I had two Burrowing Owls in view at the same time at 9:30am this morning on Callayomi Rd., off of Butts canyon Rd., near Middletown. The point at which I could...
Napa Co. - 200 (at last!) Late this morning I was able to see 2 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS on the Napa Valley Vine Trail that runs up the east side of the Water...
Wed, 5 Dec 2012 -- Dorothy Tobkin saw a SHORT-EARED OWL on Bald Hill Rd, about 11:15-am NE of Fort Bragg off Pudding Creek Rd. The owl was flying over a...
There was an adult male Barrow's Goldeneye in Clear Lake near Library Park in downtown Lakeport this morning. The goldeneye was about 100 yards offshore...
Tue, 4 December, 2012 -- There is a very pale, 1st winter LARK SPARROW feeding in the yard. It is light gray and white, but the wing greater coverts'...
John Luther let me know that yesterday afternoon he saw the LONG-TAILED DUCK and a SURF SCOTER from the 3rd Street pier at Library Park in Lakeport. Jerry...
Birded at Borax Lake today in Lake Co. The lake is a short distance north of the town of Clearlake. During two visits to Borax Lake today I saw 4 Wilson's ...
Sunday Dec. 2, 2012 Dear fellow birders: This afternoon, Ollie Kolkmann and I birded the Willits Wastewater Plant and along Highway 101 between Willits and...
Sat, 27 Oct 2012 - I spent about 45 minutes this morning at the end of Burris Lane in Potter Valley and saw some nice birds. There were four LEWIS'S...
Thu, 26 July 2001 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports a LONG-TAILED DUCK off of Ward Avenue in Cleone. It was in with a flock of Surf Scoters and diving synchronously...
Today during the break in the storm there were lots of gulls at Van Damme Beach. We saw at least 15 Bonaparte's Gulls eating kelp flies over the creek, one ...
Wed., Nov. 28, 2012: Walking along the Haul Road this afternoon I saw a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD hanging out with about a dozen BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS in the...
Noticed today that thousands of grebes have moved in on the coast ahead of the coming storm. Check out MacKerricker cove in MacKerricker State Park if you want...
Sun. Nov. 26, 2012 Dear fellow birders: Among the usual suspects at Glass Beach around noon today (t-shirt weather) I noted a non-breeding plumaged Palm...
Today while returning from a walk to Virgin Creek Beach at about 10:15 today (11/24), I clearly heard the low, musical, single note calls of at least 2 Evening...
I went least terning at Virgin Creek on Thursday morning, 8:30 a.m., unsuccessfully. But in the four hours that I was there I saw 1 greater yellowlegs, 1...
19 Nov 2012 -- I spotted likely the same PALM WARBLER seen briefly in our yard two weeks ago. Also in attendance was a Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco, which is...
Thursday, 22 November 2012 - On a gloriously sunny Thanksgiving Day, we birded down the Mendocino coast from Elk to the Garcia River flats, more or less...
11 March 2011 - Friday - Heard my season's first Orange-crowned Warbler singing today at the UC Hopland Research & Extension Center. Good birding! Bob...
Decided to get an early start on my Superbowl celebrations this morning (Sun Feb 3) by doing some owling up Low Gap Rd. It was rather foggy but still ended up...
Checking feeders in my FB yard, today I had a White-throated Sparrow along with the usual crowned sparrows, D-E Juncos, Pine Siskins, goldfinch, etc. First...
19 November 2012 - This is an update on the reported possible Cassin's Sparrow from Covelo. Photos and some description notes have been sent to a few select...
18 November 2012 - (which was yesterday) - the Peregrine Audubon field trip had a great field trip day to Round Valley (Covelo) yesterday. I will not include...
Sat, 17 Nov 2012 -- This morning a HOUSE WREN was seen outside our kitchen windows. We had a HOWR in 2006 in our yard and neighborhood. I sent a post about...
Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. This morning I noticed what looked like a Grosbeak in my feeder. After checking a couple of guides, I thought it was a ROSE-BREASTED...
Hi All, I thought you might be interested in the observations of the fellow who works at the Point Arena Pier. Here’s hoping our favorite Laysan Albatross...
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 Dear birders, I birded the wastewater plant and the skateboard park in Willits this morning. A couple of interesting finds: At the...
11/14/2012 at the quarry near the W. end of Pudding Creek Haul Road, (Fort Bragg aea) a N.Pygmy Owl was perched atop a small fir tree. He flew between a few...
Wed, 14 Nov 2012 - Today I found a road-killed NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL on West Road in Potter Valley about a mile S. of my home. It was in an area of oak ...
