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8 Feb Rock Sandpiper - Laguna Point [K A Havlena ] 6 Feb MCAS Spring Pelagic Trip -- Sun, 20 May, 2012 [K A Havlena ] 2 Feb RE: Inquiry about Al by a Southern Audubon Member [Robert Keiffer ] 1 Feb RE: Inquiry about Al by a Southern Audubon Member ["Ron LeValley" ] 02 Feb Inquiry about Al by a Southern Audubon Member ["Joleen" ] 1 Feb Al is back [Jeff Petit ] 1 Feb Sunday's Clear Lake waterbird survey [Floyd Hayes ] 01 Feb Rock Sandpipers and Dunlin at Virgin Creek ["Richard" ] 01 Feb Pelagic Cormorants ["birdmanofthewoods3" ] 31 Jan Prarie Falcon in Potter Valley and Peregrine and Bald Eagles, etc. ["Dave" ] 31 Jan Bean or White Fronted Goose ["cdlcruz" ] 30 Jan The problem with birding by ear - mimics ["David Jensen" ] 30 Jan Re: Bean Goose with Canadas? [Chet Ogan ] 30 Jan Re: Bean Goose with Canadas? ["Lisa Walker \(Feather\)" ] 30 Jan Bean Goose with Canadas? ["cdlcruz" ] 29 Jan Long-tailed Duck and Rose Memorial Park Birds [Karen Havlena ] 29 Jan Save the Dates-Pt Reyes Birding & Nature Festival: April 27-30 ["will_w04" ] 28 Jan Ferruginous Hawk - Ten Mile Area [Karen Havlena ] 27 Jan Coastal Mendocino Sightings [Matt Brady ] 26 Jan All-day Boat Trip on Clear Lake [Floyd Hayes ] 26 Jan Leucistic Wild Turkey ["Dave" ] 25 Jan Canvasbacks ["katemarianchild" ] 24 Jan Clear Lake Boat Trip on Sunday, January 29 [Floyd Hayes ] 23 Jan Bald Hill Rd, Fort Bragg [K A Havlena ] 21 Jan Lake County gull ["Jerry White" ] 20 Jan Common Poorwill - Flying Above Yard - Ocean Meadows [Karen Havlena ] 18 Jan Re: Glaucous Gull .... and goose question (long) ["Ken Schneider" ] 19 Jan Intergrade Flicker at MCBG ["carolynkinet" ] 17 Jan Clear Lake [Floyd Hayes ] 17 Jan 01/17: HREC Red-naped Sapsucker ["Chuck and Barbara Vaughn" ] 17 Jan Osprey ["Dave" ] 17 Jan Dipper on Potter Valley Road [George Chaniot ] 17 Jan Barred Owl on Little River Airport Rd. ["Richard" ] 17 Jan Glaucous Gull at Navarro State Beach (1/15) and goose question (long) ["Ken Schneider" ] 17 Jan Long-billed Dowithchers at UWTP ["Dave" ] 16 Jan northern goshawk ["sheribirder" ] 16 Jan Fwd: DFG Invites Public Comment Related to Black-backed Woodpecker [Becky Stenberg ] 16 Jan PAS presents Tues 01/17: Birds of the Gulf of Mexico ["choatzin" ] 16 Jan Brant Geese ["birdmanofthewoods3" ] 15 Jan Ft Bragg continuing birds [John Luther ] 14 Jan Fort Bragg area report - 1/12 [Robert Keiffer ] 13 Jan Birds Still at Rose Mem'l Park 1/12/12 [K A Havlena ] 13 Jan Bald Eagle on the Albion River ["Cate" ] 11 Jan Rose Memorial Park [George Chaniot ] 11 Jan Re: Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park ["Lisa Walker \(Feather\)" ] 11 Jan Re: Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park [John Sterling ] 11 Jan Re: Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park ["Lisa Walker \(Feather\)" ] 11 Jan Re: Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park [John Sterling ] 12 Jan Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park ["Richard" ] 11 Jan Re: Tanagers at FB cemetery ["Lisa Walker \(Feather\)" ] 11 Jan Western Tanagers at FB cemetery [AlbionWood ] 11 Jan Little Lake Valley - Beaver Pond at Outlet Creek ["nexttothelastmanonearth" ] 11 Jan BARRED OWLS IN CALIFORNIA, a program by Mike Stephens at MCAS Jan. 16 meeting ["AdamH" ] 10 Jan List - MEN Coast CBC 12/30/11 Karen H (Long) [K A Havlena ] 10 Jan Tanagers at FB cemetery [AlbionWood ] 10 Jan 01/10: Talmage/Gielow Lane Snow Goose ["Chuck and Barbara Vaughn" ] 10 Jan Brown Pelicans - Lots! [Karen Havlena ] 10 Jan Snow Goose at Lake Mendocino ["sauntergs" ] 10 Jan need for Baltimore Oriole doc [Robert Keiffer ] 9 Jan watefowl abounds at Little Lake Valley [Robert Keiffer ] 08 Jan Birds continuing at FB Cemetery ["carolynkinet" ] 07 Jan Cackling & White-fronted Geese ["Dave" ] 7 Jan (unknown) [Jeff Petit ] 07 Jan Northern Flicker - Yellow Feather/Shafted ["birdmanofthewoods3" ] 07 Jan Canvasback ["katemarianchild" ] 07 Jan Re: possible Ross's Goose ["carolynkinet" ] 6 Jan Re: possible Ross's Goose ["Lisa Walker \(Feather\)" ] 6 Jan RE: possible Ross's Goose [Robert Keiffer ] 6 Jan possible Ross's Goose [Jeff Petit ] 5 Jan Northern Goshawk ["David Jensen" ] 05 Jan Re: Eurasian Wigeon in Potter Valley [George Chaniot ] 03 Jan Re: Fort Bragg CBC - rarities [AlbionWood ] 03 Jan Re: Fort Bragg CBC [AlbionWood ] 03 Jan Fort Bragg CBC [AlbionWood ] 2 Jan Summer Tanager [Arthur Morley ] 01 Jan Harris' Hawk in FB [AlbionWood ] Subject: Rock Sandpiper - Laguna Point From: K A Havlena <kahavlena AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 16:45:21 -0800 (PST) Wed, 8 February 2012 -- Dorothy Tobkin called that a/the ROCK SANDPIPER was at Laguna Point in MacKerricher SP, NW of Fort Bragg today.  Drive north on Hwy 1 and turn west at Mill Creek Dr.  At the end of the road a trail goes to the point from the parking lot. For Dorothy Tobkin K Havlena North of Fort Bragg, MEN, Ca [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: MCAS Spring Pelagic Trip -- Sun, 20 May, 2012 From: K A Havlena <kahavlena AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:50:38 -0800 (PST) Sunday, 20 MAY, 2012 will be the next scheduled pelagic trip sponsored by MCAS.  Our May trips out on the ocean can always bring surprises (remember ALL but one person on the boat last May got a very, big lifebird)!  There are NO guarantees on pelagic trips, but you will not get to see what flies by unless you are out there with us!   The Telstar is getting a new engine, that will have much less diesel smoke, but it will allow us to go out beyond 20 miles!   I will write again in March with payment details.  Please mark your calendars now, however.  Thanks!   Karen Havlena [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Inquiry about Al by a Southern Audubon Member From: Robert Keiffer <rjkeiffer AT ucdavis.edu> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:28:47 +0000 Nothing is known about the other life-habits of this bird. At this point in time we do not even know what sex the bird is, where is goes to forage, or where it goes to nest, or even if it does pair up and nest at all. It is not banded or marked in any other manner .... so there is no way to track this individual once it leaves the safe harbor of the cove. If we could get one single feather from this bird we could at least sex it. Any banding attempt would require a certified bander, Federal and State permits, and probably an accepted protocol. Good questions however! Good birding. Bob Keiffer -----Original Message----- From: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joleen Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:02 PM To: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [Mendobirds] Inquiry about Al by a Southern Audubon Member My wife and I finally got to see Al the other day at Pt. Arena, and watched him have a very interesting and friendly interaction with a local surfer coming back in from riding waves. Seeing this made me wonder what - if anything - is known about Al's breeding history. Does anyone know exactly where Al goes when he heads off in the spring and whether he has been successfully mating and breeding anywhere? Has there ever been any discussion of putting a leg ring on Al/Alice? As the LaAl colonies in Hawaii are monitored with some diligence, it would probably be seen and reported. Of course, such an action might be resented as an invasion of privacy and personal space by Al/Alice, who is an exceptionally friendly and trusting bird. Chuck Almdale Santa Monica Bay Audubon ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: Inquiry about Al by a Southern Audubon Member From: "Ron LeValley" <ron AT madriverbio.