Sat, 01 Jan 2005 -- Today I saw the male TUFTED DUCK again at Lake Mendocino. It was among the 2000 or so scaup off of the Pomo B Day-Use Area. Asuming it is...
Except for a couple of dozen cold Coots on the pond and various sparrows in the blackberries, it was a good day for raptors down the lane. Two American...
02 JAN 05, 8:00 PM Happy New Year! It has been for me, so far. Yesterday I was birding all day between Nice boat docks and the West end of Rodman Slough....
I feel this is worth posting in case anyone runs across this bird. We had a report earlier of a empidonax at the park. Jerry White ... From: Koonce, Sandy...
Sunday - January 2, 2005 - "AL" the laysan Albatross was at the Point Arena Cove again arriving at around 2:00 PM. The Mendocino Coast CBC was held this...
Bob Keiffer
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Jan 4, 2005 3:12 am
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Some additional notes concerning birds I saw during 3 days of birding the county. On Saturday the 1st I saw the Tufted Duck and the two White-winged Scoters in...
Some additional information concerning the flycatcher found at CLSP is in order. Prior to our local CBC on December 18th Bryan McIntosh found an empid in the...
Yesterday Jeff Hayes found a pair of Blue-winged Teal in the flooded rice fields on Nice-Lucerne Cutoff Rd. Today John Luther, Jim Lomax and Jeff had refound...
I just found out that Bryan McIntosh first found the Ross's Goose (reported on the prior post) yesterday. J. White [Non-text portions of this message have...
BIRDS OF BORNEO by Kate Marianchild Exotic birds, orangutans, the largest flower on earth - what more could one ask for on a cold January evening? How about...
Peregrine Audubon Leads Field Trip to Gray Lodge Wildlife Area by Kate Marianchild Peregrine Audubon Society will lead a field trip to Gray Lodge Wildlife Area...
Two Calendar Announcements Slideshow/lecture: "Birds of Borneo" Field Trip: To Gray Lodge Wildlife Area 1) Slide show/Lecture: "Birds of Borneo" Matthew...
'Migrating with the Cranes', Speaker: Mavis Beth Muller A presentation on Sandhill Cranes Monday, January 17 at 7:00 p.m. Caspar Community Center Ms. Muller is...
Sunday - 2 January, 2005 - since there has not been a post concerning the results of the Mendocino Coast CBC I thought I would mention some of the highlights...
Robert J. Keiffer
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Jan 8, 2005 12:02 am
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Sat, 08 Jan 2005 -- Dorothy Tobkin, Art Morely, and David Jensen looked through a flock of about 2000 gulls at Ten Mile River today. Among the many California...
I moved to Lake County a few months ago, joined Mendobirds a few weeks ago, and finally found some time today for local birding. GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL: Three...
Floyd Hayes
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Jan 10, 2005 4:14 am
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Sun Jan 9, 2005 - Yesterday George Chaniot, Chuck Vaughn, and I birded the north coast. Though it was raining rather hard in Ukiah when we left the sun was...
Matthew Matthiessen
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Jan 10, 2005 8:58 pm
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Highlights for a couple days of birding the Mendocino Coast were as follows; January 8th: Heavy downpours at times with generally windy conditions. The four...
Howdy Mendobirders: I'm driving north later this wk from the bay area in a loop that will take me to the Garcia Flats en route to Ukiah...and of course my ...
Wednesday - 12 January 2005 - This afternoon George Chaniot & I birded Lake Mendocino. The first scoping of scaup from Pomo A/B resulted in numerous Greater...
Bob Keiffer
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Jan 13, 2005 1:45 am
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Wed, 12 Jan 2005 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports two male EURASIAN WIGEONS in the Garcia River lowlands close to the elevated pullout just north of Miner Hole Road....
Thurs Jan 13, 2005 - This afternoon between 15:15 and 16:30 Paul Hawks and I observed three different TUFTED DUCKS from Pomo B/C at Lake Mendocino. Two of the...
Matthew Matthiessen
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Jan 14, 2005 1:19 am
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I would love some feedback on identification of this hawk. It seemed to have feathered legs , so i am not sure if it is a red tailed hawk. It doesn't seem to...
It's a light phase red-tailed hawk. Note the rather dark head and the row of streaks across the lower breast forming a distinct band. Ron LeValley, Senior...
This morning I explored (my first time) the southeast corner of Clear Lake, from Clearlake to Sulphur Blank Point. Waterbird concentrations were highest from ...
Floyd Hayes
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Jan 15, 2005 10:33 pm
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Thu, 13 Jan 2005 -- Thursday afternoon I was birding the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant at closing time about 4 PM. Walking along the fence on the south side of...
Yesterday morning at the Garcia Flats I found one of the male Eurasian Wigeon reported earlier. The Laysan Albatross was at Arena Cove around noon. In the...
Some new photos of the Tufted Ducks on Lake Mendocino, the Glaucous Gull at Ten Mile Beach, Rock Sandpipers at Laguna Point, and Black Scoters at Ward Avenue...
Greetings Mendobirders- This morning I saw at least 12 (6m, 6f) Lawrence's Goldfinches at HREC. They were in a mixed group of several hundred Carduelis...