The Winter Season (1 December through 29 February) for North American Birds has ended. If any of you have significant records of unusual birds or out of ...
Barbara and Fresno County Birders: I traveled the same stretch of San Mateo Avenue north of Highway 180 near Mendota on Saturday, 28 February 2004 between 5...
Hello Birders- A quick trip to Pine Flat Dam in great weather this afternoon resulted in some good birds. Two adult Bald Eagles below the dam. 16 Wild Turkeys...
Hi birders -- I visited several sites on the west side of the county today, 2/2. In downtown Kerman, two AMERICAN CROWS were vigorously tugging live branches...
Of course I meant 3/2 (March 2nd). --Jeff ... From: Jeff Davis To: fresno_county_birders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:05 PM Subject: [FCB]...
Hi Alan -- The Aleutian Canada Goose (Branta canadensis leucoparia) is a subspecies of the familiar Canada Goose. It was a Threatened Species under the...
Hello All-- This afternoon about a dozen ring-necked pheasants flew across Academy Ave. in front of my car just north of Herndon Ave. from one open field to...
Bev Brock describes upping her Big Year list without even using her binoculars when: << a dozen ring-necked pheasants flew across Academy Ave. in front of my...
I went out to Wahatoke "pondette" (a.k.a. Wahatoke Lake) this morning, to see if I could find Bev's birds. There were no White Pelicans, but 18 Hooded...
I used to despise golf and everything about it until a few years ago when I unfortunately got hooked on the game, and although I won't defend it against...
Gary, I too got bit by the golf bug about 10 years ago. My favorite story was when I was down in Indian Wells playing a round of golf, I stopped for a restroom...
Next Saturday I plan on spending the entire day birding Fresno County. I am including a list of the sites I came up with for early March. If you know of any...
... <sta-birder@p...> wrote: If you know of ... please let me ... Although your general route of travel is toward Shaver (and you should be able to get...
I spent about three hours today birding, starting at Friant Bridge, where I met the local DFG ranger, who just wanted to make sure that my car wasn't blocking...
For those of you traveling McKinley Ave, just east of First St on the canal side of the road watch the wires for the Kingfisher...saw him yesterday just before...
... The Wastewater Treatment Plant asks that birders call ahead before trying to get in. Here are the instructions provided to me by Plant ... We certainly...
I had to go down to the San Joaquin River Gorge area (formally known as Squaw Leap) last Thursday to scope out a couple of ponds that need fencing repairs and...
Reported sightings thus include: <<San Joaquin River Gorge area (formally known as Squaw Leap) last Thursday bird singing like a maniac on a fence post in the...
Sunday (3/7) afternoon I found a "Harlan's" Hawk on the Kings/Kern County border where Barker Rd. (Kern Co.) becomes Devil's Den Rd (Kings Co.) Barker Rd is...
I spent my lunch hour birding along the Fancher Creek Canal south of Butler Avenue in southeast Fresno. On the way, I stopped at the little pond on the...
Having just started my roadcycling season, and having missed the Kings River Blossom Trail Ride on Saturday, I'm advised by we chatted with at the Home and ...
Hi birders -- A pair of Lawrence's Goldfinch joined the Lesser and American goldfinches at my feeder today, 3/8. This is about two weeks later than I detected...
By now, I suppose that almost everyone has read today's Bee article, of which I quote the first four paragraphs. As Milton wrote "Paradise Lost," so have ...
There have been a few isolated reports of Cliff Swallows in the Fresno area already, but today was the first day I saw them in large numbers back in their...
Hello All-- The Fresno Audubon weekday walk today to Coke Hallowell's Madera County ranch produced several goodies. A first year bald eagle and an osprey...