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:16:40 -0800 Glad you got to see Al. It’s a treat! And I say “it”, because we still don’t know if “it” is really Al or Alice! I have been working on getting a feather to send to my friend Lindsay who studies the genetics of Laysan Albatrosses. She said she would let us know. As for Al as a breeder, it probably isn’t a breeder. Al shows up at Point Arena at the beginning of the breeding season for Laysan Albatrosses and leaves when the birds are done breeding. Al is somehow mixed up. We have discussed putting a band on Al, but that really wouldn’t tell us much. Since it is not present at any breeding colony during the nesting season, no one would see it. And even if it made a short stop at a colony, the chances of being seen by a biologist are very slim. When one and ˝ million (yes million!) albatrosses nest on Midway, the chances of finding a banded bird are pretty slim, unless it shows up in a regularly checked spot. The best answer for your question would be to put a data logger on Al. This is a device that keeps track of time and when it gets light and when it gets dark. Since we could measure sunrise and sunset, we could determine longitude and latitude with some accuracy. This would give us a good idea where Al goes during the summer. My guess is that it goes up north to the Gulf of Alaska where most of the Laysans spend their summer. But who knows? To use this data logger, we would have to put it on Al’s leg, and then recapture Al a year from now and retrieve the device and download the data. Capturing Al might not be the most acceptable thing to many of Al’s followers as you have suggested. Best, Ron LeValley in Hawaii about to go to Midway to band some albatrosses! From: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Joleen Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:02 PM To: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [Mendobirds] Inquiry about Al by a Southern Audubon Member My wife and I finally got to see Al the other day at Pt. Arena, and watched him have a very interesting and friendly interaction with a local surfer coming back in from riding waves. Seeing this made me wonder what - if anything - is known about Al's breeding history. Does anyone know exactly where Al goes when he heads off in the spring and whether he has been successfully mating and breeding anywhere? Has there ever been any discussion of putting a leg ring on Al/Alice? As the LaAl colonies in Hawaii are monitored with some diligence, it would probably be seen and reported. Of course, such an action might be resented as an invasion of privacy and personal space by Al/Alice, who is an exceptionally friendly and trusting bird. Chuck Almdale Santa Monica Bay Audubon [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Inquiry about Al by a Southern Audubon Member From: "Joleen" <j_ossello AT earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:01:32 -0000 My wife and I finally got to see Al the other day at Pt. Arena, and watched him have a very interesting and friendly interaction with a local surfer coming back in from riding waves. Seeing this made me wonder what - if anything - is known about Al's breeding history. Does anyone know exactly where Al goes when he heads off in the spring and whether he has been successfully mating and breeding anywhere? Has there ever been any discussion of putting a leg ring on Al/Alice? As the LaAl colonies in Hawaii are monitored with some diligence, it would probably be seen and reported. Of course, such an action might be resented as an invasion of privacy and personal space by Al/Alice, who is an exceptionally friendly and trusting bird. Chuck Almdale Santa Monica Bay Audubon ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Al is back From: Jeff Petit <bethandjeff35 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:27:44 -0800 (PST) An update from Arena Cove   He returned this afternoon (was'nt there this morning) after approximately a week.  After a long preen and rest, we were fortutate enough to see him fly around the surfers, circled twice and land in his favorite spot.  Happy to have him back.   Good Birding, Beth and Jeff   P.S. - Always bring your camera - no matter how many times you've been there or seen that - you just never know. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Sunday's Clear Lake waterbird survey From: Floyd Hayes <floyd_hayes AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:45:12 -0800 (PST) On Sunday, January 29, seven of us surveyed waterbirds around the perimeter of Clear Lake. Waterbird numbers were much lower than in November, which appears to have been the pattern during the last several winters when numbers declined during mid-winter. For example, we saw only 73 WESTERN GREBES and CLARKS'S GREBES, compared with 1,454 on November 21 and 2,255 on September 15. And we tallied only 686 gulls, while only 2 weeks earlier there were a few thousand at Redbud Park alone. Our best birds of the day were five BARROW'S GOLDENEYES and three RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS. We saw eight species of gulls but couldn't find the adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, which may have departed the lake. Floyd Hayes Hidden Valley Lake, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Rock Sandpipers and Dunlin at Virgin Creek From: "Richard" <richhubie AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:58:11 -0000 Wed Feb 1, 2012--There were two ROCK SANDPIPERS and one DUNLIN at Virgin Creek this morning. The sandpipers were on the rocks just south of the creek and the Dunlin was on the first rocks north of the creek. I also saw three HARLEQUIN DUCKS flying north. Richard Hubacek Little River ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Pelagic Cormorants From: "birdmanofthewoods3" <birdmanofthewoods3 AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:57:06 -0000 This is not an earth shaking observation, but I saw a Pelagic Cormorant with a big fat white flank patch yesteday. This is significant to me for a couple of reasons. One is that I could answer my non-birding companion who asked what kind of bird that was with 100% certainty that it was a "pelagic cormorant". And two, this means I don't have to squint through my salt-encrusted binoculars at bills and tails anymore to make a positive identification. Also this means Spring is definitely getting a foothold here on the coast and that is good news. