16 May 2008 - Friday 3:45 PM - a lone white-faced Ibis was seen on a
private pond near the bottom of the UC Hopland Research & Extension
Center.  If anyone really wants to see this bird, this evening is
probably a good chance.   Call me 391-8190 cell   or 744-1160 home
(eves).   I have permission from the landowner and can get you in
this evening.   I doubt if the bird will stay the weekend due to
human activity on the pond this weekend.   Bob Keiffer

Robert J. Keiffer
Principal Supt. of Agriculture
UC Hopland Research & Extension Center
4070 University Road
Hopland, CA  95449
(707) 744-1424   FAX (707) 744-1040
HREC website:   http://danrrec.ucdavis.edu/hopland/home_page.html

"It is not the critic who counts... not the one who points out how
the strong person stumbles... or where the doer of deeds could have
done better. The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the
arena." Theodore Roosevelt

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May 18, 2008 Sunday

Barbara Dolan and I watched a pair of WILSON'S PHALAROPES on the north
pond of the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant this morning, a male and
female in beautiful breeding plumage.

Cheryl Watson
Ukiah, CA

Thanks to Kerry Ross for keeping such good notes for us. Here is the trip
list and the totals.



Location:     Noyo Harbor, Mendocino Coast Audubon Pelagic trip

Observation date:     5/18/08

Notes:      Great sea conditions with a light wind and smaller swell but we

were in the fog the entire trip. Visibility was ~ 1/4 mile for much of the

trip and never exceeded 1 mile all day.

Number of species:     22



Surf Scoter - Melanitta perspicillata     14

Pacific Loon - Gavia pacifica     3

Common Loon - Gavia immer     1

Western Grebe - Aechmophorus occidentalis     12

Black-footed Albatross - Phoebastria nigripes     57

Northern Fulmar - Fulmarus glacialis     3

Pink-footed Shearwater - Puffinus creatopus     15

Sooty Shearwater - Puffinus griseus     88

Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis     3

Brandt's Cormorant - Phalacrocorax penicillatus     6

Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus     1

Pelagic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax pelagicus     9 (including two nests with
chicks near the harbor breakwater)

Red-necked Phalarope - Phalaropus lobatus     161

Red Phalarope - Phalaropus fulicarius     78

California Gull - Larus californicus     11

Western Gull - Larus occidentalis     98

Parasitic Jaeger  Stercorarius parasiticus    1

Sabine's Gull - Xema sabini     4

Common Tern - Sterna hirundo     5

Common Murre - Uria aalge     142

Pigeon Guillemot - Cepphus columba     7

Cassin's Auklet - Ptychoramphus aleuticus     8

Rhinoceros Auklet - Cerorhinca monocerata     26



Ocean Sunfish - Mola mola          1 very large one!

Harbor Seal - Phoca vitulina       1

California Sea Lion - Zalophus californianus         1 on the dock



Notably absent were all cetaceans, including dolphin and porpoises, and
absolutely no By the Wind Sailors (Velella velella), usually quite prevalent
in the spring.



This report was modified slightly from the one generated automatically by
eBird v2(http://ebird.org)



Ron LeValley Photography
Mendocino Coast Photographer Guild and Gallery
301 North Main Street
Fort Bragg California USA 95437
Cell: 707/496-3326
Gallery: 707/964-4706



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This morning there was an almost full adult Bald Eagle (it looked like the
head was not pure white, but we didn't get that good of look) perched in a
tall tree along Highway 128 at  mile marker 33. This is between Boonville
and Yorkville and along Rancheria Creek not too far east of the Fish Rock
Road turnoff.



Ron



Ron LeValley Photography
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301 North Main Street
Fort Bragg California USA 95437
Cell: 707/496-3326
Gallery: 707/964-4706



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Fri, 23 May 2008 -- I saw 2 adult BALD EAGLES flying overhead and calling
at the Hopland Reservation today.  They were probably a couple hundred
feet above, just passing through; direction was from the ESE to WNW.  I'm
guessing they came from Lake County.  The checklist for the nearby Hopland
Research and
Extension Center (where I work on my doctoral research) lists Bald Eagles
as 'occasional' in the spring - i.e. not seen every spring season. --
Emily Heaton

Peregrine Audubon Rummage Sale – Sat June 7 near Ukiah Farmer's Market

Peregrine Audubon Society welcomes you to its annual rummage sale on
Saturday, June 7, from 8 - 2 p.m. at the corner of Clay and School
Streets (next to Alex R. Thomas Plaza and Ukiah's Farmers' Market).
Peregrine's members and friends save high-quality furniture, tools,
books, jewelry, clothing, garden items, camping supplies, and much
more throughout the year for this sale, which regularly attracts
repeat donors and customers. If you have something to donate, please
bring it at 7 a.m. Difficult-to-sell items will be turned away. If
you have a large item that needs to be picked up, please call Park
Steiner at 462-5110.

