Group Arrived at upper Upper Newport Bay around 10 AM. High tide, not a shorebird in sight. Damn...... Parked on East Bluff Drive, and walked down Jamboree...
Greetings! Ruby Gardner and I drove down in the afternoon to look for the Bar-tailed Godwit. It had returned to the rocky areas just below the Jamboree Rd. ...
Greetings Just a reminder to any interested Calbirders who have not yet contacted me that the Monterey Peninsula Christmas Bird Count will be held on Monday,...
Hi, Questions are being raised as to which subspecies is involved with the recently-discovered (thanks, Neil) Bar-tailed Godwit at Newport Backbay. The three...
Courtesy of Bruce Aird, I've posted his photo of the bird in flight. The direct link to the jpg is: http://members.cox.net/orcorba/BruceAird.jpg Joel...
137 species in 2008! Lots of Raptors and Owls. All levels of birders are welcome to join us on the Oroville Christmas bird count. Bring warm clothes, hiking...
I have posted 2 pictures of the juvenile bar-tailed godwit in flight in the "OC Godwit" folder. These were taken as he was chased off by a whimbrel, & then...
All: I was at private residence in Santa Ynez this afternoon and I heard a whit call. I thought it sort of sounded like a Willow Flycatcher. I went to look...
Mark, Wild or not, your Gray Silky-Flycatcher looks like a Phainopepla. If I'm not mistaken, the latter is more likely in Santa Ynez. Dave Compton Santa...
Birders, A schedule of most all of this year's Christmas Bird Counts with contact information can be found here. www.natureali.org/cbcs.htm If you are a...
Birders I've noticed a big movement of Northern Fulmars into Monterey Bay over the past few weeks. Each time I seawatch from Pt. Pinos I see dozens, regardless...
Birders I'm interested in photographing adult Swainson's Hawks this winter for a study I'm working on regarding molt. If anyone finds any Swainson's spending ...
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Good Afternoon CA Birders I have an important question. Are the algae blooms that occur off the California coast been a common thing since the beginning of...
Birders, The sold out Condor Express deepwater pelagic scheduled for November 7th has been rescheduled due to extremely bad weather exepcted offshore on Sat....
Sandhill Crane Festival, Nov 6-8, 2009 There are several events of interest to birders at this year's Sandhill Crane Festival in Lodi. Saturday's featured...
Hi Birders You are cordially to attend Los Angeles Audubon Society's monthly meeting this coming Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7:30pm. The address is Plummer...
Brian, too, have a good slug of Northern Fulmars down here in San Diego..... on Tuesday November 3 we saw 4 Brown Boobies at the south end of the Nine Mile...
Christopher Taylor just called to state that the Bar-tailed Godwit is in view at the Jamboree bridge crossing of Newport Back Bay in Newport Beach this...
Greetings Todd and others, The NWS report shows gale warnings for the Central Coast tonight and gusty winds continuing through the weekend. Is the trip still...
Greetings Ed, et al Todd McGrath and Captain Matt at the Condor Express have been monitoring Saturday's weather every few hours for the past 3 days. Captain...
Birders, The forecast for Saturday has deteriorated offshore to the point where Capt. Matt feels it would be better to go Sunday. The weather for Sunday looks...
Todd, Thanks for posting early regarding the Condor Express trip. Most or all of us from San Diego have set our Motel 6 reservations back 24 hours and eagerly...
Birders, We have enough particpants to run the trip on Sunday, so the trip is a "go". Weather is looking much improved for Sunday with winds dropping to 10-15...
On my way back from seeing my lifer Nelson's Sparrow this morning at Morro Bay I decided to check out the ponds at Jersey and Kent along Hwy 41 in Kings county...
Don Roberson's Monterey Birds discusses a small breeding colony of Heerman's Gull in the Monterey area, continuation as of 2002 somewhat precarious due to...
Isn't this second winter? I think I see "adult gray" in the back. Steve Hampton ________________ Resource Economist Office of Spill Prevention and Response ...