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Prarie Falcon in Potter Valley and Peregrine and Bald Eagles, etc. From: "Dave" <algott AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:10:29 -0000 This morning, Jack Booth, Harry Morse, Mike Curry and I went out to Potter Valley to look at the Bean? Goose and there were no geese, so we went over to Burris Lane at the southeast side of the valley. As soon as we got out of the car we saw an adult Bald Eagle over the pond that landed in a tree. Then we saw an immature Peregrine Falcon. Then we saw an immature Bald Eagle. There were few ducks, but there were about 17 Wilson's Snipe. We went down to the end of the road and we spotted an adult Prairie Falcon sitting on a fence post far out to the north eating a rodent. Its large size made us think it was a female. It had a lot of white on its head with a clear distinct mustache. It was still sitting there when we left. There was also one Say's Phoebe. This was about 11 am. Burris Ln runs east off of the south end of East Rd in Potter Valley. Dave Bengston Ukiah ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bean or White Fronted Goose From: "cdlcruz" <cdlcruz AT sonic.net> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:32:39 -0000 Thanks to all the birders who responded to the photo of the unknown goose at White Dog Ranch in Potter Valley. Consensus is an immature White Fronted Goose. Angie (daughter) posted a better photo today in White Dog Ranch album. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: The problem with birding by ear - mimics From: "David Jensen" <djensen AT mcn.org> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:23:13 -0800 While photographing the orioles at the Fort Bragg cemetery yesterday, I heard the distinct call of a Western Wood Peewee from the nearby cypress. It jerked my head around and made my heart skip. Talk about early migration! About 30 seconds later my suspicious ears heard that sort of clicking chortle call from the same area. Bloody starlings. DJ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Bean Goose with Canadas? From: Chet Ogan <chet_ogan AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:28:51 -0800 (PST) I looked at Google images with a search on "bean goose and greater white-fronted goose" for some direst comparisons.  It may be a BEGO x GWFG so may be a county tally for each.  Look at the white on the leading edge of the wing, this looks like GWFG, the brown around the face looks like Bean Goose. I saw the Bean Goose at Salton Sea last year that was hanging with 3 GWFG, several of the images on the Google site are of those geese.     Chet Ogan chet_ogan AT ymail.com 707-442-9353 707-496-9001 ________________________________ From: cdlcruz To: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 2:02 PM Subject: [Mendobirds] Bean Goose with Canadas?   Possible Bean Goose with flock of Canada Geese in the field at White Dog Ranch in Potter Valley. Photo in album "White Dog Ranch". Head is brown, feet are brown, and size is half that of Canadas. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Bean Goose with Canadas? From: "Lisa Walker \(Feather\)" <feather7023 AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:23:30 -0800 (PST) Looks like a Greater White-fronted Goose to me (note the markings on the breast) If I could see the beak better, I would look for a bit of white at the base of the bill. --- On Mon, 1/30/12, cdlcruz wrote: From: cdlcruz Subject: [Mendobirds] Bean Goose with Canadas? To: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, January 30, 2012, 2:02 PM   Possible Bean Goose with flock of Canada Geese in the field at White Dog Ranch in Potter Valley. Photo in album "White Dog Ranch". Head is brown, feet are brown, and size is half that of Canadas. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bean Goose with Canadas? From: "cdlcruz" <cdlcruz AT sonic.net> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:02:17 -0000 Possible Bean Goose with flock of Canada Geese in the field at White Dog Ranch in Potter Valley. Photo in album "White Dog Ranch". Head is brown, feet are brown, and size is half that of Canadas. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Long-tailed Duck and Rose Memorial Park Birds From: Karen Havlena <jkhavlena AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:50:03 -0800 (PST) Sun, 29 January, 2012 -- This morning Matthew Matthiessen came to the Fort Bragg area, where Jim and I met him at Rose Mem'l Park. We saw all of the birds, such as BALTIMORE ORIOLE, NASHVILLE WARBLER, fem. YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, WESTERN TANAGER, RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER and PYGMY NUTHATCH, that are currently being looked for there. Earlier, Matthew had seen (2) HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Virgin Creek beach on their favorite rock (north end).  Later on, Matthew and Dorothy Tobkin met at Ward Ave, Cleone, where they saw 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS (one found by each of them).  They also saw 11 BLACK SCOTERS. Dorothy Tobkin spotted an OSPREY and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER near Lake Cleone.  Matthew was going to scope at Laguna Point.  (Maybe he can fill in what he saw at that location). For Matthew Matthiessen and Dorothy Tobkin, (Karen Havlena) Fort Bragg, MEN, Ca [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Save the Dates-Pt Reyes Birding & Nature Festival: April 27-30 From: "will_w04" <will_w04 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:54:54 -0000 2012 Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival April 27-30, 2012 REGISTRATION OPENS IN MID-FEBRUARY! Trips will fill fast! If you'd like to be notified when registration opens, email your request to: prbnfestival at gmail.com (use ' AT ' instead of 'at') Join trips and lectures led by such experts as Rich Stallcup, Alvaro Jaramillo, Peter Pyle, Jules Evens, David Wimpfheimer, Lisa Hug, Joe Morlan, Sarah Allen and Keith Hansen. Observe birds of the ocean, coast, forest and wetlands, and see spring wildflowers, whales, and seals. Offerings also include outings for kids, butterfly and dragonfly walks, a pelagic trip to Cordell Bank, a birding by boat cruise on Tomales Bay, a Saturday night banquet with keynote address by John Muir Laws and much more! The 2012 Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival is sponsored by the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin www.pointreyesbirdingfestival.org . Questions about the festival should be directed to 'prbnfestival at gmail.com' (use ' AT ' instead of 'at'). This notice has been posted on behalf of Carolyn Longstreth, Director, Point Reyes Birding & Nature Festival 2012, by Will Wilson of Corte Madera. