The male Long-tailed Duck, single Brant, pair of Osprey, and Surf Scoter were all on the west side of Ten Mile River bridge this morning. Karen Havlena Ten...
Tuffed Puffins – Easy! Yesterday, (Sunday 5-28) I went to Mendocino to find the Tuffed Puffins. These two beautiful breading plumage birds did disappoint as ...
Pacific Union College sponsors a birding weekend each Memorial Weekend at the Albion Field Station their biological field station along the Albion River,...
Hi- This morning, June 5, the molting male Long-tailed Duck and his pal the male Surf Scoter are still west of Ten Mile R bridge. The Brant was seen...
On Sunday the 4th, at Borax Lake there were two male GREATER SCAUP (north end), three male GADWALLS (one at north end, two at south end) and 32 RUDDY DUCKS ...
Greetings Mendobirders: After an absence of nearly 3 weeks, I made it out to the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant today at noon. There were SWAINSON'S THRUSHES...
Hello -- The molting Long-tailed Duck and his cohort the Surf Scoter were together at the south bank of Ten Mile River, west of the bridge this morning. The...
This morning I saw a female Bufflehead west of Ten Mile R bridge in the general vicinity of the Long-Tailed Duck and Surf Scoter. The Bufflehead was feeding...
On Sunday the 11th, a more thorough survey of Borax Lake produced a female HOODED MERGANSER (northwest sector), two male GREATER SCAUP (resting on fresh dirt ...
Greetings Mendobirders- This morning I saw a SAY'S PHOEBE near the office area at HREC. It never sang, but repeatedly made its plaintive call. This bird is...
Hi Chuck & All, As far as Sonoma County the latest Spring dates are mid-April. The earliest Fall arrival dates were 9/8/57 and 9/10/95. You pose an interesting...
14 June 2006 - For several years I have run the Laytonville Breeding Bird Survey along the Branscomb Road (from Laytonville at 5:19 AM almost to Highway 1...
Robert J. Keiffer
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Jun 14, 2006 6:12 pm
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On Saturday afternoon (around 5:50 pm) I saw a Ringed Turtle-Dove on Tollini Road on the front lawn of the new house across the street from the church. The...
I've had 2 birders write me that my escaped Turtle-Dove is most likely actually a Eurasian Collared-Dove (very similiar but larger, with dark undertail coverts...
A couple of days ago someone asked if the Tufted Puffins are still present. I didn't see any posted reply. I also am interested and am sure other birders...
Consider you might have seen a Eurasian Collared Dove. This introduced species has become established in the wild and is expanding somewhat rapidly. There have...
Greetings Mendobirders: I birded the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant early this morning. There was pretty much the same array of interesting summer ducks that I...
Hello-- The forlorn Long-tailed Duck continues to reside on the south bank of the Ten Mile R, west of the bridge. The Surf Scoter has not been seen for three...
Four people (Becky, Angela, Jim and myself) all looked Thursday for the LTDU without any luck. But, this morning (6/23)I saw him at his usual spot on the...
Today at 4 PM, Toby Tobkin saw 2 post-breeding Wilson's Phalaropes on the west side of the haul road at the far edge of Virgin Creek mouth. They were adults,...
Art Morley and myself arrived at the same time to see the two, male Wilson's Phalaropes at Virgin Creek beach a little after 4:30 this afternoon. While we were...
While not local, I am quite excited by this. When I was in Vermont about two weeks ago I spotted, at a highway pull-out, a juvenile peregrine and then it's...
I saw the Long-tailed Duck again this (Friday) morning. He has been moving around a lot from one side of the Ten Mile bridge to the other. If the tide is low,...
Sunday July 2, 2006. At 4:30 this afternoon there was an adult Horned Puffin near the shore at MacKerricher State Park. I saw the bird wtih a spotting scope...
David Jensen
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Jul 3, 2006 12:14 am
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Wednesday 21 June Near Hull Mtn Clark's Nutcracher Black-chinned Sparrow Salmon Creek Crossing Willow Flycatcher Other birds Fox Sparrow White-headed...
July 1-2, 2006 * This past weekend Gary and Randy Maddox and I drove into the eastern mountains for some high elevation Mendo birding. We chose to approach...
Matthew Matthiessen
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Jul 3, 2006 8:04 pm
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Mon, 03 Jul 2006 -- This afternoon Matthew Matthiessen and I refound the HORNED PUFFIN at MacKerricher State Park and had it under observation from about...
Tuesday July 4, 2006 Geoff and I saw the Common Goldeneye this morning in the south pond at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant, along with at least two Wood Duck...
Tuesday, July 4, 2006. The HORNED PUFFIN was offshore of MacKerricher State Park again today. This afternoon at 5:00 it was approximately 75 yards offshore,...