The continuing immature BROWN PELICAN was being blown all over the place at the Port of Sacramento in West Sacramento this morning Dec 1. The wintering...
This email comes from Michigan and is making its way around the birding listservs. The Google map (link below) is amazing and a great use of that tool....
Per the e-bird map, none reported yet either in Oregon or California, but yesterday it was reported elsewhere that Hawaii's first ever showed up at the...
When I rolled up at 8:30 a.m., the PACIFIC LOON was at the same location, east of the bridge where we had found it yesterday. (I'm conjecturing that the loon...
I have put two pdfs in the "files" section (on the left) about two informational meetings regarding the possibility of wind turbines at the Sac wastewater...
Just when you think we are moving forward and changing attitudes in conservation, we take one step backwards. The Hawaii DLNR should be ashamed to let this...
Hi, Despite seeing no sun for two days and fog which took the first four hours of Tuesday morning's birding in the San Joaquin Valley portion of Kern County,...
This string is going a bit far afield for Central Valley bird observations. I am looking into this take issue as a research affiliate of the Bishop Museum -...
This morning, I saw a group of female Common Mergansers on the east side of the bridge. One looked like it had a shaggier crest, but all were diving away from...
I've seen Thick-billed Fox Sparrows wintering on top of Mt. St. Helena back in the 1970s and I suspect that they regularly winter in "high-medium elevation"...
Hello Birders, At 10:30 this morning, seven Cattle Egrets were seen feeding on Sunset Blvd., 1.7 miles west of Fiddyment. They're following the tractors along...
Birders, Around 1PM, I had circled back around to the Cattle Egret location and neither egrets or starlings were seen. I forgot to mention that I got a big...
Birders, Some recent highlights include: 2 MARBLED GODWITS (12/1) - Near the Santa Fe Canal in Merced County. A quick check of eBird shows 2-3 were seen in the...
I just renamed the Thrashers album to "Thrashers and Mockingbird." It, or the Miscellaneous album would be the place to upload. For anyone uploading photos...
Got it! Thank you! A person uploading can also "Edit" the picture text after upload. Thanks for the tip about adding date and location to pictures. That will...
Four of us from Redding birded Gray Lodge yesterday, we dutifully purchased our $4.32 daily lands passes at a license agent in Gridley. I think they were the...
December 3, 2011 At 10:15 this morning I saw a pair of Chestnut-backed Chickadees in the Davis Central Park, close to the children's' play area at the...
I visited Woodward Reservoir this morning hoping to refind the Pacific Loon seen on Wednesday and Thursday, but was not successful. In addition to the area...
I think it used to be a per car fee at Gray Lodge, not a per person fee. Was that true, and is the current pass good for only one person (adult / kid /...
While on a raptor field trip today, we found a (or "the") male Merlin of the richardsoni subspecies (Prairie Merlin) in western Placer County on Nader Lane...
A snowy owl was seen in Burns, Oregon several days ago. I believe a few other owls have been seen elsewhere in Oregon but have not been posted to ebird. ...
Hello all, The Fall reporting season has come and gone, and it is time for me to send my quarterly report of all interesting sightings in Stanislaus...
Hi all, Having just gone through this for my annual tour for Marin Audubon, I can say definitively that the fee is now PER PERSON. Cheers, Bruce Deuel Red...
Roger Adamson and I were on this bird at first light. Fantastic! Kudos to Chris Dunford for finding this long sought-after bird. This is Yolo County's 8th...
I have added a few photos of the Harris's Sparrow to a new gallery. See the featured gallery near the top of the page. Photos could be much better and sorry...
