Fri Sep 20, 2013--There were two first year RED KNOTS just south of Ward Ave. They were near a flat group of rocks that project out into the water along with about 11 SURFBIRDS and a few BLACK

It would be really helpful if folks put their locations in their addresses. Henri lives in Fort Bragg. I don't know where Pomo Campground is. This information is required to post in most yahoo

A Nashville Warbler in my yard today; last year had one about this time as well. Henri

I have several feeders out so I get frequent visits from chickadees. Today, I also had one red breasted nut hatch and a small flock of bush tits that stayed for maybe 10 minutes. I would estimate 12

Sept. 14, 2013 Chris Skyhawk sent this is for my nature column. He saw threeGray Jays in the camping area at Van Damme State Park on Saturday. He had neverseen a Gray Jay before but the docent at the

I just stepped out on the back deck and a white-winged sparrow with white tips to the tail flew to a nearby bush. I ran and got my camera thinking Lark Bunting and was able to get some decent pictures

Reports on the Blue-Footed Booby sightings in southern as well as central coastal CA include SLO beaches; Morro Bay, as well. Lisa ----- Forwarded Message -----

I did post a photo of the Arctic Tern on my web site. There are a bunch of photo of the trip, but the first one is the tern that I called a Common on the trip, but have revised my identification to

Sun, 15 Sep 2013 -- One could not ask for a more beautiful day - warm waters, mostly clear, calm winds, and very calm seas! It was SO warm and calm that some of the usual birds seen in fall were

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 -- Above, and just north of Chadbourne Gulch, there were two MARBLED MURRELETS in the calm waters. I have not seen Marbled Murrelets since the 2008 summer fires. They have not

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 -- I found a basic-plumaged FORSTER'S TERN at Caspar Pond this afternoon. Both Becky Bowen and Toby Tobkin saw it. Becky got some photos. Earlier this morning, I found an imm.

Two Elegant Terns flew over my house in south Fort Bragg moments ago, calling to each other..... just keyed them out by their calls according to what I heard on the Cornell Labs Bird Sounds

The juvenile FRANKLIN'S GULL was at the exact same spot this morning where we found it on Tuesday, on a piling between Aurora Park and Keeling Park off Lakeshore Blvd. in Nice. Floyd Hayes Angwin,

At the Kelsey Creek Outlet in Clear Lake State Park yesterday morning at 10 am, I had 10 or 12 Avocets come in circle around close to shore, go out of sight and back again a couple of times. They were

Thu Sep 12,2013---There was a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER on Ten Mile Beach this morning. It was found between Fenn and Inglenook Creeks on the walk North. On the way back it was closer to Ward Ave. This

Can I get a consensus on this gull? What is it? http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Mendobirds/photos/albums/202509908

9/11/13 5;00pm Today at 3:15 pm A Solitary Sandpiper fly into the middle pond of the Ukiah Wastewater Treatment Plant. Other shorebirds were 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 3 Semipalmated Plovers, 1

Hello all, I know this not about birds, but I just had to tell people that while I was scanning the very calm ocean for birds from the Little River Headlands, I spotted a pod of about 10 whales on the

Tue, 10 Sep 2013 -- The wind has been blowing from the S/SW all day with a high, overcast sky. What an abrupt change. While doing my SOS survey at Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, I pished to see an imm.

There was one American Avocet at the outlet of Kelsey Creek in Clear Lake State Park this morning (9/9/13). Also present were 5 Semipalmated Plovers, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, about 15 Least and Western