Two were seen together in 1994 at that same location. Other than that only singles as far as my older records show. Good find! Cheers. Robert Keiffer. Hopland Mendocino County. rjkeiffer@...

Lisa, Congrats on a great find … according to Chuck who monitors our MEN records it is the tenth record … all fall. The “chuck” call note helps to ID

Marisela, I only have limited experience in the west (Eastern Oregon) and limited experience in May years ago back east (Vermont, New Hampshere, and Maine). With lots of birds calling. That “teacha, t

Sounds like Ovenbird to me. ... “teacha, teacha, teacha” typical call. Bob Keiffer, Hopland Mendocino County. Rjkeiffer@...

8/19/2020- Be on the lookout for a Black-billed Magpie, especially along the Mendocino Coast, as one was observed south of Petrolia, HUM last Sunday. In 2019 there was an assumed a single bird (first

George, definitely an amphibian ... either the Pacific Chorus Frog or Western Toad along with the CA scrub jay. Without checking reference recordings I would guess the P. Chorus Frog.

4 March 2020 - Three Violet-green Swallows showed up this morning at my house in Hopland ...where they nest in nest boxes. I know that I did not miss them yesterday or days before, so today is the FOS

26 February 2020 As I recall in some past years there seemed to be a wave of late migration in the month of November. I had one on my driveway for a couple weeks one early January. George Chaniot had

Yesterday, 18 Feb. 2020, I saw a mature Snow or Ross's Goose mixed in with the Canada Geese at Crowfoot Ranch (White fence with llamas and cattle on east side of Hwy 101 about 4 miles north of Hopland

Marisela, A very nice Rough-legged Hawk.

Easter Sunday - 21 April 2019 - For those of you who follow you know that a Magpie sp. showed up at Westport a couple days ago ...with a suspicion that it had a black bill. The most probable same bird

9 January 2019 - 4:20 to 5:00 PM - Evening of overcast and wet, but not raining at the time. As I passed the Six-Point Ranch gate and drove through the swale in the road, there were a few crowned spar

Yes, Yellow Warbler

20 June 2018 - Last Saturday/Sunday Ryan Keiffer and I birded the Mendocino National Forest - Mexican Ridge to Etsel Ridge to Spruce Grove then to Windy Gap and Hull Mountain on Sunday. This is essent

10 May 2018 - Thursday - at about 3:30 PM today neither goose was present at the large pullout where CHP conducts the occasional mandatory truck stop. So, either they hatched and moved to a pond or el

Thursday 19 April 2018 - The continuing male Costa's Hummingbird was last seen at about 9:30 AM today here at my Hopland house. At this time a newly-arrived male Rufous Hummingbird took over dominance

Thursday - 19 April 2018 The male Costa's Hummingbird continues at one of my feeders. If you want to see yesterday's photos go to: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S44722825 Of interest is that three

Tuesday 17 April 2018 The male Costa's Hummingbird from yesterday continues to stake out a claim to one of my feeders here at Hopland. Good Birding. Bob Keiffer Hopland, Mendocino County CA rjkeiffer@

Monday 16 April 2018 At Hopland, this evening I had my first ever "yard bird" Costa's Hummingbird ... a very cooperative adult male. It has taken over one of my two feeders and was there until dark. I

4 February 2018 - I have been keeping my eye on Frog Woman Rock, about 4 miles south of Hopland, for the arrival of White-throated Swifts. In years past we had them show up on early February dates lik