OK, not very scientific at all, but when I looked at the picture of the bird, my overall impression is White-crowned Sparrow, with some bizarre feathering. See enough White-throats coming and going in

Hi everyone, The Benicia CBC is on Monday, December 18. My husband David and I are the sector leaders for the Cordelia area, which includes Chadbourne Road – mainly grassland/rangeland, hunt-clubs, an

Hi all, Highlights at Yolo Bypass today, 11/27- a single REDHEAD and a male BLUE-WINGED TEAL on the far side of the large pond (seeing from the auto route) south of Parking Lot B. There was also a sin

Re: Report from yesterday - Forgot to add that from afar we counted over 60 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS (adults and juv) perched in trees along side the main berm from where you drive on and over to ge

Hi all, I received this email from Calbirds and I think it is relevant to North Bay Birds and to Central Valley Birds, too. I’ve had the same thoughts for some time now since eBird is gotten to be so

Hi all, Went out on January 15 in search of Mountain Plovers on Flannery and Robinson Roads in Solano Co. Fog was thick, lifting a bit in the afternoon. Unfortunately did not see and plovers (but hear

Hi all, We went on our yearly quest to Sacramento NWR. Along the way we stopped at Lone Star Rd at Hwy 20 to look for the Stilt Sandpiper. Not sure how we were able to find it when every time a large

Hi all, I have Birding magazines starting back from 2003 to 2017 (just one or 2 from some years, and some years complete) to give away to anyone interested. Let me know privately since this isn’t exac

Hi all, Just wanted to report a spot that some of you may want to check out if you go to the Yolo Bypass. Yesterday after driving around, we wanted to eat lunch and actually found a spot of SHADE! It

Hi all, I just looked up Acorn Woodpecker on Birds of North America online and found this: Aberrant Plumages Nonmelanic leucism, or partial albinism, occurs at a frequency of about 0.1% (WDK). More ra

Hi all, While out on the Benicia CBC yesterday, David and I found a Green-tailed Towhee in our sector in Cordelia. Directions: The bird was found along Cordelia Slough on Wetland Ln. off of Cordelia R

I attached a picture to my post, but since it did not come through, a picture can be seen in my Ebird report, though it may not show up for a while since it was a "RARE" bird. https://ebird.org/view/c

Hi all, I realize this is NOT a CV post, but Linda Pitman and Frances Oliver are quoted in the article! https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-rare-bird-downtown-20190112-story.html Denise Ham

Hello Hugh, I am really late responding to your post, but I wanted to say how great it was for you to be out with Jean Richmond! When we first moved to the Bay Area in the mid 80’s we used Jean’s book

SORRY FOLKS for posting this to CV Birds! Was just supposed to go to Hugh. Denise Hamilton Napa

I wanted to see if I just clicked "REPLY" to Kent's email (in which I would be replying to HIM only) did not work and as you can see it went to the entire group. When NBB changed over, something had t

Hi all, Yesterday while birding around Solano Co. David took a picture of a Black Phoebe that was working on a nest at the Lake Solano Campground. Later when I looked at the picture I was surprised to

Hi all, Yesterday during the Benicia CBC, Mark Dettling of Point Blue, who was out as a part of my team for the Cordelia sector, found a RUFF, a first for the count! Thanks, Mark!! It is a stunning bi

Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 9:26 AM To: centralvalleybirds@groups.io Subject: [centralvalleybirds] Hummingbirds I had a female selasphorus hummingbird in my garden for most of last week and again on

Hi all, Just read Hugh's report. David and I were out on Robinson Road at 9:30 am and saw over 200!! Mountain Plovers. We first saw them in the field close to the huge line of eucalyptus trees seen fr