August 1, 2004 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The summer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Middle...
The wild rice on Reclamation Road near Upper Lake has been harvested and most of the checks have been drained. This afternoon there was one White-faced Ibis...
I was unable to locate Dave's Ibis this evening but did run across some other pretty good birds. Some shorebird habitat has formed in the flooded rice fields...
This list represents my personal choices for the most likely new additions to the Mendocino County Bird List.There are numerous records for most of these...
From Toby Tobkin; the 10 most likely possibilities in AOU order: 1) Short-tailed Albatross 2) Broad-winged Hawk 3) Snowy Owl (why not dream) 4) Gray...
Mendobirders, Good list. The lack of Gray Flycatcher on the Mendo list really surprises me. In Humboldt and Trinity, a few are pretty regular at some dry...
JHUNTER323@...
Aug 13, 2004 3:25 pm
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Mendobirders, If others would like to get in on this game of predicting the next ten species to be added to the Mendocino list, there is a table in the ...
John Hunter brought up some questions concerning the status of that species in Lake and Mendocino. Lake County has 3 records; 5-29-1999 at Goat Mt. (near Snow...
During the initial process of choosing the most likely adds for Mendocino, I found (because of the high number of possibilities) that is was fairly easy to...
Greetings Mendobirders, I guess I will join the group of "crystal ball" theorists and supply my list of "Top Ten" expected species to show up in Mendocino...
Robert J. Keiffer
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Aug 15, 2004 4:35 pm
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Where can I get a copy of (or look at) the official Mendocino County checklist? I'd like to join in this game, but I don't want to look foolish by putting...
Mendobirders - I just checked John Sterling's Excel Countybirds spreadsheet. Under Mendocino County, it shows that Gray Flycatcher HAS BEEN SEEN in the ...
Thanks Steve for pointing that out.....I have a vague recollection of a Gray Flycatcher record for Mendocino several years ago but I cannot recall any details...
Sean, Yes, I now recall that record...I looked it up on my spreadsheet and it was there. I guess that we need to make sure that everyone is on the same page...
Here is my top 10 list: Blackburnian Warbler Hooded Warbler Gray Flycatcher Canada Warbler Philadelphia Vireo Baltimore Oriole Broad-winged Hawk King Eider ...
Guess I'll weigh in with my Top 10 as well. Mine may be more of a wish list than a true Top 10 but here goes anyway (roughly in AOU order): Short-tailed...
Matthew Matthiessen
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Aug 16, 2004 5:09 pm
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Mon, 16 Aug 2004, 08:45-12:15 -- This morning I birded the relatively inaccessible E. side of Lake Mendocino from the Mesa day-use area to Perry Creek Cove and...
Black skimmers have finally arrived on the north coast. Matt Wachs found two birds (a pair of adults, one male and one female based on size) both banded, at...
Tuesday Aug 17 — We had lots of weather and even a few birds on yesterday's Shearwater Journeys pelagic trip out of Fort Bragg. The trip began in fog so...
Matthew Matthiessen
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Aug 18, 2004 5:16 pm
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The following is a list of the more interesting birds I recorded during a few days of birding on the Mendocino Coast. Baird's Sandpipers which are normally...
Unfortunately, while we do have some "birders" in the area, admittedly humble, none of us are clairvoyant. "Vague recollections" and "guess I never did" don't...
Already we have a near miss on a top ten listed bird. The Black Skimmer's (only on George Chaniot's list) almost certainly snuck through Mendocino County...
Almost CERTAINLY!, Check Steve Howell's sighting in the following post from Kimball that I received yesterday. The Humboldt Skimmers are both banded on the...
Mendobirders, My wife Xiaoqing and I birded the mouth of the Gualala River 8-20-04. There was a Chestnut-sided Warbler along the river downstream of the Hwy....
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Aug 21, 2004 4:44 pm
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Greetings Mendobirders: Roger Hoesterey of Santa Barbara reported seeing a CRESTED CARACARA along highway 1 on the coast in Mendocino County today. The bird...
When I reached the cypress full of vultures this afternoon, the Crested Caracara was gone, having reportedly flown north. Art Morely and I continued to canvas...
David Jensen
djensen@...
Aug 23, 2004 2:49 am
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ADMINISTRATION LOOKS TO ELIMINATE PROTECTIONS FOR ROADLESS AREAS IN AMERICA'S NATIONAL FORESTS Audubon Calls on American's Who Care About Our Forests' Future...
Around 2:30 PM today Nikki White and I found the bird in the area already described. Shortly after Toby Tobkin arrived. We watched the bird for over an hour....
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