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 ...
On Sunday I drove to Fort Bragg via Hwy 253 and Anderson Valley. Just before getting off of 101 on to 253 I saw a kestrel fly to the 101 median strip, grab...
This one fell through the floorboards. Toby Tobkin & Becky Bowen saw an American Avocet on the beach off Inglenook Fen on 3 Dec. Please call Art Morley if...
Around noon today, I saw two White-winged Scoters lift off the water and fly with a large group of Surf Scoters when disturbed by a small boat. The birds...
Dear Friends, Please see the article that follows this incredible shot that Matthew Matthiessen got during the last Christmas Bird Count. Mendobirders, you ...
Hello all, Below is the quarterly reminder for North American Birds. Apologies for the loss of hyperlinks for the email addresses and the loss of format at the...
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...
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...
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...
Greetings Mendobirders: Yesterday morning I visited the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant, and there were hundreds of ducks on the oxidation ponds. I counted 14...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 ...
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” ...
... 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...
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...
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 morning around 10-AM, I scoped from the bluff above above the Ten Mile River mouth. I found a female Black Scoter in the several, large rafts of Surf...
Yesterday, a Ferruginous Hawk was hovering and hunting just east of Hwy 1, north of Ten Mile River & Ocean Meadows Circle. This was late afternoon. On Friday...
On Friday October 28th I birded Etsel Ridge and Round Valley. In the mountains I recorded the three accipiter's; Sharp-shinned, Coopers and Northern Goshawk....
15-16 October 2005 On Saturday I heard above a flight of geese (not Canadas) very high above the clouds above Vichy Springs area. On Sunday I heard then saw...
I took a quick run up Bald Hill Road just outside of Fort Bragg today and saw one adult Ferruginous Hawk, one Peregrine Falcon, three White-tailed Kites and...
