I have finally posted a few photos from Jan 1, 2007 of Al the Albatross interacting with a surfer. When the surfer entered the water, Al, already very near...
Dear Friends, Please send this around. "Terminal Velocity" and "Blue Planet-The Deep" to Screen this Friday The grand finale evening of Ukiah's popular...
Kate Marianchild
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Apr 2, 2007 7:36 pm
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At the same time Kate was "raising" her Red Shouldered Hawk chick(s) two years ago, I had a one-baby family. They nested elsewhere last year, but have been...
Lot of migratory birds returning, or passing through, lately. Western Bluebirds returned a few days ago, and Barn Swallows; the Violet-Green Swallows have...
Today, there was a pair of Eurasian Collared-Doves in our yard. They seem to be spending most of their time at the south end of Ocean Meadows Circle. Only...
Yes, Jim there is a distinct pair that has been in my trees and sky over Standley street.Calling to each other tree to tree, pairing and calling legs down at...
Barbara E. Dolan
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Apr 4, 2007 1:33 am
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SAVE THE DATE Mendocino Audubon will be sponsoring a Spring Pelagic Trip out of Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg on May 20th. The trip will leave Fort Bragg at 8:00...
I'd given up on "my" Red-shouldered Hawk nest (thought I'd scared them off by watching one day) but we're in biz over here! Yes, it seems to be a late year. I...
Kate Marianchild
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Apr 4, 2007 2:19 pm
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4 April 2007 - For a couple of decades now I have been responsible for compiling bird records from Mendocino County and submitting quarterly reports to the...
Robert J. Keiffer
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Apr 4, 2007 10:56 pm
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Hi Birders. While standing on the back deck this evening, I heard an unfamiliar bird song. It turned out to be a troop of a half dozen or so Myrtle Warblers,...
Please remind your friends about this! "Terminal Velocity" and "Blue Planet-The Deep" to Screen this Friday The grand finale of Ukiah's popular International...
Kate Marianchild
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Apr 6, 2007 3:59 pm
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Hi birders. While sitting on the back deck this morning, drinking my coffee, I heard a Bullock's Oriole and at least one Western Kingbird. These are my first...
BIG RIVER STEWARDS AND AUDUBON TO HOST BIRD TRAININGS The Big River Stewards program of the Mendocino Land Trust and the Mendocino Coast Chapter of the Audubon...
There was one (and probably a 2nd bird) at the west end of Lakeshore Blvd. in Nice this morning. The bird was seen perched in an oak tree from the small...
Saturday April 7, 2007 Steve, one of the operators at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant, saw a BLACK-NECKED STILT at the edge of the south pond yesterday. ...
This morning, Peggy Macres and I walked up the hill to Montgomery Grove in the moments before dawn. We were rewarded with hearing a NORTHERN PYGMY-OWL along...
The golden eagle nest in Redwood Valley west of (upper) Black Bart trail has a bird sitting on eggs, as does the osprey nest above Hwy 20 west of Fife...
Kate Marianchild
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Apr 9, 2007 2:26 pm
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Stan Beach saw a Magpie(assumed Yellow-billed) at Navy Camp, Lake Pillsbury yesterday afternoon. This is a first for Lake County at that location. Could this...
Greetings Mendobirders- Between 545 and 730 this evening Barbara and I enjoyed a male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD that was visiting our feeders repeatedly. It was...
Many thanks to John Griffith for writing this great article! The Rattlesnake Lady: She won’t bite, but she will rattle your view on snakes By John Griffith ...
Kate Marianchild
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Apr 11, 2007 4:23 pm
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Hi Birders. I woke up this morning to find a nice adult male Calliope Hummingbird on my parent's feeder in Potter Valley. He has returned several times...
The 70,000 or so Western and Clark's grebes that wintered on Clear Lake don't appear to be there now. Brad Barnwell drove around the entire lake looking for...
Kate Marianchild
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Apr 15, 2007 4:09 pm
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Hi Birders. On Friday the 13th I heard a WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE at my parent's place in Potter Valley, and have heard it several times since. According to the...
I was visting my aunt in Menlo Park (on the Peninsula) this weekend and she asked me to ID a bird she had been hearing in her backyard. She described it as...
As windy a spring day as I can remember; my low-reading anemometer topped 30 MPH in a rain squall this afternoon. The finches are having trouble hanging on to...
Have you checked to see if it's a Plain Titmouse (Oak Titmouse)? My old Nat'l Geo guide says they call weety, weety, not far from sweety, sweety, I'd say....
Greetings Mendobirders- I first reported this male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD on the evening of the 10th and he is still here. I did not post his presence again...
I feed a large number of birds here where I live a half hour NW of Willits. Among my Mourning Doves this morning was what looked like some sort of dove, but...