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...
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...
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Robert Keiffer
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May 10, 2003 5:07 am
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...
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 ...
Sunday morning about noon, a bit to the northeast of Goat Rock, I had good views of a Tufted Puffin in summer plumage bobbing in the ocean. --...
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Matthew Matthiessen
matthima@...
May 13, 2003 5:58 pm
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...
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Paul Hawks
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May 14, 2003 6:17 pm
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...
Wed, 14 May 2003 -- This morning I did my jog along the Eel River on the logging road from Pioneer Bridge to Bucknell Creek and back. The road has not been...
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Paul Hawks
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May 15, 2003 1:45 am
I stopped by and talked to the owner at 501 Sherry St. He said the orioles have been nesting there for several years. He showed me the nest, easily seen on...
We had a report from Peter Windrem of a "grackle" in the trees near a restaurant (TNT's) across from Library Park on 5th street in Lakeport on Monday evening....
Thu, 15 May 2003 -- I went to the 501 Sherry location on a trip to Ukiah to look for Hooded Orioles. I parked across the street and watched the tree. It took...
Greetings Mendobirders: This morning at the Redwood Valley Outdoor Education Project we saw a single BLACK SWIFT working N into the NW wind just above the...
Fri, 23 May 2003 -- A NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL was calling in my neighborhood this morning after midnight. It kept me awake from 01:10-01:50. This is only the...
Sat, 24 May 2003 -- Two PURPLE MARTINS flew over my yard in Potter Valley this afternoon, chortling as they went. This is about a month later than usual for a...
Sat, 24 May 2003 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports 1 TUFTED PUFFIN and 4 RHINOCEROS AUKLETS feeding in the waters off the Mendocino Headlands....
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Robert Keiffer
rjkeiffer@...
May 26, 2003 3:23 pm
Sunday, May 25, 2003 - Many rafts of Sooty Shearwaters (300+), mixed with 200+ Common Murres, and many Brandt's Cormorants feeding on a mass of long, skinny...
On Monday, May 26, blue grouse were still booming on Low Gap Road outside of Ukiah - .7 miles past the second cattle guard. California towhees are nesting -...
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Matthew Matthiessen
matthima@...
May 27, 2003 5:26 pm
Greetings Mendobirders, This past weekend a group of birders (inlcuding Larry Siemens, Stan Snyder, Paul Hawks, Dave and Ruth Wiebe, Myron Widmer and me) had...
Tuesday, May 27-Dorothy "Toby" Tobkin reported hearing a NORTHERN PARULA singing in the top of the spruce trees this morning at the entrance to the Caspar...
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Matthew Matthiessen
matthima@...
May 28, 2003 5:49 pm
The NORTHERN PARULA reported yesterday from the Caspar cemetery area by Toby Tobkin was still there this morning (Wed 5/28). The bird stayed mostly in the...
Sat, 31 May 2003 -- Chuck Vaughn and I headed up Etsel Ridge from Covelo after we finished with his BBS route. The season seems to be about two weeks late in...
Greetings Mendobirders: I tried to send this out yesterday, but obviously fouled up somewhere. The nice mix of late ducks that had been at the Ukiah Sewage...
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Demian Ebert
DEbert@...
Jun 17, 2003 5:03 pm
Morning- I just got a call from Mike Effinger in Redwood Valley. Apparently the male Hooded Oriole is back at his feeders. He also thinks that he's seen a...
Thu, 19 Jun 2003 -- Mike Effinger in Redwood Valley reports that an adult male HOODED ORIOLE and an immature male are still coming regularly to his feeders. He...
Austin Booth and I camped up near Hull Mountain this weekend, and saw some high-altitude species. We visited Spruce Grove, Hull Mountain Summit, Tar Flats,...
There were two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS singing along the Eel River, along the road to Covelo this afternoon, at mile marker 13.91. Also in the area were nesting...
There was a greater yellowlegs foraging at the west end of Lake Pennyroyal (nw of Ukiah, near Parducci winery) yesterday. Kate Marianchild 463-0839 Yahoo!...
