All: Please see announcement below concerning SJ Audubon’s online meeting. Meeting will be tomorrow between 7-9 pm. Details below show how to participate. Hope you can join us. Pat Please join us for

SJ AUDUBON ANNUAL MEETING TONIGHT, MAY 12, ON ZOOM Due to shelter-in-place orders in our state, the annual chapter picnic at the Mokelumne River Day Use area was cancelled. HOWEVER, we will still be h

All, I ended up at Oak Grove/Ripon this morning. Lots of activity, but very little warbler action detected. Note: Following up on notices from John Sterling, Dan Singer, and Cliff Hawley, SJ Co birder

Hello, A friend is taking photos of this duck family- Is the one with white feathers leucistic or of questionable heritage? Thanks for your help. Sylvia Ahn

Westgate Landing is open with restrictions. Day use people are restricted to the day use area of the parking lot & the levee. The camping area is closed currently to everyone. The way I understand it

All: I had my FOS Willow Flycatcher at Laughlin Park this morning. Also had a Pacific-Slope Flycatcher, a Black-throated Gray Warbler, and a Western Tanager. The greatest excitement, however, came in

SJ Birders: I just checked the EBMUD website, the Day Use Area is now open as of May 18th. The actual fish hatchery is still closed. Liz West Galt

The weather was nice. We visited the Day Use Park & Gerodot Stables. Highlights at the Day Use Park. A soaring Golden eagle that was attacked by a smaller buteo species. We saw 3 osprey, 1 swainson’s

Please ignore recent post from Dale Smith. Hacker is using his old comcast account from when he lived in the US. Jim Rowoth Stockton -- Jim Rowoth Stockton, CA

Hope everyone is safe and healthy. Tomorrow would be our monthly walk at Lodi Lake. I do plan to bird the nature area, beginning at 7:30am. If anyone would like to bird 6’ from me, I will see you ther

The Consumnes River Preserve parking lots are still close but the trails are open. Pat & I took a trip to Consumnes River Preserve. We birded Desmond road & Bruceville Road Between Twin Cities & Desmo

I've seen one or two black crowned night herons in Lincoln Creek just about every day, for much of the day, for the past couple of weeks. I assume they are a mating pair. Yesterday, I spotted a juveni

To all We saw a black-necked swan. I know it is an exotic type. I tried adding it as a domestic type to my checklist but e bird would not let me. How do you add it? Dave

We have a small strawberry patch, which has been quite productive this year. We haven’t been able to eat very many as most are chewed in half each morning. I thought it was bugs or snails, but found t

Wanted to share this message from Mary Schiedt. -- Kasey Foley Stockton, CA

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

To all. Part of Lodi Lake’s Nature trail is closed for maintenance. It is part of the dirt trail along the river just beyond the Redwoods. My wife & I visited this morning. Most of we saw were year ar

This morning, Nan Ballot and I enjoyed a Peregrine Falcon that flew across the Bear Creek Bike Trail and landed in a nearby pylon in Faklis Park, offering excellent views. After being harassed by mock

I am missing our monthly field trips so I’m planning to head up to the Sierra this Saturday. More than likely I will bird around Silver Lake and Plasses resort. I’m sure there will be folks camping th

Dear Birders, This morning this was an adult Semipalmated Sandpiper at the Lodi WTP. It was with other peeps in the drawn down SW pond. During my observation it stayed towards the middle of the pond o