I routinely see one or two leucistic (white) EARED GREBES at Clear Lake and Borax Lake, but yesterday we were amazed to see four different birds at Clear Lake...
This morning, out at sewer ponds, a couple of us got a wonderful head on, then lateral, then disappearing view of a fully mature bald eagle flying low above...
12 January 2009 - Monday - This afternoon I discovered two roosting Long-eared Owls in an isolated pepperwood tree here at the UC-Hopland Research & Extension...
Hi Birders. this morning I headed over to the coast to check out some wintering birds. At Laguna Point, MacKerricher State Beach, I met Lisa Hug, Karen...
Greetings Mendobirders- There was a bright female-type Western Tanager in our yard this afternoon, alternately feeding on apples and hawking out of the oaks....
Hello birders. I forgot to mention that I saw the Grace's Warbler this afternoon just after 1PM. So, its definitely not just a morning bird. Good luck, Matt...
Some of Matthew Matthiessen's photos of the Grace's Warbler can be seen at <http://www.peregrineaudubon.org/GRWA.html> George Chaniot Potter Valley...
13 January 2009 - Tuesday - Chuck Vaughn & I checked on the Long-eared Owls this morning and only found one bird in the pepperwood roost tree. Why both birds...
Tue, 13 Jan 2009 -- Dorothy Tobkin called to say that there were 3 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 7 BLACK SCOTERS, 3 RED-NECKED GREBES, and a RED-BREASTED MERGANSER off...
I've added two photos to the groups page. One of a Northern Pintail male I shot a photo of last February, and another from today at the same location: Virgin...
Hey Birders, Wanted to let you all know that the Grace's Warbler was still in Mendocino County today (Jan 13) near the end of Road 500D just north of the town...
Wed, 14 Jan 2009 -- Today Chuck Vaughn, Jim & Karen Havlena, and I drove to Lake County to look for some of the recently reported rarities, particularly the...
I too got a look (my 1st) at the ICELAND GULL yesterday in the early afternoon. The bird was on the 1st pier to the south of Redbud Park. With binoculars only...
15 January 2009 - This afternoon there were three Canvasback on the Beckstoffer Pond along Old River Road just south Talmage. At least two Hooded Mergansers...
Greetings Mendobirders- Barbara and I have seen a male Costa's Hummingbird in our yard on 3 occasions that last 2 days. It has made VERY brief visits to our...
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 -- This morning from 06:20-06:25 there was a NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL calling at the Glen Eden Trailhead on Scotts Valley Road in Lake County....
16 January 2009 - Friday - at least one of the UC-HREC Long-eared Owls is continuing to roost in the same bushy pepperwood tree as discovered in. This is not...
Can someone please help me identify a small owl I have been hearing in the evening. It is a rapid, almost chuckling sound of about 6 or 8 notes, descending at...
Sounds like a great description of a Western Screech-owl. Cool. Ron From: Mendobirds@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mendobirds@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Angie ...
Hello - This afternoon I observed 2 Red Crossbills at the intersection of Duxbury and Stonboro in "Southern Manchester". There were also 2 Cackling Geese 300...
Today I again saw the SWAMP SPARROW at the Kelsey Creek Outlet. On Clark Drive there was a Prairie Falcon. In the afternoon Nikki White and I saw the...
Charles here from Covelo... I'm working on ID'ing the hawks here. I see this one most days on my way to work at the south end of the valley. Tail feathers look...
Thank you all for identifying the owl sounds in my yard and the link to the Cornell website. I have a huge population of voles in my yard so the more owls the...
Sat, 17 Jan 2009 -- Mendocino College was my first stop Saturday for COMMON MOORHEN, SORA and GREEN HERON. Getting to watch a beaver swim about, lifting its...
Hello - I'm not sure if this is 'reportable' or not but there is a Tricolored Blackbird in the largish blackbird flock in Gualala that frequents the southern...
Greetings Mendobirders- The male Costa's Hummingbird continues in our back yard. Barbara and I saw it many times today between 11 am and 330 pm, at maybe 30...
Hi all, Today Frances Oliver and I did a bit of a big day in Mendocino, with a great deal of help from Chuck Vaughn. Frances and I started owling at 3:30 on...
Would somebody be kind enough to tell me where the pond/wetlands at the college is? Thanks! Janet Rosen Zanshin Art "When I feed the poor they call me a saint....
