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...
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...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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: ...
Tuesday - 1 July 2008 - Chuck Vaughn & I met with several other birders to pursue the Long-eared Owl that I posted on Monday. We arrived at the site shortly...
Tues, 1 July '08 - I saw a MERLIN of the 'suckleyi' race flying about 20 feet west from, and above, the Haul Road at the north end of Ward Ave in Cleone. (The...
Hi Birders. I spent a few minutes at Virgin Creek Beach both yesterday today, and the first few south-bound Shorebirds are starting to pass through....
Thurs, 3 July '08 - This morning I saw an AMERICAN AVOCET with its toasted marshmallow head and neck, first on Ten Mile beach, then late AM and this ...
Hi Birders. There has been a Yellow-breasted Chat singing at the intersection of East Road and Burris Lane in Potter Valley for at least a week. Good...
Friday - 4 July 2008 - The family of Long-eared Owls discovered at the UC-Hopland Research & Extension Center has now moved about a half-mile from the original...
Saturday, July 5, 2008. The highlight of today's beginners' bird walk at the Botanical Gardens (in addition to having 25 participants, many from out of the...
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 -- This morning at about 09:00 two CASPIAN TERNS, making their characteristic squawk, flew high over the end of Burris Lane in Potter Valley...
Birders: Last night the fledgling Long-eared Owls again begged for food at the University Road location that Bob Keiffer described in his July 5 posting....
Hi All, Yesterday, July 9, after a PRBO bird-a-thon meeting (hope you are all organizing your county teams now for this great fun fund raiser) in Petaluma I...
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