I was pleased to observe a milestone in the life of the Red-tailed Hawk fledgling that I've been watching on the campus of Fresno Pacific University since it...
Hi Folks: Today I went to the FWWTP. Birds of interest were 2 Lesser Scaup, a mostly albinistic Eared Grebe, and 2 Red-necked Phalaropes. I also counted 7...
Hi, birders. Late May/early June generally marks the end of spring migration. I've been somewhat surprised therefore to find a few putative migrants still...
Saturday morning I had a Willow Flycatcher at lost lake. The bird's fitz bew call gave me a positive ID. It was at the first willows on the now flooded nature...
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Gary Woods reported finding four WILLOW FLYCATCHERS at the McKenzie Preserve on Friday (6/2), and I heard one in a residential yard in Dunlap yesterday (6/4). ...
I took a call at work yesterday from a woman who remembers finding in the Fig Garden area, as an 8-year-old some seventy years ago, groups of small, spotted,...
Hi, Tom. This will probably remain a mystery. There are only a few species that nest on the ground that presumably occurred in the Fig Garden area 70 years...
My Screech-owl family is still doing very well. The two babies have been fattened on steadily delivered courses of song birds, moths, unidentifiable small...
Hi, birders. An adult male COSTA'S HUMMINGBIRD visited my feeders this morning (6/9). This is the sixth occurrence of this species in my yard in three years....
Hi, birders. I did my annual Bass Lake Breeding Bird Survey this morning, June 12. Highlights were one BLACK SWIFT and two VAUX'S SWIFTS over a house on ...
Last week on my vineyard rounds I counted 17 Lazuli Buntings which pales in comparison to a year ago but was this year's high. I expect it to get better each...
Hi All-- At Avocado Lake yesterday morning (6/12) I saw a moorhen with 3 youngsters, at least half a dozen young western bluebirds and 3 adults, 2 Vaux's...
Hi, birders. Doug Drynan, a USFS wildlife biologist, found a singing male NORTHERN PARULA at the San Joaquin Experimental Range at 11:30 AM today, June 14....
I checked with Pete Fahey and he found the bird in the live oaks near the propane tank SW of the office and he located it by pishing. It flew into the large...
Hi Birders: 5 of us ventured out to Courtright Reservoir today. We found the road closed, although we could not figure why. There appeare to be no snow on...
I was able to see the Northern Parula at about 7:30 PM. There were a few birds flitting around in the oaks on the right hand side of the road south of the...
Hi, birders. Doug Drynan reported that he has not detected the NORTHERN PARULA at the San Joaquin Experimental Range today (6/15), despite spending ...
Thank you, Frank Gibson, for leading an interesting trip today to the Middle Sierra, just east of Shaver Lake, along the Dinkey Creek Road, out as far as ...
Hi, birders. I spent a couple of hours below this rock along Tollhouse Rd this morning, June 18. Peregrine Falcons bred there at least in 1993, and I wanted to...
I went on the LeConte's hunt I'd been threatening to do all year for my father's day treat and didn't really expect to find any. I was pleased to see 2 Lesser...
... Great work, Gary! Le Conte's Thrashers have not been observed in that area, or anywhere north of Jayne Rd, for several decades. Not only that, but Sam...
... John Sterling pointed out that the population in Kings County may be extirpated, and I think he's right. I was thinking the habitat in the southern...
The babies have left the building. Last Thursday night-Friday morning the two owlets left their nest box via a sixteen foot artificial branch that I had...
Hi Birders: Following Gary's excellent directions, I was able to hear 2 and see 1 of the Leconte's Thrashers. There were none at the first place (12" Pipe...
Hi, birders. Are any of you aware of Green Herons breeding in urban or suburban habitats in our area? It seems that Green Herons are widespread in Fresno in...
Hello- Aileen, Nathan, and I just got back from southeast Arizona, where we were more or less driven out by the heat and wildfire-We did get in a few days of...
One place to find used binoculars is www.astromart.com, which primarily deals in astronomy equipment. One item listed there of current interest would be a ...
This afternoon along Lewis Creek I spotted a Chestnut-backed Chickadee and got a good picture which will be in the canonshots photo file. There were also...
Today in a field being pre-irrigated for corn on the Eist Dairy around Ave 13 and Rd 12 in Madera Co I counted a flock of 290 Long-billed Curlews. Jeff Davis...
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