Tonight I went to see the status of the BARN OWL palm tree nest at Laurel/Pope in Menlo Park. At 8:50pm, all was quiet. I raced home for binoculars. At 9:05pm...
June 1, 2004 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The spring season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Middle...
I am forwarding this message for Leda Beth Gray, who needs some help for the Summer Bird Count this Saturday! Her area is entirely in San Mateo County. Please...
Following Bill Bousman's post, I briefly checked out the upper end of Windy Hill OSP yesterday morning (June 2). I walked from the northmost Skyline entrance...
Al Eisner
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Jun 3, 2004 11:07 pm
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This morning (7:30-8:00AM), a BARN OWL flew out from the trees in the NW corner of Bayfront Park (Menlo Park at 101/Marsh Road). I heard a distant CLAPPER...
This afternoon, I stop off to check the lagoon at the end of Cutter Lane, off of Beach Park Blvd. in Foster City. I check this location every summer, as there...
Tronthorn@...
Jun 4, 2004 12:28 am
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Birders It was exciting to track down that colour marked Northern Harrier last winter to its original banding area of Washington State. The other day I noticed...
Birders On Tuesday the surf was really up, with a large swell crashing into the coast on Monday night and into Tuesday. I was surprised to see that off Redondo...
For today's Palo Alto Summer Bird Count, I covered San Mateo Co. bayside areas north of the Dumbarton Bridge. The count circle extends north to Pete's...
Al Eisner
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Jun 6, 2004 4:02 am
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Hello all, Last Monday May 31, I went birding with Ron Thorn to see some of the many places he stops to check for unusual birds on the coast. We did not find...
Birders, Despite strong winds, a few nice birds were evident today. A singing HOODED WARBLER was along Gazos Creek Road one-half mile west of its junction with...
This morning at Coyote Point, I walked the bike trail south from the Yacht Club to the area of willows/Eucalyptus trees with the water underneath. Lots of...
This morning, I stopped off at the pond behind the Nob Hill Market along Redwood Shores Parkway to see if any White Pelicans had returned. There were ( 37 )...
Tronthorn@...
Jun 7, 2004 7:03 pm
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Thanks to Dan's excellent directions, I found Alvaro Jaramillo recording the Hooded Warbler along Gazos Creek Road. We then drove to the Northern Parula spot ...
Ron Thorn just called with a first summer LITTLE GULL at the mouth of Pescadero Creek. The bird is on the sand flats just east of the Hwy 1 bridge and has...
Birders- The Little Gull was still present at Pescadero Marsh from 10:20 to 11:20 this morning. It moved north of the original location (E of Hwy 1 bridge). It...
All: By around noon, the Little Gull was back in its original location -- east of the bridge over Pescadero Creek. Ron Thorn (who'd originally seen it -- ...
First of all, I want to thank Joe Morlan in getting out the word of the Little Gull on the Internet, right after reporting the Little Gull to him. I did some...
Tronthorn@...
Jun 9, 2004 12:48 am
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Hi ALL, I arrived at the bridge at Pescadero at 210pm and was promptly pointed to the LITTLE GULL by Allan Wofchuck and a crowd of 5-6 other birder. While we...
Lou, Calvin
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Jun 9, 2004 2:02 am
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The LITTLE GULL was still present at Pescadero this evening, from 6:45 - 7:30. It was actively feeding along mud flats in the North Pond, quite close to the...
After much gnashing of teeth yesterday, I drove down to Pescadero Marsh this morning, and was very pleased to find the LITTLE GULL continuing east of the...
There were also some less exotic birds worth mentioning from the south San Mateo coastal area today. At Pescadero Lagoon, 42 BROWN PELICANs were resting along...
Al Eisner
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Jun 9, 2004 8:35 pm
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Hi Birders- The Little Gull was on the north bank of Pescadero Creek about 100 yds. east of the bridge this morning, 6/9, at 9. It was sitting next to a hen...
Folks, I'm hoping to go see this bird Thursday. If there are any positive or negative reports Thursday morning, please email me. Thanks, Robbie Fischer ...
The Little Gull continues at Pescadero Marsh. I saw it at 7:45 a.m. standing alone on the muddy edges at the south end of the nearly waterless North Pond....
Last evening (June 9) I saw a female WESTERN BLUEBIRD feeding two fledglings along Cloverdale Road about 0.15 mile southwest of the entrance to Butano SP, at...
dsuddjian@...
Jun 10, 2004 7:49 pm
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A couple of notes on finding these birds. Little Gull-- today was seen at 7:30am by Francis and at 9:30am by others, both times on the mudflats of the North...
Correction: it was pointed out to me that Red-breasted Mergansers do not breed in the county, so I must have seen a female Common with 5 young at San Gregorio....
Birders Little Gull still at Pescadero Marsh, San Mateo Co at 3 pm, Thursday. Sitting there quietly, doing nothing, so likely to be there for the rest of the...