Doing my routine shopping yesterday at Costco, I resisted spending $380 for either of the just-introduced 18X zoom digital cameras that are now being marketed...
You can find the Fresno Audubon field trips (Wednesdays and Weekends) at http://www.fresnoaudubon.org/fieldtrips.htm. ... Kevin Enns-Rempel Fresno, CA ...
Kay Barnes led fourteen Wednesday Walkers to Grant Grove this morning. The foothills along Highway 180 were nearly birdless--no raptors nor vultures--and we...
Hello. I'm new to Fresno from Central Arizona and looking forward to connecting with other western birds and birders. Yesterday, a familiar sound in my...
I had 20 minutes before my pickup for Chinese was ready, so I ran down south of Ave. 9 to the Syacamore Island sanctuary off the S.Joaquin River, and I saw a...
While running errands today in Fresno I dropped by the Clovis Botanical Gardens which were closed but I stood on the sidewalk with my binoculars, giving the...
A "bald" eagle. Daughter's joke. I need help. Today while walking with fam. saw either a merlin or sharp-shinned hawk due to the small size. It caught my...
Reminder from: fresno_county_birders Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fresno_county_birders/cal Fresno's "Big Sit" Birdwatch event Sunday October 14,...
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Oct 7, 2007 1:55 pm
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It was quiet, a bit too quiet, in my backyard yesterday. I looked around and there was a very cooperative female Cooper's Hawk just starting to dine on a...
I have been feeding hummingbirds here in the Madera Ranchos for 20 years and have found a process I thought I would share. My problem was: 1. Too much food...
Sunday morning I saw a Bald Eagle in a Blue Oak dining on the remains of a bird of which too little was left for me to identify. Perched about 4 feet below...
We've had a pair of black phoebes residing in our back yard for several years (I don't know their life span, maybe subsequent generations take over). We had 2...
A female Rock Wren visited my yard in Coarsegold on Monday twice. I've lived in the area since 1995, and had never seen one here before. Can someone tell me if...
On Monday while hiking along the Park Ridge trail above Grant Grove I came across a couple from Ottowa who asked for help in indentifying some birds they had...
I walked out the house this morning to find a small flock of Juncos flitting through the trees along with an escaped Budgie. Winter is definately right around...
My guess is that they probably saw Clark's Nutcrackers. They have been seen as Sequoia Lake and at Grant Grove within the past couple of weeks, an indication...
I'm in the same zip code as you are Kris and hope to see the Juncos around. I'll look out for them. Yesterday saw my first white-crowned sparrows in Fresno....
Reminder from: fresno_county_birders Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fresno_county_birders/cal Fresno's "Big Sit" Birdwatch event Sunday October 14,...
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Hi Fresno Birders, After seven weeks on the Farallones, I spent the last three days birding around Shaver Lake. I was afraid that all the migrants would have...
As I got to work this morning, a very excited Ruby-crowned Kinglet was fussing around in the trees and shrubs across the street from the office. (Marks &...
There have been 4 White-fronted Geese at the Madera WTP all week in case anyone needs it for a county bird. The hunters call them specs by the way, short for...
I birded my way up to Bass Lake this morning. Best birds were a Black-throated Gray Warbler below the Bass Lake dam, a pair of Hooded Mergansers near the north...
I spent all morning today ripping out my front lawn to replant it, and a white-throated swift came zooming around. Boy they really have a long tail, and then...
Our spot was in the grove just north of the southern pond. We observed 38 species with a few surprises. A Brown Creeper we chased from tree to tree and a...
Yes, thanks Micheal for the food, it was fun. I got a couple of lifers, the brown creeper being the coolest. Doing the sitting thing makes you use your ears...
Hi Fresno Birders, Another good day of birding here. I started on the Nevin Peninsula Trail and then hiked cross-country eastward towards the top of Swanson...
There was a flock of 67 Black-bellied Plovers with my f.o.f. Pacific Golden-Plover south of North Ave at the Fresno WTP this morning. Two ponds have a lot of...
Yesterday I went owling at Clover Meadow (7000') and only got a Western Screech Owl at dark. There was a Black-backed Woodpecker on the east meadow edge. I...
I thought I would do something fun and different, a birding report Podcast. A podcast is simply a sound file anyone with a computer can listen too or even...