Tickets are now on sale for the 2012 Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival to be held April 27-29. Visit http://www.pointreyesbirdingfestival.org/site/ . The...
I was surprised to hear that Green Diamond had already started taking Barred Owls as part of a more regional study of how this may help increase Spotted Owl...
East Africa is a destination for serious adventurers, renowned for its concentrations of wild animals, such as the "big five": elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard...
Thu, 16 Jan 2003, 12:30 -- There was a PRAIRIE FALCON north of Burris Lane today; it was sitting on a rock in the grassland and making hunting sallies after...
I have seen 2 or 3 Black-Crowned Night-Herons in a bushy Douglas Fir Tree twice this last month roosting during the day at 418 Mendocino Drive in Ukiah. I...
Sat., Feb. 18 On Friday, Feb. 17, Toby Tobkin reported seeing a SAY'S PHOEBE at the Pudding Creek estuary west of Highway 1. At the FB cemetery, the female...
I was out in Jackson State Demonstration Forest today about 1:25 pm. I heard and saw 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches. This was east of MM12.0, so I would guess it...
11 February, 2012 -- A male Allen's Hummingbird fought off and on all day with a female Anna's Hummingbird at "her" orange-flowered shrub in the yard. The...
I've been seeing this FOX SPARROW which appears to be the TAIGA VARIENT in my backyard for several months now. Is anybody else seeing these birds around?...
Jack Booth & I birded Covelo yesterday, 2.9.12. On the way up, we saw the pair of Peregrine Falcons at their normal cliff spot on Hwy 162 between Dos Rios and...
Thu Feb 9, 2012--There was a very ragged adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKR with the gull flock on Van Damme Beach this afternoon. There has been little mention of...
Wed, 8 February 2012 -- Dorothy Tobkin called that a/the ROCK SANDPIPER was at Laguna Point in MacKerricher SP, NW of Fort Bragg today. Drive north on Hwy 1...
Sunday, 20 MAY, 2012 will be the next scheduled pelagic trip sponsored by MCAS. Our May trips out on the ocean can always bring surprises (remember ALL but...
My wife and I finally got to see Al the other day at Pt. Arena, and watched him have a very interesting and friendly interaction with a local surfer coming...
MendoBirders, The LAYSAN ALBATROSS has returned to Point Arena cove. At 4:15 P.M. today we spotted Al sleeping about 500 feet beyond the end of the pier near...
On Sunday, January 29, seven of us surveyed waterbirds around the perimeter of Clear Lake. Waterbird numbers were much lower than in November, which appears to...
Wed Feb 1, 2012--There were two ROCK SANDPIPERS and one DUNLIN at Virgin Creek this morning. The sandpipers were on the rocks just south of the creek and the...
This is not an earth shaking observation, but I saw a Pelagic Cormorant with a big fat white flank patch yesteday. This is significant to me for a couple of...
This morning, Jack Booth, Harry Morse, Mike Curry and I went out to Potter Valley to look at the Bean? Goose and there were no geese, so we went over to Burris...
Thanks to all the birders who responded to the photo of the unknown goose at White Dog Ranch in Potter Valley. Consensus is an immature White Fronted Goose....
While photographing the orioles at the Fort Bragg cemetery yesterday, I heard the distinct call of a Western Wood Peewee from the nearby cypress. It jerked my...
Possible Bean Goose with flock of Canada Geese in the field at White Dog Ranch in Potter Valley. Photo in album "White Dog Ranch". Head is brown, feet are...
Sun, 29 January, 2012 -- This morning Matthew Matthiessen came to the Fort Bragg area, where Jim and I met him at Rose Mem'l Park. We saw all of the birds,...
2012 Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival April 27-30, 2012 REGISTRATION OPENS IN MID-FEBRUARY! Trips will fill fast! If you'd like to be notified when...
This afternoon, I spotted a Ferruginous Hawk atop a pine on the east side of Hwy 1, about 1/3 mile north of the Ten Mile River. This is directly across the...
Hello All. Today Elizabeth Ames and I birded along the Mendocino coast, from Pt Arena up to Ft Bragg. In Pt Arena, Al the Albatross was a no-show from 9:20 to...
I still have two spaces available for $75 each on the all-day boat trip at Clear Lake on Sunday. The weather forecast is looking great! If you would like to...