This sale, which is Peregrine's main fundraising event of the year,
concludes Peregrine's season of nature-related slide presentations
and field trips. Next year's season will open in September with
Matthew Matthiessen's long-awaited "Birds of India" slideshow.

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On Monday, 26 May, about 11:00 AM, Stan Snyder spotted a Tufted Puffin
in the bay north of Mendocino Headlands.   After watching the bird
dive,  we saw it fly to the north most near island and landed just
below the rim.   This is the green island with the tunnel through the
right side and the Western Gulls nesting above the "puffin nest."  The
bird stretched and shook off water then disappeared into a hole.   The
mouth of the hole is not visible from shore.

Larry Siemens

Wed, 28 May 2008 -- At 1:15 PM today, I witnessed the same
   view of a Tufted Puffin at Mendocino Headlands.  The bird was
   on the water NW of the rocks when I arrived, but it almost
   immediately picked up and flew to a burrow that is barely out
   of sight on the NW side of the rock/island with grass on top
   (could be Goat Rock?).  It was great to see the puffin come in
   for a landing, with wings and bright orange-red feet spread out
   in all directions!

   Karen Havlena




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A male Indigo Bunting just appeared on the ground outside my window for a
few seconds. Both Charlene and I got good looks at it. I'll post again if it
stays around.



Ron



Ron LeValley Photography
Mendocino Coast Photographer Guild and Gallery
301 North Main Street
Fort Bragg California USA 95437
Cell: 707/496-3326
Gallery: 707/964-4706



For a free natural history Picture of the Day in your e-mail, go to
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Friday, May 30, 2008.

At 5:00 pm tonight there was a female LONG-TAILED DUCK  feeding about 10-20
yards off the beach at Noyo Harbor.

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Sat, 31 May, 2008- I saw three White-faced Ibises ~ 9:30 AM
   flying west over Ten Mile River toward the mouth.  Jim and I were
   on the road south of the river, but he drove us north across the
   Ten Mile bridge and could not see them until we parked.  He
   did get to see them, but they flew north gaining altitude. (There
   were also quite a few Purple Martins at the bridge).  We also
   drove north and checked everywhere we thought possible,
   including Westport STP and creek mouths.

   Around 11:00, we saw Jerry White near Juan Creek.  He was
   heading south and was going to also check at the Westport
   STP.  So far, no word from Jerry (at 2:00 PM), so I guess they
   kept migrating or stopped at an out-of-sight farm pond.  That
   is another MEN county bird for me.  Watch out "bd."  One more
   and we will be tied.  Nice consolation birds, since I missed the
   Indigo Bunting.

   Karen Havlena
   Ten Mile area
   North of Fort Bragg, CA



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This year the Red-shouldered Hawk nest that I wrote about a few years
ago had four chicks to start. After a couple of weeks there were only
three, and a week or so later when I looked - on the second day of
the unseasonal heat wave - there were none. The upper leaf canopy is
sparser this year (due to unseasonal frost, I've heard), so I've
wondered if the chicks might have overheated. They seemed a little
big to have all been eaten by a King Snake - they were big enough to
have some dark plumage and were practicing spreading their wings (but
it was way to early for them to have fledged). I didn't get around to
climbing a ladder to the roof of my yurt to see if there were dead
chicks in the nest.

Another possible variable is the mother. She looked like a different
bird than in years past. I don't know if the feathers on her head and
mantle might have darkened with successive molts, but there seemed to
be a sharper line between the dark plumage of her mantle and the
light orangey-white plumage of her breast. So maybe she was a less
experienced bird. The first year I observed the mother stand between
the chick and the sun and spread her wings to create a sunshade on a
particularly hot afternoon. I wasn't watching much this year so I
didn't see what happened on the first day of the heat wave.

I will be interested to see if the adult pair uses the nest again -
this year or another year.

Would appreciate any thoughts on the overheating hypothesis.

Thanks,

Kate




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The day before yesterday (June 1) I went to look at the Golden Eagle
nest in Redwood Valley. Two very large chicks were on the nest. Today
I got an excited report that at least one of them was in the air,
riding the currents high above the valley. My informant couldn't tell
if the other one in the distance was an adult or a juvenile.

