Greetings Mendobirders: The 2 adult Sandhill Cranes flew off at about 8 this morning. I just drove by the pond, however, and they have returned. Evidently...
Greetings Mendobirders: Late this morning Bob Keiffer and I found 2 adult SANDHILL CRANES at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center. The birds are on...
Hi All, I birded the Pt Arena area today. What a beautiful windless day on the coast! At dawn I scanned the ocean for a few hours from the lighthouse road....
Sun, 26 Oct 2003 -- So far this fall the gull watching has been pretty slow at Lake Mendocino - there has been a virtual monoculture of California Gulls. This...
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 -- Dorothy Tobkin and Art Morely saw the murrelet again in the afternoon, and both believe that it is a LONG-BILLED MURRELET. It was in the...
Does anybody know if the murrelet was seen today? We're thinking of driving up tomorrow if it's still around. TIA. -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA 94044...
To all those Mendobirders who have been viewing the Long-billed Murrelet occurring off of Laguna Point. This is such a rare bird in California that it is...
Fri, 24 Oct 2003 -- The LONG-BILLED MURRELET first spotted at Laguna Point by Dorothy Tobkin on Monday was seen again yesterday by Janet Stein, myself, and...
Wed, 22 Oct 2003, 11:45 -- Jerry White refound the LONG-BILLED MURRELET reported Monday at Laguna Point. It was out a good distance to the NW from the second...
Dave and I saw a male Ring-necked Pheasant along the grassy road way of Hwy
128 at mile marker 1..10 along the Navarro River about 4:30 PM on Monday Oct
20,...
Mon, 20 Oct 2003, 11:00 -- Dorothy Tobkin found a bird this morning that may be a LONG-BILLED MURRELET. It was in the waters off the outer parking lot at...
Correction to my previous report. It was Jim Branston a retired Fish and Game Warden who 1st saw the bird. Jerry Whit [Non-text portions of this message have...
Mendobirders, On 10-18-03 I birded from Point Arena to Rockport. In the predawn darkness at 6:53 am I heard a Marbled Murrelet flying overhead where Hwy. 1...
Oct 16th, 2003 Al DeMartini reports that he heard two Barred Owls calling in Montgomery Woods State Park about 1:30 AM. He also heard a call note from a...
Thu, 16 Oct 2003 -- There is a report on the N.Calif.Birdbox today by Al DeMartini who found a RED-THROATED PIPIT among American Pipits at the Ukiah Sewage...
Tue, 14 Oct 2003 -- The TROPICAL KINGBIRD at Miner Hole Road N. of Point Arena was seen through the day up to 3:30 by several people: Jerry White, Dorothy...
Hello all! As a regular visitor to covelo, I am eager to learn of any hotspots in round valley to which I might take my birding friends. Also are there any...
Greetings Mendobirders- This message comes from Jerry White. He reports that Al DeMartini found a TROPICAL KINGBIRD yesterday at 5:30 in the evening. The...
Sun, 12 Oct 2003 -- Sunday the Lake Mendocino Big Sit was held for the fifth consecutive year at the Mesa Day-Use Area of the Bu-Shay Recreation Area....
Geoff gave me a heads up on the horned lark; went out today but didn't see it. Happy to flush a bittern, though, and to watch a Coopers Hawk slowly flying up...
Greetings Mendobirders: Jerry White spent the day on the coast and his big find was a male BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBER on Miner Hole Road late this morning....
Sun, 05 Oct 2003 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports seeing an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER at V i r g i n Creek Beach north of Fort Bragg this morning. There was also a...
Sun, 05 Oct 2003 -- This morning I birded the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant looking for the Lapland Longspur and Horned Lark reported yesterday. I found the...
Medobirders, On 10-4-03 I birded coastal Mendocino between Caspar Creek and Rockport. There were 5 stunning male Harlequin Ducks at Glass Beach, 1 Greater ...
Saturday 4 Oct 2003, At 2:45 PM the Pectoral Sandpiper was still with Long-billed Dowitchers and a Greater Yellowlegs at the western waterhole of the south...
Greetings Mendobirders: At 830 his morning (10/4) there was a LAPLAND LONGSPUR at the USTP. I saw the bird at 2 places along the western edge of the...
This morning near 10am myself and two other observers approached the Kelsey Creek outlet at Clear Lake State Park by boat where we observed a Franklin's Gull...
Sat afternoon I had the opportunity to take a small boat out of Noyo Harbor to look at seabirds. We were only out about three hours but still managed to see a...
Greetings All, This past weekend (9/27-9/28) Stan Snyder, Larry Siemens, and I along with a group of birders worked the Mendo coast. Highlight of the weekend...