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ferruginous Hawk - Ten Mile Area From: Karen Havlena <jkhavlena AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:06:04 -0800 (PST) Sat, 28 January 2012 -- An adult FERRUGINOUS HAWK soared and perched on the east side of Hwy 1, across from Ocean Meadows. We have had a wintering FEHA for several years in this location, but if this is the same bird, it has shifted its roosting site a bit to the north.   Also, a N MOCKINGBIRD has been wintering again here in this neighborhood.  The last sighting of 'our' 8 GTR WHITE-FRONTED GEESE was 10 January. Karen and Jim Havlena North of Fort Bragg, MEN, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Coastal Mendocino Sightings From: Matt Brady <podoces AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:29:08 -0800 (PST) Hello All. Today Elizabeth Ames and I birded along the Mendocino coast, from Pt Arena up to Ft Bragg. In Pt Arena, Al the Albatross was a no-show from 9:20 to 11, but three ANCIENT MURRELETS, including one almost under the pier, were nice to see. Also of note were three separate flocks of CACKLING GEESE totaling at least 350 individuals. They were all over the ocean, flying north, so I guess they were migrating Aleutians. Along Mountain View Rd, about a half mile inland of Highway 1 was a light FERRUGINOUS HAWK. 50 COMMON RAVENS in the Garcia Bottoms seemed like a high concentration for that species. The Caspar Pond had no unusual geese, but a pair of COMMON MERGANSERS and a trio of HOODED MERGANSERS were nice. A SPOTTED SANDPIPER was the most unusual bird at Caspar Creek mouth. At Rose Memorial Park in Ft Bragg the BALTIMORE ORIOLE and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER both continued, as did two NASHVILLE WARBLERS. All of these birds visited the large blooming Banksia in the middle of the cemetery. At least one of the Nashvilles is a western bird, of the ridgewayi subspecies. Also present was one WESTERN TANAGER. Stops at Laguna Point, Ward Avenue and Virgin Creek yielded zero Rock Sandpipers, but we did see some other notable birds. 37 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS tied my highest-ever count of the species for Mendocino County (37 were also seen at the same place on 7 Jan 2007 and 12 Jan 2009). Two more ANCIENT MURRELETS and a RED-NECKED GREBE were north of Laguna Point. Ten BLACK SCOTERS off Ward Avenue were expected. Another flock of 45 CACKLING GEESE flew north offshore of Virgin Creek Beach, while on the beach itself were 80 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERs, 1 DUNLIN, 55 SANDERLINGS and 16 THAYER'S GULLS; most of the gulls were adults. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was at Virgin Creek Beach, while a male and two females were at Glass Beach. After dark we tried some owling. At about 4 miles up the Little River Airport Rd we heard a very distant BARRED OWL at about 6PM (just after dusk), while on the Comptche-Ukiah Road we had a SPOTTED OWL respond to Barred Owl recordings. Good birding, Matt Brady Potter Valley, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: All-day Boat Trip on Clear Lake From: Floyd Hayes <floyd_hayes AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:16:50 -0800 (PST) I still have two spaces available for $75 each on the all-day boat trip at Clear Lake on Sunday. The weather forecast is looking great! If you would like to go, please send me a private e-mail. Floyd Hayes Hidden Valley Lake, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Leucistic Wild Turkey From: "Dave" <algott AT comcast.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:06:14 -0000 Today, Mike Curry and I ventured out in the rain to check out the waterfowl and raptors along the Reynolds Hwy. There were lots of both, but the most interesting bird was a leucistic Wild Turkey in a flock of about 30 birds. Its head and body were a tawny color and the wings and tail were all white. It was quite striking. We saw it spread its wings and tail once. Unfortunately, neither of us had a camera. There was also a small flock of Lark Sparrows. Reynolds Hwy turns off Hwy 101 to the east at the north end of Little Lake Valley just after you cross Outlet Creek. This is north of Willits. Dave Bengston Ukiah ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Canvasbacks From: "katemarianchild" <katem AT mcn.org> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:48:57 -0000 Tuesday, Jan. 24 Yesterday there were six male canvasbacks at Lake Pennyroyal and one female. Also one male and one female wood duck and an assortment of ring-neck ducks. The six hooded mergansers that had been hanging out there for a while were not in evidence. Kate ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Clear Lake Boat Trip on Sunday, January 29 From: Floyd Hayes <floyd_hayes AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:40:17 -0800 (PST) I'm organizing an all-day pontoon boat trip around Clear Lake on Sunday, January 29, if the weather forecast remains clear and calm. There is space for five birders at $75 each, given to the first five who respond to me (later individuals will be on the waiting list). A few of us will be counting waterbirds the entire time as part of a research project, which is the prime purpose of the trip. However, I would like to share the experience with birders willing to help subsidize the costs of research. It's a great opportunity to see Lake County rarities. Our trip in November produced two Pacific Loons, three Red-necked Grebes, three Barrow's Goldeneyes, a Surf Scoter, a Red-breasted Merganser and two Lesser Black-backed Gulls. We will meet in Clearlake Oaks at 7:45 am and return before 5:00 pm. We will stop at several public parks for restroom breaks. If the weather forecast calls for rain or strong winds, the trip will be cancelled. Floyd Hayes Hidden Valley Lake, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bald Hill Rd, Fort Bragg From: K A Havlena <kahavlena AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:39:57 -0800 (PST) Mon, 23 Jan, 2012 -- Dorothy Tobkin encountered a mixed flock of small passerines on Bald Hill Rd, north of Fort Bragg.  A PALM WARBLER was several yards north of the flock that included PINE SISKINS and WESTERN BLUEBIRDS.  Only a few large Canada Geese could be seen on the west side of the road. Bald Hill Rd is located east about 1-1/2 miles east on Pudding Creek Rd, then turning north on Bald Hill. For Dorothy Tobkin, (K Havlena) Fort Bragg, MEN, California  [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Lake County gull From: "Jerry White" <white-jerry AT att.net> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:51:38 -0800 The adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was on the Walmart roof in Clearlake at about 8:40 AM yesterday. Adding to a number of reports for Lake County this winter was a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at the north end of Borax Lake. Jerry White [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Common Poorwill - Flying Above Yard - Ocean Meadows From: Karen Havlena <jkhavlena AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:00:35 -0800 (PST) Fri, 20 January 2012 -- After the rain stopped this evening, a COMMON POORWILL called loudly for several minutes above the house here in Ocean Meadows, just north of Ten Mile River.  