Hi All. I had the good fortune to be out at the Davis waste water treatment ponds last wednesday while the sun was shining and Todd Easterla was standing next to me. Todd had a group of us struggling

While accompanying a friend on a wildflower shoot on the S. Shore Lake Tulloch spur road I found a few White-throated Swifts over the cliffs to the East of the road just at the point where the road

Hi all, OK, I am not in the Central Valley, but am noticing a lot of reports from others. Today was the first day our resident mocker was imitating a Western Kingbird. I have not seen one here yet

Dear Birders, This morning I visited the Tall Forest and environs at the Cosumnes River Preserve in Sacramento County. In hip boots I was still unable to wade out to the Accidental Forest. There

Robin: Any idea who I'd call in Solano County to complain about the tree work that's going on right now on walnuts in which YB magpies are already

Even though it's not Central Valley related, I can't resist my own favorite Northern Mockingbird story.  I was out recording around my home near Biloxi, MS, very early in the spring, still dark,

Saturday, March 7, 2009. I went birding to the Sierra Foothills and ended up at Bass Lake in Mariposa County. I got out of the car to walk along the edge of the lake and birdwatch through my

Hi all, We spent some time checking out all the gulls on the levees of the sewage ponds late this morning, and returned in the afternoon around 2 pm. Checked out the levees again and then drove down

Greetings CVBirders, Sorry for the belated nature of this report, I was just recently added to the group. In between stints at the Yolo County landfill studying gulls on Saturday 3/7/09, Elisabeth

Folks, On Friday, 3/6, there were three Swainson's Hawks near the SRCSD Bufferlands (one near one of last year's nests, which is now occupied by a Great Horned Owl, and two just west of I-5). Today,

In the valley it is pulsating sprinklers and frogs on the tops of trees!    Helen George (when I lived in Fresno)

but don't give up hope on continuing rarities. Gull numbers are always down 2/3 to 3/4 on Sundays, as there's no garbage delivery. Steve Hampton ________________ Resource Economist Office of Spill

The 300 Club rules see http://www.cvbirds.org/300%20Club.htm or below. The "300 Club" members have seen 300 or more native bird species within the CVBC's "official boundary" of the Central Valley.

I arrived at the Davis Dump--Sewer Ponds area (Yolo Co.) late in the afternoon and ran into several of our finest local birders, who told me they had been there since 11AM without seeing any of the

Tuesday night is the rescheduled (from February) Guatemala program by Ted Beedy.   TUESDAY, March 10, 2009, 7:30 pm, 3700 Pacific Avenue, Central United Methodist Church in Stockton    Ted Beedy, “

This afternoon, a Golden Eagle was flying over Stone Creek Park near Mather Airport. Other birds of note near the wetlands were: American Avocet, Bufflehead, Savannah Sparrow, and plenty of Western

Dear North American Birds Contributors, The winter season has already come to a close so please send your noteworthy records from the Northern California Region for the period 1 December through

Dear Birders, I was among the birders enjoying the slaty-backed gull at the Davis WWTP yesterday afternoon. Because I have a friend from the San Luis Obispo area thinking of making the trip to try

I have successfully built and installed some Wood Duck Nest Boxes as part of the GCSD Wildlife Area project here in Groveland. The Wood Ducks have moved in after only 3 weeks, but I cant get a good

About 20 Band-tailed Pigeons this morning in Bray Canyon at Audubon Bobcat Ranch about 1 mile below Monticello Dam. I also spotted some on the south side of Putah Creek in the DFG land "across the