Fort Bragg Friday morning 11/5 @ 8 am At our house (cool yard bird!) 2 miles East on 20! Uploaded a photo on Ebird (comes up rare)for the first time. Birding trip to Colombia has inspired me after see

31 October 2021 - While kayak fishing out of Russian Gulch, I noticed many Bonaparte's Gulls going by and foraging on the water. Some of them were catching small baitfish, probably anchovies. I didn't

Greetings Mendobirders- The Ukiah Wastewater Treatment Plant is no longer in quarantine, and is now open to the public. Chuck -- Chuck and Barbara Vaughn Ukiah, CA

Greetings Mendobirders- Charlene McAllister of the Mendocino Coast Audubon Society asked that I forward this message regarding the upcoming Beached Bird Survey training that will be held at Russian Gu

I was out in my yard north of Fort Bragg working when I heard the unmistakable calls of an Osprey being harassed. So I looked up, expecting to see Common Ravens, when instead, I saw an adult and immat

Found another Tropical Kingbird along Highway 1 near mile mark 28.85, where a Loggerhead Shrike was found a couple years ago. RHA

Greetings Mendobirders- The gate was unlocked at the Ukiah WWTP this morning so I signed in and walked around the ponds. As I was leaving, I learned that I was really not supposed to there as they are

15 October 2021 - A Tropical Kingbird was hawking insects from bushes just across Lighthouse Road behind the Rollerville Cafe just before noon today. After lunch we re-found the bird in the tops of th

The Pacific Golden-plover has been at Virgin Creek Beach for four days now. Roger Adamson said there was another one on a Ward Ave area beach. eBird no longer shows the Pacific Golden-plover as a rare

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 — This afternoon there was a male TRICOLORED BLACKBIRD in the parking lot of Taco Bell on S. Main Street in Willits. It was foraging among the other mixed blackbirds and also murmurin

Newsletter Oct. 12, 2021 Hi All, The sighting of a Long-billed curlew was photographed on Sept. 30th at Manchester State Beach. Also, I am not hearing or seeing ospreys. The ones who occupied the nest

This morning I found a Pacific Golden-plover on Virgin Creek Beach north of the main beach and about midway between the end of the main beach and the rock 'wall' at the north end. Photos to come later

My checklist with photos is here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S95677607 Of note was that it was in the company of another bright yellow bird whose ID I could not get because the bird was so skulky and

Lisa Walker texted me to say the Orchard Oriole is still present in Fort Bragg. West end of the Virgin Creek trail (enchanted forest) foraging in blackberries. RHA

Lisa Walker found a female/basic plumage oriole this morning on the trail to Virgin Creek (the Enchanted forest trail). Not so familiar with Orchard Orioles so that we are not certain if it is a Hoode

This morning around 10:30 AM, I found an Oriole on the Enchanted Forest Trail right outside of the actual forested area but well before the Haul Road. It appears to be female. It was eating black berr

Hi, Lisa Walker-Roseman found a Tropical Kingbird on Enchanted Trail near Haul Rd. Sunday, 8:30a. Shannon Underhill Two Bears Remodeling LLC 707-357-7044

Greetings Mendobirders- I saw a Vesper Sparrow at Riverside Park (east end of Gobbi Street) this morning. The bird was feeding on the dirt road along the S fenceline with Savannah and Crowned Sparrows

Hello fellow birders - Today, about 1PM, working the yard (Little R9ver), I heard a multitude of geese honking. WHERE, WHERE, WHERE? Looking frantically up and about, I spied the largest flock of gees

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