28 March 2023 - In our garden today was a strikingly bright yellow warbler with a faint orange crown and dark lores. Its chest and belly seemed as bright as a Yellow Warbler but it was unquestionably

A bright Say’s Phoebe was flycatching from the carved bench and nearby perches above Mendocino/Point/Portuguese Beach in Mendocino, on Thursday afternoon around 4:45.

We have scheduled an all-day offshore seabirding trip for Sunday May 7 out of Noyo Harbor, on the Kraken. Cost is somewhat dependent on the number of people going but should be about $175 per person.

16 March 2023 - while having lunch we spotted a male Rufous Hummingbird in our garden, the first one I've seen this year. The Grevillea bushes are now ringing with the sound of Allen's Humingbird wing

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

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,

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 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 Bufflehea

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

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

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-lookin

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 Navarr

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 fro

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 pos

There are TWO Short eared Owls this afternoon on the Noyo Headlands park. RHA

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. RHA

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

At 2:50 Monday afternoon, at least 2 male with 1 female Hooded Merganser were seen near 3 continuing Ruddy Ducks.

Yesterday, I walked in from a private ranch on Hwy 20 to the Reclamation Rd. rice fields. I was on the levee of Rodman Slough, at the extreme west side of the fields, when I saw two swans over in the

I snapped a few photos of a Lucy's warbler on January 22 at my office on the corner of Main and Bush in Fort Bragg. I didn't recognize it as different and special until I uploaded the photos several d