Hi All, Are these two species being seen in the Ft. Bragg area? I was thinking about making the four hour drive for these birds- but there doesn't seem to be...
Dear Birders: The Montana Common Loon Working Group has begun a Common Loon banding operation in July 2003. Along with Fish & Wildlife Service bands, each...
The Snow Goose is still with the mixed duck and geese flock in Lakeport. I saw the bird today in Willow Point Resort which is just to the south of Library...
Hi All, My friend Pat MacEwen and I drove up from Stockton Wednesday. I was looking for Harlequin Duck and Rock Sandpiper. Pat is a beginner so most things...
Hi Folks, We didn't manage to get this in the last Falcon Flyer, so I thought I'd post it here. I know someone who went last year and said it was fantastic....
Sat Mar 6 - This afternoon Gary Maddox found a "yellow-shafted" Northern Flicker at the Burris Lane Pond in Potter Valley. The bird was perched in the top of...
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Sat, 06 Mar 2004 -- Today Dorothy Tobkin refound the NORTHERN SHRIKE in the Inglenook Fen area. She walked out from Grange Hall side and found the shrike near...
Sun Mar 7 - Drove up to Round Valley yesterday morning to see what was about. The only bird of note there was a FERRUGINOUS HAWK. On the way up I stopped off...
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Hi Folks. Here are upcoming Peregrine Audubon events. Hope to see you! 1) Field Trip to the Mendocino South Coast Saturday, March 13: Bird-watching field trip...
Wednesday, 10 March 2004. A pair of Osprey were at the mouth of Ten Mile River today. There were also seven Tree Swallows at the mouth of DeHaven Creek. ...
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Thu, 11 Mar 2004 -- A follow-up to last Saturday's Peregrine Audubon owling trip to the Bu-Shay Recreation Area: This afternoon there was a Great Horned Owl...
Hello birders, I visited the area on Saturday, March 6, and am from Phoenix, AZ. I saw about 7 or 8 new life birds in and around Mackerricher Park. On the...
Hello, Brian, On the northern California coast, we have Savannah (with the yellow concentrated on the lores) and Lincoln's Sparrows (with the overall yellowish...
Hi All, In my opinion Nelson's have goldish-orange in the face not the bright yellow that distinguishes Savannah. The Nelson's bright facial patch alos takes...
Howdy, all. During April, Tangerine Gallery will be showing my latest Mendocino inland area landscapes, including such birding hotspots as the Ukiah sewage...
Hi, Douglas, I have looked at a lot of photos and drawings/paintings of Nelson's Sharp-tailed and I came across that as well: more orange than yellow. In the...
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 -- This afternoon there were two male TRICOLORED BLACKBIRDS among other blackbirds foraging among the horses and burros at the end of Burris...
Greetings Mendobirders, There were two adult male Purple Martins along Red Hills Rd. yesterday, 3/22, the same date that I first observed martins at that ...
On Sunday, March 21, at 2pm, driving east on Black Bart Rd, Rachael and I saw a golden eagle in very hot pursuit of a red-shoulder hawk. The birds came...
Sunday, March 21, 2:10 pm, Pileated woodpecker flying west across highway 101, near West Road in Redwood Valley. This is the first pileated woodpecker I've...
Hi David, I like these communications and I'm hope they're fine with everyone. This listserv is mostly used for postings of rarities or migration arrival times...
Post away! The more communication the better! That's one person's opinion, and I learn something from almost everything I read, common birds or not. Ron Ron...
Upcoming Bird Festivals Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival April 16 - 18 Arcata, CA Extraordinary birding opportunities await you at the 9th annual...
Hi. I tend to agree with Ron. I don't want to read a lot of "daily journal" entries, but I think that sometimes a nicely written short post noting some time...
On Sunday 3/21 on private property along Robinson Creek Rd. (just west of Ukiah) a male Blue Grouse was found booming in the top of a large fir tree. Long and...
Mendobirders, I agree that all postings about birds in Mendocino should be welcome. Sometimes new birders see thing with fresh eyes and remind of things we...
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Greetings Mendobirders: It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood. This morning I saw a Grasshopper Sparrow at the HREC. The bird was in the lower of 2...
Greetings Mendobirders: I had the opportunity to get up Low Gap early this morning to look/listen for Blue Grouse, primarily. Unfortunately it was very windy...
Wed, 31 Mar 2004 -- I dropped by the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant in the early afternoon today. There were several GREATER YELLOWLEGS and a single LONG-BILLED...