Thursday - 1 September 2005 - On two separate occasions a Least Bittern was observed at Tule Point, from a boat, on Clear Lake. It is uncertain whether this...
Greetings Mendobirders: Matthew Matthiessen, George Chaniot, and I spent the day on the coast. We didn't see anything hugely rare, but there were a number of...
Peregrine Audubon Addresses Fish and Frogs in Water Rights Petition People who care about fish and frogs, as well as anyone who might be thinking about...
This morning I ventured up to Wages & Juan Creeks, north of Westport. There was still quite a bit of traffic, but I stayed for a while. There was a DIPPER on...
Thu, 08 Sep 2005 -- Jerry White just called to report that he found a female LARK BUNTING this afternoon at Glass Beach in Fort Bragg. It was about 50 yards...
Saturday, September 10, 2005. An Eastern Kingbird was flycatching from a post in the northeast corner of the parking lot at Lake Cleone in MacKerricher State...
David Jensen
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Sep 10, 2005 8:56 pm
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Hi birders, This morning, Jim and I drove up the old Georgia Pacific (now Hawthorne Timber) road along the north fork of Ten Mile River. Note: this road is ...
Saturday - 10 September 2005 - Just 1/2 mile east of the end of Burris Lane I observed 1 adult Golden Eagle, 20+ Mountain Quail, 2 Pileated Woodpeckers, 2...
Robert J. Keiffer
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Sep 12, 2005 3:54 pm
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Hi all, Becky Olsen and I spent this weekend in the vicinity of Mendocino. An interesting observation along the trail beside Little River in Van Damm State...
Sunday, 9/12 4:30pm at Montgomery Woods S.R., 200m uphill south-east of the Kellieowen grove, I saw one Barred Owl swooping away from me as I walked up the...
Sat, 17 Sep 2005 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports a possible YELLOW WAGTAIL at Virgin Creek beach this morning - definitely a wagtail, probably Yellow. It was...
Saturday, September 17. 2005. A juvenile Pacific Golden Plover was seen during the beach clean-up today on the beach approximately one mile south of the Ten...
David Jensen
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Sep 18, 2005 1:51 am
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Sat, 17 Sep 2005 -- Yesterday evening (15 Sep) Dorothy "Toby" Tobkin found a YELLOW WAGTAIL at Virgin Creek Beach north of Fort Bragg. She went back this...
Thanks to a contribution from Ron LeValley, I have posted two images of the Yellow Wagtail taken yesterday at: http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/gallery.htm Enjoy! ...
Hey Mendo birders. Congrats on the Yellow Wagtail! What a super bird. I wish I could see it, but unfortunately I'm unavailable to chase birds at the moment....
Just a minor correction. The Yellow Wagtail has been split, and North American birds are now "Eastern Yellow Wagtail." I'm not sure what the Asian birds are...
Greetings Mendobirders: Yesterday evening (9/17), while chasing the Yellow Wagtail, Steve Howell found a Lark Bunting on the south side of Virgin Creek....
19 Sept 2005 - To answer Matt Brady's question .... yes, the Eastern Yellow Wagtail (thanks to Joe Morlan for the current name correction) should be species...
Bob Keiffer
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Sep 19, 2005 9:35 am
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September 24 Field Trip to MacKerricher State Park Peregrine Audubon invites you to join us on a field trip to MacKerricher State Park, north of Fort Bragg, on...
The highlight of several days of birding in Mendocino was of course Toby's fantastic discovery of the wagtail. Another excellent bird was the third county...
On Sunday the 18th an AMERICAN BITTERN, a BLACK-NECKED STILT, five MARBLED GODWITS, six PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and a LESSER YELLOWLEGS were at Robinson Lake. I...
Floyd Hayes
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Sep 20, 2005 3:31 pm
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Mon, 20Sep 2005 -- Being up before daylight this morning, I decided to embrace the night and go owling in nearby Lake County. Route 20 turned out to be much...
Today around the lunch hour the Black-necked Stilt, the Marbled Godwits and 3 Pectoral Sandpipers were at "Robinson Lake". This is an abandoned rice check that...
Wed, 21 Sep 2005 -- With the flooding of the north pond at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant, Robinson Lake in Lake Co. is the best mud around within a 30 min....
Greetings Mendobirders: This morning I saw an adult male TENNESSEE WARBLER at the UC Hopland Research Center. The bird was in the willows on the shady west...
On Saturday evening, 24 September, an AMERICAN AVOCET was at the Hidden Valley Water Reclamation Plant, along with a male GREATER SCAUP and a bizarre male ...
Floyd Hayes
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Sep 25, 2005 8:18 pm
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We've all seen some strange Mallards, but has anybody ever seen one with a bright orange head? Photos of an orange-headed male are posted at: ...
Floyd Hayes
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Sep 26, 2005 12:23 am
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On 9/23/05 Xiaoqing Hunter and myself stopped and hooted (like a LEOW) at MP 11 on Mountain View Road. The only thing that responded was a Western Screech...
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Sep 26, 2005 3:52 pm
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It was a beautiful day on the ocean, but very few birds were seen. Highlights were two Short-tailed Shearwaters and about 250+ Rhinoceros Auklets. Mammals...