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Caspar Pond agsin
Jessica Morton
On Friday evening just before 6:30, the relatively sedate Ruddy Ducks, 3 visible Northern Shovelers and a few Hooded Merganser seemed to be watching from a safe distance as at least 20 male and female Common Merganser frisked around, the males doing their best Friday night hotrodding moves.
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Re: Caspar Pond- March 10th Morning
Saw four Hooded and six Common Mergansers there this morning, as well as two Ruddy Ducks, three female Buffleheads, three Northern Shovelers and a single Double-crested Cormorant. Two Bald Eagles, one adult, one third-year, were soaring on a thermal way above Caspar. A Great Blue Heron was also at the pond. A lot of Yellow-rumped Warblers were also present, as were White-crowned and a few Golden-crowned Sparrows, a Song Sparrow and a couple of Spotted Towhees.
Happy Birding! Lisa Walker-Roseman (Feather Forestwalker) Fort Bragg-Cleone |
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Caspar Pond- March 10th Morning
Joanne Abramson
Six Common Mergansers males kept the rest of the birds moving around the pond as they determined another species, or their own species, were too close to their female!
A lot of activity on a gorgeous, sunny day! Some mornings they all have their heads tucked under a wing and are sleeping. |
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Harris's Sparrow Fort Bragg
Sarah
I noticed something different amongst the Yellow rumps and Golden crowns today! Took a couple shots through the window and Dave id'd it as Harris's sparrow - Tim confirmed :-) Not the best photos but at least we could get an ID. We are a couple miles inland/east on route 20 in Fort Bragg Sarah Wagner, PT, DPT, NCPI Pilates Instructor _._,_._,_
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Caspar Pond Ducks galore
Jessica Morton
At 5:45 Tuesday afternoon in Caspar Pond, there were 1 Coot, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, a pair of Hooded Merganser, 2 male and 1 female Common Merganser, 2 female with 1 male Ruddy Ducks, 1 female Bufflehead, and the puzzling quartet of continuing Northern Shovelers, which now seem to be 2 who are transitioning to male plumage, 1 fully male plumaged, and 1 still appearing female. So far.
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FOS Allen's Hummingbird
1 March 2023 - Walking around in the sunshine this morning I
heard a familiar ringing noise and there was an adult male Allen's
Hummingbird feeding in the Grevillea. Normally I find one or two
in late February but the weather last week prevented much looking.
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Caspar Pond puzzle
Jessica Morton
Around 4:30 Monday afternoon, the continuing NOSH were easily refound. But of the original 4 apparent females, today there were clearly 3 females and one male.
The male and one female were engaged in some serious but brief head-bobbing, which ended all too soon (and without the predictable conclusion) while I was there. One full breeding plumage male Ruddy Duck was swimming nearby with RUDU females. No sign of the Hooded Merganser group, though we walked the perimeter of the pond. |
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smallest Peregrine Falcon I have ever seen
Hi all,
Just a few moments ago, as is my habit, I looked up at my next door neighbor's redwood that is dead at the top to see if any Peregrine Falcons were there. This time, instead of a normal-looking and presumably Anatum, I saw a super dark (Peale's?) and VERY SMALL Peregrine. It's about the size of a MERLIN! But it's definitely a Peregrine. A falconer friend says Peale's are larger, but this guy is super small and very dark. I have attached photos Happy Birding! Feather 
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Re: Question....
Robert Keiffer
Lisa, The first accepted record of Brown Booby for Mendocino County was an adult bird seen 4 miles off Bear Harbor on a Shearwater Journeys pelagic trip on 21 Sept 2003. The second accepted record was an adult male seen perched on a nearshore rock at Bear Harbor on 8 August 2006 by Jerry White. There have been several sightings since …. Check eBird records. Good birding. Bob Keiffer. Hopland, Mendocino County rjkeiffer@...
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Question....
Hi all!
I pulled out my first field guide to birds and leafed through it to see what I had marked as birds I had seen and for some stupid reason, I had BROWN BOOBY listed as at the mouth of the Navarro River back in 1986. I don't remember *ever* seeing a BROWN BOOBY in my life?! I checked eBird and the earliest record seems to be 2015 - at least, with photos. So, what I want to know is, has anyone seen a BROWN BOOBY on the Mendocino coast back in 1986? Feather |
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Re: Afternoon pelagic this Saturday
Just in case anyone was thinking of showing up at the dock...
this trip has been canceled as the sea conditions deteriorated
overnight and it will be pretty rough out there in the afternoon.
