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 ...
Here is a photo of a rather distant dark morph Ferruginous Hawk, on Flood Rd roughly half way between Escallon-Bellota Rd and Waverly Rd, in San Joaquin County...
During a stroll around the parking lot at the Spanos West Grackle Sanctuary (mall @ I-5 & Eight Mile Rd), I counted at least 30 of the varmints. Jim Rowoth ...
All, Stockton CBC started out cold and foggy, but by late morning, the fog had mostly cleared. The remainder of the day was quite pleasant. Preliminary...
Hi all I'm new to the group. I want to thank you for a wonderful resource for me to observe and photograph birds. I stumbled upon this group two weeks ago and...
I noted on the most recent Hoot Owl for January February, the meeting site for our monthly meetings was listed as St. Paul church. Is this an error or are we...
Our prayers this holiday season go to Sylvia Ahn, a Tracy birder and member of this list, on the recent death of her husband. On Saturday, Dr. Steven Ahn, 62,...
Hi All, and especially the birders I saw on Flood Sunday, I see a big rancher-sized truck half on and half off the road. I see no visible optics. I look...
Hi All, I did a raptor survey with David Coursey and Elionora Bjuhr on the 15th. It was 27 miles, and part of it covered F & W (but not the way I suggested, ...
Dear birders, Mike Curry asked me to post his sighting of a Black-throated Gray Warbler in Caswell State Park today. The bird was located about 500 ft south...
Hi Birders, This morning I saw three birds of special interest at Lodi Lake Park. A White-throated Sparrow and a Red-breasted Sapsucker were both in the area...
Hi All, I went out to Flood and Waverly on Christmas, as is my tradition. I found Emily from the Bay Area there and birding away, which is not so common. ...
Elionora was at home today and looked out past the feeders to find our newest yard bird, a Loggerhead Shrike, sitting on the chimney of the house behind ours....
Stanislaus and San Joaquin area birders: Any kingbird this time of year is of interest. Good find, Sal and Daniel (see original post, below). Now someone has...
Does this qualify as a new species? At least a deviant? Harlan ... From: ............... Subject: No Photoshopping A professional photographer friend sent me...
Hi Stanislaus and San Joaquin Birders, As reported by Eric Caine in an earlier post to STA_Birds, Eric and I refound the two Townsend's Solitaires in Del...
Just a reminder that the beginning bird trip at Lodi Lake this Saturday will be canceled if bad weather (rain or strong winds) continues. Kasey Foley San...
Sorry for the late post. Seven of us ended up going on the beginning bird trip last Saturday to Lodi Lake and because the Wilderness area was closed we walked...
All, Just a reminder, this Saturday I'll be leading a morning stroll among the tombstones at the Stockton Rural Cemetery while we look for winter birds. The...
I led a pleasant saunter for San Joaquin Audubon through the cemetery this a.m. accompanied by Sara, Dave, Al, Lorna, Dale, Barbara and __?__. We quickly...