The Chico Blue Jay came to the aforementioned feeders for approximately two minutes at 10:30 yesterday morning before taking it's snack to go, Scott and Linda Terrill Los Gatos

01-06-12 Have there been any sightings of the Falcated duck today ? Dave Barry- Santa Rosa, Ca

There have been a couple of dozen Long-billed Curlews at Hiram Johnson on multiple occasions, as well as 3 dozen plus at Sacramento High School football field. I thought it was unusual for such an

This morning, while commuting to work, I noticed two curlews- Long-billed or Whimbrel among a flock of gulls in the football field at Hiram Johnson High School on the corner of 14th Ave and 65th St

For only the second time in its 10-year history, the Lincoln CBC on Dec 28 was NOT rained on! 83 birders (about normal for this count) enjoyed the good weather and we tallied 136 species (just

The alternate plumage male FALCATED DUCK continued this morning 5th January 2012. I watched it from dawn to 10am. Viewing platform at start of auto tour loop at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. At

I saw the bird twice this morning with the usual large, mixed flock of Zonotrichia sparrows at 243 Cortez Avenue. However, several birders, including myself, have failed to find the bird during the

After the Sacramento Audubon field trip to Colusa NWR for the Falcated Duck and Sacramento NWR, Karen Z and I went to Progress Road to look for the Mountain Plovers. We found fellow birders, who had

Dear Birders, On today's Rio Cosumnes CBC I covered part of the area around the Tall Forest at the Cosumnes River Preserve. I saw a couple of things of note. I found a ruff/reeve near the

On Saturday, while doing the Wallace Bellota CBC, Lorna & Mark Elness found a empid West of the Sheldon Rd bridge. Liz West & my area is officially East side of the bridge but that didn’t stop us

John Dunn, Lucy Lee and myself at 4 pm today saw 12 Mountain Plovers at the previously reported side in the field on the east side of Progress Road, .9 miles north of Oswald Road. An adult Peregrine

Hi All, After fine viewing of the Falcated Duck at Colusa NWR, we went in search of the Mountain Plovers as previously reported on Progress Road. (Progress Road -plowed field 0.9 miles north of

A non-birding friend of mine reported that a small owl dove into a bush-- and then flew off-- last night as he was walking on a sidewalk just north of Pole Line/Lillard and Cowell. This is not far

I had a four Bittern day today including one with a crawfish in his mouth. Dennis Pleau Woodland, CA From: central_valley_birds@... [mailto:central_valley_birds@...]

Forgive the late posting, but I haven't been able to get to email over the long weekend. I was out birding on Saturday morning with a friend of mine at Yolo Bypass and the Davis Wastewater

The trumpeter swans in the Esquon area were seen again today (2 Jan 12) by me and a few others from Napa and the Bay Area. There were two in the pond on the west side of Midway at Esquon Rd. The pond

After photographing and watching the Falcated Duck today, I went searching for the Swamp and White-thr. Sparrows at the adjacent field. Didn't find them, but did see and photographed a pale morph

I found an adult male "Prairie Merlin" (richardsoni) on Nader Rd. north of Lincoln today at about 11:30am. It landed on a fence post next to the road and allowed close approach as I slowly rolled my

Today, Monday, January 2-the annual Merced National Wildlife Refuge bird count was held-we had ten intrepid birders who racked up 118 species and over 60,000 birds total. highlights were 35,000+

The 7th of the 7 photos looks to me like there is a small bulbous round growth on either side of the base of the bill. Sally SallyWalters & DonSchmoldt Sacramento County,