Thu, 2 Jul 2009 -- This morning I went to Rodman Slough for my third try for GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE, and I succeeded. I set up my scope at the green gate to the...
Greetings Mendobirders- Cheryl Watson, Barbara Dolan and I birded the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant this morning. Although there is little shorebird habitat,...
Luke Cole 400 Species $40,000 Memorial Challenge A benefit for Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment (CRPE) September 26th and 27th, 2009 The birding...
7 July 2009 - 5:00 - 6:00 PM - There were 4 Vaux's Swifts foraging over the Russian River channel on both sides of the Talmage bridge. I am guessing that...
After being excused from jury duty yesterday, I birded around the lake. At the mouth of Rodman Slough I walked out onto the rocks and, about 5 minutes later, a...
To all; First seen at my feeder at 7:20PM 7-9-09. Black head and neck extending to the low back and rump which has a generous contrasting generous white area....
Barbara E. Dolan
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Jul 10, 2009 6:47 pm
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I am new to this group and was wondering if you ever plan group trips to go bird watching?...
Fri, 10 July 2009 -- Matthew Matthiessen and I went on a short camping trip to eastern mountains of MEN County, mainly along route M1 and down Hull Mtn...
Sunday 12 July 10:38am This morning I watched a sharp-Shinned Hawk hunting what appeared to be a family of Oregon Juncos. They were all in a White oak growing...
Sat-Sun, 11-12 July 2009 -- A group of eight of us also birded the high country of the Mendocino National Forest a day behind Matthew Matthiessen and Karen...
To those interested; The bird was seen 7-10-09 6:30AM. The bird was seen 7-11-09 at 6:20AM and 6:40AM on the Gazebo feeder. Next time seen on same weekend day...
Barbara E. Dolan
BDolan@...
Jul 14, 2009 7:50 pm
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This morning, while doing a Save Our Shorebirds survey, Toby Tobkin found a Red Knot in a group of 24 Surfbirds. She reports it was molting out of breeding...
Wed. 15 July, 2009--During the Mendocino Coast Audubon walk this morning (approx. 11:00 AM),Trudy Jensen spotted an Adult Male "Singing" American Redstart. All...
Perhaps I missed it in the archives, but I don't see that this bird has been previously reported. While on a brief family trip through the area, we stopped by...
Hi All, Since I had an 11 AM meeting in Petaluma today I decided to bird Lake Co at dawn and then hustle back to Petaluma. After all Petaluma is about half...
Thu, 16 July 2009 -- Two non-breeding, adult POMARINE JAEGERS flew out of the fog bank that lay immediately offshore from Ten Mile beach this morning. It was...
Yesterday evening (7/15) there was a juvenile cowbird (looked like an overgrown sparrow) being fed by a very small gray bird (sorry, don't know what kind) in...
Henrietta Bensussen
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Jul 17, 2009 6:26 am
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Greetings Mendobirders- Barbara Dolan, Cheryl Watson, Geoff Heinecken and I made a very quick trip to the coast this morning to look for the recently reported...
Fri. 17 July, 2009--As of 12:15PM the American Redstart was still calling and singing in the same location(see previous postings)at the Mendocino Coast...
13 August (approx) 2009 - Peter Pyle reported to me (with a photo) an adult male Harlequin Duck at the end of South Harbor Drive (off Hwy 20) near the Dolphin...
17 July 2009 - Thanks to those who let me know that the drake Harlequin Duck has been around the Noyo Harbor and upper marina for up to 2 years. And . my...
Spotted at MacKerricher yesterday July 17- full breeding plumage, but starting to change out. See photos at the group site :) [Non-text portions of this...
Sun, 19 July 2009 -- George & Janet Chaniot and I went to Fort Bragg's Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, arriving about 9:10-am just before Toby Tobkin...
I know this isn't Mendo County related but we thought you might help us with an ID. We were birding at the old RCA site at Pt Reyes around noon today in a...
the question regarding what type of bird was feeding a Brown-headed Cowbird baby? Possibly, White-crowned Sparrows? I took two shots of an adult WCS feeding a...
Thu. Jul 23, 2009--I found the American Redstart at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens again at approx. 4:00 PM. It's location had changed. It was near the...
Floyd Hayes just called with a number of shorebirds seen in the Clearlake area. At Borax Lake he saw the following expected species 35 Western Sandpipers, 15...
Minor correction: shortly after calling Jerry I saw the WILLETS again from Redbud Park as they flew circles around the south end of the lake; twice I counted...
To all; I did not see this report until today. I looked and listened for the male AMERICAN REDSTART in the area Richard writes about for 3 hours on 7-25-09....
Barbara E. Dolan
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Jul 27, 2009 5:50 pm
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Mon, 27 Jul 2009 -- At 7:30 this morning at Borax Lake I found 60 WESTERN SANDPIPERS & LEAST SANDPIPERS, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 28 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, 4...