Tim On 2/14/2023 7:01 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
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Re: SEOWs
On 2023-02-16 2:02 pm, mary rose wrote:
Hi Feather,Hi, Mary Rose, No, this was at Noyo Headlands. The owls have departed and were not re-found this morning. Feather |
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Re: SEOWs
Mary Rose Kent
Hi Feather, Is this at MacKerricher? Mary Rose On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 21:52 Lisa D. Walker, (Feather Forestwalker) <feather@...> wrote: My checklist was flagged..... and the location had to be added. I wasn't |
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Re: SEOWs
My checklist was flagged..... and the location had to be added. I wasn't sure how else to approach this. Really bad photo of one of the SEOWs attached
Lisa 
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SEOWs
I met Shannon Underhill out there with a friend. We got to see the Short-eared Owls. I got a really cruddy few shots of one perched on some blackberry brambles. I submitted a checklist but did not post the exact location, as this species is considered extremely sensitive. We will scout for them early tomorrow morning if anyone wants to meet us out there- recommend muted colors and quiet, slower walking to help in not spooking them if they are re-found.
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SEOW Noyo head
Roger Adamson
There are TWO Short eared Owls this afternoon on the Noyo Headlands park.
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Short eared Owl
Roger Adamson
Short-eared Owl at Noyo Headlands Park 4:50 pm. Cruising around near the airstrip parking lot and down toward the A-frame Crow’s Nest.
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Afternoon pelagic this Saturday
I have reserved the Kraken for an afternoon seabirding trip (if
we see whales we can look at them too) this Saturday, February 18.
This will be a 4-hour trip for $100 per person, departing at 1 pm
from the Anchor Charters dock in Noyo Harbor. The marine forecast calls for seas of 7 feet at 13 seconds, which
is not too bad, and wind of 10 mph or less. It will be COLD
though, with air temps in the 40s. We have done very few offshore trips in winter so it is hard to
predict what we will find. Likelies include six or seven species
of Gulls, two kinds of Albatross (this is probably the best chance
of seeing a Laysan here), Cassin's and Rhinoceros Auklets, Ancient
Murrelets, and maybe a few Shearwaters. (Both Sooty and
Short-tailed are possible, if we can tell them apart.) And of
course it's always possible to find something unexpected out
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Re: Crissy Field, SF King Eiders
2/13/23
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Hi Lisa, Hi All, These two females may have been seen at Point Arena Pier on Saturday, but no photos. Mel Smith is a pretty good birder, and he believes he and his wife saw them. I have some good photographers keeping watch! A little more news from the south coast. One of the Gualala Bald Eagles seen on Friday flying with nesting materials. It seems this couple nests later than other eagles? The presumably male Osprey I've been watching in Anchor Bay is still here, and occasionally works on bringing lichen-covered sticks to the nest site. I watched an encounter between him and a group of Common ravens last week. Seems like the Ospreys always win. Jeanne Jackson, Anchor Bay -----Original Message-----
From: Mendobirds@groups.io <Mendobirds@groups.io> On Behalf Of Lisa D. Walker, (Feather Forestwalker) Sent: Friday, February 10, 2023 8:19 PM To: Mendobirds@groups.io Subject: [Mendobirds] Crissy Field, SF King Eiders Hi, all, a pair of female King Eiders were recently spotted at Crissy Field in SF. It is believed that they might be the same two female King Eiders that were hanging around in Ventura for a few weeks or so. Folks with scopes might try out by Pt Arena to keep an eye out for them - the pier area... they seem to like smallish bays and piers.... so keep an eye, er, scope out. In Ventura they were pretty close in to shore. They drifted in and out at Crissy Field. They have not been seen since yesterday (?) David Assman reported them on CALBIRDS. Lisa D Walker-Roseman, Fort Bragg |
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Crissy Field, SF King Eiders
Hi, all,
a pair of female King Eiders were recently spotted at Crissy Field in SF. It is believed that they might be the same two female King Eiders that were hanging around in Ventura for a few weeks or so. Folks with scopes might try out by Pt Arena to keep an eye out for them - the pier area... they seem to like smallish bays and piers.... so keep an eye, er, scope out. In Ventura they were pretty close in to shore. They drifted in and out at Crissy Field. They have not been seen since yesterday (?) David Assman reported them on CALBIRDS. Lisa D Walker-Roseman, Fort Bragg |
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