A few birds observed in Calaveras and Amador Counties on November 3rd & 4th, 2007 - CALAVERAS COUNTY: On Saturday (03 November) we took a walk on the boardwalk...
The days certainly are getting shorter (and later?). I was up on the roof cleaning out the rain gutters and heard a Great-horned Owl in the distance. Time was...
Thursday night around 7pm I heard 2 Great Horned Owls on the Golf Course in PLM; Groveland. I live directly across the green to the south of the Country Club....
Many raptors and a few other mentionable things today. I birded the Camanche and Salt Springs Valley areas this morning with Larry Resetar. HIghlights at...
Took a quick trip to Lake Tulloch and back up 108 through the pond on Rock River Rd. and up Algerine Rd and back home through Soulsbyville. The raptors ...
Yesterday (Wednesday) I drove down Willms off of 120/108 then truned down Copperstown to La Grange. On Willms I saw 2 adult dark morph Red- tailed Hawks, 2...
So far this morning here is a list of birds I have viewed in my front yard including 2 new species I have not seen here before makred with an *. Western Scrub...
As a few of you already know I will be moving from the area in April or May. i will be re-locating to the Golden or Boulder area. I don't have many references...
Sorry for the late posting but I've been treated to 3 sightings of an adult bald eagle. On Dec 21st I noticed a bald eagle overhead as we were driving up 108 ...
This note has been cross-posted: Just got a call from Groveland CBC coordinator, Bill Zachman, that a male Smew was seen on a pond on Priest-Coulterville Road,...
Sat at pond on Priest-Coulterville Rd from 7:30 to 8:45 this morning (Sun the 30th) to view the Smew. Alas, the only denizens consisted of 4 Coots. I hope...
Just wanted to give a little more info on the smew from yesterday. When the bird flew, it was heading in the direction of Coulterville in the company of a...
This message has been cross-posted on BirdingCalifornia; cvbirds and csas_birds. Jeanne Ridgley and I went to the area where the Smew was reported during the...
We dodged 3 inches of snow on Friday and rain on Sunday - but we got the inaugural CAGR count in on what turned out to be a pretty nice December 29th with 28...
We just had 2 Common Ravens chasing a bobcat along the Eureka Ditch with a Merlin watching from a snag. Jean Hackamack Twain Harte Tuolumne County [Non-text...
I went to visit the pond where a smew was seen yesterday and it was not present (it WAS late in the day). I saw the pictures of the bird and they were...
I was at work on Thursday, January 10 when I got a call from someone I did the CBC with this year, Pamela Blair. Through the very animated dialogue, I gathered...
To all who are calling and writing regarding the Smew--AT THIS TIME THE BIRD VISITS PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE OWNERS ARE VERY PRIVATE AND WILL NOT ALLOW ANY...
As it used to be said at my old job site, "That's life in the big city". In other words, it is what it is. To pressure Steve to try and get access after he has...
Well said Jim! Lowell Lowell Young Mariposa, CA Elev. = 3,250' ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss...
Yesterday, there were several Common Goldeneye and one male Barrow's Goldeneye on the powerhouse pond at Moccasin in Tuolumne County. I could not find a...
The Smew has not been seen since Saturday the 12th. It would be great if we could find the little culprit again. It was last seen in the vicinity of ...
I went out Priest-Coulterville road at 2:30 PM Friday to see if the twerp has moved back to South County - no luck at either of the two ponds at the llama farm...
While working on the wounded Duffey boat at the Pine Mountain Lake Marina I suddenly realized that most of the waterfowl on the lake are gone!! Seems a bit...
This morning (7:45am) after waking up to about 3"-4" of snow I was viewing the birds around my window feeders and out of no where something big flew right down...
First let me introduce myself. My name is David, I live up in Twain Harte, and work in Jamestown as a bus driver. My main hobby has been Fly fishing from a...
Yesterday I checked all the usual farms ponds and roads in Tuolumne looking for more wintering ducks and raptors. First place I stopped was at the ponds along...
Today Jim Rowoth and I decided to head off to Stanislaus Co. to look for the Eurasian Wigeon recently found by Sal Salerno. We stopped at the corner of Lake &...
This was the first "birding" trip my wife and I have ever been on and we had a great time. Thank you to everyone who was so nice & thank you to those who set...