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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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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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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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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albionwood
Mar 14, 2013 8:25 pm
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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Steve
stevestump
Mar 13, 2013 2:54 pm
Yesterday I recorded 40 Chipping Sparrows at the Ukiah WWTP early in the am. They are here again this morning, I counted 40 individual birds feeding together....
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Steve
stevestump
Mar 12, 2013 11:54 pm
I stopped off at the old Potter Valley bridge today after work and discovered that the new American Dipper nest was destroyed. The nest wasn't even there...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Mar 11, 2013 4:12 pm
MCAS will hold its spring pelagic trip on Sunday, 19 May, from Noyo harbor, Fort Bragg. Our scheduled leaders are Todd Easterla, Rob Fowler and John ...
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Dave Quady
davequady@...
Mar 11, 2013 3:56 pm
Hi, Birders: Western Field Ornithologists is now soliciting papers for presentation at its 38th annual conference -- a joint conference with the Washington...
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Robert Keiffer
rjkeiffer...
Mar 10, 2013 5:22 pm
10 March 2013 - Sunday - This morning at 09:45 AM Ryan Keiffer and I watched 4White-throated Swifts soaring above Frog Woman Rock, which is the massviely large...
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albionwood
Mar 9, 2013 1:01 am
8 March 2013 (Friday) - We were up in Humboldt for the last three days, and on returning I see at least one male Rufous Hummingbird on a feeder. We are also...
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Rick & Jeanne Jackson
jackson_us
Mar 7, 2013 5:13 pm
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...
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Robert Hewitt
hewittr51
Mar 7, 2013 3:56 am
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,...
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Lisa Walker (Feather)
feather7023...
Mar 7, 2013 3:08 am
Photos are up and they are here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/photos/album/1978337386/pic/list ... From: Lisa Walker (Feather)...
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Lisa Walker (Feather)
feather7023...
Mar 7, 2013 3:03 am
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...
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birdmanofthewoods4
birdmanofthe...
Mar 6, 2013 5:50 am
Watched yesterday as a large flock of COMMON MURRES coming out of the south came into Agate Cove just north of Bird Rock off the Mendocino Headlands in...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Mar 4, 2013 5:40 pm
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...
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Kitty & Creek Norris
rocknridgeranch
Mar 3, 2013 6:10 pm
Our gorgeous rufous hummingbird appeared today in the garden, top of Irene Peak SW of Willits - Kitty Norris...
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carolynkinet
Mar 2, 2013 4:55 pm
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...
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davidwillsalden48
davidwillsal...
Mar 2, 2013 5:26 am
Male and female Varied Thrush spotted late this afternoon out on Caspar Point, end of Seadrift. [Female] Female * Robin-sized thrush of Pacific Northwest...
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Richard
richhubie
Mar 2, 2013 2:20 am
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...
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Steve Stump
stevestump
Mar 2, 2013 2:17 am
Bummer!   Steve Stump  ________________________________ From: Robert Keiffer <rjkeiffer@...> To: Mendobirds@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 1,...
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Seth LaRosa
larosaco
Mar 2, 2013 1:58 am
Wow! So that's where it went. I attend Mendocino College and walk those ponds a few times a week. I haven't recorded the gallinule since Feb 14th and I've been...
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Robert Keiffer
rjkeiffer...
Mar 2, 2013 1:22 am
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. ...
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Karen Havlena
jkhavlena
Mar 1, 2013 4:19 am
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...
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Jessica Morton
dipper409
Mar 1, 2013 1:14 am
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...
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Robert Keiffer
mendocinorjk
Feb 28, 2013 5:25 pm
28 February 2013 - The North American Birds winter period ends today, covering the months of December, January, and February. I will be preparing the...
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Rick & Jeanne Jackson
jackson_us
Feb 28, 2013 3:52 pm
Thursday, Feb. 28th 2013 Red-breasted Nuthatches still here in Anchor Bay in great numbers. Love their honking calls. Also of note is the northward migration...
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gchaniot
Feb 28, 2013 4:49 am
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...
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albionwood
Feb 28, 2013 3:58 am
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...
