I finally made it out to look for the Hooded Warbler. AS I expected, I did not find it. I did see my first Green Heron and Blue Grosbeak of the year, though. There were actually two Blue Grosbeaks at

Thanks for posting, Jim. Hopefully it sticks around. One of the perils of working full time is that I won't be able to get out there until late tomorrow afternoon, or maybe not even until Saturday aft

This afternoon I spent a couple hours birding the Lodi WTP (eBird hotspot "White Slough WTP") and found a few things of note. First off, there was no shorebird habitat to speak of, all ponds were full

Sorry I didn't post this earlier, but I just figured it out (with the help of Lucas Stephenson). I misidentified my LONGSPUR this afternoon! I was remembering details I did not actually see! I must ha

I was supposed to co-lead a nature walk at Knights Ferry this morning but my plans changed abruptly last night, and I’m glad they did. Iam currently (10:48am, Saturday, November 6) standing on Wavery

I went out to look for the longspurs (Lapland and Chestnut-collared) found there two days ago by Lucas & Mark Stephenson & Lucas Corneliussen. No luck finding them, though I did hear a call I was not

I went out to Ripon today to see what I could find. I started at the west end (south end of Jack Tone) and walked east. The first three ponds had very little water, just a couple of large puddles each

I went out there for a couple of hours this evening. I saw four ibis in the first two rice paddies on the south side of the road but they were all White-faced. As I was driving the road the second tim

I've always said that the difference between bird watchers and birders is that a bird watcher will go to a park for a picnic and take along a pair of binoculars in case they see some birds, whereas a

I haven't seen this reported on any listserv yet so I will post it. Yesterday Lucas Stephenson found two LAPLAND LONGSPURS and a CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR on Flood Road. I do not have a more specific

I also saw the YELLOW-BILLED LOON this afternoon, with several other birders. Just before I left the bird was moving upriver toward Westgate Landing Regional Park. At one point it was very close to th

As of 11:30 the BLACK-HEADED and FRANKLIN’S GULLS, along with four MEW GULLS, are still being seen from the end of John Turk Road. Ralph Baker, Riverbank

I birded the Ripon ponds this afternoon as part of the Stanislaus Audubon Society's "DIY Field Trip". The location and list of target birds, Black-necked Stilt, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Least an

I spent a couple of hours at Ripon sewage ponds west this afternoon and found a few migrants along the river. I had one Western Wood-Pewee, one Warbling Vireo, three Yellow Warblers, one Black-throate

WTF = water treatment facility. I stopped by there today on the way home from a doctor's appointment in Manteca. I did not see the tern but I did find a very cool looking leucistic Red-tailed Hawk on

I forgot to mention that while I was birding the ponds at the west end I saw a bird, about the same size as a Greater Yellowlegs (GRYE), of which there were many, but this bird appeared to have a much

While I was trying to get a photo of the tern a flock of Barn Swallows, some 35, arrived and a few of them took turns (no pun intended) at chasing the tern. The tern began gaining altitude and circled

I just found an immature BLACK TERN over the SE pond at Ripon WTF. Ralph Baker, Riverbank

I was planning on going up there tomorrow to try for the Bank Swallow(s) seen by Jims Rowoth and Gain and others recently but was asked to work a full shift so I went this afternoon when I got off wor

I went up this afternoon to have a look-see, SOSA would be a county bird. I parked across from the east end of the flooded field and walked west. As I was getting out of the car an AMERICAN BITTERN fl