I took a short trip to the coast today. At about 8:00 a.m., I got five RED CROSSBILLS and a larger flock of PINE SISKINS atop conifers by the Veterans'...
I birded Woodbridge Regional Park in San Joaquin Co. Saturday and found a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (tan stripe) just to the right of the main trail near the...
December 1, 2007 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The winter season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Northern...
I birded with Daniel Gilman earlier today along these roads. We had three FERRUGINOUS HAWKS and one PRAIRIE FALCON, as well as a handsome flock of LARK...
My wife & I birded Merced NWR this afternoon. There was a flock of about 40 TRI-COLORED BLACKBIRDS in a field adjacent to Sandy Mush across from the dairy just...
This area was pretty birdy for a cold morning. There were five WOOD DUCKS in the slough at Valley Oaks Rec. Area. They're skittish, so please be discreet if...
Calling all local birders - we need your help for this Saturday's Christmas Bird Count! Here is a link to the count website with a map of the area. ...
It is still 2 months away, but I thought I'd put this out there so you can plan ahead. Feb 15 - 18, 2008. http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/ Jim Gain Modesto, CA ...
Nice find, Joe. This is the first Cassin's Kingbird record from the city of Modesto that I am aware of, as well as the first winter record in the 25 years I...
I apologize for the broken links. You can copy & paste the first half into your web browser's address bar; then repeat that w/ the 2nd half. Paste the 2nd half...
Joe- While I have seen all the species I mention here, I cannot claim to be an expert on them. However, this bird does not have a gray breast like a Cassin's,...
Joe, As well as Dave's excellent points your bird also shows signs of a dark ear patch consistent with a Tropical Kingbird. One of my reference materials ...
It looks fine for Cassin's to me. One feature that shows well in these photos is the chin and throat. On Cassin's, only the chin is white as seen here. On...
The Cassin's Kingbird was located this morning near where Joe Devine first found it. This morning it was on the Modesto Junior College West Campus, across the...
Sherrie and I saw the Cassin's Kingbird this afternoon just before and after sunset, between 4:40 and 5:00. The entire time it was within 100 feet of the bare...
You are invited to participate in the Caswell-Westley Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, Dec. 30. We will meet at Denney's Restaurant at 2052 W. Orangeburg Ave....
On the third try, I finally re-found the CASSIN'S KINGBIRD this morning when it came out on the utility line at 7:35 a.m. Dave Froba joined me, and we took...
The Cassin's Kingbird continues to be seen at the southwest corner of Modesto Junior College west campus. This morning it frequented the area described in...
This afternoon I observed the Cassin's KB in a small bare tree along Cummings Dr. (the portion that exits onto Carpenter between Wendy's/Home Depot & the...
My error: the kingbird is actually in the southeast corner (not southwest) of the Modesto Junior College West Campus. Harold Reeve's directions in the previous...
This morning I headed over to Woodward Reservoir for a little Christmas birding. While driving along the park's South Drive, just east of the sanitary disposal...
At the Ceres S.T. Ponds, there were hundreds of Bonaparte's Gulls and dozens of Canvasbacks, in addition to a lone Snow Goose foraging with Canada Geese. I...
I waited near the bare tree & magnolias for a while this afternoon for the Cassin's Kingbird. At 4:15p the Kingbird called 6 times and sallied out a short...
As many of you know, I take a few minutes on the way in from the Bay Area to bird from Beckwith to MJC West on Mon. - Fri. Most of that area falls w/in the...
This beautiful bird was seen during the Los Banos C.B.C. yesterday. Dale Azevedo re-found the flycatcher on his property at 10:30 a.m. Subsequently, several...
On the way in this afternoon I stopped to investigate a large mixed flock (around 1000 birds) of Blackbirds & Starlings seen down Paradise Rd. at Huntington...
This morning on my customary dog-walk at Orange Blossom Rec area, there were two Brown Creepers foraging together, between the picnic area and the fishing...
Daniel Gilman and I went to Hayward Regional Shoreline Park this morning. There was a GRAY FOX hunting in front of the sign; local birder Bob Dunn (sp.?) said...
