Hi all, This afternoon we met Toby Tobkin and Turdy Jensen up at Ten Mile River to look at some ducks. Highlights were a Redhead, a Peregrine Falcon, a Merlin,...
Hi-- Jim and I birded the SW corner of MEN County for the last three days. We did NOT see the adult Bald Eagle at Gualala River nor any interesting gulls at...
Saturday - December 29. 2007 - Mendocino Coast Christmas Bird Count - 131 species were found by CBC participants on the count day. The day was overcast and...
Hi-- The rain stopped for a time this afternoon, so I headed for Laguna Point in MacKerricher SP. I saw five Black-legged Kittiwakes offshore that flew in...
6 January 2008 - Betty Burridge, long-time birder from Sonoma County, just posted this note (in blue) on "northbaybirds". This frigatebird (possible...
Pre-storm Update; The Grosbeak was seem at my feeder on 1-01-08 at 10:20am. It stayed 4 minutes and ate about 44 sunflower seeds, removing the husks easily. ...
Barbara E. Dolan
BDolan@...
Jan 8, 2008 5:27 pm
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8 January 2008 - I just got a response from the Cordelia International Bird Rescue Research Center that received the Sonoma County frigatebird that was rescued...
On Sunday the 6th, Dave Woodward and I saw a COMMON MOORHEN at Clearlake Oaks (lagoon at county park), and at High Valley we found a CACKLING GOOSE, a LEWIS'S ...
Today, Toby Tobkin and I were birding separately but saw most of the same birds. On Bald Hill Rd, there was 1 Ferruginous Hawk, 4 Snow Geese, about 125...
Just a note to let you all know that Al / Alice has been here every day this last week, bobbing around in his favorite spot just to the north of the Point...
Late this morning, we had a Northern Shrike south of the Ten Mile River mouth. Toby Tobkin first called out "Shrike!" and Art Morley and myself got our scopes...
01/13/08- The adult Northern Shrike we found yesterday is still frequenting the vast area from near Ten Mile River mouth south to just north of Inglenook Creek...
Marisela de Santa Anna reported that she observed while biking Reynolds Hwy. Sunday afternoon in Little Lake Valley (between Hwy 101 and the east end) a Bald...
Yesterday I was watching a Pileated woodpecker drumming on an old growth snag up on Ramsey Ridge. While I was watching he was zoomed by an Anna's hummingbird....
Mon, 13 Jan 2008 -- Today I saw a FERRUGINOUS HAWK where the Reynolds Highway meets the Hearst-Willits Road, a small flock of TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS along the...
Today, Wed. Jan 16, I biked (great way to bird a quiet road) the length of Reynolds Hwy. (just north of Willits) and had excellent close views of an adult...
Just to let everyone know, Al / Alice the Albatross has been here @ the Arena Pier every day of late except for yesterday, Tuesday, Jan 15,2008... I added some...
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 -- This evening I saw an AMERICAN BITTERN on the McMenomey Vineyard pond just to the south of the Potter Valley Cemetery on West Road. This...
Erica Fielder called to report a minima race Cackling Goose in her driveway above the north side of the Ten Mile River bridge late morning today. I spoke with...
Kate Marionchild and I went to the pond by the cemetery today and the bittern is still there. Beautiful creature! We watched it for a long time. I was...
Sorry for a late post, but a Palm Warbler was found 01/16/08 by Richard Hubacek and Trudy Jensen. The bird was just west of the "vegetable garden" at the...
Saturday Jan. 19, I birded Hwy 20 from Blue Lakes to Clearlake Oaks - car & kayak. Birds of interest (to me, anyway): Numerous Canvasbacks in roadside pond...
Dear Birders, I wanted to make sure everybody knew that the Godwit Days and Aleutian Goose Festival have their web pages up and running. We already have a...
Hi folks... Just a quicky update for all of you who follow the comings and goings of our favorite fryer... after a few days of being incognito, Al is back; if...
I had a pair of Eurasian Collared Doves hanging around under my seed feeder in SE Potter last week. One of them has been back every day this week. I think it...
Today at 7:30 am the bird was at my suet trying to get a meal. All my feeders were empty, so I quickly replenished. The bird returned at 8:55am, to relish...
Barbara E. Dolan
BDolan@...
Jan 27, 2008 2:01 am
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Friday afternoon about 1:00 in the rain, there was a Bald Eagle sitting in an oak tree right near highway 128. It was about halfway between the 253 turnoff...
Our little buddy is back after having gone missing for the last few days, most likely because of the weather... I figure that he has a protected spot somewhere...
MCAS' Spring pelagic trip will be held on Sunday, May 18th. The cost is a very good deal at $95 per person. We will sail from Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg aboard...