Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, I got to spend some time on the deck at Blue Lakes Lodge at the east end of Upper (western) Blue Lakes. An Osprey, or perhaps...
Hi Birders, Linda Bostwick of Point Arena reported to me that on Monday she heard and then saw Violet-green Swallows from her home. Also, as of Monday, Al the...
The Peregrine Audubon Society's field trip to Clear Lake on Saturday the 1st was well attended (it was great meeting all of you!). Several target birds were ...
Saw my first Osprey of the season on Tuesday, hunting the cove at Van Damme. Acorn Woodpeckers returned to the suet block Monday. A male Northern Harrier has...
Come to think of it we had a flock of perhaps a dozen CLIFF SWALLOWS, found by Matt Matthiessen, at Rodman's Slough on Saturday the 1st. Jerry White's...
We had a Bald Eagle circling our field in Potter Valley for a while - long enough even to grab a snapshot. :-) This is the first one I've seen in the wild; to...
Hi-- The lonely, singing California Towhee was both feeding in the front yard and then sang from the rooftop this morning. I had not seen him since 28 Feb, so...
Greetings. Rain Cascadia, a good birder who lives in the Heartland (a sparsely populated 800-acre expanse of oak woodland and fir forest several miles west of...
Hi-- Late afternoon today, I watched a Prairie Falcon circling over the Inglenook Fen, near Hwy 1 and Simpson Road, just south of the grange hall. Karen...
Begin forwarded message: I spotted the bird at 9:15 AM Tuesday morning on the recyclable bins in the parking lot next to Caldwell Banker Realty (just as you...
Hello - Yesterday, Tuesday, there was an adult White-throated Sparrow frequenting the mown lawns near the intersection of Ford and Little Lake St in Mendocino....
Sean McAllister wrote me and said there are no records of long-eared owls breeding in our area. In response to Sean's post, Rain (whose last name is Tenaqiya,...
No Magpie of any kind could be found in Gualala this morning. Quite a bit of time was spent by Toby and me searching every trash bin area in the southern part...
I should specifiy that I am not aware of any nesting records in the Humboldt / n. Mendocino county area. Perhaps there are records from s. Mendocino. If so,...
According to Doc's book (Northwestern California Birds, 1996) there are 2 nesting records for Humboldt, and there is alot of other info to suggest they breed...
john_e_hunter@...
Mar 14, 2008 4:34 pm
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John, Mendocino County has a nesting record near Lake Mendocino, and a nesting record within 100" of the Lake/Mendocino county line (Lake County side) at the...
Roger Foote found and photographed a female Long-tailed Duck this morning about 200 yards north of Virgin Creek mouth. The bird was near the long, flat rock...
3-15-08 The female Slate-colored Junco is still around and it looks very beautiful. The BHGB was seen last on 3-9-08 and still looked a little tattered. Bd,...
Barbara E. Dolan
BDolan@...
Mar 16, 2008 1:42 am
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Today at Big River near the rivermouth and along the haul road: 1 Osprey 5 White-crowned Sparrows 14 Turkey Vultures 30+ Common Ravens 1 male and female Common...
I have some long-overdue reports. One White-throated Sparrow near Pomo CG at Lake Mendocino about two weeks ago; two Sooty Grouse west of Willits south of Hwy...
Al hasn't been seen for a while. Point Arena's famous visitor may be gone. On a happier note, Ospreys have returned to our road in Anchor Bay where they have...
Hello - The White-throated Sparrow I reported last week is still here (corner of Ford and Little Lake in Mendocino) and was last seen at 6p this evening...
Yesterday I had a new bird at my seed feeder, which sent me scurrying for the binoculars. I definitely have not seen one of these guys here before, the bright...
At noon today, there were about 125 White-winged Scoters, plus a few Surf Scoters just off Ten Mile River mouth, north of MacKerricher SP. They were flying...
Hi All, Yesterday my husband, Rick, spotted a male Am. Goldfinch. We put out the thistle feeder and this afternoon six, male and female, were at the feeder....
There was a single male Harlequin Duck upstream from the Noyo Harbor (visible from the parking lot at the boat ram on the south side of the river) today. ...
To all; the bird came on 3-21-08 at 7:30AM. Not seen 22nd or this AM, 23rd. I have had 1 Pine Siskin on 22nd and 23rd. Lots happening in those trees, a PUFI...
Barbara E. Dolan
BDolan@...
Mar 24, 2008 1:16 am
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For Bob, the date is 3/27! Yesterday a huge group of Pine Siskins arrived. At one point over thirty of them were clinging to our thistle feeder. Another...
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 -- Joanne Haller and I birded the north coast Thursday from Ten Mile River to Navarro River. It was a beautiful, clear day with an onshore...
Greetings Mendobirders- Barbara and I watched a male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD as it visited our feeders this afternoon from 4:30 until at least 7:30 when it...