I checked the Poleline/Sudwerks site today for a half hour at 09:00, and didn't see or hear any martins. We are approaching the end of the nest building phase...
Folks, On Friday mid-morning two Least Terns were present near the site at the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant where they attempted to nest last...
Madera Co. - The first stop this morning was the Madera WTP. The first bird I saw was a SOLITARY SANDPIPER. It was on the edge of the L-shaped northeast pond....
Do you recall hearing about the fast approaching Yellow-Billed Magpie survey taking place June 5th-8th? This is an ideal opportunity to count a species...
I totally forgot to post a significant sighting from May 27th. On the drive back from the desert, I saw a Common Ground-Dove flew across hwy 58 to an orange...
I spotted a banded Burrowing Owl on rd 105 ~500-600 meters from the intersection of rd 28h and rd 105. It was first spotted actually perched on the power lines...
Shawn and others: Thanks for the sighting. A good number of owls were banded in 07-08 at the wildhorse golf course/ag buffer and the southern yolo bypass. I...
I have a friend who lives in Fresno. He is not necessarily an experienced birder, but he swears he has 2 COMMON GROUND DOVES coming to his feeder. When he...
There are no accepted records of Common Ground Doves in either Fresno or Madera Counties. For a very good list of what's ever been seen in those counties, go...
A new issue of the Central Valley Bird Club Bulletin is at the printers. This issue has articles on Occurrence of a Gyrfalcon in the southern San Joaquin...
Folks, Yesterday, 6/3/09, I was able to see one egg in the Least Tern nest at the Sacramento Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant—which is surrounded by the ...
Folks, After last night's storm, I wondered if something interesting might have blown in. Of modest interest were two Wilson's Warblers, and a Warbling Vireo....
Did my annual kayak trip from Rumsey to Guinda yesterday. Chocolate waters due to storm run-off. BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK was common; WOOD DUCKS were more...
I was surprised to see this morning a male Western Tanager at my oriole feeder (a hollowed out half orange filled with grape jam). I have seen both a male and...
I thought I'd share some of the results of my "Migrant Watch" in my backyard. Recently a bush was cut and I now can see about 70% of my backyard from the...
Jim Weigand of the BLM had reported a singing Ovenbird on the N CA Birdbox. The bird was in a blue oak vacant lot next to the federal building on Cottage Way...
Jim Lomax just called. He and John Luther heard and saw the Ovenbird in Sacramento this morning. Park in the sw parking lot of the Kaiser Hospital on Cottage...
My wife and I saw at least two pairs of PURPLE MARTINS drifting around over Town and Country Village this morning at Fulton and Marconi in the Arden-Arcade...
Hopefully someone can help me with this inquiry. Are there any records of Black Swifts seen at Feather Falls, which is located east of the Lake Oroville Rec....
Birders: I had a late season (7 June 2009) Red-breasted Nuthatch calling in my yard on J Street in Davis. After several minutes, it headed west to I Street. ...
The Ovenbird was still singing away this morning in Sacramento. It is best heard from the sw parking lot of the Kaiser Hospital off Cottage Way or Alta Arden...
Hi all, The Ovenbird sang 3 times when I arrived at 1100, then shut up. Some construction work was going on next to the big Valley Oak that might have ...
Birders, For anyone still wanting/needing GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE for El Dorado County, there are a few pairs breeding in El Dorado Hills Town Centre. This is...
Black Swifts are pretty regular at Feather Falls, the only place in Butte County where this is true according to Jim Snowden's annotated list of Butte County...
I am also posting this to Sierra-Nevadabirds because Feather Falls, Butte Co is at nearly 3000 ft elevation. From the species account in the most recent (2008)...
Fulton and Marconi is about 1.1 mile SE of the Purple Martin nesting colony in the light rail overpass of Roseville Rd and UP railroad tracks, just south of...
Folks, Kimya Lambert and I heard the Ovenbird singing at around 520 this morning (Monday, 6/8)--we had to hit the road to get to work, so couldn't wait to see...
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