This morning I spotted (what I think is) a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron down on the river. I've seen him before, very occasionally. And I braved the rain...
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George Chaniot
gchaniot
Feb 14, 2007 12:37 am
Jerry White has written an account of his record-breaking Mendocino County Big Year in 2005. You can read this account from the "Files" section of the...
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chaniot@...
gchaniot
Feb 14, 2007 1:33 am
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports two BLUE-WINGED TEAL and several EURASIAN WIGEONS in Hathaway Creek along Miner Hole Road. There were thirteen...
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Maria Wetzel
mwetzel2002
Feb 14, 2007 1:43 am
I live in town in Fort Bragg and I am watching birds more closely than before since this is the first year I've been involved in Project Feeder Watch. I'm...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Feb 14, 2007 5:09 am
The Red Fox Sparrow has stayed through the rainy days on Ocean Meadows Circle north of the Ten Mile River. The last of the three Varied Thrushes has ...
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Ron LeValley
rlevmrb
Feb 14, 2007 6:54 pm
I heard my first Rufous Hummingbird of the season yesterday, 2/13, at the future Mendocino Coast Regional Park, 3 miles east of Fort Bragg, Highway One on...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Feb 15, 2007 10:02 pm
Jim and I went to the Westport STP at noon. Neither the Barrow's nor the Common Goldeneye were seen. We stayed a while to see that if they were in the NE...
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Jerry White
grebeman2
Feb 15, 2007 11:23 pm
Today I found a Burrowing Owl at 12:15 PM (present until about 1:00) near the Hidden Valley Treatment Ponds. From Highway 29 several miles north of Middletown...
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Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Feb 16, 2007 5:45 pm
Birds and Wildlife of Cameroon Matthew Matthiessen's Birds of Borneo and and Birds and Wildlife of Uganda stunned overflow audiences for two years in a row...
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chaniot@...
gchaniot
Feb 16, 2007 10:09 pm
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 -- I decided to move quickly on this owl since I have missed others in Lake Co. several times. Jerry's directions led me right to the spot at...
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albionwood
Feb 17, 2007 12:45 am
Greetings Mendobirders, Today (Friday Feb. 16) we headed down the coast to Point Arena to see Al, but he was not in evidence. We tried from about 10:00 -...
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Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Feb 17, 2007 1:18 am
I've lived at Lake Pennyroyal for about 5 years now, and saw Canvasbacks here today for the first time - two males and 1 female. Also 8 Ring-necked Ducks - 7...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Feb 17, 2007 2:12 am
Jim found a female Long-tailed Duck in basic (Winter) plumage west of Ten Mile River bridge late this afternoon. Karen saw a N Mockingbird at Ocean Meadows...
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richhubie
Feb 17, 2007 11:39 pm
Saw and heard an Osprey today at approx. 2:30 PM South/West of the Little River Airport. Richard Hubacek...
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mendobill1
Feb 18, 2007 1:14 am
I was in my backyard, in McDowell Valley, on 2/13/07 and I disturbed a large bird on the ground. He flew up into a tree and as he did so I thought he dropped...
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Jim Armstrong
jarlyus
Feb 18, 2007 4:44 pm
This is a little late, but worth posting I think. A neighbor of mine on Burris Lane in Potter Valley had a good look last Monday (3/12) morning at what she is...
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Barbara E. Dolan
BDolan@...
Feb 19, 2007 12:15 am
At 2:45PM to 3:25PM today I had a Slate-colored junco at the open mixed seed feeder. Clearly a male. At the feeder and then joining the other 2 dozen or so...
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Floyd Hayes
floyd_hayes
Feb 19, 2007 4:57 am
The BURROWING OWL near the Hidden Valley Lake Wastewater Treatment Plant was conspicuously present at 9:00 am on Saturday the 17th (thank you very much Jerry!)...
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Dave & Cathy Ortiz
ortiz_cathy
Feb 19, 2007 7:54 am
There is a licensed wildlife rehabilitation center in Lake County.The name is Spirit Wild run by Sandy Elliott. The phone number is 707-928-6665. Cathy Ortiz ...
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Frances Oliver
hummer52ffo
Feb 19, 2007 2:48 pm
On Saturday, Jim Rowoth, Liz West and I birded around Lake Co. We started out at Hidden Valley Sewage Ponds, drove down Butts Canyon Rd to Detert Rd and back...
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Kate Marianchild
kmarianchild
Feb 19, 2007 3:50 pm
On a Fifty Species Challenge walk on Saturday we saw two white-throated sparrows. I'm not sure how unusual that is. Kate...
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Ron LeValley
rlevmrb
Feb 19, 2007 5:49 pm
_____ From: CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CALBIRDS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Miko Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 11:23 PM To: Ken Burton;...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Feb 20, 2007 12:20 am
Hi birders, We have not seen the female Long-tailed Duck today. A female LTDU last year only stayed 2 days, also. The Red Fox Sparrow continues as does the...
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chaniot@...
gchaniot
Feb 21, 2007 12:39 am
Mon, 19 Feb 2007 -- At 10:00 this morning there was a BURROWING OWL sitting conspicously in the open near the pond on Burris Lane, Potter Valley. When you are...
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Jerry White
grebeman2
Feb 21, 2007 4:39 am
In Lake County today there were at least 8 Lawrence's Goldfinch on the south slope of Quackenbush Mt in Clearlake. This is above the Landfill at the end of...
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doloreslolo
Feb 21, 2007 11:59 pm
Two handsome little pine siskin seen at our thistle bag feeder this morning. Nothing unusual about this except that they are the first we've had in our yard...
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mendobill1
Feb 22, 2007 5:09 am
I stirred up a mountain bluebird (?) laying in the gravel of my drive 5 feet of Highway 175 in McDowell Valley at 5:00 PM today 2/21/07 (dusky, cloudy...
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Lisa Hug
sebastopolbi...
Feb 24, 2007 6:56 pm
Mendobirders, This afternoon about 2:20 Chris Corben and I had a BROWN BOOBY fly past us as we were standing on Cliff Way at the end of Ocean View Drive in...
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doloreslolo
Feb 24, 2007 7:43 pm
It's been several days since I saw and photographed two pine siskins dining on our thistle bag feeder (see Middletown album) with a bevy of goldfinches. I...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Feb 26, 2007 10:59 pm
Once yesterday and twice this morning, a Cooper's Hawk has chased birds coming to our seed. The Red Fox Sparrow has been seen twice today, so it has escaped...
