Tomorrow night: Dr. Jack Dumbacher, Curator of Ornithology and Mammalogy at the California Academy of Sciences, will tell the fascinating story of the Barred Owl invasion of West Coast forests, and th

9 January 2021 - South of Elk on Highway 1, at the place with the corral where the bull elk has been hanging out - a screaming Red-tailed Hawk alerted us to the presence of a Golden Eagle east of the

Despite dry weather (unusual for this Count) we only managed 135 species for the Fort Bragg CBC, a new low. (Well, maybe 136, if we count the Mute Swans.) Of course our level of effort was lower than

... will take place tonight at 6 PM via Zoom. Feel free to share this link with anyone you think might be interested. It will be a bit tricky since only one person at a time can be heard on Zoom, but

Count Week for the Fort Bragg CBC started yesterday. Please report any unusual sightings (within the region from Big River north to Cleone) from the 24th through the 30th, either here or directly to m

Greetings birders, Video of last night's Mendocino Coast Audubon Society presentation on the CBC and Winter Birds is now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XnoahrI0xYI In the Description I have included som

14 December 2020 Seawatching from Johnson Rock on the Noyo Headlands trail, a number of Gulls were feeding off Soldier Point and I hoped maybe the action would draw in something interesting. I was rew

Greetings Mendobirders, The Fort Bragg CBC will occur on Sunday, December 27, 2020 with some limitations. There will not be a Count Dinner this year, and field team sizes will be limited. You are invi

3 December 2020 Near the summit on the Boonville-Ukiah Road. Luckily there was a pullout available just as a big raptor went by. When it reappeared we got treated to great views of a Golden Eagle for

Amazingly, you reported one at the same location on November 24, 2016. It stuck around long enough for a few of us to get sightings and photos, but not long enough to get counted on the CBC.

14 November 2020 There was a drake Eurasian Wigeon with a small group of American Wigeon near the mouth of the Garcia River today. Also a probable Pacific Golden-plover working the beach wrack at the

31 October 2020 Birded down the coast from Elk to Point Arena today. Found a Clay-colored Sparrow at Greenwood Beach SP, just past the parking lot. Couple of Say’s Phoebes, one at Stoneboro Rd. Not ma

5 October 2020 - Middle Ridge, Albion This morning we had an amazing spectacle in our garden. Hearing an unfamiliar vocalization, I looked out to see several Steller's Jays mobbing something, which tu

28 September 2020 - Just heard a small flock of White-fronted Geese at my house in Albion. To me that means it is officially Fall. We also had our first-of-season Fox Sparrows on Friday morning (the 2

28 August 2020 - For the past three days at least, there has been a spectacular flight of Sooty Shearwaters along the Mendocino Coast. Reports are coming in from Gualala to Fort Bragg. Today while fis

12 August 2020 (sorry for late report) - A steady stream of Elegant Terns flew north over the ocean just outside Albion Cove in the morning. They vocalized a lot but didn't really fly around much and

Shameless plug: Tuesday August 11 (tomorrow) at 7 PM on KZYX, Bob Spies and I will interview Dr. Jamie Cornelius, Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at Oregon State Universit

In the last couple of days I have seen a first-of-fall Cooper’s Hawk (surprisingly an adult) and a juvenile Northern Harrier. We also had a Sharp-shinned a few days ago. Post-breeding dispersal is und

Agree with Dave. Dark head plus pale chest on a large Buteo is enough to ID as Red-tailed.

14 June 2020 - Went out kayak fishing at Albion this morning and got treated to a spectacular sight. Another fisherman brought up a small rockfish and tried sending it back down, but a few minutes lat