Hi All, I left off Flood, because (1) the "W's" alliterate nicely, and (2) there wasn't a single raptor on Flood, unless you count a zillion Red-tailed ...
Glacier All, Five birders joined leader Kasey Foley and Tory for this month's regular bird walk. We started off along Laurel Ave with a small flock of...
All: Please join the San Joaquin Audubon Society and the Delta-Sierra Group of the Sierra Club for?our third annual joint meeting, tomorrow night, Tuesday,...
Glacier I will be leading a morning field trip through the old Stockton Rural Cemetery on tomorrow (Sunday, 10/14). Meet at 8 am at the main gate at the N end...
GlacierAll, I led 9 others on a pleasant stroll through the historic Stockton Rural Cemetery this a.m. Hightlights were 5 species of warblers (Yellow-rumped,...
Hi All, Monday the 8th was fairly uneventful. Zero owls, two Ferruginous Hawks (FEHA), and two coyotes were about it. Today, Sunday the 14th, was a little...
OK, I know there are supposed to be Golden Eagles in the Altamont Range all-year-'round. Though you couldn't prove it by me. Anyway, Saturday produced our...
Sorry about the banding code, but it made it easy for people who don't care about Black Phoebes (BLPH) to skip this post. Elionora really loves this bird,...
BlankTovarishi, While lounging around the house this a.m., I noticed quite a bit of bird activity around my empty birdbath. I headed out to fill it up and...
For the first couple years we were birding--not so long ago--Elionora and I simply didn't "see" accipiters. Part of this was our neighborhood is short the...
Hi All, First, a couple of observations, then a trip reports. A flock of Yellow-Rumped Warblers greeted me at Jack in the Box last week. I know many of you...
Hi Everyone, This is a little late, but worth mentioning. After reading Cheri's report, my brother-in-law and I went out to Flood and Waverly Tuesday evening. ...
Attend a wonderful birding event. And have I got one for you! You've got until Thursday to make your plans to attend one of the best birding events around-...
This afternoon while looking for the pair of Red-tailed Hawks behind my home I saw what looked like Pelicans overhead. Venturing further towards the lake I saw...
You are invited to attend the next San Joaquin Audubon Society program "Sparrows: You CAN tell them apart” presented by Ed Pandolfino this Tuesday, November...
Hi All, The Symposium has kept me busy, but I wanted to get out one more time before the kickoff Thursday. There were lots of buteos skimming distant hill...
Hi All, First, a joke buried in Bill Hill's Monterey Bay Birdbox summary on the Birdwest list, "Several reports of domestic TURKEYS were received today. All of...
All, While driving out of Stockton around 9:40 this a.m., I espied a juvenile White-throated Sparrow amid a flock of White-crowneds along the pyracantha at...
Hi Birders, I saw a Long-eared Owl this morning at 9:30 am at the Stockton Rural Cemetery. It was in the veterans area just in front of the Memory Chapel. If,...
Hi All, Tuesday I went you-know-where again. I checked out the Barn Owl burrows and couldn't see an owl. It's been over a month. Hmmn. Heading down Flood...
The last 2 days, on the way back to Modesto via Patterson Pass Rd., there have been 4 Mt. Bluebirds (2M/2F) about a 1/4 mile west of marker 7.52. They are drab...
Hi birders, I spent a few hours this afternoon birding along Flood and Waverly Rds., east of Stockton. There was a very nice assortment of raptors, including...
Hi All, Well, I didn't go to Flood and Waverly on Saturday as planned, and Kathy R. got the FOS (First of Season) Bald Eagle sighting. I usually get that...
Bob "Owl Bane" Stahmer is fortunately not "Eagle Bane". He got a nice shot of a couple of the sub-adult Golden Eagles hanging out on Flood. I put it in the...
December 1, 2007 Dear North American Birds Contributors, The winter season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Northern...
All, Despite my belief until around 7 a.m. that this field trip was actually tomorrow, I located my Hoot Owl at the last minute and showed up in time to lead...
Hi All, Pat was working on her SJ County year list, and had some interesting results. At Rural Cemetery she failed to find the Long-eared Owl, but had Brown ...
Hi All, Pat Bacchetti saw the Swainson's in the Delta, not on Flood. That makes more sense, as we have the wintering population there. I've only seen ...
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