1 October 2006 - Sunday - This morning I birded Miner Hole Road and the Garcia River to the mouth in hopes of finding fall migrant vagrants. I had all the...
Bob Keiffer
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Oct 2, 2006 4:48 am
1969
Correction... when I select-copied Jack Booth's message I mistakenly left of the "2" from the 29, so the message should have read: 29 (not 9) September 2006 -...
Robert J. Keiffer
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Oct 2, 2006 3:38 pm
1970
An imm, or basic-plumaged Rose-breasted Grosbeak was reported coming to a feeder south of Fort Bragg above Hare Creek. This is the same location where an...
The third BLACK & WHITE Warbler I've seen this fall, plus a PALM Warbler were near the coast at Wages Creek this AM between 10 and 10:30. They were with a...
Thu, 05 Oct 2006 -- This morning Dorothy Tobkin and Karen & Jim Havlena found a female BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER along the Skunk Tracks in Fort Bragg. It...
Wed, 04 Oct 2006 -- I saw a male HOODED ORIOLE flying over the Rancho del Rey seniors park in Ukiah. It was coming from the direction of two palm trees on...
This morning at 9:00 AM, I found the 1st of 2 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, and Toby Tobkin found the 2nd CSWA in the same large mixed flock. At about 10:45, Jim...
Thursday October 5th; I birded Usal in the morning and along the coast (Highway 1) to Ft Bragg during the afternoon. The day was overcast with occasional rain...
This Sunday morning Toby Tobkin birded with Jim and me at a few spots on the north coast. The same Black & White Warbler (from 10/3) was still at Wages Creek....
Sun, 08 Oct 2006 -- On today's Big Sit at Lake Mendocino Chuck Vaughn spotted a RED-NECKED GREBE among the many Western Grebesin the center of the Lake. This...
Yesterday morning I saw the Cackling Goose (first found by Stan Beach in September) at Library Park in Lakeport. It was hanging out with 2 Canada Geese. Late...
Hi Birders, This morning Jim & I had an imm female Magnolia Warbler along the Skunk Train tracks in Fort Bragg at about 9:45. The bird was in a flock of...
This morning, due to cold, foggy conditions, Jim and I got a late start and went to Lake Cleone. We started on the south side of the lake with a very large,...
Greetings Mendobirders: There was a single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE on the permanent pasture at the lower end of the Center. A female BLUE-WINGED TEAL,...
Tuesday - 17 October 2006 - Two large flocks of migrating (south) Greater White-fronted Geese were seen over the UC-Hopland Research & Extension Center. The...
Robert J. Keiffer
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Oct 17, 2006 6:59 pm
1983
This morning Jim and I traveled up to Usal Camp again. The weather was a little windy early, but it got pretty warm later. Last night was quite clear with...
To the plethora of eastern warblers along the north coast of California, you can add a single Palm Warbler on the Little River Headlands October 19, 2006 seen...
And to add to the earlier report of a Palm Warbler, there was a Swamp Sparrow on the Little River Headlands this morning as well. October 19, 2006. Ron...
Yesterday a quick stop at "Robinson Lake" (Nice-Lucerne Cutoff) turned up a flock of about 50 Bonaparte's Gulls and a continuing Marbled Godwit . Just west of...
Sat. Oct 21, 2006 This morning I scoped the dry flat behind the metal barn on the Nice-Lucerne cutoff. The flat is several hundred yards east of the Rodman...
Toby Tobkin called to say that today she saw one Burrowing Owl on Bald Hill Rd, north of Pudding Creek Rd in Fort Bragg. The owl was seen at 4:30 PM on the...
Greetings Mendobirders: At noon today I saw 2 COMMON MOORHENS on the middle sag pond at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center. The last time there was...
On 22 October, a CACKLING GOOSE and a male EURASIAN WIGEON were at Borax Lake, about 75 HORNED GREBES (outnumbering EARED GREBES) and an adult GLAUCOUS-WINGED...
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 -- This morning I saw a CATTLE EGRET along the Nice-Lucerne cutoff in the northern field which currently has water in it. It was in a group of...
27 Oct 2006 - Friday - One adult Common Moorhen continues to reside at the "middle" sag pond located on the west side of University Road at the UC Hopland...
Robert J. Keiffer
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Oct 27, 2006 8:26 pm
1994
I was on the Feather River last week and saw a juvenile gull with a crayfish in its mouth. Suddenly the crayfish was no longer in the gull's mouth, but was...
This morning I walked around Lake Cleone in MacKerricher St Park. There was a group of about 9 or 10 Red Crossbills in the tall, shore pines on the SSE side of...
Hi Birders- This morning at 8:30, I saw 2 Lapland Longspurs on the Mendocino Headlands. They were south of the monument and dirt parking lot at the foot of...
Mon. Oct. 30, 2006. This morning there was a Black-necked Stilt in the flooded northern pond along the Nice-Lucerne cutoff. The stilt was in the southern end...