With a major infusion of data from Chuck Vaughn, I have put together a list of the early arrival dates for some migrant and summer resident birds. These are...
George didn't see, forgot to mention or didn't think important the five Double-crested Cormorants at the Burris Lane pond Sunday. I also had a pair of...
At sunset on Feb 24 at the mouth of 10 Mile I saw a group of Snowy Plovers, about 14-20 in all. A few came within 15 feet of the log I was sitting on. One...
Sorry for the delayed report, but on March 11 I saw a male Red-breasted Merganser in Clear Lake near milemarker 20.5 on Highway 20. George Chaniot Potter...
Sorry, but I neglected to mention on my previous post that the database on early arriving migrants is only for inland Mendocino County. At this point it does...
Jim Armstrong and I were talking, and there is apparently some general interest in tracking early arrivals of some of our regular migrants. I have kept a...
Front page! Bob, Chuck and Ollie have had their Warhol 15 minutes. Anyone else experiencing exceptional voraciousness at their hummingbird feeders? Maybe...
Last Monday, March 5th, there was quite a bunch of gulls at the south boat ramp. The first winter Thayer's Gull is still there, 2 Herring Gulls, 10-20...
This is out of our area but on the chance someone is heading towards Sacramento for some reason this could be a treat. I'm re-posting it from the Bluebird...
Today, my son and I spotted close to a dozen WESTERN MEADOWLARKS in various plumage states, from fall-winter and juvenile to spring, in the field right next to...
I got to Stinson Beach around 2:00 PM on Sunday (high tide had been at about 11:40 AM) and things looked bleak until just before 4:00 PM. The TUFTED DUCK was...
Sun, 25 Feb 2001 -- After getting rained out yesterday, Matthew Matthiessen and I birded the coast from Arena Cove to Ward Avenue. Some of the highlights from...
I sent George a direct e-mail, then remembered this forum is open. His new Potter Valley List is simply great and well worth extensive perusal. The pages load...
There is a Black-legged Kittiwake on the beach at Van Damme. It is located on the west end of the beach where the trail goes up to Peterson Lane. The bird is...
Mendocino County Birders: Regarding the fine points already provided by Richard Irvin on the Greater Sandplover, I would like to point out Joe Morlan's site at...
Hello All: Here is my attempt to clarify information on this bird. Yes this is the first record of this bird in No. America, hence it does not appear and is...
Greater Sandplover is not mentioned in NGS 2nd ed or 3rd ed for that matter. It is my understanding that this may be the first North American record for this...
On 6 Jan 2001 Chuck Vaughn, Matthew Matthiessen, and I saw a group of 12 Aleutian Canada Geese on the Garcia River bottoms near Point Arena along with larger...
Sun, 18 Feb 2001 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports the following from the south Mendocino coast area: a PRAIRIE FALCON at about milemarker 30 on Hwy 1, and 2...
Greetings- I made it out to the Ukiah sewage treatment plant oxidation ponds this am between storms. With all of the recent rain, the ponds are finally...
The same book (2nd ed Nat. Geo.) that bade me call a white-tailed kite a black-shouldered one earlier this week does not list a Greater Sandplover. It does...
The GREATER SANDPLOVER was first seen at about 10:30 AM yesterday by Nikki and I and about 30 of our closest friends (at least we all became great friends...
Sat, 17 Feb 2001 -- As of today two male TUFTED DUCKS continue to be seen in the north end of Lake Mendocino. In Potter Valley seven MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRDS can...
Late Monday afternoon 2/12/01 a pair of immature bald eagles were observed diving for fish in the water just east of the large parking lot at the south boat...
Greetings: At 730 today Cory Simerson found a very weak Black-legged Kittiwake in the snow at the headquarters of the UC Hopland Research and Extension...
I was at the north boat ramp at about 11 AM Sat and think there were a couple of dozen Mallards in and around the floating docks and poles. Today it is snowing...
Sat, 10 Feb 2001 -- Today I dodged between storms to go out to Lake Mendocino and peer into most every corner. The lake is still very low, standing at 723.1'...
I was already a member of Yahoo groups, so sign-up was easy. Thanks to George Chaniot for the work it took to set this up. I always felt a little constrained...
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 -- At about 11:00 today I saw a single male CASSIN'S FINCH at about 1000 feet elevation. It was in a short-grazed pasture along a little-known...
