I stopped by tonight on the way home from the gallery and the male and two female Hooded Mergansers were still there as was the Ring-necked Duck. Also there...
4803
helen.k@...
nospraymail
Dec 26, 2011 3:54 am
Bill Doyle and I have had an enjoyable couple days birding in Fort Bragg.  One of the treats was the Rose Memorial Park cemetery which Tim Bray told us...
4804
Ron LeValley
rlevmrb
Dec 26, 2011 4:34 am
Hi all, Charlene and I looked around the Fort Bragg area today(December 25) and found the following: Off the end of Ward Avenue north of MacKerricher State...
4805
Robert Keiffer
mendocinorjk
Dec 26, 2011 8:20 pm
26 December 2011, Monday, Lisa sent me her photos of the reported Harlan's Hawk ...and I forwarded them to Ryan Phillips, raptor biologist ...one of the...
4806
Lisa Walker (Feather)
feather7023...
Dec 26, 2011 10:08 pm
I went back today to get shots, the bird was still there, in the large stand of Monterey Cypress trees on the north side of the Pudding Creek trestle. He also...
4807
Lisa Walker (Feather)
feather7023...
Dec 26, 2011 10:15 pm
I was wrong: I did get a shot of the tail, and it cinches it; no white streaking. So calurus stands :) ... From: Lisa Walker (Feather)...
4808
Jim Armstrong
jarlyus
Dec 26, 2011 10:25 pm
I was not too surprised not to have heard of a "beel." I was a little more surprised to find that Google apparently hasn't heard of it either. Perhaps a...
4809
helen.k@...
nospraymail
Dec 27, 2011 2:00 am
Leaving Ft Bragg this morning, one of the stops Bill and I made was at Russian Gulch State Park, where we saw two Gray Jays fly in to the creek between the...
4810
sauntergs
Dec 27, 2011 4:55 am
Just before 4:30 this Monday afternoon I heard 'pit-er-nick' coming from the valley oak above me next to my house on W. Standley St. Ukiah. The Western Tanager...
4811
sauntergs
Dec 27, 2011 4:55 am
In my haste I forgot to say that I did get a good look at the yellow underside with my binocs before it flew. Steve Grams...
4812
Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Dec 28, 2011 4:10 am
27 Dec, 2011 -- Today was spent looking for birds in the Manchester and Pt Arena Lightstation areas. It has been very dry there, so the coming rains will...
4813
George Chaniot
gchaniot
Dec 29, 2011 5:38 pm
Wed, 28 Dec 2011 -- The male EURASIAN WIGEON continues at the same pond in Potter Valley as described in previous posts. The number of American Wigeon keeps...
4814
John Lace
jozyme
Dec 29, 2011 8:56 pm
Hi we are staying near Point Arena and would like to see Al on Saturday. What's the best way to approach and view? We've not been to Point Arena before. John...
4815
Rick & Jeanne Jackson
jackson_us
Dec 29, 2011 10:58 pm
Hi John, The best place to see Al is at the Point Arena Pier. There is ample parking. Walk out on the pier and look to your north. That is where Al hangs out...
4816
dhecomovich
Dec 30, 2011 4:45 am
Thanks to all 55 birders that participated in the Clear Lake Count for their time and hard work in ferreting out a total of 147 birds (subject to slight...
4817
dhecomovich
Dec 30, 2011 5:16 am
I just discovered that this year's count of 4,823 Ruddy Ducks was NOT the all-time high count for Ruddy's. It was easily outdone by the 2009-10 Count year of...
4818
dhecomovich
Dec 30, 2011 4:21 pm
Found my error, or rather Floyd Hayes did, who was the individual responsible for counting most of those Ruddy Ducks on the Clear Lake CBC. The "1" slipped off...
4819
John Lace
jozyme
Dec 30, 2011 7:33 pm
Thanks to all who responded. John Lace On Dec 29, 2011, at 12:56 PM, John Lace wrote: Hi we are staying near Point Arena and would like to see Al on Saturday....
4820
Jerry White
grebeman2
Dec 31, 2011 5:11 pm
I recieved a report of a LONG-TAILED DUCK seen on Clear Lake near the outlet of Manning Creek. The bird was seen on December 28th by Eugene Rentsch and Mike...
4821
Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Dec 31, 2011 8:47 pm
31 Dec 2011 -- I stopped at Casar Pond (Hwy 1 and Fern Creek Rd) to check on count week birds. The 3 HOODED MERGANSERS, 5 COMMON MERGANSERS and 1 fem....
4822
Dave
bengston.dave
Jan 1, 2012 2:35 am
There was a female Harlequin Duck in the Navarro River today just downstream from the Hwy 1 Bridge. It was between the bridge and the island constantly being...
4823
albionwood
Jan 1, 2012 10:02 pm
4824
Arthur Morley
rtmorley
Jan 3, 2012 6:18 am
On today's Fort Bragg CBC there was a female Summer Tanager seen at the corner of Pearl Drive and Boice Lane. Pearl Drive goes east from Hwy 1 about 2 miles...
4825
albionwood
Jan 3, 2012 5:13 pm
Preliminary tally from yesterday's Count is 147 species. Of those, 133 were on the list, and 11 were unexpected rarities. More than 70 people took part, and...
4826
albionwood
Jan 3, 2012 5:20 pm
That should be thanks to Angela and JUDY! Tim ...perhaps a little tired this morning......
4827
albionwood
Jan 3, 2012 6:37 pm
Topping the list is a female BALTIMORE ORIOLE found by Al DeMartini in a Banksia tree at the Rose Memorial Park cemetery. Al also found a female BULLOCK's...
4828
George Chaniot
gchaniot
Jan 5, 2012 3:52 pm
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 -- Chuck Vaughn and I saw the continuing EURASIAN WIGEON at the pond north of the cemetery in Potter Valley today. In the pasture south of...
4829
David Jensen
jjensen0226
Jan 5, 2012 7:23 pm
Wednesday, 4-January-2012. At approximately 7:15 a.m., a Northern Goshawk flew across Highway 20 about 200 yards west of the James Creek bridge. Dave Jensen ...
4830
Jeff Petit
bethandjeff35
Jan 6, 2012 6:08 pm
Hi, Yesterday afternoon we saw a small white goose with black wing tips feeding with mallards (about the same size as them) in the pond on the east side of...
4831
Robert Keiffer
mendocinorjk
Jan 6, 2012 7:25 pm
Beth & Jeff, There was a Ross's Goose in the vicinity on the CBC on December 30th. It will be useful to know how long it stays there. ... From:...
