Rich and I ran over to Swenson Park between the rains and saw lots of Pine sisken and Purple finch in the Valley oaks along the creek, Yellow-rumped warblers all over the Oaks and in the grass, Cedar

Just a reminder of the requirement to possess a Lands Pass (day or annual pass) for all visitors to the Isenberg Crane Preserve on Woodbridge Road, as well as other Lands Pass locations throughout the

Here's a link to your January-February Hoot Owl: http://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/HootOwlJanFeb2021.pdf -- Alan England, Stockton

Sadly, the scheduled January 2, 2021 Wallace-Bellota CBC has been canceled due to the state of COVID-19 in the Central Valley and specifically, San Joaquin County. Hope to see you all counting next ye

Folks I currently have 8 Pine Siskin at my feeders, moving through the neighborhood with AMGO and juncoes. (I live in Lodi, a few blocks from Lodi Lake). Keep your eyes on your yards. Pat Get Outlook

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

Everyone, please join our San Joaquin Audubon Society DIY Birding discussion tonight at 7:00 pm. The link is below and doesn't require anything special, just click on the link and listen in or join in

MOKELUMNE RIVER FISH HATCHERY-- DIY FOLLOW UP MEETING (Zoom Link) Topic: DIY Birding Presentation/Discussion Time: Dec 17, 2020 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.

Armed with umbrella and rain pants, I timed my arrival at LL this morning for a period of lighter rain, according to the radar. Naturally, it got heavier right after I arrived instead, and stayed heav

Needing to get out of the house, I visited the Mokelumne Day Use Area this morning. Overall, it seemed pretty quiet, but I did have a few nice sightings, including a couple of pretty close encounters

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

Pat & I are out getting exercise by birding our local Lodi parks. Plenty of vitamin D. We saw 5 species of finches at Beckman Park 3 species of warblers at Lodi Lake. No B&W warbler. Since we live so

-- Jim Rowoth Stockton, CA

For anyone who many not have gotten the word yet, the Stockton CBC, originally scheduled for Dec 20, has been canceled, another victim of COVID 19. The governor’s recent Stay at Home Order for the San

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

TUESDAY, December 8, 7:00 p.m. VIRTUAL MEETING ON ZOOM David Yee “Christmas Bird Count Review and Prep” Please join us online for this VIRTUAL meeting with David Yee. David will be going over the bird

If anyone needs a Christmas gift for yourself, others, or young budding conservationists, the Central Valley Bird Club still has the Purple Martin book “Life Under the Fast Lane” available for purchas

All: I spent 3+ hours this morning looking for the Black-and-white Warbler seen yesterday by Pat and Srini. Unfortunately, it didn’t make an appearance this morning, but I did have excellent, repeated