This afternoon, I drove up Hwy 1. At around 2:30 PM, I parked on the NE side of Howard Creek bridge. The sun was breaking through the clouds, bringing a...
This may have been overlooked. On 31 October, Toby Tobkin had a Rock Sandpiper. It bird was on the rocks just north of Virgin Creek mouth. This was around...
While driving north from Fort Bragg about 3:45 this PM, I spotted an 'Aleutian' Cackling Goose. It is/was on a large lawn directly across Hwy 1 from the "Green...
... I think we may have seen this hawk at our place on East Road in Potter Valley on October 27th. But our bird ID skills are still novice level. Today we saw...
Dear friends, please send this on to anyone you think might like to come. We are really trying to get the word out. - Kate “In Search of the Red Owl” ...
Hello birders, About 4:30 this afternoon, I had a Tropical Kingbird. It was perched on the utility wire where Highway 1 intersects with Ocean Meadows Circle...
Today, Sunday, we have a Cackling Goose feeding in our yard. Also, the Ferruginous Hawk is still in the immediate area, just east of Hwy 1 & Ocean Meadows ...
This afternoon (Sunday the 6th) a female SURF SCOTER provided a pleasant surprise at the Clearlake Wastewater Treatment Plant. At the Hidden Valley Lake ...
Floyd Hayes
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Nov 7, 2005 3:09 am
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Hi-- A Rock Sandpiper was still north of Virgin Creek this morning about 10:30 AM. The bird was on the 3rd set of rocks from the creek mouth with Surfbirds,...
Counting Birds at Christmas The CBC (Christmas Bird Count) has its roots 105 years ago as a political and social activity. From it's beginning with only 27...
Yesterday (Friday, November 11th) I found a Clay-colored Sparrow in with a large sparrow flock on Stoneboro Road near Manchester. The bird was in the vicinity...
Sat, 12 Nov 2005 -- This morning I went owling along the road from Potter Valley to Lake Pilsbury just into Lake County. A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL responded to...
Thu, 17 Nov 2005 -- At 8:30 this morning I found an immature GLAUCOUS GULL sitting with other gulls on the little mud spit at the east end of the parking lot...
Speaking of Lake Mendocino-- Stu and I were out there on Saturday. Between Pomo A and B a flock of 36 common merganser flew in, spent a while fishing just...
... No, it is not unusual to see them that way. They fish communally in groups of 20-100 - often diving synchronously and moving right along the shoreline. It...
Toby Tokin has just reported 3 Ancient Murrelets feeding among a flock of gulls in Brewery Gulch, just south of the town of Mendocino. To get there cross the...
Sat, 19 Nov 2005 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports a single ROCK SANDPIPER on the rocks to the north of Laguna Point today. This was about 11:15, fully an hour before...
Tuesday - 22 November 2005 - This afternoon there was a pair of Hooded Mergansers on the Beckstoffer/Talmage Pond just south of the Talmage along the Old River...
Bob Keiffer
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Nov 23, 2005 3:05 am
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Wed, 23 Nov 2005 - Jerry White reports that the 1st winter GLAUCOUS GULL reported on the 17th is still near the south marina at Lake Mendocino. He also saw a...
Wednesday - 23-November 2005 - Today I traveled to the high country of Mendocino County with my dad and brother in hopes of birds such as Clark's Nutcracker or...
Bob Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Nov 24, 2005 2:13 am
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Wed, 23 Nov 2005 -- In the late afternoon today the GLAUCOUS GULL was still around the area of the south marina at Lake Mendocino. It was sitting with some...
On Friday Nov. 25th I birded the south coast. There was an immature Bald Eagle seen in flight over hiway 1 and Kinney Rd. A Snow Goose (probable) was with a...
Sun, 27 Nov 2005 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports the following today off Ward Avenue in Cleone: 9 BLACK SCOTERS, 8 RED-NECKED GREBES, 5 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, and 1...
Greetings Mendobirders: Yesterday morning I visited the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant, and there were hundreds of ducks on the oxidation ponds. I counted 14...
Sunday 27 November 2005: I observed three White-winged Scoters amongst two large flocks of Surf Scoters (estimated about 300-400 birds total) that flew from...
David Jensen
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Nov 28, 2005 3:14 am
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Hi All, I am writing an article on bird watching for the Mendocino Travelers Guide, and would like to find photographs of one or more harlequin ducks, tundra...
Wednesday - 30-November-2005 - This morning at 11:30 to 11:45 I watched an adult Northern Shrike along University Road leading to the UC-Hopland Research &...
Robert J. Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Nov 30, 2005 11:58 pm
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Hi birders, This afternoon, a Northern Mockingbird came through our yard in Ocean Meadows, north of Ten Mile River. This was a different bird from the one...
Nate Bouchee, who works at Cove Coffee, emailed me that Al arrived today. Right on schedule (or one day early?) It's amazing! Kate Marianchild Publicity Chair ...
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