I took photos, too! :) An American Crow, eating food off the street in the middle of South McPherson Street in Fort Bragg, just a few moments ago. The photos...
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports seeing a very late ROCK SANDPIPER among turnstones on an offshore rock between Virgin Creek and Laguna Point. There...
Hello Mendobirders, While arguably the American Coot, Fulica americana, is not a "Rare Bird" in our area it turns out that it has an ability which may be rare...
My sister, Rya Rubenthaler, saw a female Blackburnian warbler at her house on Pine Avenue in Potter Valley yesterday, April 12, in the afternoon. The...
Birders one and all, Godwit Days is going well and the birds have cooperated as well as the weather. Highlights include: Birds; Laysan Albatross and likely...
I'm seeking the help of anyone on this chat group who may know something about the status of Short-eared Owls in this region. I've been asked to act as a...
This is a late posting but I wanted Mendo birders to be aware Hooded Orioles in the county. Penny Seamen who lives on the south end of Ukiah has for many...
Robert Keiffer
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Apr 27, 2003 7:17 pm
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Greetings Mendobirders: Yesterday the group of George Chaniot, Bob Keiffer, Matthew Matthiessen, and myself made a Mendocino County Big Day effort trying to...
Of local interest is a very late departing (for Lake County) White-throated Sparrow I saw today at Clear Lake State Park at campsite #47. This bird was...
Greetings Mendobirds, At least one of the two SOLITARY SANDPIPERS seen at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant on Saturday April 26 was still present Sunday the...
Matthew Matthiessen
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Apr 28, 2003 3:30 pm
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27 April 2003, Sunday, 4:00 PM, ... a migrating group of 15 - 20 Vaux's Swift's were following Feliz Creek corridor just west of Hopland flying downstream...
Robert J. Keiffer
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Apr 28, 2003 4:27 pm
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Tue 29 Apr 2003, 12:30 -- A female hummingbird that I am confident is a CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD just made several visits to the feeder on my front porch at 9430...
Greetings Mendobirders: Today at HREC I was able to get out and about between storms. The birds were abundant and vocal. I saw 8 species of warblers,...
Wednesday April 30, 2003 Geoff and I birded the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Ponds today from 11:30 to 12:45. Specialties of the day were a pair of REDHEADS, three...
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, This evening I observed several hundred Vaux's Swift's feeding over Friedman Bros., the 101 freeway, and the adjacent pear orchard...
Robert Keiffer
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May 1, 2003 5:11 am
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1300-1400 4/30/03 Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant. One solitary sandpiper is still on the mud at the north pond. western, least, and spotted (2) sandpipers also...
Cinnamon Bear Farm
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May 1, 2003 5:15 am
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Greetings Mendobirders: This afternoon I saw 4 LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCHES (2m, 2f) near the irrigation pond by the permanent pasture at the entrance to the...
Greetings Mendobirders: Toby Tobkin reports that the TUFTED PUFFIN(s) have returned to the Goat Island area off Mendocino Headlands where they have been...
Very good close-up views of the REDHEAD pair at USTP on 5/1 as they were initially quite close in the 1st, bubbler pond. A SOLITARY SANDPIPER was also seen...
May 4th Pelagic Trip out of Fort Bragg started out wet and cold, but turned into a sunny day as we headed out to sea. We went out 24 miles and the highlights...
5 May 2003, Austin Booth saw a male Blue-winged Teal at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant (USTP). Also a solitary Solitary Sandpiper at a winery pond in north...
Robert J. Keiffer
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May 6, 2003 6:43 pm
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Seems when I copied the species list, I may have left out a couple so here's the correct total list of species seen on the May 4th Audubon Pelagic Trip out of...
Thu, 08 May 2003 -- Another female CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD has been visiting the feeder on the back deck this morning. This appears to be a different individual...
Friday 9, 2003 I recently came across an old reprint article from Calif. Fish & Game, 64(2): 124-127. 1978 It is titled "Status of the Oregon Ruffed Grouse...
Robert Keiffer
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May 10, 2003 5:07 am
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Sat, 10 May 2003 -- Finally, a sunny May morning.* The big wave of migrating shorebirds at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant seems to be passing, but there was...
A small but enthusiastic group led by Toby Tobkin on May 10th to Navarro River and beach found sun and the following birds: Red-throated Loon Pacific Loon ...
Greetings Mendobirders, This is a belated report of the pelagic trip on Sunday May 11 led by Debbie Shearwater. The unequivocal highlights of the trip were...
Matthew Matthiessen
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May 13, 2003 5:58 pm
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Add another Hooded Oriole nesting site to your list. For four days in a row I have seen Hooded Orioles in the immediate vicinity of 501 Sherry St. (northwest...