I've confirmed the birds I saw on Tollini Lane near the Forks are Eurasian Collared Doves. I have seen the doves several more times (through binoculars) and...
1820
choatzin
Jul 8, 2006 6:36 pm
Saturday July 8, 2006 Birds of note this morning at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant included six Greater Scaup, one female Common Goldeneye, Least and Western...
1821
Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Jul 9, 2006 5:10 pm
The Long-tailed Duck was missing for 3 days, but we saw him both Friday and Saturday. It is best to look at low tide on either side of the bridge. A spotting...
1822
Matt Brady
podoces
Jul 10, 2006 3:54 pm
Hey birders, Oscar Johnson, Brett Tryon, Ayla Reith and I birded along the Mendocino Coast yesterday, from Pt Arena north to Ten Mile River. Highlites include:...
1823
Matthew Matthiessen
matthima@...
Jul 11, 2006 11:36 pm
Tuesday July 10 * Yesterday evening I observed a male and female PURPLE MARTIN along University Drive at approximately 19:30. The location was just west of...
1824
Chuck & Barbara Vaughn
cevmendo
Jul 14, 2006 8:51 pm
Greetings Mendobirders- I was able to get out to the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant ponds early this morning and beat the heat. The waterfowl numbers are...
1825
Dean Manley
pursang42
Jul 16, 2006 8:18 pm
This is a repost as my original post was hung up in the new poster queue. Sorry about the lateness but I think it is still relevant. Hi all, I made a one day...
1826
choatzin
Jul 17, 2006 2:03 am
Sunday 06 July 16 Debra and Gigi Attaway were surprised and thrilled to see a GREATER ROADRUNNER on Old River Road about two miles south of Talmage this ...
1827
Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Jul 17, 2006 6:46 pm
The Long-tailed Duck continues on the east side of Ten Mile River bridge as of today, 17 July. It is best to look at low tide on the sandbars that form near...
1828
Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Jul 24, 2006 7:04 pm
Hi -- The Long-tailed Duck is changing in appearance from just two weeks ago. He is growing new feathers on the scapulars, crown, auriculars, face and breast....
1829
Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Jul 24, 2006 8:27 pm
Richard H of Albion gave me the skull of a Rhinoceros Auklet that he found on the northwest Mendocino headlands recently. I'll keep it for the Peregrine...
1830
Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Jul 24, 2006 8:29 pm
I saw him yesterday for the first time, and am glad to have this confirmation of his changed plumage. I'd been expecting a long tail, for one thing. Now I know...
1831
Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Jul 25, 2006 5:48 am
I haven't seen any great egrets at our lake this year. Has anyone else noticed a lack of them? Kate...
1832
Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Jul 28, 2006 5:27 pm
I saw the Long-tailed Duck again this morning. This time he was swimming and feeding on the west side of Ten Mile River bridge. Again, it is always best to...
1834
Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
wa6fxl
Jul 31, 2006 5:05 pm
Probably mundane to the experienced birder, but new to me. This is the first time we have seen this visitor in Kono Tayee. A flock of at least a dozen were in...
1835
Erica Fielder
efielder@...
Jul 31, 2006 5:06 pm
Dear All, I watched a kestrel move from one cliff swallow nest to the next beneath the Ten Mile Bridge looking for nestlings. It hangs onto the edge of the mud...
1836
wa6fxl
Jul 31, 2006 5:07 pm
I live in Lake County, 4 miles east of Lucerne in the Kono Tayee subdivision. I live at the top of the arroyo (canyon). I don't know if I am even a rank novice...
1837
wa6fxl
Jul 31, 2006 5:07 pm
I've posted a picture to the group photo album. I am not sure if I have identifed this bird correctly. Sorry the picture isn't better. I have a few other...
1838
Joseph Morlan
Joe Morlan
Jul 31, 2006 5:36 pm
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:50:21 -0700, "WA6FXL Wayne Busby" ... Not ho-hum at all. There are no prior records for Mendocino County nor from anywhere in Northern...
1839
Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Jul 31, 2006 5:42 pm
I know Northern Harriers pass food mid-air, and was surprised yesterday to learn that White-tailed Kites do it. I see no mention in Birder's Handbook of Bald...
1840
Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Jul 31, 2006 8:30 pm
Barbara Pratt, who works at the Gualala Art Center, told me there have been about 1000 pelicans feeding in the Gualala River near the sandbar for a couple of...
1841
Feather Forestwalker
featherbirdlady
Jul 31, 2006 9:50 pm
Nope, it's a Red-shouldered Hawk. Despite the small optics, the photo came out good enough to ID the hawk. Nice shot, Feather wa6fxl <wa6fxl@...>...
1842
Feather Forestwalker
featherbirdlady
Jul 31, 2006 10:14 pm
I've read of Bald Eagle's engaging in this behavior and have seen Peregrine Falcons and Golden Eagles doing this over in northern Nevada, in addition to the...
1843
Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Jul 31, 2006 11:49 pm
This morning I drove up the coast from Ten Mile River to to Hardy Creek mouth. Ten Mile River: Long-tailed Duck, 2 Red-necked Phalaropes, 4 Long-billed...
1844
Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Aug 1, 2006 12:17 am
Would anchovies be in the river? I understand the river has been cut off from the ocean by a sand bar for a month or two. Kate...
1845
Matt Brady
podoces
Aug 1, 2006 12:20 am
Greetings MendoBirders, I made another attempt to spot the Mendocino Headlands Puffins on Saturday afternoon. There was a very nice couple from Chico birding ...
1846
Feather Forestwalker
featherbirdlady
Aug 1, 2006 1:16 am
Hi, Matt, I saw some Black Oystercatchers off the Mendocino Headlands yesterday and on Friday evening when I was there. Have also seen a family at Glass Beach...
1847
albionwood
Aug 1, 2006 3:38 am
The message about Puffins & Oystercatchers & Pelicans (oh, my!) was from me, not Matt - I somehow sent it to him instead of the Group. Sorry about the...
1849
Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Aug 1, 2006 4:35 pm
I saw three adult oystercatchers and one begging juvenile at the new Pomo Bluffs Park last week. Kate...
1850
Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Aug 1, 2006 10:24 pm
Just to be official on this first day of Fall birding, Jim and I saw the Long-tailed Duck east of Ten Mile River bridge around 2 PM. He swam up to a submerged...
