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 list

Dear Birders, After a long hiatus, the public is again invited to participate in the Tall Forest bird surveys. The next iteration is this coming Saturday, 18 June. We will depart promptly through the

Hi Birders, Liam Huber and I just found a Glossy Ibis among a flock of over 1000 White-faced in a rice check on Plumas Arboga Road in Yuba County south of Marysville near Plumas Lake. See our eBird ch

Hey folks, Liam Huber and I just found a nesting pair of Purple Martins in Bangor! They are using a cavity in a power pole here: 39.384250,-121.399042. When viewing, please keep your distance as they

If anyone wants to readily see very young (week?) pied billed grebes, there is a family of 5 young and 1 adult at “The Preserve at District 56” in Elk Grove. Bob Greenleaf Elk Grove

An interesting adult male selasphorus hummer showed up in my garden today. Its back is mostly green which made me suspect it might be an Allen's. In the past a few Allen's have visited briefly in late

Hi all, I was out in my backyard picking up patio items that were trying to fly back to Kansas this morning, due to the 40+ winds. I had a beautiful Black Swift flying over. They look huge, when they

This morning, Irene Engilis recorded a singing Willow Flycatcher downstream of the Mace Blvd Bridge. This has been an exceptional spring for Empid migration, hope that the Willows also make a good sho

I got a quick glance and am now listening to a Swainson’s Thrush on the footpath near Young Wo access in Folsom. Easy to find. Make a right at the bike path, follow for ~ 100 yards and take the footpa

Hi folks, Opportunities to visit the Regional San (Sacramento Regional WTP) Bufferlands are limited, especially in the past two years, so I'm glad to share that there will be six miles of trails avail

Dear Birders, I did another survey for UC Davis this morning, a point count effort at the Accidental Forest. At a couple of the points I was hard pressed to keep up with all the action. Afterwards I d

Dear Birders, I have been out seeking birds regularly at the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County the last several days. On Wednesday the 4th, I did some trail recovery in and near th

On April 25 I saw a green-tailed towhee about a mile south of Spenceville in extreme western Nevada County, along an intermittent stream on private property just outside the Spenceville Wildlife Area.

Iam planning to be in the central valley areas in August. I have not been there for over 6 years. I guess things have changed a lot. What are the current hot spots? Thank you Herbert

Dear Birders, At the Cosumnes River Preserve yesterday I went behind the Farm Center gate, and I enjoyed pretty good birding. The early successional woods and brush had much more activity than did the

Hi All, I was leading a walk today on the Hidden Spruce Trail at Collins Lake in Yuba County. While scoping some Common Mergansers, I spotted a female Red-breasted Merganser! That was quite surprising

Dear Birders, Last Saturday, 23 April, I visited the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County eager to see the flooding occasioned by the Sierra foothills rains two days earlier. But I st

Sorry, I forgot to sign off from my Sora, rails & mink post Bob Greenleaf Elk Grove

Yesterday, I saw a Virginia rail toward the end of the concrete portion of the Cosumnes River Preserve boardwalk west of Franklin Blvd. I went back today about 7:30 to try and relocate it. Just before

Yellow-billed magpies are in Riverpark and Paradise Beach, and the golf course across the American River. They are not common and observed rather infrequently by me though I suspect they nest in the a