I enjoyed the car-free roads during the Super Bowl and birded north Yolo County. I was looking for longspurs at "Longspur Corner" and County Line Rd-- no luck...
I am putting together a webpage with all of CVBC Bulletin articles published from 1998 - 2007. Ed Pandolfino is scanning and sending me articles in pdf ...
Today I did a tour of Hwy 99. Started the day in the Oroville Wildlife Area off of Hwy 162 east of Hwy 99 south of Chico in Butte Co. In the Feather River...
I biked around Davis this morning, searching for Pygmy Nuthatches. I covered College Park Circle, UCD Arboretum and parts of campus, Civic Park, and Alvarado...
My six year old gr. son, Landon, called to tell me he saw the nesting Great Horned Owl off Sierra College bl. I told him about it a couple of days ago. I...
I had an immature male BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER at Discovery Park this morning in a sycamore on the north side of the bike trail just east of I-5, along...
Judith Dunham and I took the day to drive from the Bay Area to enjoy the birding in the north Davis area, and it didn't disappoint. First stop was the Yolo...
Today a male Eurasian Wigeon was at Lincoln Wastewater Treatment Plant (se of Lincoln, on Fiddyment just south of Moore Rd) on the east side of the facility. I...
Work issues have delayed my ability to give a final report on the 1st annual winter bird survey of the UC Davis Campus. The count was held on 25 January 2009...
Several have pointed out that the tan-striped morph should apply to the White-throated Sparrow and not the Tanager, so noted. Thanks -- Andy Andrew Engilis,...
Dear Birders, Yesterday, following an ueventful transect survey at the Cosumnes River Preserve, I visited the Tall Forest for a little while. Some of the ...
The Bald Eagle was seen at 1100 hrs off of airbase parkway, Fairfield,where the parkway goes over the railroad tracks. It was perched in the lone tree at the...
Howdy all. Enjoyed the nice weather this afternoon with some birding around Yolo NE of Davis. Highlights include: -adult dark RED-TAIL (the regular) on 28h...
Dear Birders, About 10 days ago a very respected birder sent a note to me regarding a possible gyrfalcon in southern Sacramento County. He got another,...
Dear Birders, It was too foggy to see much along I-5 near Elk Grove when I went by this morning. The fog had the birds at the Tall Forest pretty quiet to...
The Davis Wetlands are now open daily 7am to 1pm. The upper three wastewater ponds are at capacity. They are currently supporting a large number of wintering...
Hi All, Today, Feb 7, I birded some lower elevation spots in Calaveras Co. It was beautiful weather with blue skies and bright green fields. Southeast of the...
My wife and I went out to Lake Solano to check out the territory before the Sac Audubon field trip there in a couple of weeks. We tallied 60 species in two...
Due to severe weather conditions, Ted Beedy will be unable to make it tomorrow night for his Guatemala program BUT he did volunteer to come on Tuesday, March...
Hi - I was driving home to Monterey County from Lake Tahoe today. On my way I spotted a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK just east of I-5 about 10 miles north of the Merced...
Davis Cemetery: calm, clear, 48 degrees F; 10:30am to 12:00pm I birded the Davis Cemetery and immediate area this morning. Some birds are begining to...
Hi Birders For anyone interested in checking out gulls. About 2 hours ago I passed the ponds on Sunrise Blvd south of US 50 near Douglas Road. The ponds are...
Observation date: 2/8/09 We began on Branscombe Road off Highway 12, turned right on Creed, continued on Robinson, took Flannery to the east end, then...
I have to apologize for a late post. When you're without power, it is difficult to get some things done. Last Sunday, February 8, 2009, Paul Oldale and I saw...
For subscribers to the Birds of North America Online, see special discount for Project FeederWatch. A number of you are subscribed to the BNA Online on the...
My invalid wife and I have just started enjoying the expanding variety of birds visiting our back yard feeder, here in Tulare. We had no idea there were so...
Dear Birders, This morning while doing a bird survey assignment along Putah Creek (Solano side) a bit upstream of Winters I found a Eurasian collared-dove, two...
Dear Birders, I just spoke to one of the original observers of the large falcon suspected to be a gyrfalcon. He saw the bird again, flying directly overhead...