1 Dec 2004 - The Mendocino Coast Christmas Bird Count (CBC) has been officially changed from Dec 26 to January 2nd (Sunday). The count circle is located...
Robert J. Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Dec 1, 2004 5:27 pm
1088
1 Dec 2004 - Please submit any fall period (August 1 thru Nov 30) bird observations to me ASAP. If they have already been posted on Mendobirds then I already...
Robert J. Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Dec 1, 2004 6:26 pm
1089
Wednesday - 1 Dec. 2004 - Grace Steurer reports that "AL" the Laysan Albatross was at the Point Arena Cove at 1:00 PM today. The bird first showed up on Nov...
Robert J. Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Dec 2, 2004 4:24 pm
1090
December 1, 2004 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The fall season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Middle...
Bryan McIntosh reported 2 Swamp Sparrows from the Kelsey Creek Inlet at Clearlake State Park. Also at other locations in the park he saw the Pileated...
Christmas Bird Count and "Pre-Count Meeting" - The Peregrine Audubon Society invites nature enthusiasts to join in Audubon's longest-running wintertime...
Friday - 3 Dec 2004 - The first white-throated sparrow for the season showed up at Chuck Vaughn's feeding station here at UC-HREC. I believe it is a first...
Robert J. Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Dec 3, 2004 5:24 pm
1094
Greetings Mendobirders: I was able to get out and about this beautiful, crisp morning and do some birding in Ukiah-area locales. I saw nothing worth making...
Today, having seen the Colusa NWR Harris's Sparrow, I drove back to the Bay Area by way of Lake County, to commence my Lake County list. I walked the basic...
Friday, December 3, 2004: This afternoon a Tropical Kingbird was found just east of the motel at the corner of Highway One and Pudding Creek Road at the north...
David Jensen
djensen@...
Dec 4, 2004 7:00 am
1097
This morning I saw and heard one Swamp Sparrow at the Kelsey Creek Outlet. There was also a Mew Gull and a probable 1st winter Western Gull. Elsewhere in Clear...
Sun, 5 Dec 2004 -- I don't run into this species often in my usual ambit, but this morning I had a RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW in the rocks and grassy hillside at...
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 -- Today Dorothy Tobkin found a TROPICAL KINGBIRD in the Garcia lowlands just south of the green bridge over the Garcia River. It was on the...
Jeff Hayes --- Nice, CA Hello birders! I recently moved from Sonoma Co to the north shore of Clear Lake, and have been enjoying the excellent birding this...
For about a week now, all the residents and weekenders in the vicinity of Jago Bay have been totally amazed and fascinated seeing the hundreds of AW Pelicans...
Sun, 12 Dec 2004 -- The MCAS field trip group found a CATTLE EGRET this morning in the field east of Hwy 1 just north of the green Garcia River bridge. It was...
I spotted quite clearly an albino oystercatcher today (Sunday, 12-12-04) off the Mendocino headlands. It was in a sizeable group of black oystercatchers. It...
Wed, 15 Dec - This afternoon the CATTLE EGRET continued at the Garcia Flats. The bird was still associating with the large flock of Great and Snowy Egrets....
Matthew Matthiessen
matthima@...
Dec 16, 2004 2:35 am
1105
Hello, birders. Have a few sightings to share, nothing earthshaking, but rewarding experiences with some fun birds. It was nice to be out birding in ...
Thursday - 16 Dec 2004 - This morning on my way back from Ukiah via Talmage I stopped by the Beckstoffer Vineyards pond (on the west side of "Old River Road" a...
Robert J. Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Dec 16, 2004 9:09 pm
1107
Today around 10 AM I found a shrike in High Valley above Clearlake Oaks. The bird was in the vicinity of the last vineyard just before High Valley Rd starts up...
The local Christmas Bird Count was held yesterday with cool morning temperatures but overall good conditions including sunny skies and little wind. At the...
Sat, 18 Dec 2004 -- On the Ukiah Christmas Bird Count two parties independently saw WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS on Lake Mendocino. At about 10:00 Geoff Heineken and I...
Mon, 20 Dec 2004 -- From 2:30 to 3:00 this afternoon I had a male TUFTED DUCK under observation at Lake Mendocino just off the swimming area at Pomo A. It was...
Tues Dec 21 - This afternoon at 14:30 the TUFTED DUCK reported yesterday by George Chaniot continued just off the Pomo A beach at Lake Mendocino. The bird had...
Matthew Matthiessen
matthima@...
Dec 21, 2004 11:47 pm
1112
A picture of the Tufted Duck at Lake Mendocino taken by Matthew Matthiessen is now on the Peregrine Audubon Website: ...
Just a quick question on the Audubon bird count. When, where, and how? I might be able to help out this year but don't have details. I live in Sonoma County...
Ken Holmes
kholmes@...
Dec 22, 2004 6:56 pm
1114
Wednesday, 22 December 2004 - At 1:30 PM there was an adult Bald Eagle perched on an oak tree about 1/2 mile east on University Road, Hopland. This is the...
Robert J. Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Dec 22, 2004 9:52 pm
1115
Greetings Mendobirders: This morning I saw 4 (2m, 2f) Lawrence's Goldfinches at the Hopland R&E Center. The birds were at about 2800' in some oaks adjacent...
Today, Jim Rowoth and I decided to bird Lake Co. After perusing all the past emails about birds seen, we planned a route to take us around Clear Lake, up into...
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