Sun, 1 Jan 2007 Yesterday afternoon around 2:30PM, I watched a beautiful first year GLAUCOUS GULL harass a couple of WESTERN GULLS on the rocks just offshore...
5th January 2007 - This note is to all of the lucky Mendocino County birders that were aboard Shearwater Journeys' August 26th, 2006 pelagic trip out of Noyo...
Robert J. Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
Jan 2, 2007 4:45 pm
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Ron Thorn and I drove to Pt Arena to see the Laysan Albatross on Jan. 1 -- great way to start the new year with perfect weather and beautiful views. We stopped...
Greetings Mendobirders- Late this morning I saw a female-type Western Tanager in the parking lot of the Mendocino County Public Health offices on South Dora...
Greetings Mendobirders- I got out to the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant this brisk morning. The only new birds were 3 TREE SWALLOWS, and the only other bird of...
"Birds in Motion" Join Mendocino Audubon at their January 15th meeting when Larry Arbanas will return to share his video work on birds. A lifelong, passionate...
Heard and observed mid-morning Sunday, 1/7/07 were, at least 2 each, Virginia Rails and Soras at Mendocino College. At one point I had both a Sora and a...
Hi Birders. Today Austin Booth, my dad and I tried for some birds along the Mendocino coast. We started at MacKerricher SP, where we did not see any Rock ...
Sun, 07 Jan 2007 -- Today Chuck Vaughn and I were on the coast and we refound the female LONG-TAILED DUCK at Alder Creek which was first reported on Dec. 30....
I have posted two photos of what I believe is a Glaucous Gull (1st winter) spotted at the North/West corner of the Mendocino Headlands this afternoon at...
Hi birders, I saw the Glaucous Gull found on Monday afternoon this morning at 11:30. I thought I would be too early, since the original sighting was at 2:30,...
Yesterday, January 8, Charlene found a Pileated Woodpecker and an interesting sapsucker in the yard on the Little River Headlands. The sapsucker was clearly a...
Mendobirders, Sorry for the late report but I felt it important to report. Fellow birder Don Wyman and I drove up from San Jose hoping to see the Albatross of...
Tue, 09 Jan 2007 -- This afternoon Tim Derry and I flushed a SOOTY (Blue) GROUSE on private property along Longbranch Creek NW of Potter Valley. They must be...
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 -- This afternoon, among the geese, muscovies, and other ducks that hang out at the Oak Grove parking lot at the north end of Lake Mendocino,...
Today, Toby Tobkin braved the cold wind and saw the 1st cycle Glaucous Gull at the NW edge of the Mendocino Headlands. I don't know the exact time she was...
At 8:15 this AM, I saw a 2nd-year Bald Eagle sitting on the south shore of the Ten Mile River just west of the bridge. It flew a little further west and tried...
Those of us on today's Mendocino Audubon trip to 10 Mile did get good looks at the Bald Eagle reported earlier by Karen. We found it East of the bridge after...
Greetings Mendobirders- It being a beautiful, bright morning, I got out and about for some early birding. At the USTP I found a group of about 15 CHIPPING...
Hi, On Saturday I went birding with Elias Elias on a friend's property which is along Shimmin's Ridge Rd just east of Hwy 101 and north of Willits. The ...
I found a Fox Sparrow in our yard that is of the "Red/Taiga (Eastern)" race. We saw it briefly late yesterday, but this morning I was able to get very good ...
Birders, As January is upon us, it is Spring Festival Season here on the North Coast, we have lots to offer with the San Francisco Flyway Festival kicking...
An oak titmouse tried to harbinge spring from the top of a sunlit oak early this morning, but he didn't fool me! Nor did he seem to fool himself for long. Kate...
I’m getting this out late. Please help publicize this event by passing the article on to your friends. Thanks. Kate The Birds and Beauty of New Zealand: ...
Does anyone know the location of a den that mountain lions used last year, or in recent years? Wildlife photographer Jon Klein would like to get a mountain...
cholera Thought I should pass this on. Hopefully this disease won't spread to Mendocino County. The Department of Fish and Game is closely monitoring any large...
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 -- I did a survey of Lake Mendocino today, and, as mentioned previously, there is a dearth of ducks this winter. I managed to claw my way up...
Pete and Mary Gealey reported seeing a male harlequin duck on lower Big River amongst a small group of buffleheads of Friday. They saw this group of ducks...
Sunday January 20, 2007. Today there was an immature Glaucous Gull on the beach at MacKerricher State Park. Unfortunately, this beautiful gull has a compound...