My wife and I recently returned from a very enjoyable trip to Arches, Canyonlands, and Rocky Mountain National Parks, as well a brief tour of the Pawnee...
I birded some of the eastern portions of Stanislaus County earlier this morning, hoping to find Yellow-breasted Chat, but no luck. Instead, I did get a small...
Earlier today, I birded Caswell State Park briefly. There were Wild Turkeys, two adults and four juveniles, at the back of an orchard on the north side of...
Jeremy Obers photographed this bird near Mariposa recently. He's puzzled buy it, as am I . The smaller bird harassing it is a Red-tailed Hawk, so you can see...
Hi David, Photo? Did you send the photo as an attachment? Most birding listservs are setup not to accept attachments. Photos need to be placed in the photos ...
I added the photo to the bird photos page of the Stanislausbirds website http://www.stanislausbirds.org/Photos/rare-bird-photos.htm It is indeed a weird...
Jeremy- It would seem to me that Harold's analysis is not only the best he can come up with but is in fact the only possible answer to this question. Just goes...
Important stuff first. Today (July 22) I had a Franklin's Gull on oxidation pond 2 at the Modesto sewage ponds. It was a first summer bird, which means it is...
I went to the Modesto Sewage Treatment Ponds earlier this morning, but did not re-find the Franklin's Gull or Black Terns that Harold had reported. I did,...
I went to the Ceres Sewage Treatment Ponds earlier this morning, and in the shallow pond closest to Morgan Road there were three Lesser Yellowlegs in with...
A Red-breasted Nuthatch was working the front-yard trees on the north side of River Road between North Canyon Dr. and Canyon Falls Dr. at 8:00 Monday morning....
August 1, 2006 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The brief summer season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the...
Yesterday, Dave Froba and I had numerous Great-tailed Grackles, possibly more in one place than we'd formerly seen in this county, by the northernmost ponds at...
After close, long looks and careful listening, I concluded that I had two adult Dusky Flycatchers along with a juvenile at the Joe Domecq Wilderness Area on...
This is a reminder about the Audubon field trip to Yosemite on Saturday, August 19th. It is not necessary to be a member of Audubon or give advance notice for...
On Monday night, I received a call from Loren Palmer, whose friend was working on the west side of Stanislaus County and reported seeing some odd-looking doves...
I went birding at the Orange Blossom Recreation Area this morning. I saw two empid flycatchers on the limbs of a fallen sapling and sat down to study them....
There was a bit of a fallout in my back yard on Dry Creek today. Wilson's, Nashville, Orange-crowned, and Black-throated Gray (2), the latter new for me this...
Earlier today, I had a single first-year Nashville Warbler by the bench at the Joe Domecq Wilderness Area on Lake Road, in addition to many other previously...
Bill Amundsen led seven others birders into the San Joaquin River Refuge this morning, and we tallied fifty-four species of birds in there by noon. High winds...
Dave Froba and I departed Modesto this morning at 3:30 a.m. to head up Del Puerto Canyon to try and get a few birds for the big year. At almost 5:45 a.m. we...
I birded Del Puerto Canyon early this morning, exactly one week late. At 6:20 a.m., I finally got the Northern Pygmy-Owl, heard and taped but unseen, west of...
I meant to include "and several Western Tanagers" to the list, and ".25 miles east of the Santa Clara COUNTY sign." I blame sleep deprivation! Sal Salerno,...
Eric Caine found a Black and White Warbler at Thousand Oaks Park in Modesto Saturday morning. This is the first record for Stanislaus County. It was along the...
We had a very successful trip to Pt. Reyes yesterday. Linda, Carol, Judy, Bill, Sheri, Jean, Bob and I all met up at 10:00 at the visitor's center and went...
This is a reminder that I'll be leading a Stanislaus Audubon field trip to the coast this Saturday. We will depart at 6:00 a.m. sharp from the downtown...
I stopped by the San Joaquin, Beckwith Rd. fields this afternoon. The Aleutians were there en masse. (A very quick look thru the geese nearest the road in each...
