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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
Wed, 7 Aug 2002 -- Dorothy Tobkin saw an adult TUFTED PUFFIN in breeding plumage on the water north of the Mendocino headlands. Sat, 10 Aug 2002 -- The...
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...
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....
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....
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...
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 ...
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...
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. ...
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...
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! ...
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....
30 May 2007 - Some of you may recall that a couple of springs ago UC Hopland Research & Extension Center had a pair of Purple Martins nesting (found by Chuck...
Wednesday, May 30th 8am Among the usuals, Alison Cebula and I saw and heard a male Bullock's oriole singing from a pine tree near the southern-most campground...
Sunday - 20 May 2007 - Here is a belated report form the Mendocino Coast pelagic birding trip from Sunday May 20th. It was led by Ron LeValley and attended...
Dorothy "Toby" Tobkin called to say that today, she saw a singing, male Rose-breasted Grosbeak along the Skunk Train railroad tracks. The bird was singing...
Sunday morning, Jerry White, Jim and myself searched valiantly for Matthew's Brewer Sparrow, but we had no luck with it. We visited the east end of the...
This morning a Yellow-breasted Chat, two Ash-throated Flycatchers, Warbling Vireo, and a male Red-breasted Sapsucker were among the birds at Usal Camp....