The lights had flickered a bit, so I was puzzled about the call at first.  But, I played the song/call on my Cornell "Birdseye," and indeed it was a Poorwill.  The Mendocino checklist has "CSc" (Coastal Scrub) as one of only two options, but I have never heard of anyone hearing one before.  The air temperature is getting warmer tonight, so maybe bugs are flying around. George Chaniot said that he heard one in Potter Valley in February once.   Karen Havlena North of Fort Bragg, MEN, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Glaucous Gull .... and goose question (long) From: "Ken Schneider" <kschnei1 AT hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:42:03 -0000 Hi all, A few kind local birders emailed me privately about my goose question and I did a bit of research on seawatch sightings up and down the coast this time of year. Although I don't have photo documentation, my fears were allayed and I'm reasonably confident that I did indeed see a movement of CACKLING GEESE on 1/15 from Point Cabrillo and not Brant. As the weather has been a bit strange lately, it seems possible that several goose species may be on the move... Ken Schneider San Francisco --- In Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com, "Ken Schneider" wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I just spent a great two days birding in Mendocino County (1/15-16). When I arrived at Rose Memorial Park in Fort Bragg on Sunday morning after owling along Orr Springs Road, John Luther and Larry Petri (?) were already watching the female BALTIMORE ORIOLE as John reported. John mentioned the Navarro River mouth as a nice spot, so I took his advice and checked out Navarro State Beach on Sunday afternoon. Almost a thousand gulls were present, predominantly California, Mew and Herring, but also a young GLAUCOUS GULL which I was able to photograph. > > Regarding my goose question, I have to admit that Rick Harris's post about migrating Brant along the coast made me realize I may have made a whopper of a misidentification! I was at Point Cabrillo on Sunday morning before I went to Fort Bragg and saw several large skeins of geese flying north quite close to the point, including one group that contained a single ROSS'S GOOSE (Chen sp. goose with short neck, short stubby bill, no grin patch seen). I snap-identified the much more numerous geese as CACKLING GEESE based on a short neck, short stubby bill and high-pitched vocalizations. I'm wondering now if I somehow mistook the white necklace for a cheek patch and totally humiliated myself on this one... I don't bird up here much and would love to here from someone (private email or here) about the relatively probability of seeing large flocks of Brant versus Cackling Geese offshore at this time of year... > > Thanks, > Ken Schneider > San Francisco > ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Intergrade Flicker at MCBG From: "carolynkinet" <ckinet AT gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:00:20 -0000 Wed.,Jan. 18: This morning during the monthly bird walk in the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Toby Tobkin and I saw an intergrade NORTHERN FLICKER. The face pattern was of the Yellow-shafted species with black "moustache" and red spot on the nape, but the underwings when it flew off were reddish. It was on the south part of the "great lawn" where events are held, just before you go out to the headlands. Later on we checked out a Canada Goose flock at Moura's pond next door and saw one WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and one CACKLING GOOSE among them. Driving south later, Toby saw 5 HOODED MERGANSERS at the Caspar pond, 2 males and 3 females. Carolyn Kinet Inglenook ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Clear Lake From: Floyd Hayes <floyd_hayes AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:11:39 -0800 (PST) Yesterday I birded around Clear Lake with Doug Weidemann and Bryan McIntosh. I relocated the adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL in a flock of gulls out on the water off Austin Park in Clearlake. We watched it from 8:00-8:12 am. There were a few thousand gulls at Redbud Park in the morning, which we scrutinized. Eventually I spotted a possible 1st-cycle Lesser Black-backed Gull out in the water. We studied it for 45 minutes, hoping it would come in closer, but it never flew and remained too distant to be certain of its identity (I posted some photos on the Calgulls listserve). At Pirate's Cove in Clearlake Park, Doug found a female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE along the beach beside the road. Along the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff Road at the north end of the lake we saw a possible American X Eurasian Green-winged Teal (broad, creamy horizontal stripe and white vertical stripe). Floyd Hayes Hidden Valley Lake, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: 01/17: HREC Red-naped Sapsucker From: "Chuck and Barbara Vaughn" <cevaughn AT pacific.net> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:45:13 -0800 (PST) Greetings Mendobirders- This morning I saw a male Red-naped Sapsucker on the west side of the sag ponds just above the office area at the UC Hopland R&E Center. It was working in a live oak that was lined with fresh sap wells. This seems to be the winter for vagrant sapsuckers in Mendocino County! Chuck -- Chuck and Barbara Vaughn Ukiah, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Osprey From: "Dave" <algott AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:39:41 -0000 This morning at 10 am there was an Osprey sitting on a power pole on the south side of East Perkins. This was just across from the houses at 1202-1204 E Perkins and just before you get to the bridge when traveling east. I could not refind it at 11 am. While Ospreys are not rare, this is the first time I have seen one there in over 20 years. They are usually much further south on the river or much further north up by Lake Mendocino. Dave Bengston Ukiah ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Dipper on Potter Valley Road From: George Chaniot <chaniot AT pacific.net> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:23:21 -0800 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 -- This morning there was an AMERICAN DIPPER singing in the riffle just above the new bridge on Potter Valley Road. Seen from the bridge itself. Hopefully they will nest in this region again. At Lake Mendocino there was an adult BALD EAGLE on the east shore south of Miti Campground. The trees have been cut from the end of Miti spit since the Christmas Count including 'the last tree' where