Hi, I am visiting California from England next month. I have a small list of ABA targets that I would like to add to my list. Any information on good areas to...
Hello all, This afternoon on the West side of the Pt. Mugu naval base, there was an adult male AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER in alternate plumage. This bird...
I just got home from a visit to my relatives in Ft Dick (outside Crescent City, Del Norte Co.) The previously reported Crested Caracara was seen by myself and...
Just to be on the safe side, I'll post this to Calbirds. Orange County does not have a San Jacinto Wildlife Sanctuary but Riverside County does. I'm the RBA...
Birders, The September 6 Los Angeles Audubon Society deep-water pelagic trip heading out of Santa Barbara on the Condor Express is in danger of being cancelled...
I got more information from the sighter: I did mean San Joaquin in Orange County.No photo was taken. I ruled out other kite species due to 1 Overall dark gray...
Hello, I found a juvenile coopers hawk a couple days ago being attacked by a gang of vicious mockingbirds here in urban San Diego. A family member called a...
Vicious? At the risk of sounding anthropomorphic, Alice, I'd say maybe it's for protection or retaliation. Or it's "mobbing" behavior, to which corvids and...
Western Field Ornithologists will hold their annual meeting in San Mateo this year (October 9-12), If you're a birder with an interest in ornithology or an...
Hey California Birders While on a family camping trip at Lassen Volcanic National Park July 11-12 2008, Jay Bogiatto and I managed to see some great birds....
This is my first posting for this group. although I have been posting under NorthBay Birds for several years and have several pages of photos there, all taken...
I apologize if this is off-topic, but it would be nice to get some illumination on a subject that has puzzled me for a few years. When I first arrived in the...
<<What I'd like to know is when did the Bay Area start becoming a home base for either a migrating or resident population of Canada geese?>> Add to that...
As to the Bay Area, a semi-captive flock in Oakland was breeding by 1956, and a feral population, thought to be moffitti in origin, was established in the San...
Dear Stephen and others, The early history of our San Francisco Bay feral birds has been published as: Lidicker, W. Z., Jr., and F. C. McCollum. 1979. Canada...
Out on the Pacific Ocean, under the sun, riding the swells with the clean fresh breeze on your face, days blur into a soft dream. Time slows, even stands...
Hi there CAL birders. I'm Joel from Oregon and came to Quincy, CA for spotted owl work this summer through the Pacific Northwest Research Station. I am also...
Hi all, Does anybody know of an errata sheet for /Rare Birds of California? In case/ it hasn't been noticed yet, there is a typo on Page G-4 towards the back....
I don't know of any published errata, but I've been trying to figure out how to interpret Map 4 (page G-4) ever since I got the book. It's not at all...
Ken, Elias, et al., I can't speak to an errata sheet, but books with a fraction of the amount of data in "Rare Birds of CA" often have long errata listings, so...
Hello, Seabirders, CA County Birders, Whale Watchers, and Ocean Lovers, Shearwater Journey's pelagic season is about to jump into full swing with our late...
Hey Ken and others, I might be able to help you out: At least at the 200 mile limit, think of the the arcs as belonging to the county that produces the arc. ...
Since I seem to be on a calbird posting spree, I thought I'd announce to the statewide birding community that my coworkers and I happened upon a alternate...
Calbirders: Following up on Debi's post on pelagic trips, I just wanted to remind folks that Shearwater Journeys is also offering two pelagic birding trips ...
Hi everyone- Today, Matt Brady and I had 4 Semipalmated Sabdpipers at the Alexandre Dairy in Del Norte County. Two adults and two Juveniles. I am pretty...
Shorebirds of the Coast - Wed. August 13 - 7:00-9:00 PM - Bodega Bay field trips - 8/15 or 8/16 with Lisa Hug. Offered at the Sonoma Comm. Center, 276 East...
Birding was good in the Yuba Pass Camp Grounds, found off of HY 49 in Sierra County. Four of arrived late Saturday afternoon into Yuba Pass camp grounds. Dave...
Greetings SoCal Seabirders The Buena Vista Audubon SoCalBirding pelagic trip this past weekend produced lifers for many participants in the form of a...
Matt Brady just called to notify me that Lucas Brug refound the falcon in Del Norte County today and was sure that it is a Eurasian Hobby. As far as I know,...
FYI Cheers, -Gj ==================================== Gjon C. Hazard Carlsbad, CA 92011 USA ==================================== not an official post of the...
