I visited Mallard Lake yesterday Sunday 12/8/19. Not much doing. A few ruddy ducks, Cormorants, coots & one pied billed grebe. Dave

to All. Pat & I visited the Fish Hatchery today. We saw 2 Bald Eagles trying to build a nest on pole above the parking lot where osprey built a nest last spring. Talking to a California Fish & Wildlif

My wife & I went out to Flood & Waverly Roads on January 1. I saw a golden eagle among other species. Cherie Pillsbury introduced us to this area. Dave & Pat Croft

Pat & Dave croft will be doing GBBC from Mexico. We will input our data when we get back. Dave

We went to Consunes River Preserve along the board walk & saw the same things today. Also we drove along Desmond & saw dowitchers, black bellied plovers, dunlin, killdeer, greater yellowlegs, &wilson’

All. Good idea. I saw my first swainson’s hawk yesterday at Consumnes Preserve & my first Rufous hummingbird today at my feeders. Dave & Pat

All: This is a good time just to bird around your yards & report what you see on e bird. I just went outside in the front yard for 15 minutes & saw 10 species of birds. Just a suggestion since all act

Yes I am bit too old to be drinking. I forgot my dictionary. Sorry I did not edit before I sent. Thanks for for the funny quip Mr Peter Headland. Dave

All. Yes Pat & Iare taking advantage of birding to pass the time. We saw our first 2 western king birds when we went out to Woodbridge Road (West). Also lots of black bellied plovers & white faced ibi

All. Getting stir crazy. A great place to go is Staten Island. Hardly no traffic at all. Lots of birds. Shore birds, ducks, Red wing & Brewers black birds. Just good birding. It is quiet. Check e bird

All. I am glad to see one other went to Staten Island. I went in the morning. The light is probably better in the afternoon. I took my scope & I am glad I did. Jim is right it is best to stay on the p

We live in Lodi, near lower salt and elm and saw a rufous hummer also. It only came to our feeder twice, in one day, and we never saw it again. At least we can watch birds, from our house, as Dave is

Yes I am willing to submit a daily e bird list from my backyard to e bird. Actually I am doing it already. Dave

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Sorry Jim: I am not going to fuss with it. Your #vote will no let me vote. I do not have password & I tried I google wil not accept my password. I tried 6 times. I quit. Dave

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To Dale Smith. Do you do project feeder watch for Cornell? I do every weekend. Feeder watch has been slim to a bonanza in the west. Dave Croft

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Dale: My last weekend count I had 13 species which included purple finches, house finches, lesser & american gold finches, fox, lincoln, white-crowned & golden-crowned sparrows. Plus one pair each mou

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All: The Day Use Park is still closed. Open for deliveries only. We birded Gerodot Stables. The front pond had shovelers & cinnamon teals. The larger pond had cormorants & one ruddy duck also several

Most Lodi parks are still open including Lodi Lake. Dave

All. Most of Lodi Parks are open except all the play ground equipment is taped off. We were going to walk around the Lodi Lake Wilderness area but the rain came early. We just birded from the car. Eve

The all. Are you having trouble getting into e bird? It is 8:55am 4/1/2020. Dave