Thur. 1 January, 2009--The Grace's Warbler reported yesterday was refound by several birders today is the same general area. Toby and myself met up with Jerry...
As some of you know, I did a personal California Big Year in 2008. After many miles of driving, I ended the year with 433 species - many more than my original...
1January 2009 There was a group of 5 swallows this morning at Lake Cleone. Two were clearly Barn Swallows and one was probably a Tree Swallow. Other notable...
So I wasn't hallucinating to see a smallish flock of swallows flying over Virgin Creek beach this afternoon! I thought for sure I saw at least two male Barn...
Thur, 1 Jan 2008 -- Late this afternoon, I saw the GRACE'S WARBLER on Rd. 500 D, just north of Jack Peter's Bridge. When, Jim and I arrived, there was a...
Thur, 1 Jan 2009 -- There was a pair of HOODED MERGANSERS in a large pond, SW of Hay 1 and Albion Ridge Rd, adjacent to the Ledford House restaurant. We...
2 January 2009 I was part of a group of six birders who impatiently and disdainfully sorted through many otherwise beautiful Townsend's Warblers before finally...
Liz West & I headed over to Mendocino to bird over the New Year's Holiday. Found some great birds and met up with a few Mendo birders. On Wednesday we started...
This bird arrived at 7:55 A.M. 1-3-09. I had not seen it since 12-28-08 at 1:30PM. Its arrival times have been between 7-8:50 AM and 1:30PM and 3:30PM. It...
Barbara E. Dolan
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At MacKerricher: CA Brown Pelican California, Western and Herring Gulls White-crowned and Savannah Sparrows PALM WARBLER Turkey Vultures Northern Harrier ...
4 January 2009 - This is a follow-up from the 2 January posting that Dave Jensen provided. My understanding is that the bird was not seen yesterday, 3 Jan,...
Sun, 4 Jan 2008 -- Geoff Heinecken w/ Karen Havlena ID'd a PALM WARBLER just NE of the Garcia River bridge. I got the Palm in my scope, and in the excitement...
These birds were at my in town Ukiah feeders today. BHGB at 7:55AM, and 1:27PM . the RBNU came in at 11:20AM as if familiar with the feeder. The BB-LEGO...
Barbara E. Dolan
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4 January 2009 - I have received a couple emails about the Grace's Warbler from observers. I would like to ask any observers to write, sketch, and photograph...
5 January 2008 - I just received word from Ryan Phillips, raptor biologist, that Matt Brady's 26 December 2008 photos have been reviewed by other raptor...
5 January 2009 - Sorry, I meant to say on the NORTH side of Burke Hill which is on the SOUTH side of Ukiah.... 5 January 2008 - I just received word from Ryan...
I got word that Floyd Hayes and Darlene Hecomovich saw the Lesser Black-backed Gull at Austin Park and the probable Iceland Gull on the roof of Wal Mart on...
I just got a call from Darlene Hecomovich. She found a female YELLOW -BELLIED SAPSUCKER at Lakeside County Park which is northwest of Kelseyville. Take Park...
On Saturday the 3rd, six of us tallied 10 species of gulls and 4 species of geese by 10:15 am. We saw the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Austin Park from...
5 January 2009 - Grace's Warbler is considered a "Review Species" by the Western field Ornithologists' California Bird Records Committee (CBRC). It would be...
Mendocino Coast Audubon presents Birds of Ecuador Most birders are aware that bird diversity varies according to latitude. The arctic region has few resident...
Nick Shepherd saw the LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Austin Park at 8:05 am this morning. Yesterday he and Michael Stanley were unable to locate the presumed...
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 -- 08:00-08:15 This morning I easily refound the YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER at Lakeside Park. It was in a tree near the backstop of Ball Field A...
The YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER that Darlene Hecomovich found on Monday (I saw it later that day) is only the 3rd county record. As George Chaniot pointed out...
Nick Shepherd saw the LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Austin Park this morning at about 8:00 am (while dropping off his son at school). He also saw the EURASIAN...
Wed, 7 Jan 2009 -- Twice today, I tried for some birds along the coast in MacKerricher SP. I had NO luck in finding a Rock Sandpiper nor the Palm Warbler at...
Our count (CAMN) was on Saturday, Jan. 3. Report in progress. Here are some highlights: Gr. White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Tundra Swan (66). The geese and...
Nick Shepherd just showed me a bunch of photos he took of the presumed 1st-cycle ICELAND GULL, which was on the docks at Redbud Park at about 8:15 this...
Thur, 8 Jan 2009 -- There was a possible 1st cycle Glaucous Gull just north of the Laguna Point parking lot this morning, but all I could see was the head and...