raptors used to sit. I could cry. George Chaniot Potter Valley, MEN, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Barred Owl on Little River Airport Rd. From: "Richard" <richhubie AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:39:22 -0000 Mon Jan 16, 2012--Just a little after getting back home from Mike Stephens' program on BARRED OWLS and their effects on Spotted Owls I got a call from Sara Grimes (who also attended the program) saying that she could hear a Barred Owl calling from her house. Got up there in about 7 minutes and was able to hear it give it's classic call about five times. This was around 10:00PM. Sara lives about 4 miles up Little River Airport Rd. Richard Hubacek Little River ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Glaucous Gull at Navarro State Beach (1/15) and goose question (long) From: "Ken Schneider" <kschnei1 AT hotmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:03:50 -0000 Hi folks, I just spent a great two days birding in Mendocino County (1/15-16). When I arrived at Rose Memorial Park in Fort Bragg on Sunday morning after owling along Orr Springs Road, John Luther and Larry Petri (?) were already watching the female BALTIMORE ORIOLE as John reported. John mentioned the Navarro River mouth as a nice spot, so I took his advice and checked out Navarro State Beach on Sunday afternoon. Almost a thousand gulls were present, predominantly California, Mew and Herring, but also a young GLAUCOUS GULL which I was able to photograph. Regarding my goose question, I have to admit that Rick Harris's post about migrating Brant along the coast made me realize I may have made a whopper of a misidentification! I was at Point Cabrillo on Sunday morning before I went to Fort Bragg and saw several large skeins of geese flying north quite close to the point, including one group that contained a single ROSS'S GOOSE (Chen sp. goose with short neck, short stubby bill, no grin patch seen). I snap-identified the much more numerous geese as CACKLING GEESE based on a short neck, short stubby bill and high-pitched vocalizations. I'm wondering now if I somehow mistook the white necklace for a cheek patch and totally humiliated myself on this one... I don't bird up here much and would love to here from someone (private email or here) about the relatively probability of seeing large flocks of Brant versus Cackling Geese offshore at this time of year... Thanks, Ken Schneider San Francisco ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Long-billed Dowithchers at UWTP From: "Dave" <algott AT comcast.net> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:26:54 -0000 Jack Booth and I toured the Ukiah Water Treatment Plant today. At 3 pm, there were 5 Long-billed Dowitchers in the north pond. They left and I did not see if they went to another pond. Dave Bengston Ukiah ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: northern goshawk From: "sheribirder" <patschramer AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:08:13 -0000 I just saw my first Northern Goshawk on 1/15. It was perched on elec. lines on Hwy128 between Ukiah and Boonville ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Fwd: DFG Invites Public Comment Related to Black-backed Woodpecker From: Becky Stenberg <sugarsmom53 AT gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:02:15 -0800 >>> DFG News 1/13/2012 4:59 PM >>> *(This e-mail is being sent to all DFG employees.)* *California Department of Fish and Game News Release January 13, 2012* ** *To view this news release and a photo of the Black-backed Woodpecker online, please see ** http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/dfg-invites-public-comment-related-to-black-backed-woodpecker/ * *.* ** ** *Media Contacts:* **** Lyann Comrack, **DFG** Wildlife Branch, (916) 341-6981**** Kirsten Macintyre, **DFG** Communications, (916) 322-8988**** ** ** *DFG Invites Public Comment Related to Black-backed Woodpecker* ** ** The Department of Fish and Game (**DFG**) is seeking public comment as part of a status review of ****California****’s Black-backed Woodpecker (*Picoides arcticus*) population. **DFG** is currently evaluating whether the species warrants listing as a threatened or endangered species under state law. *** * ** ** The Black-backed Woodpecker is a medium-sized bird that is found in coniferous forests in **North America**. In ****California****, they occur sparsely at moderate to higher elevations in the southern Cascades, Klamath Region, ****Warner** **Mountains**** and the **Sierra Nevada**, south to *** *Kern** **County****. The species apparently prefers intensively burned forests over unburned forests and forests that have burned at lower intensities. **** ** ** In October 2010, the Center for Biological Diversity and the John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute submitted a petition to the Fish and Game Commission to formally list the Black-backed Woodpecker as a threatened or endangered species. 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Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: PAS presents Tues 01/17: Birds of the Gulf of Mexico From: "choatzin" <cwatson AT pacific.net> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:58:33 -0000 The Gulf of Mexico is teeming with wildlife including, Magnificent Frigatebirds, Hammerhead Sharks and Loggerhead Sea Turtles. Since the Deepwater Horizon Oilspill in 2010 there has been a lot of publicity about the Gulf. But how much does anyone really know about this body of water? On Tuesday, January 17 at 7 p.m. in the Ukiah Civic Center Council Chambers, Lisa Hug will be Peregrine Audubon's guest and tell us about her experiences as an ornithologist in 2010 and 2011 aboard the federal research vessel, the Oregon II, in the Gulf . Hug is a Sonoma County biologist and educator. Come to the talk and see her photographs of this interesting and relatively unexplored area of the world Oregon II's first mission in July 2010 was to do groundfish surveys. In August 2010, the crew researched a longline shark project. In March, 2011 it was used to conduct plankton research. During these three cruises, Lisa was perched on the bow of the ship, watching for, identifying and counting all of the birds present during these survey missions. The Gulf of Mexico has not been studied much in the past by ornithologists. The Oregon II made a total of 215 hours of in-transit strip transects and over 9,129 kilometers during these three cruises . They were part of a larger study that included more than 565 hours of survey and made up the most in-depth study of the birds of the Gulf of Mexico ever conducted. The Gulf of Mexico is an enormous body of water approximately 615,000 sq mi (1.6 million sq km). It is nearly cut off from the Atlantic Ocean by the Caribbean Islands, connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the Straits of Florida and with the Caribbean Sea through the Yucatan Channel. Almost half of the basin is made up of shallow continental shelf. In addition, the narrow connection to the Atlantic creates very small tidal fluctuations. This Peregrine Audubon sponsored presentation is free to the public, though donations will be welcome. The Ukiah Civic Center is located at 300 Seminary Avenue. To support Peregrine Audubon Society and receive a newsletter with regular announcements about programs and field trips, please send $20 to PAS, P.O. Box 311, Ukiah, CA 95482. For more information on a wide variety of topics related to birding and conservation in Mendocino County please go to www.peregrineaudubon.org. