Bill, It partly depends on which goldfinch you are talking about and where you live. In my area (east Sacramento) and most highly urbanized areas, the American Goldfinches are generally absent from

During this time of year, they go off to nest. They will be back! Usually around September. Normally during the fall, winter, spring I feed close to 100 American Goldfinch. Whereas a lot of friends

I have a friend in Lodi who asks a question about goldfinches. He asks why they have disappeared from his yard and that of his neighbors. He states that he had been filling his feeder daily, but in

Having birded my three go-to areas for migratory birds in August so far, Riparian Reserve Putah Creek, Babel Slough and Lake Solano Park and Highway 128 Fishing access areas, (all have been

Putah Creek Riparian has been hot for migrants. Very birdy early starting at 7am near Hopkins parking lot in big oak trees. But also productive elsewhere until 11am. Walked to Pedrick bridge on Levee

Numerous Blue Grosbeak seen this week scattered in seeded brush and power lines adjacent to farmland. About a mile due north of the Yolo Bypass. Found them driving roads slowly listening for their

Lake Solano day use area very birdy with migrants August 3rd, Many Pacific-slope Flycatchers, also Wilson’s Warblers, Black-throated Grays. John Ehrenfeld Napa

There is a large (150+) flock of Long-Billed Curlews in the recently mown hayfields along County Road 104 just south of CR 27 (aka dirt road just NW of Yolo Co. Landfill). Several days ago our

On July 13, Josh Greenfield photographed an adult Say's Phoebe feeding three full-grown juveniles at the Northstar Park soccer fields in North Davis (corner of Anderson and F Street) - see

... "What Camera Do YOU Use to Shoot Birds?" Please consider being on the "Birding With Lois" (BWL) series which is recorded bi-weekly and archived on Youtube. On 28 July, we will be doing a program

Apologies. Not a very good typsit: email address cevaughn@... Greetings Central Valleybirders- We have reserved the Kraken for an offshore pelagic birding trip out of Noyo Harbor (Fort

Greetings Central Valleybirders- We have reserved the Kraken for an offshore pelagic birding trip out of Noyo Harbor (Fort Bragg) on Saturday, October 1, 2022. This will be an all-day trip from

Dear Birders, It’s been a poor year for blue grosbeak on the lower Cosumnes River Preserve. But there is now a male calling and occasionally singing from cocklebur just west of the concrete path

Dale’s email has been hacked. If you received an email from him last night or this morning do not open it. He opened an email that he thought was from his provider and it wiped out his address book,

Greetings, I wanted to give a brief summary about our first year of the Birdwatching Club at UCD and some club highlights and starting the club from nothing. Not only is this a huge part in getting

I sent this out ~ 10 A.M> but to the old Yahoo address; so now it's hot and not likely anyone will care, but.... I discovered a natural cavity Ash-throated Flycatcher nest three days ago and today

Dear Birders, Birding has been seasonably slow of late. The dawn chorus is pretty much done by sunrise. The monthly Tall Forest bird survey last Saturday turned up 60 species, nothing grand. There

CHECKLIST S113327699 Around 5PM the Chat was heard singing/calling for about 5-10 minutes or the until we left. The Chat was in the densely wooded area of Avery's Pond at the bridge and circular stone

Hi Sally, you’re in luck. Merlin keeps your recordings. Click on the menu icon in the upper left corner, then scroll down to “my recordings“ for a full list by date and location. Good

Am I correct that the Merlin song app only keeps your recordings for a day or so on your phone? If so, is there a way to review last weeks recordings? I evidently missed Mt chickadee on my eBird