Approximately 0830 this am, I there was a Great-Tailed Grackle flying from the Russian River to the Sludge Lagoon. It was there for approximately 3 minutes. As...
Ok. Last message re this bird. I have added a couple of photos of this Law Goldfinch to my smugmug site (radamson.smugmug.com). Good birding. Roger RHA...
What gives us intermediate birders trouble is when two similar species occur similtaneously in the same spot. I was watching a Red-necked Phalarope on Lake...
Sat, 12 May 2012 -- The Peregrine Audubon field trip today visited the Old Bridge on Potter Valley Road, the Eel River canyon from Pioneer Crossing Bridge to...
Dave and others on the Eel River field trip wondered whether MacGillivray's Warblers are ground nesters. No, is the answer I found in a couple of old bird...
Greetings Mendobirders- Steve Stump found 15 White-faced Ibis at the UWTP early this morning. By 745, they had all left the ponds. I saw 3 fly out to the...
13 May, 2012 -- Dorothy Tobkin called that Lake Cleone was a busy place today.There were a FORSTER'S TERN, a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL, an obvious GREEN...
Coming back into Ukiah w/ mom today, we stopped in Calpella to see the osprey nest. What a gift for mom: we arrived just as one of the parents was circling the...
Monday May 14, 2012 Steve Stump spotted a pair of GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES near the middle pond at the Ukiah Wastewater Treatment Plant this morning. I arrived...
This is what I we have been seeing from both the deck of Liquid Fusion Kayaking and the old launch ramp at Dolphin Isle Marina: Pair of Green Herons Two...
Hey PV birders - there is a hawk's nest on Gibson near Hawn Creek in a stand of oaks. I think it's a redtail nest, but haven't been able to get a good view of...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 - On the regular third-Wednesday birdwalk at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, we had 60 species, one short of the record for this...
Thanks to Rich Hubacek for finding the first known Double-crested Cormorant nesting rookery in the area, I have been trying to get a photograph of one on the...
May 19, 2012 - A White-faced Ibis is at Lake Cleone right next to the parking lot, found by Dorothy Tobkin, and also seen by Rob Doster, Art Morley and myself....
The Spring male Lapland Longspur continues at Virgin Creek, just south of the mouth of the creek along the headland trails near the 'dip' there, where a...
I am beginning to second-guess my initial ID: IF it is a male Lapland Longspur, it's a first year - there is white on the back of the neck and the head looks a...
OK, Jospeh Morlan has corrected me.... there was so much white on this bird (the back of the neck) and the way it was acting - plus it seemed so much larger,...
Here are some photos of the Ibis from this afternoon - same spot as described below - thanks for posting about this bird! Shout out to the 2 ladies who were...
Sun, 20 May, 2012 -- A 1st year SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS was spotted by the sharp eyes of Todd Easterla on the Spring Mendocino Coast Audubon pelagic trip out of...
Sun, 20 May, 2012 -- I forgot to mention the LONG-TAILED JAEGER and PARASITIC JAEGER seen on the trip. If other birds of importance to Mendobirds readers...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 7PM in the Ukiah City Council Chambers The incomparable Matthew Matthiessen will bring his beautiful photographs and talented story...
20 May 2012 - After the successful pelagic trip, Rob Fowler, Dave Bengston, Matthew Matthiessen, Ryan Keiffer, and I went to see the continuing White-faced...
There are western bluebirds in the open areas near the junction of Black Hawk and Williams Ranch Rd, but this is the first year we have had one decide to own...
All, One last bird to mention is the FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER that was seen by some observers. It was another great spring trip off of Fort Bragg and so fun to...
Based on the notes I have kept and the general knowledge I have of other pelagic trips done over the years there have been (an estimated) 20 to 25 Spring...
Tue, 22 May 2012 -- This morning at the Old Bridge on Potter Valley Road there were no juvenile dippers to be seen, but there was an adult sitting inside the...
The COMMON MURRES are finally setting up and nesting on Bird Rock off Mendocino Headlands State Park west of Mendocino (the northern pull out just before the...
Friday, 25 May 2012. During a breeding bird survey this morning, we found a pair of California Towhees, one of them “singing,” approximately twenty yards...