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Brant Geese From: "birdmanofthewoods3" <birdmanofthewoods3 AT yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:44:16 -0000 Saw a flock of Brant Geese flying high numbering about 100 individuals followed about 20 minutes later by a flock of about 75. Both flocks in tight V formation. Seen off the Mendocino Headlands and heading north with that strong determination that Brant's show when they are heading for the breeding grounds. The northern migration is starting. A lovely sight. Rick Harris ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Ft Bragg continuing birds From: John Luther <aplomado-falcon AT att.net> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:02:19 -0800 (PST) Hi All, Today, Jan 15, the Baltimore Oriole and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker continued in Ft Bragg at the cemetery (at the north end of town go east off Main St on Spruce to the cemetery).  The oriole was observed by three of us from about 10:15 AM until 11 in one of the flowering Banksia trees closest to the eucs.  At about 11 it flew into the eucs for a brief view before it flew deeper into these tall trees.  John Luther Oakland [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Fort Bragg area report - 1/12 From: Robert Keiffer <rjkeiffer AT ucdavis.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:42:18 +0000 12 January 2012 - Thursday - In addition to the BALTIMORE ORIOLE and other birds at the Rose Memorial Cemetery ..as mentioned by Karen Havlena, Ryan Keiffer and I found a few other birds of interest. At Glass Beach (end of Elm Street) we saw 2 male and 3 female HARLEQUIN DUCKS in the shade of a large rock about 100 feet from shore as viewed from the southern-most public-access point along the old GP fence, as found earlier by Ollie Kolkmann and Toby Tobkin. Ryan spotted a lone white goose with Canada Geese on the far western-most grass-covered point(closed to public access), and as far as I could tell through the scope it is an adult ROSS'S GOOSE. The rocks off the Glass Beach point and northern beach had numerous Black Turnstones and Surfbirds with 1 lone Least Sandpiper. Ten Mile Beach off Ward Avenue, Cleone, produced about 20 BLACK SCOTERS, and a handful of Surf Scoters. I thought that I saw a lone LONG-TAILED DUCK fly in and land near the scoters ... but I could never refind the bird after the initial view so I am not 100% certain. A couple RED-NECKED GREBES were offshore also, with an array of other expected species. While there, Dave Flaim showed us a great digi-scoped photo of a ROCK SANDPIPER that he had just taken from the rocky-tidal-point that juts out just south of the bluffs just west of the parking area ... so the rocks are rather SW. According to Dave, the bird was mixed with numerous Black-bellied Plovers and a few Sanderlings ... but we could not spot the Rock Sandpiper amongst them when we looked, so the bird had flown off somewhere just before we got there. Good birding! Bob Keiffer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Birds Still at Rose Mem'l Park 1/12/12 From: K A Havlena <kahavlena AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:03:06 -0800 (PST) 1/12/2012 -- The 1st winter, female BALTIMORE ORIOLE gave birders great looks in the eastern Banksia trees mid-late morning.  Two+ WESTERN TANAGERS were still present, as were the female YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, a NASHVILLE WARBLER and at least one female BULLOCK'S ORIOLE.  The Bullock's is quite vocal. It was nice to have Ollie Kolkmann, Bob Keiffer, Ryan Keiffer, Carolyn Kinet, Dorothy Tobkin, Richard Hubacek, David Flaim, and Jessica Morton (who arrived in the nick of time) with me - 9 total.  Richard and Carolyn saw probably the second Nashville Warbler a short way east on the Skunk RR tracks.  After leaving the park, I saw an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at the SW corner of Alder and Whipple Streets, Fort Bragg. 1/11/12 - I was at the park from 1 to 4-pm, where I saw a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER in addition to the the Yellow-bellied, the Baltimore Oriole and 3-4 W Tanagers. The Baltimore Oriole consistently flies into the park over the Skunk tracks from the neighborhood to the south of the park.  She has only been seen in the four Banksias in the row next to the 2 most far east (by the eucalyptus trees).  Those 2 trees are in the shade most of the time and don't have many flowers.  The western Banksias host the sapsuckers and Nashvilles.  The tanagers can be anywhere in the park, which is at N Franklin and E Spruce, Fort Bragg. Karen Havlena Fort Bragg, MEN, California [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Bald Eagle on the Albion River From: "Cate" <thorn91 AT hotmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:22:18 -0000 Chris Hansen of Willits was kayaking on the Albion River on Wednesday and got a good photo of an adult bald eagle. Here is a link to his blog about the trip with a photo of the eagle. Best of days, Cate Liquid Fusion Kayaking [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Rose Memorial Park From: George Chaniot <chaniot AT pacific.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:49:49 -0800 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 -- There was a lot of activity at Rose Memorial Park in Fort Bragg today. I was there from 07:53-10:15. For most of that time I was joined by Rich Hubacek. The Banksias were abuzz with warbler activity - mostly Yellow-rumped Warblers and Townsend's Warblers plus Anna's Hummingbirds, but I found at least two NASHVILLE WARBLERS, and one ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. Rich and I got a good, long look at the BALTIMORE ORIOLE at close range and in good light about 09:30. Rich should have some good pictures. When it left the Banksias, it flew to the pines to the south and then over the Skunk tracks and houses to the south. There were probably several other orioles around - one which I saw well was a female-type BULLOCK's ORIOLE. I saw one WESTERN TANAGER well several times, and there may have been more than one. The adult female YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER did not appear until about 10:05 in the easternmost Banksia. Then to cap the morning off, as I was sitting in my car writing some field notes before leaving, a female-type SUMMER TANAGER