Marisela de Santa Anna reported that on Saturday, 5/30/09, during a bike ride along Reynolds Hwy., in Little Lake Valley, she saw for the first time there, a...
Mon, 01 Jun 2009 -- Having some time to kill at Mendocino College this afternoon, I went to the "Rail Pond" to take a look. I was surprised to find a COMMON...
Wednesday - 3 June 2009 - UC Hopland Research &Extension Center - this morning Greg Giusti, Shane Feirer, and I discovered a Rufous-crowned Sparrow nest with 4...
Fri-5 June 2009--Red Crossbills are now coming to our feeders in Little River. I've seen at least 2 juveniles. They are very trusting. I've posted two close-up...
About one and a half years ago, purchased 8X42 Nikon Monarch binocs from Out of This World(competitive prices) in Mendocino for $300 plus bucks. Very good...
Having worked my way through a few pairs of binos over the years, here are a few ideas I've found important to me (and my non-glasses- wearing husband): *...
I highly recommend you go to Out of This World and get their help. Their customer service and their knowledge of their products is fantastic, and their prices...
A few yrs ago when I was still living in San Francisco, my car was burglarized the night before I was due to take some friends out for a basic birding walk. In...
I second (third? fourth?) the recommendation for Out of This World. Wonderful folks, a LOT of firsthand knowledge, and excellent prices. I bought a Nikon binoc...
House Wren babies just hatched three days ago in a nest box outside my house. I've been watching the parents running themselves ragged bringing insects and...
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 -- I just wanted to let you know that there has been a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK visiting my bird feeder on Ford Street in Ukiah. I saw him...
Sun, 07 Jun 2009 -- We saw at least 3 GREAT-TAILED GRACKLES up the right branch of Rodman Slough near Lakeport on Sunday, 6/7 around noon. Mark Bailey...
Greetings Mendobirders- I stopped in at the USTP this afternoon for a quick walk around the ponds. There was a WHITE-FACED IBIS feeding on the edge of the...
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 -- This morning I did some productive birding along the Lake Pilsbury road, 240B, between Potter Valley and Soda Creek, concentrating on the...
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 -- This evening at sunset I was walking along West Road in Potter Valley south of the cemetery when a nighthawk flew over low heading for...
Hi All, The White-faced Ibis continued at the Ukiah sewage plant today (June 12). At 8:30 this morning it was along the southern edge of the second large pond ...
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 -- I went back to the Mendocino College pond this morning to check on the COMMON MOORHENS, and I quickly found an adult clambering around in...
Sunday June 14, 2009 Geoff and I saw two ROCK WRENs on the south end of the Lake Mendocino dam this morning. The first was in the lake side rocks side not far...
We are new at this so be patient. At the feeder today were a pair we can't identify. Slightly smaller than a Spotted Tohee. White and black racing stripes on...
The Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant won't be open weekends for at least the next three weeks. They are finishing up the plant upgrade and need to work out a few...
... Thank you to all that responded! What a great group! Next time we will include the location.. Potter Valley. Mystery resolved: Juvenile Black-headed...
Two days ago another, smaller snake came and ate all the babies. One adult House Wren mobbed it over and over, and a couple of Anna's Hummingbirds also hovered...
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 -- I drove over to Rodman Slough on Clear Lake this morning mainly to look for the Great-tailed Grackles reported recently - no luck. I ...
Our kayaking business is at Dolphin Isle on the Noyo, and we have been watching this harlequin duck over the past 2 years. He is one of the first migratories...
Thu, 18 June 2009 -- George Chaniot and I met at Mendocino College to look for the two juvenile COMMON MOORHENS at the "rail pond" on the campus of Mendocino...
I had not checked my e-mail for a week (vacationing in Yosemite) when I briefly stopped by Rodman Slough yesterday at 10:00 am, so I was unaware of George...
Correction (thanks to John Sterling's query): make that a CASPIAN TERN rather than a ROYAL TERN (I must have been thinking about the Caribbean). Floyd Hayes...