Dear Birders, I've visited the preserve almost daily recently, with one morning across the river in Yolo County this past week. That was actually my first time out of Sacramento County in more than a

Rich Brown and I met up at Orestimba Creek this morning for the continuing surveys of Cassin's Kingbirds. We found four of them, both pairs going into the same trees where we had confirmed nesting

Looking toward Bushy Lake from Costco, parked near auto garage. Heard calling looked up to see 2 flying around tall live oak. Sally Walters Schmoldt Sacramento CA

This morning at West Pond in Davis, an unusually early spring migrant Vaux's swift flew over with a small group of swallows. An early-arriving female (by call note) Pacific-slope flycatcher was at

Buena Vista Rec Area is in the southern San Joaquin Valley between Taft on the west and Interstate 5 on the east. Even with a current 184 bird species eBirded for the BVRA Hotspot, it has been

Just before sunset today, first a female Rufous and then a male Calliope hummingbird arrived at one of my feeders joining several Anna’s who were tanking up for the night, always a very active time

Hello all Central Valley Birders, This morning, I did some birdwatching at Riverbottom Park below Riverside Golf Course in Fresno. Had a very good morning, with a total of 51 species, which included a

All 3 species of goldfinches are taking advantage of the wildflowers in the fields just north of the dirt road along the Putah Creek Riparian area between Hopkins and Pedrick. I spotted a pair of

Contrary to the traditional arrival schedule at my place, Bullock’s Orioles, two males, arrived a week ago, as others in Solano County have also reported, but Hooded Orioles, usually the first to

My feeder white-crowned sparrow adults are molting their crown feathers - tiny little spikes of pin feathers. Sally Walters Schmoldt Sacramento CA

Daniel Gilman and I saw five Cassin's Kingbirds at the Orestimba Creek Road site this morning. For those of you who are travelling through on I-5, this might be a nice respite and place to bird,

A sharp-shinned hawk just landed in my orange tree 5 feet up from my face! What a treat! Sally Walters Schmoldt Sacramento CA

Hi All, I saw 2 Eurasian Wigeon drakes in Putah Creek today at Fishing Access #1. They were floating close to the Solano side opposite the picnic area and they may have been courting a female. I saw

A visit to the east end of the UC Davis Arboretum today netted a flyover western kingbird, two singing Townsend's warblers and a female, and two male black-throated gray warblers. Orange-crowns and

Hello all Central Valley Birders, While taking my morning break, I briefly walked to the small plaza across the railroad tracks from Fresno City Hall and happened to see a flock of Yellow-rumped

Hi all, My co-author (lead author, actually) on the North American Birds paper on Cackling Goose subspecies identification (2008, NAB 62:3), Steve Mlodinow, has been studying this phenomenon in

My 2 cents on the goose, this bird does not look like a hybrid Barnacle x Canada Goose. More than likely a domestic cross.

Hi folks, Probably the easiest way to view the photos is to click this link: https://ebird.org/checklist/S83959317 I don't claim any special knowledge on Barnacle x Canada Goose ID, but I would think

My ebird checklist containing photos of what I believe is a Barnacle x Canada goose hybrid is S83959317. Camden Park is in Elk Grove and can be found on Google map, location can also be found on the

This morning about 8:30 at Camden Park I think I saw a Barnacle/Canada goose hybrid. It has the white facial markings of a Barnacle and the rest appears to be Canada type. It was in the pond area