A little New Year's birding in the rain at the Milburn unit today yielded a first winter Caspian Tern. White Pelican continues along with the usual suspects....
Today, Jim Lomax found a PACIFIC LOON at Bass Lake. He found it in the western third of the lake. Good Birding! Frances Lodi, CA [Non-text portions of this...
Wednesday, January 4, Nathan and I birded around the Millerton Lake area. We had an Osprey and a flock of about a dozen Western Bluebirds at the Highway 145...
New member Lorraine Bittner, who lives near the intersection of Nees and Millbrook, this morning reports the return of a very urbane, err, urban Kestrel: <<My...
Hello all, I've tried twice to find the Vermillion flycatcher on the golf course off 180 west of Fresno. Has anyone seen it recently? Nice canvasbacks there,...
The Madera Tribune, which I believe to be a weekly paper, has for its Friday, December 6th issue, devoted most of p.A4, its "VALLEY LIFE" section, to the ...
Both a Golden Eagle and two Bald Eagles (adult and immature) were at Millerton Lake today at 1pm. These Bald Eagles were well up the cliffs and away from the...
Nathan and I went out to Javier's Fresno West golf course earlier today to look for the Vermillion Flycatcher-saw a Snipe, about 20 Canvasbacks, and at least...
I had an interesting sighting this afternoon-As Nathan and I were returning from Fresno West golf course-I turned on to the street next to the one our house is...
As of Wednesday the 4th the flycatcher was still out at Javier's, but it was not easy to locate. It was sitting on a sign along the west edge of the 8th green...
Hello! I'm fairly new to birding. I live on the Kings River and I enjoy watching the many species of birds by the river. Recieved a new lense for Xmas, so...
I have just checked the summary table for the 12/27/05 Lost Lake Christmas Bird Count, conducted by about 35 volunteers, covering a dozen zones, all within a...
The Yellow-billed magpie population has declined noticeably in parts of the Sacramento Valley, but west Sutter County populations may have declined (in marsh...
The Yellow-billed magpie population has declined noticeably in parts of the Sacramento Valley, but west Sutter County populations may have declined (in marsh...
The Yellow-billed magpie population has declined noticeably in parts of the Sacramento Valley, but west Sutter County populations may have declined (in marsh...
I have posted a few photos from today. The bird I just could NOT get a really decent or close shot of I believe to be a Green Heron, from the pond adjacent to...
Following an expert review, my wrong Wren has been righted, from House to Rock. Thank you, Jeff Davis. Alan Birnbaum [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hi everyone: I am new to the list, and to Fresno. We moved to Clovis in August from Pittsford (near Rochester), NY to be near our grandchildren. I am very...
I birded various parts of Madera County today. Highlights included a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER at the Friant Bridge, an immature BALD EAGLE and a RUFOUS-CROWNED...
I just got an e-mail from Reed Kirkland in Fresno who reported that he looked for the male Tufted Duck at O'Neil Forebay and finally found it in with a group...
Yard's first White-tailed Kite fly over this afternoon @ Barstow and Forkner. Funny looking gull was my first impression. Lucky for me I had my binocs and...
Sorry for the lateness of the post. The Vermillion Flycatcher was still present on Monday, and very easy to find. I first saw it along the first fairway by...
My name is Craig Kellogg and I am a new graduate student at Fresno State. I am begining some research that deals with bird songs. I am principally interested...
Pete Fahey writes, ... Woodpecker. I could not locate the bird but it was in the pine trees on the north side of the golf course along the third fairway. Has...
Milburn Unit water levels are very high and it is holding few birds. Bald Eagle, White Pelican, Eared Grebe and mating Red-shouldered Hawks were today's...
With television recently trying to make ballroom dancing the new craze, eleven avianuts countered this morning with some Ball Ranch birding, for the February...
A fine birding Sunday began with a Marbled godwit probing the lawn above the Monterey Coast Guard wharf at dawn. From the wharf, one Red-breasted merganser,...
YOU know what I mean, a 'murder' of birders, just like a large flock of crows, "a murder," that's what Kevin Enns-Rempel likely will be facing Saturday after...
For anyone who has access to either the 01/26/06 print or at least the on-line version of the San Francisco Chronicle, today they feature a nice article on...