I just called the N CA birdbox (415-681-7422) and there is a report from Bill Myers and Thomas ??? (couldn't understand the last name) from Pasadena of a...
Matthew Matthiessen
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Jan 3, 2003 6:14 pm
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This would be a great record, but I would expect a wandering BCCH to be found in riparian willows/alders in the northernmost part of the county. Seems like an...
Why would Van Damme be an odd location? Van Damme is mostly riparian woodlands and does contain alder stands in places. . . ... "Rapture....the only way to...
Feather wrote: "Why would Van Damme be an odd location? Van Damme is mostly riparian woodlands and does contain alder stands in places. . ." I was referring...
Thanks for the clarification, John. Not having had a lot of experience in the observation of BCC's, I am glad that someone who has, can give us better ideas. ....
I agree with you John. Most of us have thought it's just a matter of time before BCCH shows up in Mendo. I just didn't expect it to be that big of a jump the...
Matthew Matthiessen
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Jan 3, 2003 8:50 pm
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Sun, 5 Jan 2003 -- Today Matthew Matthiessen, Chuck Vaughn, and I made a fast trip up the coast, getting a jump start on our year lists. All of the coast was...
Hello Mendobirders, On Saturday afternoon 1/5 I visited the Garcia Flats area along Hwy 1 near Pt. Arena and counted 128 Tundra Swans in the first grassy field...
MedoBirds: Posting the follwoing on behalf opf Mark Miller of Vancouver, WA: Laysan Albatross: 1 at Point Arena Cove (MEN) 12/31/02 Tundra Swan: 20 in a...
Mendobirders, The following post is forwarded from CALBIRDS. John Hunter Arcata, CA ... "dcbarton_prbo <dcbarton_prbo@y To:...
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Jan 6, 2003 8:39 pm
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Yesterday afternoon, ( 5 Jan) on the lower arm of Clear Lake, the pelicans had a swimming parade. It was a mile long, streching from Baylis Point to Jensen...
We should not rule out the possibility that the chickadee could have been a Mountain Chickadee. Much more likely than a Black-capped at this time and place. ...
Wed, 8 Jan 2003 -- Since I was awake unusually early this morning, I decided to take an owling walk near my home in Potter Valley at 05:30. I heard Western...
Mendobirders, Chet Ogan asked me to post this: Mendocino County trip result highlights 11 Jan 2003 Hardy Creek (where HWY 1 meets the coast on the north) Black...
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Jan 15, 2003 4:37 pm
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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...
Charlene McAllister and I looked around MacKerricher S. P. north of Fort Bragg today seeing about 30 Herring Gulls and one Thayer's Gull at Laguna Point with...
Sat, 18 Jan 2003 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports finding a GLAUCOUS GULL in Mendocino Bay which she spotted from the Brewery Gulch frontage road. It was on the...
Greetings Mendobirders- Continuing with the thread of MEN swallows: this morning at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant, Geoff and Cheryl Heinecken and I saw...
Hello Mendobirders, Tonight, Sun 1/19, just before 5 pm and just after sunset at Lake Mendocino 2 very common birds (and one of them much maligned) began to...
Mon, 20 Jan 2003, 09:10 -- This morning an AMERICAN DIPPER was singing under the old bridge on Potter Valley Road. The nest under the bridge, which has been...
I went to see this spectacle and "audacle" and it was truly wonderful. At 4:15 pm yesterday, 1/20, I was talking on the phone with a friend whose house...
Hi Jessica, I would guess that they see their reflection in the window and are being territorially aggressive. Sounds like a cool thing, if they don't break...
Hi, Jessica, I think Ron LeValley hit the nail on the head with regards to the territoriality of their behavior. When ravens are beginning their pair-bonding,...
Forwarded from Cal birds. ... There is 1 message in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Where to look for Rock Sandpiper? From: "sramachandramurthi...
Greetings Mendobirders: This morning (1/25) at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant I watched a white-headed Ruddy Duck for a long time, maybe trying to turn it...
The great American Robin and European Starling convocation at the north end of Lake Mendocino (as first anounced in a post last Sunday) continues unabated...
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 -- This afternoon there was a FERRUGINOUS HAWK sitting in the oaks between Burris Lane and Pine Avenue in Potter Valley. There was also a...