The birds continued today in the same field, first seen around 1:30 by another group of birders that alerted me that they were on the birds. Today, only 8 were seen however, hunkered down in the middl

This is a day late, I got distracted by the Brambling hubbub yesterday. Anyway, I had two Bewick’s Tundra Swans in a flooded field on Chiles Road, just west of Frontier AG on Sunday at about 1:00pm. P

I did not get a picture, it was past me too quickly. An extremely dark, smallish gull flew past me heading south at about 4:10pm. I was parked where the road out to Rice Point is blocked. If anyone is

A link to your ebird checklist would be very helpful. Adam Panto, Placerville

The Harris’s Sparrow found by Kathy Blankenship on 2/22 continued this morning near where it was originally found. This morning it was on the west side of Hopkins Road in the field at the end of the r

Yesterday, Lindsey Mitchell reported a Loon sp. on her checklist here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S77123842 The picture on her checklist looked like a likely Pacific Loon to me. I conferred with John

I took some pictures of what I believe is an oddly plumaged Killdeer. I can’t think what else it could possibly be, but the complete lack of black & the extra rufous coloration definitely gave me paus

Here is my ebird checklist with pictures & a few more details if anybody is looking to try for this bird. https://ebird.org/checklist/S71572551 Adam Panto Placerville

This morning around 7:45, I had an adult female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak on the El Dorado Trail along Deer Creek. White supercilium (not buffy), a very pink bill & heavily streaked underparts. The bird

I birded Deer Creek, south of Latrobe Rd. early this morning. The numbers of migrants feeding in the oaks was very high. I had all ten western warbler species, most in good numbers. The only singles w

The Vermillion Flycatcher was there when I visited on 1/27. I missed the sparrow. I looked for it for a while too, in the exact spot you saw it. I recognize that tree. Photos of the flycatcher in my e

Today, there was a big push of migrants in my area (just north of Placerville). Multiple mixed flocks including Lazuli Buntings, Warbling Vireos, warblers (Townsend’s, Wilson’s, Orange Crowned, Macgil

There is a huge colony of Cliff Swallows building nests on the cliff behind the Chili Bar Slate quarry/mine. The quarry is located where highway 193 crosses the South Fork of the American River just n

From their website, here is the list of counties that are part of the count area: Yolo, Sacramento, Yuba, San Joaquin, El Dorado, Sutter, Nevada, Placer, Amador Adam Panto, Placerville

I birded both sites today (see my checklists @ the end of the message). I heard the Least Bittern from both spots. The bird was somewhere between the two, in the marshy area of Carson Creek. It sounde

Yesterday’s (01/22) Ebird rare bird alert had 1 White-Winged Scoter & 21 Black Scoters reported by an anonymous Ebirder @ Cameron Park Lake. As unlikely those sightings seemed, I decided to check them

I tried for the Snow Bunting that was reported yesterday on ebird at the northeast corner of the Fremont Weir and had no luck. I’m not 100% sure I was in the right place. I took Road 117 to Road 16 an

On Monday, 4/3/17 I saw a large (thousands of birds) flock of Tricolored Blackbirds near Highway 50 & East Bidwell. Based on last year's successful colony just north of East Bidwell & north of Highway