13 March 2013 (Wednesday) - I have been hearing what sounded like an Orange-Crowned Warbler for three days, and finally got a good look to confirm it. Still...
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Robert Keiffer
rjkeiffer...
Mar 15, 2013 7:31 pm
14 March 2013 - Friday - This morning I decided to try for Sooty Grouse along Low Gap Road west of the Ukiah High School. The road is washed out about 9.5 ...
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Lisa Walker (Feather)
feather7023...
Mar 16, 2013 1:46 am
I have an adult male Allen's Hummingbird (solid green back) visiting my feeders today; he is being chased off by the resident pair of Anna's Hummingbirds, but...
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Marigold Klein
marigoldklein
Mar 17, 2013 1:26 am
Two places I've seen or heard sooty grouse are : Mill Creek Park... saw one near the road once... haven't heard them calling there though. And the new...
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birdmanofthewoods4
birdmanofthe...
Mar 17, 2013 5:09 am
Just to try and clarify things (or make them more confusing), I learned these birds as the Spruce Grouse. The Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuligenosus)has been...
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jarlyus
Mar 19, 2013 5:10 pm
I had a single White-tailed Kite perched atop an oak tree this weekend in southeast Potter Valley. This reminds me of a time when there were one or more pairs...
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Kate Marianchild
katemarianchild
Mar 19, 2013 6:06 pm
I have one sitting on a nest here at Round Mountain. It's the first nest I've seen that isn't on top of a mistletoe clump. It's extremely flimsy––I can see...
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Robert Keiffer
mendocinorjk
Mar 19, 2013 11:34 pm
19 March 2013 - Tuesday - Out my office window this morning was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW eating flowering quince blossoms. This is the first one that I have...
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Steve
stevestump
Mar 20, 2013 5:10 pm
March 20 2013- 0945 There are a pair of Surf Scoters here at the WWTP in Ukiah. Male and Female. There is also a Dunlin and a drake N. Pintail Steve Stump...
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jack
jackwbooth
Mar 20, 2013 10:05 pm
Steve Stump called me about surf scoters at Ukiah Waste Treatment plant this morning. I photographed them at 11:20 to 11:30 AM. I downloaded photos to...
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Charlene McAllister
lrchar
Mar 22, 2013 6:28 pm
Mendocino Coast Audubon has a complete set of "the Life Histories of American Birds" by Arthur Cleveland Bent. The value of this used set on Amazon is...
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Jim Armstrong
jarlyus
Mar 24, 2013 1:32 am
The Dipper pair were hard at work on the nest this Saturday afternoon. They are still using the splintered snag in the river just north of the bridge for a...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Mar 24, 2013 5:09 am
We have 4 spaces left for the pelagic trip out of Fort Bragg, Sunday 19 May. This is essentially an all-day effort traversing the open ocean searching for...
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birdmanofthewoods4
birdmanofthe...
Mar 25, 2013 3:38 am
I was down on the Mendocino Headlands this morning and the big mirgration is heating up. Lots of whales, but more interesting to the birder was the absolutely...
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Jeff Petit
bethandjeff35
Mar 25, 2013 2:49 pm
At Arena Cove yesterday afternoon (Sunday, March 24, 2013) around 3:30 we saw a Osprey soaring over the bluffs and to the north side of the pier. It took...
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Ron LeValley
rlevmrb
Mar 25, 2013 3:23 pm
Nice sightings. Those were likely Aleutian Cackling Geese migrating by. They are going by in good numbers now. Occasionally there will be a flock of Black...
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Diane Hichwa
dhichwa@...
Mar 25, 2013 3:25 pm
We saw long streams of Brant going by yesterdayŠ200+ at a time. Diane Hichwa Email: dhichwa@... Telephone: 707-785-1922 (Sea Ranch) 707-483-3130...
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Rick & Jeanne Jackson
jackson_us
Mar 25, 2013 4:41 pm
Yes, I received a nice photo of Brant passing by Gualala yesterday, March 25th. Also, Ospreys are back. The first sighting was Friday, March 22nd – it must...
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David Alden
davidwillsal...
Mar 25, 2013 5:25 pm
We saw out first Osprey of the season about two weeks ago on Caspar point. Sitting on a rock promentory where they like to hang out. ... [Non-text portions of...
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albionwood
Mar 25, 2013 5:50 pm
24 March 2013 (Sunday) about 3:30 pm - From the Albion Farmer's Market I watched an Osprey doing the "sky-dance" display flight. It appeared to be over the...
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birdmanofthewoods4
birdmanofthe...
Mar 29, 2013 3:36 am
I watched today as a couple of Red-breasted Nuthatches competed with a couple of my Chestnut-backed Chickadees for nesting rights to one of my birdhouses.The...
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Robert Keiffer
mendocinorjk
Mar 29, 2013 11:48 pm
29 March 2012 - Today Ryan Keiffer and I birded the UC Hopland Research & Extension Center for a few hours. The surprise was a single GRASSHOPPER SPARROW at...
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jarlyus
Mar 30, 2013 12:02 am
About 15 minutes this Friday afternoon revealed no Dipper activity and no discernable new work. It is a little worrisome that someone, authorized or not, has...
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jack
jackwbooth
Mar 30, 2013 4:14 am
29, March 2013 - This morning about 9:00AM David Smith & I found a single Palm Warbler along the Haul Road south of the Ward Avenue parking lot. It was about...
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Jack Booth
jackwbooth
Mar 30, 2013 4:22 am
Correction to previous post. Richard told us where he had seen the rock sandpiper. Jack Booth...
5553
jackson_us
Mar 30, 2013 10:19 pm
March 30, 2013 Hi All, There havebeen no sightings of our favorite Laysan Albatross since March 7th. Looks like that might be the day to use for when he/she...
5554
birdmanofthewoods4
birdmanofthe...
Mar 31, 2013 2:52 am
I was eating my lunch today at Lake Cleone in MacKerricker Park and decided that not much was going on. I must have sat there a half hour eating my sandwhich...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Apr 1, 2013 3:24 am
Sun, Mar 31, 2013 -- The Fort Bragg pelagic trip, May 19, is full. If you would like to be placed on a waiting list, please contact me. Thanks, Karen...
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Cate
liquidfusion...
Apr 2, 2013 1:39 am
Greetings Mendobirders, Over the years, we have seen the occasional male wood duck in the estuary part of the Noyo River near our shop at Dolphin Isle. This ...
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Richard Kuehn
windnsea@...
Apr 2, 2013 1:51 am
Greetings Birders and Bird Enthusiasts! I hope everyone is enjoying our spring seabird migration, which is now WELL underway! I wanted to remind you the...
