This bird has been identified as the Bewick's race of the Tundra Swan based on a recent photo of the bird by Heather Sherman from Redding California. The...
Can anyone comment on the current understanding of titmouse identity at Lava Beds? My question is prompted by a bird encountered Sunday at the Visitor Center...
According to Cicero's "Sibling Species of Titmice in the Parus inornatus Complex", the area of the Lava Beds turned up alleles for both subspecies so that...
I spent 23-27 April in Modoc County, birding for a few hours each day around Alturas and Goose Lake. Highlights were as follows: Greater Scaup - 7 males on...
Hey Birders, Made a last minute decision to bird Siskiyou Co today. Left home at 3 AM and was at Dunsmuir by about 7. I was interested in looking for Black...
Nice sightings John, but next time follow the track to Mossbrae - everyone does. It isn't dangerous, you can hear the trains from quite a distance. Go down...
We arrived at our McCloud home, on the SE side of Mt. Shasta, 4750' on June11 Most of the unusually late snowfall had melted, only a few drifts here and there...
This morning Robbie Fischer and I saw 3 singing male Bobolinks east of Eagleville in Surprise Valley. They were in an isolated willow on the west side of...
Peggy Macres, Brooke McDonald and I had a great day of county birding in Modoc today. The highlight was one singing male BOBOLINK, along County Road 38,...
Added 2 more species to our yard list the last 2 days there (we're off the grid, so can't send emails too frequently): Poorwill - 1st heard on the 14th ...
This morning (2 July), a Yellow Rail was "singing" on the north side of CR 38, 0.7 mi east of CR 35, east of Eagleville in Modoc County. This is the same area...
I spent the period 1-4 July in Modoc County, and had a few highlights in addition to those indicated in my previous email (by the way, I understand that the...
Hello, We're spending 2 days at our McCloud home before heading into Selma, OR to teach a two-day workshop on dragonflies. While here we were joined by San...
Hello All, I just signed on to this list in order to report from a birding trip through eastern Modoc County July 12-16, 2011. Virtually all of my time was...
Hi Birders, Sunday Aug 28 found me driving north to Modoc Co for some county birding. I explored many areas and here are the highlights. This afternoon...
This morning (4 Sep.), a Chimney Swift was flying around Ft. Bidwell in northern Surprise Valley, Modoc County. It was with 30 Vaux's, vocalizing twice, and I...
I spent a long weekend birding Modoc County, seeing a number of interesting birds. The highlights were as follows: Breeding grebes - A brood of nearly...
Today I had a 1st winter Northern Shrike in the bare trees surrounding the pens just beyond mile marker 8 on Fandango Pass, later in the day I had the same...
Modoc NWR has had good numbers of Trumpeter Swans the past few days, with a high of 23 today in the pond on the north side of the entrance road just inside the...
I spent the period 28-31 December in Modoc County, birding primarily in the eastern part of the county except for a visit to the Tule Lake area on my last day....
Hi, The Tule Lake CBC, whose circle's northern edge comes within about a mile of the Oregon border, was completed yesterday, in almost clear skies, but with...
Hi, I conducted a raptor survey today, covering about 70 miles, and included ag fields to the west of Tulelake, south along Hill Rd., and then the lease lands...
Hello, The results of the Tule Lake West Raptor Survey, 28 Jan. 2012, are below. Red-tailed Hawk - 112 American Kestrel- 14 Northern Harrier- 50 Bald Eagle- 60...
Hello, Two Trumpeter Swans were seen while scoping through tundra swans, on Lower Klamath NWR, Saturday, Feb. 18. They were in Unit 6, on the west side. While...
Hi! We're up at our Mt. Shasta Forest home, east of McCloud at 4700 feet. Our first morning here we were delighted to record our 53th species to our property...
