Wednesday, February 18, 2004, As I drove south on Highway 101, south of Hopland, I observed two adult Peregrine Falcons power-diving a Red-tailed Hawk that was flying in front of the face of the

Humboldt Birds for Week Two February, 2004 At the Arcata Marsh Rob Fowler had a adult BALD EAGLE fly over on February 13. At the base of Chezm Road Frank Anderson had a male NORTHERN

Hi - anyone be able to help Don with this? - Thanks - Demian

Sunday, February 15, 2004 A suspected Northern Shrike was seen at the mouth of Ten Mile River during yesterday's MCAS field trip, but the bird flew before we could approach near enough to confirm.

Thanks for the response and the numbers George. One thing I was finding curious was that although diving duck populations in general are extremely low, COMMON MERGANSER numbers seem to be fairly

Matthew is on to something here. Lesser Scaup are very hard to find at Lake Mendocino. In past years the numbers of scaup overwintering on Lake Mendocino has been in the 1000-4000 range. This

Humboldt County bird summary Friday January 30 - Friday February 6 2004 Here is what's been reported over the last week. We are trying to get our local information out at least during this Spring

Greetings Mendobirders, So far this year I've been up to Lake Mendocino three times and have yet to see a single LESSER SCAUP. GREATER SCAUP are easy to find though numbers seem to be significantly

Yesterday (Sun Feb 28) I spent a little time birding the south Mendo coast. At 0900 "Al" the LAYSAN ALBATROSS in the harbor at Arena Cove. Scoping from the Point Arena lighthouse produced only two

Hello, We are flying out from Washington DC to look for the "AL" the Laysan Albatross in Point Arena Cove from Feb 12-15. After hopefully seeing the Albatross, we would like to devote our

Mendocino Coast Audubon has scheduled a spring Pelagic Trip for Sunday, May 16, 2004. To register now, send your check for $70.00 ($60.00 for MCAS members) to MCAS 18214 N. Highway1 Fort Bragg, CA

ARCTIC EXPLORER PRESENTS SLIDE SHOW AT MENDOCINO AUDUBON MEETING Record-breaking arctic explorer Pam Flowers will share slides and stories from her solo 2,500-mile dog mushing expedition across

Greetings Mendobirders- There were 6 Tree Swallows over the permanent pasture at HREC earlier today. Those were the first I've seen this year. It was nice to hear their excited bubbling. Time to

At Clam Beach just north of Arcata I saw a red gull yesterday. The gull was brown and looked just like the other gulls it was hanging out with, except it had large patches of red on it. There was

Wed, 28 Jan 2004 -- This afternoon at 2:45 at the end of Burris Lane, Potter Valley, I saw the BURROWING OWL sitting on the same rock as I reported on Jan 20. The rock in question is in an isolated

FYI PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFO TO THOSE YOU KNOW WHO MAY BE INTERESTED, THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE GEESE, Rick Hiser~Festival Coordinator 6th Annual ALEUTIAN GOOSE FESTIVAL Spring 2004

Dear Mendobirders - Peggy and I had a fine, fun day along the Mendocino coast on Sunday January 25. Thanks to all who gave fine directions to the GRAY JAYS - we had three right at the Visitor's

Greetings Mendobirders: There was a Snow Goose on the south pond at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant this morning. It flew over to the middle pond while I was walking along the S levee. Despite all

Hoping to be in Mendecino this weekend or next, to search for the Barred Owls, Rock Sandpiper and other rocky shorebirds, and to pay a visit to the Laysan Albatross. While we are there, are there any

Add three Black-shouldered Kites (with white tails) to the growing list of recent raptor sightings (9?) on Burris Lane. They were about a mile west of the pond (my house) and were soaring quite