I've had a flock of Pine Siskins around our house (in the hills above Ukiah)for the last couple of weeks, giving the resident flock of Lesser Goldfinches a lot...
BIRDING in the LAND of the THUNDER DRAGON- BHUTAN Rich Kuehn and Dean Schuler, residents of The Sea Ranch, have traveled to relatively unknown Bhutan twice....
Saturday, 04 April 2009. A Loggerhead Shrike was seen on the southern boundary of the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens approx. 100 yards from the ocean bluffs...
4 April, 2009, Saturday--While birding at the Little River Airport today (11:30 AM. A flicker flew out of a drainage ditch to a tree very close to me. I noted...
5 April, 2009, Sunday--The Loggerhead Shrike found by David Jensen was refound today by Karen H. and Toby this morning. I saw it at noon today. It perched in...
04 April, 2009 Just after sunset my wife and I saw a Common Nighthawk flying over our property off Fish Rock Rd. on Gualala Ridge. A new bird for our property...
Mon, 6 April 2009 -- The Loggerhead Shrike, originally found Sat, 4/4, is still immediately adjacent to the SW boundry of the Mendocino Coast Botanical...
Monday April 6 2009 - Violet-Green Swallows appeared this morning, checking out potential nesting sites in the snag. Probable Barn Swallows have been heard...
Monday 4/6, I kayaked in the area west of the Lake County Park on the south side of Clear Lake. (along the lake shore between the county park and the Indian...
07 April 2009 Hello - It was pointed out to me (and I did a bit of research) that our observation would constitute a (Very) early arrival date for Common...
Tue, 7 April 2009 -- Dorothy Tobkin said that the Loggerhead Shrike was still at the Mendo Coast Botanical Gardens this Tuesday morning. We are currently...
7 April, 2009 Tuesday--After being dismissed from jury duty I decided to bird the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant before it rained. There were two Black-necked...
8 April 2009 - 12:30 PM - Chuck Vaughn & I quickly birded the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant at noon. On the exposed mudflat in the middle pod there were the...
A first spring male Hooded Oriole visited my oriole and hummingbird feeders in southwest Lakeport at noon today and was still present after 4pm today. It...
April 8, 2009, 6pm Laughlin Way and Lees Rd., Redwood Valley, male BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK We've never seen one this early. It joined the abundant spring variety...
9 April 2009, Thurs -- The Loggerhead Shrike perched atop the chimney of the light, grayish beige house adjacent to the SW corner of the Mendocino Coast...
Wed, 08 Apr 2009 -- TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS are back in numbers at the location on East Road in Potter Valley where the bred last year. Today there was a...
Thu, 09 Apr 2009 -- This morning in the drizzle the two BLACK-NECKED STILTS and one AMERICAN AVOCET continued at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant on the mud...
10 April 2009, Fri -- The Loggerhead Shrike was still present despite 4 deer and 12 ravens in the yard, plus a brisk wind blowing. It was at the top of a...
Doug Weidemann has completed the new webpage (although I see some minor revision is needed) for the breeding survey of fish-eating birds at Clear Lake, posted...
Saturday, 11 April 2009. This afternoon at the Stornetta Ranch on Highway One, north of Point Arena: on the small pond (flooded area) east of the highway just...
Saturday, 11 April 2009. Highlights of this morning's Mendo Coast Audubon Society field trip at The Sea Ranch included many alternate plumage Common and...
11 April 2009, Saturday Bob -- Note the BRANT resting near Gualala. Also, I have tried for Purple Martins at several local bridges in the last two days - NO...
12 April, 2009 Sunday--While in search of the Blue-winged Teals reported by David Jensen yesterday I found myself out on the Garcia River overlook by the...
12 April 2009 - Easter Sunday - in late afternoon I came across a flock of about 100 Band-tailed Pigeons and was surprised to get my binocs on an apparent...
Sunday afternoon 4/12 as I was coming across Hwy 20 I saw a flock of around a dozen White Pelicans circling.I don't know what this area is called, it's between...
Yesterday I birded around Clear Lake with Don and Doug Weidemann. We tallied several late winter birds, including a 1st-cycle THAYER'S GULL and four HORNED...
Birders, There was a flock around there on March 1, I saw about 8 from the Sentry (?) Market flying around the area. Imagine there's no countries . . .It isn't...
13 April 2009 - Flocks of Caspian Terns, about a dozen at a time, are flying north over the west end of Middle Ridge in Albion this afternoon/evening. Also,...