Eric Hopson at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge near Modesto sends the following invitation for tree planting this Saturday morning. We have our...
[Apologies for your duplicates due to my crossposting.] Today, 5/8/05, my Palo Alto Baylands birding class went, undaunted, into the dripping weather to bird...
I had a Calliope Hummingbird at my feeder this evening from about 7:00 to 7:45. The light was bad and it was a female, so I could not make out the colors very...
Hi All, This morning, 10 May 2005, about 6 am, in my back yard in the Woodrow Park neighborhood in north Modesto, I had a flock of western tanagers of at least...
Ken Archambault sent me a note about the Lewis's Woodpecker nest on San Antonio Valley Rd. just south of the Junction (Del Puerto Canyon Rd. intersection) and...
Mike Cummins and I participated in the Audubon International (NOT affiliated with National Audubon) Birding Open this morning by birding the Stevinson Ranch...
I am a little hesitant to report this sighting, but here goes. (Tis better to be thought a fool than to opens one's mouth and remove all doubt!!!) This...
Well, I totally embarrassed myself on the central-valley -birds listserve today by misidentifying an easy bird. Just a little background for those of you that...
I am in the process of redesigning the Stanislaus Audubon Website and I have a need for a couple of photos. These photos will be the background for the ...
Yesterday while playing a round of golf at the Creekside Golf Course in Modesto I conservatively counted over 30 Great-tailed Grackles. My golfing was so bad I...
For County listers looking for grackles in Madera I found some today: 6/3. Jim Gain found Grackles at a golf course in STA County... At a different golf course...
All: Sorry for the late posting. San Joaquin Audubon joined Stanislaus Audubon on Saturday, June 11, for a well-attended field trip to Calaveras Big Trees...
The first Bell's Vireo in many years known to nest in the Cenrtal Valley was discovered last week in a newly reforested area (3-4 years old) at the San...
I surveyed the Ceres and Modesto Sewage Treatment Ponds this morning and came up with the following bird counts. Ceres STP - only 2 ponds had water, all of the...
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/10704914p-11486981c.html Jim Gain Teacher and Web Master Observatoris de avis Johansen High School 641 Norseman Dr. Modesto,...
I had some locally interesting sightings this morning at the Modesto STP. Eared Grebe - 4 Canada Goose - 65 Ring-necked Duck - 1 Redheads - 6 Northern Shoveler...
I have been working on a new version of the Stanislaus Birds website for the past month and I officially brought it online this afternoon. There is a little...
A little more of the same today at the ponds. Canada Goose 82 Wood Duck 2 Gadwall 360 (up 140) American Wigeon 4 Mallard 350 Blue-winged Teal 1 (new) Cinnamon...
I photographed a non-breeding plumaged ibis this morning at the Modesto STP. It was by itself on one of the middle levees and allowed me to get very close...
My weekly survey to the ponds this morning netted a few interesting birds. My first of fall Forster's Terns (5), Marbled Godwits (8), Whimbrel (1), ...
I stopped by the Modesto Ponds this morning and had the following birds of local interest: Willett - 2 Red-necked Phalaropes - 10 Wilson's Phalaropes - 53 ...
Just a quick note. I stopped by the ponds this morning and had 2 Marbled Godwits, 2 Whimbrels, 3 Willetts, 2 Lesser Yellowlegs about 50 phalaropes (both sp)...
I am organizing a birding trip to Texas next spring, leaving Monday April 17th and returning Sunday April 23rd. My current itinerary is to spend the first 3...
Interesting news about the Caspian Tern juvenile that I photographed at the Modesto STP on July 15th. It was banded at Brooks Island in the SF bay on June...
An issue was raised at our last Stanislaus Board meeting about the content of the Valley Habitat, our combined Sierra Club and Audubon newsletter. Most of the...
I suppose the most interesting thing today was the lack of anything interesting. No phalaropes, Willets, Godwits, dowitchers or Lesser Yellowlegs. Only more...
Sal Salerno, Dave Froba, Jane Barry Davis and I visited the Modesto Sewage Ponds this morning. Of interest were 3 WILLETS, 20 CASPIAN TERNS and about 500...
August 1, 2005 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The brief sumer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the...
Please note my address change for reporting birds from Alpine, Calaversas and Modoc counties. I no longer work at Jones & Stokes, but work for HT Harvey &...
This morning I had a few birds of interest. The flock of Black-bellied Plovers has increased to over 300 and I had my first PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER of the season...
