Hi, Birders: Western Field Ornithologists is now soliciting papers for presentation at its 38th annual conference -- a joint conference with the Washington...
Today I found White-throated Swifts at the location that John Hunter reported seeing them (on 03-07-05). Just prior to 9:10 AM after about an 1 1/2 hour wait I...
Sunday April 4, 2010 - First confirmation of a male Rufous Hummingbird, with a solid orange back, at one of my feeders today. Cheers, Tim on Middle Ridge,...
March 7, 2013, 9 am. Jason, who works at the Point Arena Pier, just reported that Al, our favorite Laysan Albatross, flew in around 9 am this morning. The bird...
Dear Birders, Yesterday myself, Gene Lodes and John Oliver went birding down in Mendocino from Humboldt. We were able to see the ROCK WREN at Lake Mendocino,...
Has anyone else seen the Horned Lark on Ward Avenue? I got shots and will post them later. Seen today in late afternoon..... [Non-text portions of this message...
Hi all, I witnessed a phenomenal event this evening. As I was driving home from Fort Bragg I detoured slightly to watch the sunset over the Mendocino...
Please mark your calendars for MCAS' pelagic trip: Sunday, 19 May. The TELSTAR has been chartered out of Noyo harbor in Fort Bragg. The cost will be...
Sat., Mar. 2, 2013 - I saw my first Selasphorus of the season on Feb. 28 at my feeder up here in Inglenook, north of Ft. Bragg. It was a male ALLEN'S...
Male and female Varied Thrush spotted late this afternoon out on Caspar Point, end of Seadrift. [Female] Female * Robin-sized thrush of Pacific Northwest...
Fri Mar 1, 2013--For some reason 16 BRANT have made themselves at home on Van Damme SP Beach. I first saw them Monday (2/25/13) and then again today. When...
1 March 2013 - This morning Ryan Keiffer & I checked out the Coyote Dam for ROCK WRENS and found two between the pumping station and the south end of the dam. ...
Wed -Thur, 27-28 Feb 2013 -- Yesterday and today there has been a dark-morph PEREGRINE FALCON patrolling from Ten Mile river mouth to Seaside beach. Late this...
Saw my FOY Osprey for Road 409 this afternoon in the usual spot, a snag on the north side just up from the highway. And to answer Tim's question, yes, we are...
28 February 2013 - The North American Birds winter period ends today, covering the months of December, January, and February. I will be preparing the...
27 February 2103 (Tuesday) - An Osprey was circling over Highway 1 at the entrance to Surfwood (just north of Mendocino) about 11:20 this morning. First one...
Wed, 27 Feb 2013 -- This afternoon at the Cape Horn Dam and Van Arsdale Reservoir on the Eel River, I watched an AMERICAN DIPPER collecting moss nesting...
8 March 2009 - Sunday - This afternoon the BURROWING OWL was still present where George Chaniot described it yesterday. For about five minutes it was totally...
Tues, Feb 12, 2013 Dear fellow birders, The Barrow's Goldeneye found by George Chanoit yesterday continues today at the first (southernmost) pond. I looked...
The last two times I stopped to observe the annual American Dipper nest under the old Potter Valley Road bridge near Highway 20, it has appeared abandoned. ...
Sunday February 24, 2013 - The male Allen's Hummingbird that first appeared in our yard on the 16th is still there, and now at least three more have appeared....
Hey Jim and all, Seth LaRosa and I went under the old Potter Valley bridge this morning and discovered two American Dippers gathering nesting materials. The...
There is a Barrow's Goldeneye along with a Common Goldeneye here at the UWWTP. Also a Say's Phoebe, 3 Greater White Fronted Geese and a Greater Yellowlegs and...
20 February 2013 (Wednesday) - On the regular third-Wednesday bird walk at the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, seven birders tallied 42 species in spite of...
Single RED-NECKED GREBE in winter plumage in the cove at MacKerriker Park north of the parking lot. Nothing terribly noteworthy I suppose, but even though it...
18 February 2013 - Sunday - Ryan Keiffer and I went to look for White-throated Swifts at Frog Woman Rock ... several miles south of Hopland along Highway 101....
Tue, 19 Feb 2013 -- We have a CHIPPING SPARROW visiting the yard to feed with the sparrows and others. The Steller's Jay and N Mockingbird are still here,...
Hi I have a couple birds I need help identifying if anyone can help please. I posted them in an album called "Backyard birds and more" Thank You Rhonda Looney...
