Denise said that the Blue Jay was seen at the water feeder this morning at around 8:00am in their backyard. She also said that people are still welcome to come...
2-1-2012 Greetings Birders, Birded the Folsom Lake area around 4:30pm today. At Doton's Point near the lake's shoreline I came upon a flock of approximately...
Thanks to the several people who responded to my last post about five or more Western Bluebirds sleeping in the same nest box. It turns out that this is...
One wonders whether the lack of peanuts has anything to do with the bird not being seen as much anymore. When we were there the word was that everyone should...
Hi, I was birding south of Sheridan mainly between Dowd and Brewer Rds this AM: I saw a Bald Eagle carrying a Coot on Waltz Ave about 1/4 mi east of Brewer at...
Birders, There was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at Cosumnes River Preserve this afternoon. However, I couldn't relocate the Harris's Sparrow near Desmond Road. A...
Four of us birding Rayhouse Rd in Yolo County this morning had good looks at a Townsend's Solitaire. Rayhouse Rd was fairly quiet, so we were walking back down...
However, this bird visits 243 Cortez and vicinity less frequently (I went a week without seeing it) and is generally harder to locate than it has been. No...
There was a bald eagle hanging out at Lake Solano, along Putah Creek rd near Winters, today. Also: green heron, common merganser, bufflehead, american wigeon,...
Denise says they are putting out peanuts for the Blue Jay. I am pretty sure they did stop putting out peanuts when the Scrub Jays got aggressive. And I am not...
Dear Birders, The Cosumnes River Preserve Harris's sparrow first found by Maryanne Steurer was present along Desmond Road this morning. I made two passes...
To add to Gary's report, this morning I saw three and heard others on the feeder creek into Lake Theodore located just east of Auburn. Meadow Vista exit....
While leading an afternoon tour of the Davis Wetlands for the Yolo Basin Foundation, I had a PRAIRIE FALCON fly in and land on a transmission tower, affording...
Hello all - Led a trip Saturday (02/04/12) to the newly opened Pelican Trail out at the San Joaquin River NWR. We walked the trail starting from the Dairy...
Hi all, On a Sacramento Audubon field trip today that I led, we started out at Lake Solano County Park. Within the first 5 minutes we had a Black-throated Gray...
I took some pictures of a little bird with yellow throat and yellow shoulder markings. Can't figure out the name. Any clue would be appreciated. Have a good...
The hybrid sapsucker that is almost pure Red-naped and originally found by Mary Metcalf, was still at East Lawn Cemetery in Sacramento on Sunday Feb. 5. It...
Map for directions http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdsareforever/6827813987/in/photostream Today I went looking for the Red-necked Grebe John Fulton emailed...
Today, Feb 6, the Red-necked Grebe continued in Merced Co. From Interstate 5 exit at Santa Nella and go north on highway 33 a mile or so to Fahey and turn ...
This morning, among the gulls, there was a juv BROWN PELICAN at the Yolo County Landfill. Silver FWS band on the right, larger blue band on the left. Has...
Did anyone try for the grebe yesterday? Just got back from out of town and am t 199 in Merced Co. Sure would like to turn that color. Kathy Parker Los Gatos...
Dear Birders, This morning I did a transect survey out at Valensin Ranch. The survey itself was unremarkable. But to reach the site I crossed a plowed field ...
I posted a picture of what I think is a Leucisitic Red-winged Blackbird in the Leucisitic and Melanistic folder. Taken on CR25 ¼ mile west of CR103 about...