Kate

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Subject: white faced ibis
From:    "Catherine de la Cruz" <cdlcruz@...>
Date:    Wed, June 4, 2008 11:33
To:      chaniot@...
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On May 28th, a flock of 15 White Faced Ibis were feeding in the
irrigated fields of White Dog Ranch in Western Potter
Valley.  Observation was made by Angie Meroshnekoff.  They stayed
until near evening, then moved on.

Catherine de la Cruz

5 June 2008 - At least 4 White-throated Swifts can be found flying around the
Dos Rios Highway 162 (Covelo Road) bridge, as previously reported by C.Vaughn &
G.Chaniot.  This is a great place to find these birds in Mendocino County
,,,with some terrific looks (actually looking down on the birds).   If you go
there don't be confused by the numerous cliff and rough-winged swallows that
also nest under the bridge.  The swifts come and go every few minutes ...so
listen for their excited twittering calls.

Sorry if this is a repeat message ...as I was having troubles with my
yahoo/Mendobirds account.  Good Birding.  Bob Keiffer

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Last night around 6:00 p.m. there was a male Great-tailed Grackle calling
and being harassed by the Brewer's Blackbirds across from the Mendocino
Beacon office just west of the Post Office in the village of Mendocino.



I tried to send this message out last night, but apparently it didn't go
through.



Cheers, Ron



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Sunday, June 15, 2008:  At 11:00 this morning I saw the TUFTED PUFFIN fly to the
seabird colony at the northwest end of Heeser Drive in Mendocino. With its large
orange bill and bright orange feet, it is easy to distinguish from the crowd of
black and white Common Murres and larger black Brandt's Cormorants that share
the island. The bird flew into a burrow that was obscured from sight and
remained in there during the 45 minutes I watched. The cormorants are still
actively engaged in nest building. Two notes of interest: unlike other years,
most of the birds are nesting on the dirt and vegetation covered island east of
the traditional larger bare rock colony that lies to the most northwest. This
new colony is much easier to observe from the headlands. Two smaller groups of
Murres remain on the original colony. Also, if you proceed to the end of the
spur that runs north from the parking area, you can easily view many burrows on
the side of the closer, more active colony. I believe that the Puffin
disappeared into one of these burrows.

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 Thurs, 19 June 2008 -- In the past few days, I have seen several interesting
 sightings on the coast. Monday, 6/16, a Long-billed Dowitcher was near the
 Ten  Mile Rvr bridge.  Today, 6/19, I saw an American Bittern at Lk Cleone. 
 I would  not have seen it, but it lifted up and moved a few feet at the edge of
 the large,  area of reeds at the east end of the lake.  Also 6/19, I had a
Willit,
 still in  alternate plumage, on Ten Mile beach. (There are NO Snowy Plovers
on the the beaches of MacKerricher SP at present). 
 
 I have been searching (and seeing) for some Tri-colored Blackbirds.  Today,
 6/19, I finally was able to observe a closed area near where I live.  There
were
 at least 3 adult males, and one juvenile with a presumed female TCBL.  Details
 will be provided to George Chaniot for his survey.
 
 And lastly, the California Towhee at Ocean Meadows/Ten Mile area, is still
 here.  He stopped singing about ten days ago.  Now, he gives his "chink"
 call all day long.  He is lonely!
 
 Karen Havlena
 Ten Mile area
 North of Fort Bragg, CA
 




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Last night, a good couple of hours after dark, I heard something that seemed to
be coming from the eaves above my back deck, but by the time I turned on the
outside light, it had relocated to somewhere up in a nearby tree. Weird as in, I
couldn't even characterize it as specifically vocal or a wingbeat kind of noise:
it was low in pitch, wavery and fluttery, in discrete bursts of a few seconds
with a slightly longer interval between them. The sound couldn't translate
easily into a word phrase like some bird calls do.
I know this is ambiguous and a long shot, but maybe somebody reading this will
know exactly what it is?
thanks all.


Janet Rosen
Zanshin Art
"When I feed the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor are hungry
they call me a communist" - Helder Camara


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20 June 2008, Friday, 3:00 PM, a mature Bald Eagle was seen perched
in a tree overhanging the Russian River along the 101 Highway between
Squaw Rock and Commisky Creek.   It's wings were kind-of spread as if
to say, "Dang it's hot out here" (over 100 F. degrees today).  This
is just north of the MEN/SON line by a few miles.   Another birder
has reported to me seeing mature Bald Eagles (two, then one) between
Hopland and Cloverdale within the last few weeks.  I suspect that we
have a nest somewhere nearby ....but nobody has reported one
yet.  Good birding.  Bob Keiffer

Robert J. Keiffer
Principal Supt. of Agriculture
UC Hopland Research & Extension Center
4070 University Road
Hopland, CA  95449
(707) 744-1424   FAX (707) 744-1040
HREC website:   http://danrrec.ucdavis.edu/hopland/home_page.html

"It is not the critic who counts... not the one who points out how
the strong person stumbles... or where the doer of deeds could have
done better. The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the
arena." Theodore Roosevelt

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I'm afraid I can't help with identification, but believe I heard the
same thing last night andalso saw the bird with which it was
associated.  This was very near dusk with just a bit of light in the sky
and I only saw it from underneath.  It appeared to be about the size of
a barn swallow, but its wings seemed narrower.  It made that call in our
forest for quite a while after dark.

