After about 30 minutes of searching I spotted on the 6th tree down from Turner Rd. It escaped before I could photograph it. Will stay to try and get it. Jim Gain Modesto

Updated N. Saw-whet Owl record with image https://ebird.org/checklist/S36313672 Jim Gain Modesto

The female Surf Scoter is still here as of 9:20. With its bill tucked away almost the entire time. Jim Gain Modesto

That sounds exactly like where I had one late this past winter. Nice! Their numbers are low. Jim

TEWA is still present this morning. 4th tree down from the Turner Rd corner. Jim Gain

So far, nothing uncommon but there are several hundred peeps and over a thousand dowitchers. Nice breeze and breathable air. Jim Gain Modesto

Yeah, it was 254 in the Ripon Manteca area this morning. Crazy! Jim Gain

Birding the Riverview Circle trail near Jack Tone Golf Course in Ripon and it is very birdy. So far, Nashville Warblers, Wilson’s Warblers, Black-throated Gray Warblers, Townsend’s Warblers, Yellow Wa

I was NOT able to refind the 2 Pectoral Sandpipers this morning. Jim Gain

Still here. SW corner of basin 5 Jim Gain

It just flew in to pond 4 east of golf course. Jim Gain Modesto

Many thanks to Jim Rowoth and Liz West for helping me find a Bank Swallow this afternoon. I think I misidentified 100 juv Tree Swallows before getting this one. It was at the previously described loca

I was here at dawn and after 45 minutes found the SOSA fairly close to the road. Same spot as reported yesterday. Jim Gain Modesto, CA

I had my first of fall yesterday in Stanislaus County. Attached is one from this morning at White Slough WTP. Jim

I was certain that I had seen a BANK SWALLOW this morning at the ponds, but my photos do not support that. I apologize for the misinformation. I have removed it from my eBird report. Jim Gain Modesto

Good number of returning shorebirds this morning. Jim Gain Modesto Ripon Sewage Ponds West--including adjacent river trail Jun 30, 2020 6:30 AM Traveling 0.16 miles 26 Minutes All birds reported? Yes

SW corner of trail calling. Jim Gain

After birding Lodi lake with Jim Rowoth, I stopped by Laughlin Park for a 45 minute quasi-quick birding stop. I had a Pacific-slope Flycatcher (visual and calling), A Nashville Warbler (maybe two), a

Two singing Grasshopper Sparrows about 1 mile south of Flood Rd on Waverly. Jim Gain Modesto

Just now.