Hi CV Birders The male Costa's hummingbird has been a regular visitor to our feeders all week, and I just saw it using the large, red feeder along the back fence a little after 7am this morning

Last weekend I spent the day out at Merced NWR, getting there about 7:15AM and hanging around until almost 6PM (minus a couple of hours at O'Neill forebay to bird mid-day). I've finally gotten through

Folks, The famed Falcated Duck was present late afternoon, showing beautifully for two dozen or so birders on the first observation platform at Colusa. On this pond as well were a number other

Dear Birders, Yesterday and this morning I did transect surveys in the Tall Forest and at Orr Ranch. Both surveys were very slow, but the befores and afters made the outings worthwhile.

Sorry folks, but a hacker succeeded in hijacking my list of contacts. Please ignore the "no subject" email, which of course is something we should all do all the time. -- Cheers, Len Blumin, Mill

agreed a couple first year Red-shouldered Hawks. -- L. Broderick. 707-975-7047 West County Hawk Watch (Sonoma/Marin/Solano) email. northcoastraptor@... info.

yes, good call, it is a hybrid John Sterling 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695 530 908-3836 jsterling@... www.sterlingbirds.com (photos, classes, tours, county birding) [Non-text portions

Hi All, After reviewing the pictures we took at Lake Solano on Jan. 9, 2012, I took a good look at the sapsucker we saw. (I heard pecking on a tree trunk and discovered the bird close to the ground

Hello all. I had a chance to check out the Red-naped Sapsucker frequenting the exotic cedar-type tree in the southwest corner of East Lawn Cemetery in Sacramento yesterday. I think it is, as Gil Ewing

Looks like a first year Red-shouldered Hawk. There was also one at Midway and Esquon Roads by the swans. Bob Yutzy Shasta, CA

Thanks Bruce.  I've added an album with the two pictures in the photos section. Matt ________________________________ To: Matt Williams <mattwilliamsjr@...> Sent: Wednesday, January 11,

The first of the following two photos appears to be a juvenile Red-Tailed Hawk, but the second one is a bit less clear.  What is the concensus about these two raptors seen at the Colusa NWR? Matt

Carol and I looked through about 6-7K Tundra Swans today without finding any Trumpeters. There were a couple other cars/groups out looking and no-one we saw reported seeing any Trumpeters either. We

The Costa's Hummingbird made a brief appearance at 4:25PM (1/10/12)above the back fence feeder and spent 2-3 minutes exploring the shrubbery behind the back fence. Thank you to the homeowners who

CV Birders I returned home today after a 2-week Holiday/Vacation and see that the Costa's is still coming to our feeders. Unlike before Christmas (the last time that I observed it), it seems to use

Hi all, Today, Jan 9: Davis Wetlands- Thayer's Gulls out on the dikes with Herring & CA Gulls (How do you have the patience to go through all those gulls, Steve Hampton & others??) Ponds were FULL

Thanks to Chris for refinding the Mountain Plovers near Rd 17 and Rd 101. While he is correct that the farm road provides good access, I would ask that you do not use that road. I have been asked in

This morning I scoped a spanking first cycle Vega Gull (Siberian Herring Gull) at the Yolo County Landfill, from the levee above Rd 28H. A distant pic is linked

I located Roger's field (the only green field in the vicinity) and 9 of his 14 Mountain Plovers at 3:45 this afternoon. Thanks, Roger! Detectable by binocular, identifiable only by scope. They were

I want to thank the 11 area leaders and 71 observers who helped count the Rio Cosumnes Christmas Count on Tuesday January 3rd. As it has been all winter, it was a dry and sunny day with little-to-no