What is the link for tonight’s zoom meeting? Dave

This morning on the Today Show they had an item about the hobby of bird watching. They interviewed a person from Cornel University about e bird & birdwatching (birding). They said since the pandemic m

We saw both species of orioles. one each male hooded & bullock’s. We also saw Annas, black-chinned & rufous hummingbirds. We arrived about noon & ate lunch. Pat enjoyed a glass of wine. 75 degrees wit

We enjoyed Consumnes River Preserve by birding Staging Area 2 & the Boardwalk & Desmond Road. We picked up 2 DIY birds: Avocets & Great tailed grackles. There is still water with plenty of Ducks, sand

We went out to Woodbridge Road & South Isenberg Preserve. No new DIY birds. The Highlight was seeing a barn owl being chased by a crow in broad day light. At Isenberg we saw a male ringed-necked pheas

Pat & I took a nice ride down Buena Vista Road this morning. We saw 3 DIY birds. We saw 7 western king birds on fences along the road. 2 swainson’s hawks. There is a pond on the right side of the road

quail seen at Westgate landing

Picture of ruffous hummingbird at Croft feeder.

Sorry my wife pointed out I did not say where went. We went to the Lodi Water Treatment Plant. Dave

We saw 2 forster terns,12 bonapart’s gulls, Various ducks: Buffleheads, common goldeneyes, ruddy ducks, one ringed-necked duck, northern shovellers. 2 eared grebes. 3 swainson’s hawks. We saw 3 yellow

We saw four DIY birds. Coopers hawk outside my bedroom window at 6:30 am & at Westgate Landing. We saw our magpie on Sargent Road West of Lodi. We saw 5 white-throated swifts in Flag City. We heard &

red fox at Lodi lake. It has a den near the fork of the trail by pig lake. Pat Croft

The lake is full. We did a short trip. Clouds are increasing as a storm is coming. Windy. Not many birds We saw some ring billed gulls, 2 california gulls, one cormorant, Acorn woodpeckers, 2 turkey v

The Lodi News Sentinal this last week had a photo of the burrowing owl on Woodbridge Rd. KCRA channel 3 had a news item that showed the influx of american white pelicans in the area. Dave

burrowing owl seen on woodbridge rd preserve Feb 6, 2021 seen by pat & dave croft

My wife & I decided to drive around Lodi to parks & one church that have catch basins. The 4 sites with catch basins were full of water. That was Beckman Park, Peterson Park, Glaves Park & Gracepoint

Pat & I went out to the South Isenberg preserve. It is a very popular place to visit. A full crowd was there to enjoy the fly in. About 16 cranes flew in real close to the gate area just below the mou

To all. The conjunction of saturn & jupiter will be hidden by the fog. But the planets will be close to each other for 2 weeks. Tonight they would have been closest to the earth. Dave

All your birders there will something else to look at. Tonight Jupiter & Saturn will apear close to each other in the south west sky after sunset. So get your scopes out. This has not happened for 800