Hi all Over the past few days my yard at the Sprague Ranch has been experiencing an irruption of ~40 Cassin's Finches. If you need them for your county list, ...
For all you status and distribution lovers, and especially my friend Bob. The east side of the Sierra, Indian Wells Valley, experienced a large push of...
Birders: At least one CASSIN'S KINGBIRD has returned to the area of previous nesting, on the west shoreline of Lake Ming, near the Eucalyptus trees. Both...
The Return of Tulare Lake Kerncrest Audubon Society's February 2008 field trip (Wednesday, February 20th) features Dr. Stephen Laymon and The Return of Tulare ...
Hi, The 30 Apr-6 May 08 Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival web pages are up and running! http://kern.audubon.org/bioregion.htm There are thirty field...
Greetings, today I went looking for the red crossbills that were seen previously at the cemetery and college in Ridgecrest. Nada. I did have several...
Greetings, I went hiking up in Freeman Canyon (east side of Walker's Pass) this morning and had more mountian species -- 2 RB Nuthatch, 20 Mt Chickadee, 30...
Greetings all, today Bob and I met Ali. Our plan was to see all sorts of great woodpeckers/sapsuckers at Scodie Park and then go from there. Well, this AM...
Birders: I had my first REDHEAD of the year, at the Bakersfield Waste Water Treatment Plant, off Mount Vernon, South of Bakersfield. It's certainly not rare,...
Bob Steele, an accomplished bird photographer and a major contributor to the National Geographic book, "Birding Essentials", will be the guest speaker for the...
Kern Audubon Society field trip: Monday, February 18th--Pixley National Wildlife Refuge. Great opportunity to observe waterfowl, shorebirds and upland birds...
It's time for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count! Feb. 15th thru 18th local birders may participate in gathering data. It takes as little as 15 minutes of...
Hi All, I birded Fay Ranch Road and Scodie Park for the GBBC today. Four species stand out: I saw one Sage Thrasher along Fay Creek near my house. Two Prairie...
The Return of Tulare Lake Event: Kerncrest Audubon Society Field Trip to Tulare Lake Basin Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Leader: Dr. Stephen A. Laymon,...
Birders: The only birds of note on this three-day weekend were two RED CROSSBILLS on the east side grassy area of Lake Ming, northeast of Bakersfield. One...
I received this report today from John Schmitt on his birding experiences on the Wofford Heights/Tillie Creek area of Lake Isabella of late. Bald Eagle Info:...
There will be a Kern Audubon Society birding field trip on Saturday morning, March 15th, to the Kern Water Bank. Cheryl Harding, manager of the Kern Water...
Hot off the artist's brush. John Schmitt has created the next masterpiece in the Kern River Valley Spring Nature Festival t-shirts. The new common Warblers of...
On two recent trips on the bike path I have seen what I think are several black shouldered kites. I saw a pair 2 days ago 4miles west of Riverview and three...
HI, Terri Gallion had an adult male Rufous Hummingbird in Mountain Mesa February 27th and 28th. This was her First of Spring for this species. She is curious...
Birders: After nearly a month, I found the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW again, this morning. It was in the group picnic area, east of Lake Ming, near the swing set...
Today, Saturday, 3/8/07, we saw a Western Kingbird south of Hill Road in Hart Park. This is the first Western Kingbird we have seen this spring. Ken and...
Today, 3/10/08, at 2:00PM, we saw an immature Bald Eagle at Lake Ming in Bakersfield. It was on a telephone pole next to the main parking lot. Ken and Brenda...