Greetings Central Valley birders, Can someone help me with the directions to the Purple Martin nesting colony in Sacramento? Also, are there any spots where...
This afternoon there was a family group of four Purple Martins on the formerly known as Olive-sided Flycatcher/Merlin branch in the tall sycamore behind my...
A pair of Bald Eagles have successfully nested at Folsom Lake in 2008 (fledged 2) and 2009 (fledged 1, a couple of weeks ago). As far as I know, this is a...
Please join me for the beginning bird walk at Lodi Lake tomorrow morning, Saturday, July 4, at 8 am. Meet me on Laurel Street adjacent to the park and we...
The Davis Wetlands held no great surprises this morning, but show signs of the coming shorebird migration. There was 1 Western Sandpiper, 1 Least Sandpiper...
Phil Robertson found and photographed a White-winged Dove this morning on a private ranch in Placer County just north of Lincoln. This bird might be ...
I'm beginning to wonder whether the early selasphorous hummers that have been showing up sporadically and now more frequently at my feeders since the middle of...
Birders- While bicycling uphill from Folsom town toward the dam today I heard and then saw some Black-headed Grosbeaks along the bike trail. I watched a...
On June 21, 2009, around noon: We observed 2 adult yellow-billed magpies feeding and calling to 3 fledgling. The young were flying about in a dead willow...
The Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area is being flooded up as Dave Feliz promised (Thanks, Dave!). Just east of Parking lot C late today (Sunday, July 5) I had about...
Following directions I received from Mr. William Zachman, at about 11 a.m. I pulled off Roseville Rd (next to Haggis Oaks Golf Course in Sacramento) where the...
That's TREE SWALLOW on a wire along Pelger Rd. in Sutter Co. sorry about the error folks. Dominik Mosur San Francisco [Non-text portions of this message...
Yesterday, Jim Rowoth, Liz West & I birded away from the valley floor. Enjoyed the mts!! Started off in Tehama Co. along Long Hollow Rd with a male BLUE...
Luke Cole 400 Species $40,000 Memorial Challenge A benefit for Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment (CRPE) September 26th and 27th, 2009 The birding...
On July 3 at 6pm, my husband and I observed 3 BURROWING OWLS in Bear Valley, Colusa County. We saw them along a section of Bear Valley Rd that runs east-west,...
Hello California birders. I've just returned (to the U.K.) from a couple of weeks vacation in California and would be grateful for a little ID help. It wasn't...
Thank you to ALL 29 of you who very quickly responded !!! . . . and to anyone else who may still respond. . . . and yes, we had a great time in California,...
On my ride this morning I spotted an Osprey with a fresh catch perched on the top of a telephone pole just south of Davis Road on South River Road in West...
Hi folks: I just got a phone call from Margaret Crawford of West Sacramento, who reports seeing an adult White-crowned Sparrow in the parking lot of Raley's ...
Hi, I'm posting for a visiting bander friend of mine who is hoping to do some bird banding while he's in town. Mostly he would like some hummingbird...
This morning the male BLUE GROSBEAK was still singing just south of the first bridge on Long Hollow Rd. west of Corning in Tehama Co. I also saw the BURROWING...
Hello All, Today I visited the Davis Wetlands and and did a quick survey. This area should be really good for shorebirding by the beginning of next week. Also,...
The highlight early this morning was an empidonax flycatcher that presented these characteristics: Long beak that was yellowish/orangeish (from underneath),...
This morning (12 July 2009; 09:45am) I birded the Davis Cemetery. The cemetery is a known year-round roost for white-tailed kites and a nesting site for...
Dear Birders, Today was the first time in months that I've been able to visit the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County for a third consecutive...
Hi birders, Today, Frances Oliver, Jim Laughlin, Liz West and I birded Yuba County. After gassing up in Marysville, we began our day at a small city park at...
Irene and I visited the Galt Sewer Treatment Plant on consecutive days this past Friday and Saturday. Two of the ponds are drawn down and are providing ...
Folks, The Least Tern chicks were both flying this afternoon for the first time (that I saw, at least) despite looking rather chick-like on the ground. The ...
Hello all, I have been squeezing in short birding outings in between work and parenting and have been getting lazy about posting... I will go from recent to...
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