Hope this helps!

J Rosen wrote:
>
> Last night, a good couple of hours after dark, I heard something that
> seemed to be coming from the eaves above my back deck, but by the time
> I turned on the outside light, it had relocated to somewhere up in a
> nearby tree. Weird as in, I couldn't even characterize it as
> specifically vocal or a wingbeat kind of noise: it was low in pitch,
> wavery and fluttery, in discrete bursts of a few seconds with a
> slightly longer interval between them. The sound couldn't translate
> easily into a word phrase like some bird calls do.
> I know this is ambiguous and a long shot, but maybe somebody reading
> this will know exactly what it is?
> thanks all.
>
> Janet Rosen
> Zanshin Art
> "When I feed the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor
> are hungry they call me a communist" - Helder Camara
>
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>

We have a winner!  At least for me.  I believe what I saw was a Common
Nighthawk, evidenced by the wings (which I only saw in silhouette) but
confirmed by the call.  A recording exists on the wikipedia page for
that bird:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Nighthawk>

Janet, I would highly recommend playing the song from the wikipedia page
to see if it matches what you heard.

Also, sorry I forgot to mention my location.  I'm about 4 miles inland
near Mendocino on the south side of Big River.

Thank you to the many folks who replied.
I'm glad Jeffrey id'd his nighthawks. What I heard was not that; nor was it
quite like the adult screechies I'd heard some months ago - but it has been
suggested it might be fledgling screech owl.


Janet Rosen
Zanshin Art
"When I feed the poor they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor are hungry
they call me a communist" - Helder Camara


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Monday June 23, 2008

Geoff and I scoped the northern burrows of the seabird colony off
Heeser Drive in Mendocino early this afternoon and were fortunate to
see two TUFTED PUFFINS.  Both birds were perched near the top of the
rock when we arrived.  Each flew off and returned separately, then
departed together about fifteen minutes later.

Cheryl Watson
Ukiah, CA

--- In Mendobirds@yahoogroups.com, "David Jensen" <djensen@...> wrote:
>
> Sunday, June 15, 2008:  At 11:00 this morning I saw the TUFTED
PUFFIN fly to the seabird colony at the northwest end of Heeser Drive
in Mendocino. With its large orange bill and bright orange feet, it
is easy to distinguish from the crowd of black and white Common
Murres and larger black Brandt's Cormorants that share the island.
The bird flew into a burrow that was obscured from sight and remained
in there during the 45 minutes I watched. The cormorants are still
actively engaged in nest building. Two notes of interest: unlike
other years, most of the birds are nesting on the dirt and vegetation
covered island east of the traditional larger bare rock colony that
lies to the most northwest. This new colony is much easier to observe
from the headlands. Two smaller groups of Murres remain on the
original colony. Also, if you proceed to the end of the spur that
runs north from the parking area, you can easily view many burrows on
the side of the closer, more active colony. I believe that the Puffin
disappeared into one of these burrows.
>
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>

 
 Tues, 24 June, 2008-- Dorothy "Toby" Tobkin telephoned to say that she
 heard a singing NORTHERN PARULA about two miles east of Mendocino
 Village off Little Lake Rd.  There is a fire road near mile marker 2.0, and
 the bird was singing in the forest.  For more precise directions, please
 call Toby at 964-6216.
 
