are not permitted on Calbirds, or any other birding list with which I'm familiar. ... Good birding, Steve Sosensky Aliso...
Birders, Most of you are perfectly aware of this, but in case any beginning birders out there are confused by the "dueling" subject lines in Doug Aguillard's...
Birders, Ed Pandolfino's thoughts on the recent Gill and Wright (G&W) book "Birds of the World: Recommended English Names" haven't elicited any public ...
Before spending money on these imitation predators, consider: http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2007/08/swallows_nest_on_eagle_owl s_he.php Happy Traill's!...
Birders: I have uploaded a file (under the new folder name "Gill and Wright Name Changes") to the file folders on the Calbirds yahoo groups site. This file...
All: So the Townsend's Shearwater was of the Hawaiian subspecies/species. This is similar to the Dark-Rumped Petrel situation in that the birds are coming from...
