31 May 2007 - Thursday - I visited Usal Beach campground after completing the Branscomb Road Breeding Bird Survey. The coast was cold, damp, and fogged in....
Robert J. Keiffer
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Jun 1, 2007 9:28 pm
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Hello everyone, Below is a somewhat belated reminder for the end of the spring season. Usual apologies to those of you who subscribe to numerous listserves! ...
Saturday night a friend of mine found what she thinks is a golden eagle egg near the Van Arsdale dam. She put it in her bed and slept with it and last night it...
Still hoping for word of golden eagle nest near Van Arsdale dam. My friend Jo wrote this today: Yes, I definitely know goose eggs. Not big enough for sure. ...
Hi Kate, Unfortunately the ravens/crows do steal eggs, they take most of our chickens eggs! On the bright side, when i first moved to Redwood Valley I saw one...
As I was out and about this morning, I saw a large bird outline in what I think of as my "Cormorant Tree", a tree that hangs over the Russian River - a perfect...
Yes, it's an Osprey - pretty hard to confuse it with anything else. Nice shots, by the way. :) Feather [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Greetings Mendobirders, Yesterday a large, fluffy, very light-colored Red-Shouldered Hawk perched on our gatepost. It did not have red shoulders but did have...
Hi Tim, The 3 RSHA nestlings are still in the nest here, looking quite large but still a bit ragged. They have a little bit of red on their shoulders. They...
Dear Helen et al, Advice on the egg came in from several sources, including suggestions to keep it moist and to help it break out of the shell. Bob Keiffer ...
Elaine and all, Ospreys are uncommon but regular in Potter Valley. All of my records are between March 12 and Oct 23. I've seen them mostly along the...
Sat, 09 Jun 2007 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports finding a TUFTED PUFFIN at the Mendocino Headlands this morning. First it was in the water north of the northmost...
Daffy Duck? There's a nesting mallard under a rosebush at the Ukiah fairgrounds. It's on the right of a yellow building on the north side of the parking lot....
Hi Birders. This morning, while stacking chord wood at my parent's place in Potter Valley, I heard the distinctive "Wheew-wheew" of a Eurasian Collared-Dove....
Hi Birders -- In the past 24 hours, I have seen several slices of bird life that may be of interest. A Peregrine Falcon that I see occasionally over Seaside...
Today at 12:46 PM I found the Tufted Puffin that Toby reported back on the 9th of June. It was almost exactly where she said she saw it. Just east of the...
I have a larger than normal crop of young Black-headed Grosbeaks this year. For the last couple of weeks I have noticed a begging/feeding behavior I've missed...
Sun June 17, 2007 This morning, Chuck Vaughn, Geoff Heinecken, and I saw an eclipsing male NORTHERN PINTAIL floating with the MALLARDS on the middle pond at ...
Mon, 18 Jun 2007 -- A male LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH just joined the swarm of Lesser and American Goldfinches at my thistle feeder. I've been expecting him for...
Hi all, This morning about 8:15 a.m. a large herd (at least 100) of Risso's Dolphins passed by the Little River Headlands going north. The seas were flat, the ...
Hi Birders. I was shocked and apalled to see a second EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE interacting with the first bird this morning. The two birds were flying around...
6/26/07 This morning, I heard a late Swainson's Thrush singing repeatedly from the riparian/conifer area east of Hwy 1 (Seaside creek drainage, east of Ocean...
This morning while driving out of Potter Valley towards highway 20, right as I was crossing the final bridge, I saw an Osprey flying overhead. That was an...
I was on the coast for a couple of days recently and saw a few things of interest to me. On July 8 there was a TUFTED PUFFIN on the water north of the...
17 June 2007 - I just received information about a Greater Roadrunner observed on this date last month in Mendocino County. The observer has a place in Point...
Charlene and I were surprised to see 5 Snowy Egrets on the offshore rocks off of Van Damme Beach this morning. They were feeding in the intertidal out off...
Hi-- As early as 5 July, Jim Havlena saw 3 Marbled Godwits on Ten Mile beach. Two days later, I saw 2 Marbled Godwits on Seaside Beach. On 12 July, I again...
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