This morning in Lake County I found a very vocal adult male Great-tailed Grackle. The bird was in Library Park in Lakeport and was first seen about 10:30 am. I last saw the bird at about 3:30 PM. I

Thu, 24 May 2001 -- This morning Dorothy Tobkin saw a male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at Glass Beach in Fort Bragg. It appeared to arrive from over the ocean, landed in the cypress tree to the north, and

On Monday, I, too, saw the White-faced Ibis in the Ten Mile Estuary. It was among a group of waders that contained Great and Snowy Egrets, what may have been a Cattle Egret, a possible Common Moorhen

Wed, 23 May 2001 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports that the WHITE-FACED IBIS is still at estuary of Ten Mile River. It has moved farther east to a mudbar in the middle of the river. Also present are a

This is a late report of the pelagic trip from Fort Bragg on May 13. Matthew Matthiessen already reported a bird list, but the following list is a compilation from the leaders of the trip who were:

Yesterday, May 21 at 7:15 pm, I observed a male and female LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH at the Hopland Research Center. The birds were at the Vasser East corner. I initially saw the male sitting on the

A tour around Lake Cleone turned up a Pileated Woodpecker and 2 Purple Martins this past Sunday. Both species were seen on the north side of the lake in the area w/ the dead trees. David Armstrong

Sun, 20 May 2001 -- Dorothy Tobkin reports a WHITE-FACED IBIS and an AMERICAN AVOCET in the marsh on the north side of the Ten Mile River estuary. They could be seen from near the bridge or from above

In Lake County I found 2 Black Terns (the first record for Lake) on Clear Lake off of Rodman Slough. From highway 29 north of Lakeport take the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff road to the parking area just prior

Sat, 19 May 2001 -- Today, after completing a Breeding Bird Census on Covelo Road, Chuck Vaughn and I continued up Mexico Ridge and Etsel Ridge to the high country of Mendocino Co. This is the first

Fri, 18 May 2001 -- 15:50 I just saw a flock of about 80 WHITE-FRONTED IBISES land in the pasture where Matthew and I saw 10 yesterday: on Eel River Road in Potter Valley about 1/2 mi N of Hopper's

This is a rather belated report from the pelagic trip out of Fort Bragg on Sunday, May 13. There were four Mendocino County birders on the trip - Toby Tobkin, Chuck Vaugh, Jerry White (he's sort of a

Thu, 17 May 2001 -- This evening Matthew Matthiessen came out to Potter Valley, and we drove around the valley looking for ibises. We found a group of ten in a pasture along Eel River Road about 1/2

At 9:00am May 17 there were 67 White-faced Ibises and 4 Wilson's Phalaropes on the pond 0.5 mi. east of the Rodman Slough bridge on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff in Lake Co. By 3:30pm the number of ibises

Thu, 17 May 2001 -- At about 10:30 I spotted a flock of 45 WHITE-FACED IBISES flying over Pine Avenue in Potter Valley. They circled up in a thermal, glided out to the north, and appeared to go down

Yesterday, we saw 2 breeding plumaged White-faced Ibis, Plegadis chichi, flying north just above the bluff-top trail from our hot tub at The Sea Ranch. Today, we saw an adult, male, breeding plumaged

A large flock (20-22 individuals) of white-faced ibises flew south over Todd's Point in Fort Bragg at about 6:30AM today

I just had a report from Jeannette Knight that both the white-faced ibis and black-necked stilts were in the Rodman Slough pond at 8:15 this morning, Thursday, May 10. Darlene Hecomovich

At 3 pm today, Wednesday, May 9, there were four white-faced ibises at the shallow pond 0.5 mi. east of the Rodman Slough bridge on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff. Unfortunately, I was unable to locate

At 7:25pm Monday May 7 there were 6 BLACK-NECKED STILTS at the shallow pond 0.5 mi. east of the Rodman Slough bridge on the Nice- Lucerne Cutoff in Lake County. Jerry White visited the site after