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...
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...
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. ...
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)...
Robert J. Keiffer
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Aug 4, 2006 2:57 pm
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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...
David Jensen
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Aug 5, 2006 3:42 am
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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. ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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)....
Matthew Matthiessen
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Aug 7, 2006 1:30 am
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Matthew Matthiessen
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Aug 12, 2006 7:19 pm
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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...
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...
Roger W. Foote
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Aug 13, 2006 5:21 am
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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...
David Jensen
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Aug 14, 2006 2:19 am
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Sun, 13 Aug 2006 -- Hello, Mendobirders. This morning at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant there were three RED-NECKED PHALAROPES and a BLACK-NECKED STILT on...
Hi-- I got out of jury duty early, so I headed for the USTP and spent late morning there. I saw most of the species mentioned by George Chaniot yesterday,...
Hi, Birders, Don Doolittle and I drove down Highway 1 from Fort Bragg to Bodega Bay this afternoon. At 4 pm, I found a sparkling male AMERICAN REDSTART on ...
Mon, 14 Aug 2006 -- This afternoon I went to Virgin Creek Beach to look for the BAR-TAILED GODWIT reported over the last week. I arrived at about 2:20 and...