 For Dorothy Tobkin
 (Karen Havlena)
 Mendocino Coast




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We spent about 5 hours over the last three days scoping the islands off
the Mendo Headlands and enjoyed many views of the various sea birds.
However, this morning between 7 and 7:30 am in light fog and smoke we
were treated to good views of one of the Tufted Puffins flying and
briefly standing on the cliffs.  We did not see it go to a burrow.
After flying around the area for several minutes it headad northwest in
a line out to sea around 7:25.  It was just off-shore near the
northwest corner of the Mendo Headlands.  We had the best view of the
sea bird colony by walking north from the northwest parking area on
Heeser.  Thanks to Dave J. and Cheryl W. for previous reports.
Roger and Grete Adamson, Davis

Saturday - 28 June 2008 - This afternoon I had a White-throated Sparrow feeding
out in the open in our chicken pen ...an area frequesnted by Golden-crowned
Sparrows and an occasional White-throated Sparrow during their normal wintering
season.  This fellow seemed to have difficulty flying, which is most probably
why he is still here.  Other than that it seems quite healthy and very skittish
....run/fluttering to the nearby brush pile in a big hurry.  Good birding.  Bob
Keiffer

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Sunday - 29 June 2008 - Last week a UC researcher reported to me that she &
fellow surveyors believed that they had several young Long-eared Owls respond
during their night-time surveys on adjacent property to the UC Hopland Research
& Extension Center.  I played a Cornell tape of juvenile Long-eared Owls for her
and she thought was identical to what they had heard.  Tonight I ventured out to
the vicinity of where they had heard  the reponses.  I arrived at around 9:20 PM
at a side road on the UC Hopland REC ...which bisected open grassland and the
dense hardwood forest where they had heard the earlier responses.   I sat
quietly on the tailgate of my pickup as I prepared the tape caller and
spotlight.  During this time I thought I heard a strange bark-like owl call
about 100 yards away in the dense forest.  I proceeded to call the typical
Long-eared owl "hoot" call for about a minute.  After waiting a few minutes I
called again with just a few hoot notes ....and waited again.   The third time
that I called I saw the silhouette of an owl fly in from the direction that I
had heard the earlier bark-like call ...and it alighted in a tree about 60 feet
away from me.  I turned the tape caller down low and proceeded to play the tape
again while I had the spotlight ready.  Within a couple notes of playing the owl
left its perch and flew directly over me ...at which time I flipped the
spotlight on the bird which was 25 feet directly over my head.  It circled two
complete tight circles directly over me in grand light ....I could see the
orangish facial disks, the vertical streaks on the breast, the dark "coma" marks
on the underwing "wrists", the "barn owl" size as compared to huge size that a
Great Horned Owl would be.   There was no doubt .... an adult Long-eared Owl. 
The owl flew back to the direction that it came ....I turned the light off as it
disappeared about 250 feet away.  Good birding!  Bob Keiffer

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Hi Birders,
I was camped at the Kate Wolf music festival along Ten Mile Creek just
north of Laytonville. There were a few birders among the several
thousand gentle tie-dyed folks. The highlight for me was a Phainopepla
pair. It seems a bit west of their range in the Central Valley
foothills. 25 species all together, common stuff.

John Lace
Grass Valley, CA

----- Original Message -----
From: John Lace
To: Robert J. Keiffer
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Laytonville Phainopepla


Hi Bob,
Here is the address:

Black Oak Ranch (MAP)
50350 North Hwy 101
Laytonville, CA 95454 US
(707) 984-6507

The owner is an old hippie, named Wavy Gravy, who was an emcee at the original
Woodstock, and very earth friendly and would IMHO be happy to have birders
document the breeding. www.wavygravy.net

I am absolutely sure of the ID. I watched them for 5-10 minutes and have seen
them commonly in the Sierra foothills, and in Arizona when I lived there in the
early 90's.

The tree they were in was creek side at the "Riverside" camping area at the
festival. The owners would know where that is.
Let me know if you find them.
John Lace
Grass Valley, CA
530.277.8874
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Robert J. Keiffer
   To: John Lace
   Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:45 AM
   Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Laytonville Phainopepla


   John,   THANK YOU!!!!    First... let me ask you without offending you ....are
you absolutely sure?   This will be the first summer record for this species in
Mendocino County and I may ask you for some detailed notes.  Also ....it sounds
like this pair may be nesting which would also be a first for the county.   Is
it possible to get specific directions and a landowner contact for permission to
look for these birds?   This is a GREAT find for Mendocino County.

   At 08:35 AM 6/30/2008, you wrote:

     Hi Birders,
     I was camped at the Kate Wolf music festival along Ten Mile Creek just
     north of Laytonville. There were a few birders among the several
     thousand gentle tie-dyed folks. The highlight for me was a Phainopepla
     pair. It seems a bit west of their range in the Central Valley
     foothills. 25 species all together, common stuff.

     John Lace
     Grass Valley, CA

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   UC Hopland Research & Extension Center
   4070 University Road
   Hopland, CA  95449
   (707) 744-1424   FAX (707) 744-1040
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   "It is not the critic who counts... not the one who points out how the strong
person stumbles... or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit
belongs to the person who is actually in the arena." Theodore Roosevelt



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