Rich and I birded Woodbridge Road this afternoon and saw incredible views of yellow-headed blackbirds feeding on the grain at the dairy. There was also a leucistic possible red-winged blackbird in the

A kettle of 5 soaring Swainson's Hawks just drifted north over my place in NE Stockton. No foolin'. Take care, Susan -- Susan M. Schneider Climate activist and award-winning author of The Science of C

Rich and I had a great walk around Lodi Lake yesterday. I was finally able to find the White-throated sparrow along the dirt trail hanging out with the golden-crowned and Lincoln sparrows. We got exce

Sorry for this delayed message. Here are the results of the poll I sent out on sjbirds last week. Total number of members/subscribers to sjbirds: 56 Total number of respondents to poll: 18 (thus 38 no

To all: I need your help. I cannot get into e bird. Any body else having a problem? Please contact me. Dave Croft.

The all. Are you having trouble getting into e bird? It is 8:55am 4/1/2020. Dave

Most of you already know this but for those who do not. All San Joaquin County run parks are closed. Dave

Pat & I visited 2 local parks In Lodi as you Stocktonians are visiting your parks. We had good birding. Dave

One of my friends wants to make bird houses and kits to give to people in Tracy for their entertainment. What urban/suburban birds should he build for. Not sure many here are would be able to do blueb

I still have a red-breasted nuthatch in my yard today. Nice to hear his call, made me smile😀 -- Kasey Foley Stockton, CA

Just did a double-take, as I saw two White-tailed Kites fly very close to my house in NE Stockton. Ran outside, and one landed on my redwood and called. I almost managed to get a picture before it fle

Rich and I visited Heritage Oak Winery today to pick up our wine. We asked Tom (the owner) if we could walk the trail and he said yes so we went for a nice stroll in the late afternoon so birding was

All Today would have been our monthly walk at Lodi Lake, so I beat the rain and birded a couple hours this morning. The weather and cool, with grey skies, and the bird activity was moderate. Highlight

Rich and I visited Laughlin Park this morning and saw the Brown creeper and Red-breasted nuthatch are still there. We also had good looks at a Townsend's warbler and beautiful Western bluebirds. There

Thanks to Kasey for prompting this. During the current coronavirus event, like many of you, I’ve been paying more attention to my yard birds. Past late winters/early springs have often found me galava

The Scaly Breasted Munia has been a regular visitor to my feeder, only one for the first two days and a trio every day since- two adults and a juvenile. This was also a good day for some new arrivals

To all. I was out cleaning up my front yard this morning when a black-crowned night heron flew over. I also saw 2 western blue birds chase a starling. I believe a pair of western blue birds are nestin

All: I visited Laughlin Park this morning to see if the storm blew anything new in. Nothing extraordinary, but I did have two FOS Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, a male Black-throated Gray Warbler (the first

Rich and I visited Lodi Lake today and saw all our old friends except the Varied thrush 😐. We did not see any migrants, in fact, it seemed extraordinary quiet today but we got to be outside to bird AN

to all: I went out to my front yard to empty trash this morning & just sat. I saw 2 western blue birds gathering nesting material right in front of me. I saw a Scrub jay digging in my yard probably lo