Greetings Mendobirders- At about 1000 this morning Roger Foote and I, as well as several participants in the Yoga Mendocino birding field trip, got to see an adult American Bittern at the Ukiah Wastew

There was a CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER on the Garcia River this morning at Windy Hollow Road. The bird was seen at about 9:30 AM. Jerry White

Greetings Mendobirders- Cheryl Watson and I birded the Ukiah Wastewater Treatment Plant early this morning. There was quite a drop-out of shorebirds since Friday. There were 14 WILSON'S PHALAROPES, al

Sorry, that should have read an adult "male".

Greetings Mendobirders: Barbara and I watched an adult Black-chinned Hummingbird make several visits to our feeders late this evening. If it sticks around I will post it here. Chuck

Greetings Mendobirders- An adult male Calliope Hummingbird made several brief visits to our feeders late this evening. If it stays around, I will post it here. Chuck

Greetings Mendobirders- This is sort of a follow-up on the early spring theme here on Mendobirds. This morning I saw and heard a male Orange-crowned Warbler at the UC Hopland R&E Center. The bird was

Greetings Mendobirders- There was a very timid female Black-headed Grosbeak in our yard this afternoon. It fed on Granny Smith Apples for a while, and then made a brief trip to our sunflower seed feed

Greetings Mendobirders- This morning I saw a nice, bright male WILSON'S WARBLER along the river at the Ukiah Wastewater Treatment Plant. A couple other warblers of local interest were a continuing ORA

How about Gadwall x N Pintail.

Greetings Mendobirders- This morning I saw an adult Red-naped Sapsucker at Riverside Park in Ukiah (east end of Gobbi Street). I believe it was a male. It had extensive red on the throat, but I could

Here is a link to the map of eBird Pine Siskin sightings in the county since June of this year. They are around but not in usual numbers. Chuck <http://ebird.org/ebird/map/pinsis?bmo=06&emo=12&byr=201

Jerry White birded the Pt Arena area earlier this morning. He reports 6-8 ELEGANT TERNS in several groups, some north of Pt Arena. At the Point Arena Lighthouse and in Pt Arena Cove, he saw 12-15 BLAC

Greetings Mendobirders- I saw a juvenile SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER on the north pond at the Ukiah Wastewater Treatment Plant this morning. This bird was easy to spot with a very short, blunt bill and sca

The Peregrine Audubon Society is organizing a pelagic birding trip out of Noyo Harbor in Fort Bragg on Sunday, September 28. We will be sailing on the Telstar with captain Randy Thornton. Weather perm

There are 40 records in the MEN database, going back to 1985. Twelve of them are inland, the remainder coastal. There have been reports from all 12 months of the year, the fewest in the winter period

Another message with no name...Mendobirds instructions are that you "Please include the date of observation, your full name, and general location in the body of the message." Thanks, Chuck

Greetings Mendobirders- I spent a good part of today birding with Richard Hubacek in the Fort Bragg area. After having dipped on the Lake Cleone Black-capped Chickadee 4 times in Dec and Jan, I did fi

Greetings Mendobirders- Yesterday 19 folks were able to enjoy the beautiful fall day birding the Round Valley area on the Peregrine Audubon field trip. Highlights, as usual, were probably the numbers

Greetings Mendobirders- This morning I saw a Swamp Sparrow at the Ukiah Wastewater Treatment Plant. The bird was along the south fence line, a little bit east from the SW corner of the oxidation pond,