Rufous male here today - just arrived. Kitty & Creek Norris Willits, CA www.magneticgraffiti.com www.iridiumradio.com www.kittynorris.com "Don’t ask what the...
Sorry to be late reporting a few species of interest: On 6 March I stopped at Detert Reservoir to get a better look at what appeared to be a small loon...
Fri, 18 March 2011 -- At 2:00-pm I saw the probable BALTIMORE ORIOLE and 2 BULLOCK'S ORIOLES at Rose Mem'l Park on N Franklin in Fort Bragg. One was the...
Sat, 19 March 2011 -- Today, a LARK SPARROW visited our driveway to eat a snack of birdseed. The bird acted like a returning bird (we have had 2 Lark...
There were two Aleutian Geese at the Gielow Pond on River Rd today at 3:30. Also present were 8 Common Mergansers and 13 American Wigeon, etc., etc. Dave...
Sun, 20 March 2011 -- Dorothy Tobkin called noting that the YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, most likely the same bird found by Jerry White, 4 Feb 2011, was with the...
Mon, 21 March 2011 -- The LARK SPARROW is still feeding in our driveway in Ocean Meadows north of theTen Mile river mouth. I suspect that many vagrant birds...
Yesterday Doug Weidemann and I found a 3rd- or 4th-cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at Clearlake. I first saw it in a flock of gulls on the water about 300...
21 March 2011 - Monday - First of all, thanks to all who post messages on Mendobirds as it is many times the "first-mode-of-communication" for exciting new...
Hear Hear! I could not agree more with Bob's suggestion. On another yahoogroups birders list, Calbirds, it is very clearly stated that: "A signature is...
21 March 2011 Monday. Excellent ideas, and here's one more. Please do not assume that everyone knows WHERE you are talking about. When I read posts,...
Tuesday March 22, 2011 - I finally have a bright-orange male Rufous Hummingbird visiting the feeders, disrupting the delicate political balance. This is three...
Unfortunately nobody has seen the LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL since Sunday, but yesterday and today I saw a 1st-cycle ICELAND-LIKE GULL on several occasions at...
For the benefit of those of you who are not registered for CalGulls, I have posted photos of the 1st-cycle Iceland-like Gull and--joy of joys--what may be an...
Hi the Red Crossbills, remain prevalent up on Comptche Ukiah rd. When the sun was shining last month there was lots of courtship singing. We heard a large...
Probably Common Murres. There are lots around now and they are beginning to move towards their nesting islands. Ron For a free natural history Picture of the...
This morning there was a SWAMP SPARROW at Anderson Marsh State Park (north). Drive to the end of Lakeview Way which is off of Old Highway 53. There were also...
Mendocino Coast Audubon Society April 11, 2011- 7 PM Gualala Arts Center Birds and Nature of the Southern Cone The Southern Cone? Is that an Ice Cream place in...
Two bald eagles just passed over my home on the south side of Salmon Creek cove. One vectored SE before I could determine maturity. The second one soared...
March 27, 2011 Al, the Laysan, Albatross, was seen on March 25th! See Tom Reid's report below. Jeanne Jackson, Anchor Bay From Tom Reid, who is having Internet...
25 March 2011 - Last Friday I and Ryan Keiffer took a close look at the Crofoot Ranch which is the white-fenced property on the east side of Highway 101 about...
Saw my first Pigeon Guillemot of the year off the Mendocino Headlands. Actually I should say "identified" my first PG of the year. I first saw this single bird...
WWW Paddle Mendocino - Waves, Wildlife, and WonderPersonal Enrichment Series Presentation at College of the Redwoods Mendocino Campus [Mendocino kayak nature...
Hi all, It's getting to be that time of year again - actually on Pt. Cabrillo is already is that time of year! For the past few years volunteers have been...
Monday March 28, 2011 Geoff re-found the SWAMP SPARROW at the Ukiah Wastewater Treatment Plant this morning at 10:50. The bird was foraging at the base of the...
March 28, 2011 Grace Steurer just reported that she saw Al this afternoon at 1:30 pm at Arena Cove. With the calmer water he/she was a "tad closer to shore....