We saw about 20 Oystercatchers here at the beach where the fresh water enters the ocean. They were bathing and feeding along side the gulls. This was at about 3 yesterday. We will look for the Dipper

We went to Clear Lake SP today and the there were some early Violet Green Swallows. I saw them two weeks ago in the Sacramento Valley, so I was not too surprised to see them here. There was a

Fri Feb 4, 2011--I found an AMERICAN DIPPER today at Van Damme State Park a little after noon. It was behind the first restrooms to the left as you enter the park. Just to the right of the restrooms

Thur, 3 Feb, 2011 -- The 2 LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS were flying between telephone poles 119 and 120 on Boonville Rd (Hwy 253) around 10:30-am.  I came from the west, where the mile markers ascend from

Please mark your calendar for the MCAS spring pelagic trip on Sun, 15 May, 2011.  Leaders will include Ron LeValley and Rob Fowler.  The trip will be 7-hours, meeting at 7:30-am at the TELSTAR dock

At 5:10 p.m. we found one of the Lewis's Woodpeckers described by Jack Booth and Dave Bengston on telephone pole #120 on the Boonville Road (253). It flew from the top of the pole to a live oak just

I went up to see the L Woodpeckers on Hwy 253 (Boonville Rd) that Jack Booth Reported. I found two of them. They were on telephone poles #s 119 and 120 on the south side of the road. There is a

Jack Booth just called me to say he saw a Lewis's Woodpecker on the the Boonville Road (Hwy 253). The bird was about 400 yards past the McGrath place on the road bank. This is going east to west,

This morning the Evening Grosbeaks showed up at 8:50. The Sharpie showed up at 9! It's a desert out there. Yesterday the E Grosbeaks showed up at 9:20, 12:57, 1:10 and 2:45, 10 mins, 1 min, 5 mins

Millie and I decided to try our luck today for Al the Laysan Albatross. When we arrived around 11:15am, Al was sitting (as if waiting for us) about 100 yards from the end of the fishing pier. He posed

Spotted an interesting rock dove (ferel pidgeon) with the small group that nests on the south end of Goat Rock. This individual was almost the exact coloring of a Western gull with perfect gray

Will be in your area later this week, and wondering if there have been recent sightings of the Albatross at Point Arena or of Rock Sandpiper along the coast. Thank you for any information you can

Hello all, Charlene and I joined Karen Havlena and later Rich Hubacek in searching for the orioles at Rose Memorial Park in Fort Bragg this afternoon. I photographed three individuals, one an imm.

This morning at 9:20 - 9:30, two Evening Grosbeaks came to feed at my platform feeder. I think that they are immature males. They are all yellow, including the head, which is just starting to turn

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 --  Late this morning, I saw a sub-adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in Fort Bragg at the top of a Banksia tree at Rose Memorial Park.  I also saw at least three orioles at various

Hello birders. Today Chuck Vaughn and I enjoyed a very warm and still day on the south-central Mendocino coast. Our first stop, at Pt Arena Cove failed to yield Al the Albatross; floating birds

This morning on Save Our Shorebirds survey at 8:35 a.m., David Wolf spotted a pair of Peregrine Falcons at Glass Beach on the sea stack covered with vegetation just west of the main beach. It's

One never knows what they will see at Dolphin Isle on the Noyo - harlequin duck, black crowned night herons, deer swimming and now a river otter vs. western grebe. Here's a link

A month or so ago I reported a Northern Harrier attacking American Coots at Lake Cleone. At first I thought that the juvinile female hawk was possibly considering the coots as prey animals with

Sun, 19-23 Jan 2011 -- For two weeks I have been trying to be sure of a NASHVILLE WARBLER that has briefly come into the few shrubs in our yard several times.  Finally, I heard a soft, bright chip