Fri Jun 4, 2010--I have been noticing a gradual increase of RED CROSSBILLS in my area this past week. This morning at least 8 showed up at my feeders. This group included 2 juveniles. I was surprised

Thursday June 3 2010 - A White-Tailed Kite in juvenile plumage perched in some white firs in the meadow near the west end of Middle Ridge, where it was harassed a few times by an adult. I have been

Thur, 3 June 2010 -- Early evening, while returning home from Ukiah and environs, I spotted a flock of VAUX's SWIFTS over the field across Hwy 1 from the former "Fushiarama" (north of Virgin Ck and

Maybe this is the same one I saw in my backyard May 20--I live in Fort Bragg, on Harold St. It came in in the afternoon and was gone the next morning. Henri Bensussen

Thu Jun 3, 2010--The Big River Spring Bird Surveys have produced two new birds for the Big River Checklist this Spring, The May 7th, White-faced Ibis and this morning we found a coastally rare

3 June 2010 Thursday Steve Stump spotted a LEAST TERN flying over the Ukiah Wastewater Treatment Plant ponds this morning. The bird was still there when Geoff and I left at 9:15AM. Chuck Vaughn

Tue, 01 June 2010 -- The two BRANT are still at the mouth of Ten Mile River this morning.  I got a good look at them, and they are in ragged condition. The shafts of flight feathers are exposed and

About 4pm on Sunday, we watched a bald eagle on the Noyo River just east of Dolphin Cove. The bald eagle was harassing an osprey who was flying with a fish. The osprey dropped the fish and the bald

Greetings Mendobirders- George Chaniot and I birded the Highway 162 and Covelo areas today. Birds of local interest included an AMERICAN DIPPER on the Main Fork Eel River along Highway 162 at mm

Sun, 30 May 2010 -- Two BRANT remain at the Ten Mile River mouth this morning. Karen and Jim Havlena Ten Mile Area North of Fort Bragg, MEN, California

A Bald Eagle was soaring just above Big River, about a mile from the parking lot trailhead on the Haul Road, about 3:45 Friday afternoon.

27 May 2010, Here is a BLM-South Cow Mountain map link http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/pdfs/ukiah_pdfs.Par.b7b72d fe.File.dat/South_Cow_Mtn.pdf which shows the Miner's Ridge Trial

Greetings Mendobirders- Jerry White just phoned me to report that at 1:15 this afternoon he saw and heard a GREATER ROADRUNNER in the BLM South Cow Mountain recreation area east of Ukiah. The bird

Wow! I just saw my first Rose-breasted Grosbeak, breeding plumage male. He's eating at the nyjer seed feeder right out my window. My Thayer birding program doesn't show them in our area, though I

Wed, 26 May 2010 --  Nine BRANT and three RED-BREASTED MERGANSERs are now at the Ten Mile R. bridge.  At least 8 PURPLE MARTINS were flying or sitting on a wire on the north side.  Eight GREAT

The birding group from the Albion Field Station had the following sightings. Bald Eagle was spotted gliding down the Albion River canyon past the field station at about 6:00 AM on Sunday morning, May

On the way up to a natural history weekend campout north of Willits I made my first ever visit to the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Ponds Saturday morning (8:45-10:20 a.m.) 5/22/10. The highlights (besides

Tue May 25, 2010--I've uploaded a picture of the THICK-BILL MURRE seen on the May 16, 2010, pelagic trip out of Noyo Harbor. Richard Hubacek Little River

Sun, 23 May 2010 -- This morning, five late BRANT were west of Ten Mile River bridge, with two RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS nearby. Both Jim and I have seen a (continuing?) WESTERN KINGBIRD at

Bald Eagle continues at Salmon Creek Cove, Albion. Photos posted: HBG_Birds Howard Guyer