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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Aug 3, 2006 4:56 pm
Hello Birders, I am going to the Pt. Reyes area this weekend with my kayak, leaving tonight, and would like to hear today about any interesting bird phenomena...
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Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Aug 3, 2006 5:15 pm
Well, from having seen no egrets for a long time at Lake Pennyroyal suddenly there were ten here yesterday - nine Great Egrets and one juvenile Snowy Egret. ...
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Robert J. Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Aug 4, 2006 2:57 pm
On Aug 3, 2006, the HORNED PUFFIN was seen near the northern most rocks off of the northern most parking lot at Mendocino Headlands Park. (Sal Salerno)...
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David Jensen
djensen@...
Aug 5, 2006 3:42 am
Friday, August 4, 2006: I saw an adult male Golden-crowned Sparrow in breeding plumage singing this morning in a blackberry bramble north of the CalTrans...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Aug 6, 2006 4:28 pm
At different times both Friday and Saturday, Jim and I looked diligently for the Horned Puffin off the north rocks at Mendocino Headlands without any success. ...
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choatzin
Aug 6, 2006 8:02 pm
Sunday 06 August 06 Geoff and I saw a single BLACK-NECKED STILT at the middle Ukiah Sewage Treatment Pond this morning. A flock of four GREEN HERONS took off ...
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Jessica Morton
dipper409
Aug 6, 2006 10:06 pm
Am not sure if this is noteworthy, but I believe about 2 dozen Red-Necked Phalarope were feeding at Lake Cleone, and a few were in the ocean nearby at mid-day...
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Jerry White
grebeman2
Aug 6, 2006 10:36 pm
Matthew Mathiessen just called. He had a Bar-tailed Godwit fly by(it was with a Marbled Godwit so he had a good comparison) at Virgin Creek Beach heading...
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Matthew Matthiessen
matthima@...
Aug 7, 2006 1:30 am
Sunday Aug 6 * This afternoon shortly after 14:00 I saw a BAR-TAILED GODWIT at Virgin Creek Beach (this is the same bird Jerry White reported earlier for me)....
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Wayne Busby, WA6FXL
wa6fxl
Aug 7, 2006 11:44 pm
Now I understand why the long delay in seeing my messages on the list. At first I thought that this was an unfriendly list, far from it. Thank you to all that...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Aug 8, 2006 2:45 am
The Long-tailed Duck is rapidly growing new, black feathers on the mantle and scapulars. I could not see the throat and chest, today, which have remained...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Aug 8, 2006 9:51 pm
Jerry White phoned and asked me to let everyone know that he found an adult, male BROWN BOOBY at Bear Harbor in the Sinkyone Wilderess State Park. This is in...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Aug 11, 2006 1:02 am
Early this afternoon, Jim was trying again for the Horned Puffin (unsuccessfully) from Mendocino Headlands St Park. While scoping off to the west, I spotted...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Aug 11, 2006 5:16 pm
Jerry White called to say that on 9 August, he and Nikki again saw the BROWN BOOBY just off Bear Harbor, extreme NE Mendocino Co. This time, the bird had...
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Chuck & Barbara Vaughn
cevmendo
Aug 11, 2006 5:37 pm
Greetings Mendobirders: I visited the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant this morning for the first time in 2 weeks, and there were a few birds of local interest...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Aug 11, 2006 5:47 pm
Late yesterday afternoon, 10 August, I saw an alternate- plumaged Red-necked Grebe with Surf Scoters at the north end of Ward Ave, Cleone. This arrival date...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Aug 11, 2006 10:00 pm
Hi again, Toby Tobkin, and later, Jim and I saw a possible Bar-tailed Godwit this afternoon at Virgin Creek area in Fort Bragg. The bird was alone, except for...
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Rob Fowler
fowlerope
Aug 12, 2006 3:09 am
Hi all, I am forwarding this message with permission from Ken Burton who posted this to NWCalbird: Rob Fowler Last Saturday, August 5, while searching...
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Matthew Matthiessen
matthima@...
Aug 12, 2006 7:19 pm
Saturday Aug 12 * This morning Chuck Vaughn and I had two PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVERS at Virgin Creek Beach. The birds were together at the very north end of the...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Aug 13, 2006 4:38 am
Jim and I looked diligently for almost 4 hours without any luck in seeing the Brown Booby at Bear Harbor. We had some help for a while from Cindy and Les...
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Roger W. Foote
rfoote@...
Aug 13, 2006 5:21 am
This morning John Luther and I found a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD and two SPOTTED SANDPIPERS at the ponds. The YHBL was along the south side of the middle pond...
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David Jensen
djensen@...
Aug 14, 2006 2:19 am
Sunday, August 13, 2006: The BAR-TAILED GODWIT was present at Virgin Creek again today. For much of the day, the bird was feeding approximately 2/3 of the way...
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Debi Shearwater
shearwaterjo...
Aug 14, 2006 6:28 pm
... Debra Love Shearwater Shearwater Journeys www.shearwaterjourneys.com debi@... PO Box 190 Hollister, CA 95024 USA 831/637-8527 "Real...
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Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Aug 14, 2006 6:37 pm
That's nice to know about. I hope you're right. I don't like to think they're eating salmon fry, which several people have hypothesized. Kate...
