Sat, 9 Sep 2003 -- This morning Chuck Vaughn and I birded The Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant. The water level is falling in the south pond, and some nice mud bars are starting to appear. Water is being

10:35 AM 9/3/03. Just saw four caspian terns fly over Eastside Calpella Road toward Lake Mendocino. 3 adults and one immature. Jack Booth

There were more than 40 phalaropes at the north end of Borax Lake in the city of Clearlake this afternoon. There were 8 Red-necked Phalaropes near the northwest corner of the lake. A second group of

Vishnu emailed me with the information that "Winged Migration" will be shown this Wednesday and Thursday at 7 PM at the Noyo Theater in Willits. As he wrote,and from what I've read, seeing this

Greetings Mendobirders, Yesterday Rich Schilk and I birded the coast from Navarro to Westport. At Navarro we had one MARBLED GODWIT. At Van Damme we had a small group of GRAY JAYS in the upper

Mendobirders, Today, 8/30/03, The Yellow-headed Blackbird was still present near Hopland Field Station. There were lots of people on the beaches around Fort Bragg so the shorebirds were really

I went least terning at Virgin Creek on Thursday morning, 8:30 a.m., unsuccessfully. But in the four hours that I was there I saw 1 greater yellowlegs, 1 red-necked phalarope, several black

Friday, 29 August, 2003, an immature Yellow-headed Blackbird is hanging out with a flock of mixed blackbirds at the irrigated pasture/small vineyard at the entrance to the UC Hopland Research &

Bob's report reminds me of some Caspian Tern observations that I forgot to report. On Aug 19 and 21 I saw 18 and 22 Caspian Terns at Lake Mendocino sitting along the east shore and on the emerging

Thursday, 28 August 2003, Between 7:30 and 8:00 PM two flocks of migrating Caspian Terns were flying south over the lower elevation portion of the UC Hopland Research & Extension Center. The

Tuesday, 26 August, 2003, 4:15 - 5:30 PM, The Least Tern was still at Virgin Creek Beach, MacKerricher State Park, just north of Fort Bragg. Upon arrival at about 3:45 PM I could not find the

This morning (Tue Aug 26) George Chaniot, Chuck Vaughn, Art Morley, and I observed the immature LEAST TERN continuing at Virgin Creek Beach. The bird was flying along the beach as we walked up and

Some additional details on the Least Tern sighting; I found the bird about 4:20 PM standing with the Black-bellied Plovers approx.. 100 yards north of Virgin Creek. I watched it for about 10 minutes.

Monday, 25 August, 2003 - Least Tern - "toby" called me to report that Jerry White saw the least tern at Virgin Creek Beach at 4:15 PM. It was hanging out with Black-bellied Plovers. Robert J.

Dorothy "Toby" Tobkin reported seeing another immature Least Tern this morning at Virgin Creek beach. The bird was seen twice, approximately an hour between each sighting. Charlene

Thursday, August 14, 2003, Debra Shearwater reports a Yellow-headed Blackbird mixed in with a flock of other blackbirds at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant. She also had a huge flock of mixed

Hello Mendobirders, Of interest at the Ukiah wetlands this morning was the continued presence of a Red-necked Phalarope (I only saw one), a pair of Western Kingbirds, a pair of Black-shouldered Kites,

Thu 14 Aug 2003 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports two BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS and two RED-NECKED PHALAROPES on Ten-mile Beach this morning. There are also SNOWY PLOVERS at this location, but she hasn't seen them

Wed 13 Aug 2003 -- Jerry White phoned in from the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant. This morning he had 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, and 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES.

Tue 12 Aug 2003 -- I visited The Ukiah Sewage treatment plant from 9:30 to 10:30 this morning. I saw a LESSER YELLOWLEGS in the middle pond, as several other people have noted in the last two weeks.