materialized in the westernmost Banksia right in front of me. George Chaniot Potter Valley. MEN, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park From: "Lisa Walker \(Feather\)" <feather7023 AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:39:12 -0800 (PST) I went back and looked; maybe it's a first year male? --- On Wed, 1/11/12, John Sterling wrote: From: John Sterling Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park To: "Mendobirds AT Yahoogroups. Com" Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 7:03 PM Bullock's would show an eyeline or at least a hint of an eyeline. John Sterling 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695 530 908-3836 jsterling AT wavecable.com www.sterlingbirds.com (photos, classes, tours, county birding) On Jan 11, 2012, at 6:16 PM, Lisa Walker (Feather) wrote: > I think Bullock's.... > > --- On Wed, 1/11/12, Richard wrote: > > From: Richard > Subject: [Mendobirds] Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park > To: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com > Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 5:40 PM > >  > > Wed Jan 11, 2012--I have posted a picture of the supposed BALTIMORE ORIOLE that George Chaniot and I got good looks at this morning around 9:30AM. It was in a Banksia tree that I believe was the most south/east of the Banksia Trees(closest to the tracks). This is a friendly bird if you can find it. It didn't spook while George and I were walking around under it. > > George also found 2 Nashville WarblerS which would confirm the Wades belief that there might have been 2 during the count. I did see WESTERN TANAGERS several times. > > Richard Hubacek > > Little River > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park From: John Sterling <jsterling AT wavecable.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:03:40 -0800 Bullock's would show an eyeline or at least a hint of an eyeline. John Sterling 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695 530 908-3836 jsterling AT wavecable.com www.sterlingbirds.com (photos, classes, tours, county birding) On Jan 11, 2012, at 6:16 PM, Lisa Walker (Feather) wrote: > I think Bullock's.... > > --- On Wed, 1/11/12, Richard wrote: > > From: Richard > Subject: [Mendobirds] Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park > To: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com > Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 5:40 PM > > > > Wed Jan 11, 2012--I have posted a picture of the supposed BALTIMORE ORIOLE that George Chaniot and I got good looks at this morning around 9:30AM. It was in a Banksia tree that I believe was the most south/east of the Banksia Trees(closest to the tracks). This is a friendly bird if you can find it. It didn't spook while George and I were walking around under it. > > George also found 2 Nashville WarblerS which would confirm the Wades belief that there might have been 2 during the count. I did see WESTERN TANAGERS several times. > > Richard Hubacek > > Little River > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park From: "Lisa Walker \(Feather\)" <feather7023 AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:16:47 -0800 (PST) I think Bullock's.... --- On Wed, 1/11/12, Richard wrote: From: Richard Subject: [Mendobirds] Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park To: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 5:40 PM   Wed Jan 11, 2012--I have posted a picture of the supposed BALTIMORE ORIOLE that George Chaniot and I got good looks at this morning around 9:30AM. It was in a Banksia tree that I believe was the most south/east of the Banksia Trees(closest to the tracks). This is a friendly bird if you can find it. It didn't spook while George and I were walking around under it. George also found 2 Nashville WarblerS which would confirm the Wades belief that there might have been 2 during the count. I did see WESTERN TANAGERS several times. Richard Hubacek Little River [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park From: John Sterling <jsterling AT wavecable.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:50:12 -0800 no question that that is a Baltimore Oriole. Nice photo. John Sterling 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695 530 908-3836 jsterling AT wavecable.com www.sterlingbirds.com (photos, classes, tours, county birding) On Jan 11, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Richard wrote: > Wed Jan 11, 2012--I have posted a picture of the supposed BALTIMORE ORIOLE that George Chaniot and I got good looks at this morning around 9:30AM. It was in a Banksia tree that I believe was the most south/east of the Banksia Trees(closest to the tracks). This is a friendly bird if you can find it. It didn't spook while George and I were walking around under it. > > George also found 2 Nashville WarblerS which would confirm the Wades belief that there might have been 2 during the count. I did see WESTERN TANAGERS several times. > > Richard Hubacek > Little River > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Supposed Baltimore Oriole at Rose Memorial Park From: "Richard" <richhubie AT yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:40:47 -0000 Wed Jan 11, 2012--I have posted a picture of the supposed BALTIMORE ORIOLE that George Chaniot and I got good looks at this morning around 9:30AM. It was in a Banksia tree that I believe was the most south/east of the Banksia Trees(closest to the tracks). This is a friendly bird if you can find it. It didn't spook while George and I were walking around under it. George also found 2 Nashville WarblerS which would confirm the Wades belief that there might have been 2 during the count. I did see WESTERN TANAGERS several times. Richard Hubacek Little River ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Tanagers at FB cemetery From: "Lisa Walker \(Feather\)" <feather7023 AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:19:37 -0800 (PST) I decided to head over to the cemetery this morning and see what I could find. I managed a shot of at least one of the tanagers, which did indeed, appear to be a Western (black and white wing bars). Another bird was a bit more elusive; but appeared to be oriole-like at least in flight, and was a subtle olive green with slightly darker wings (very slightly)- making me think of the female Bullock's I photographed outside my window back in 2000 or so. (those photos are in my album on the group page). I managed a shot of a Yellow-rumped Warbler, and was able to see: (European Starlings) Townsend's Warblers American Robins Bushtits (??? - maybe Ruby-crowned Kinglets? Flocking and gathering together on branches reminded me of Bushtits, anyway) Pygmy Nuthatch (at least one) I wish I had had someone else with me. Perhaps next week, if someone wants to go in the morning, say, of next Wed, you would let me know? Lisa (Feather) --- On Tue, 1/10/12, AlbionWood wrote: From: AlbionWood Subject: [Mendobirds] Tanagers at FB cemetery To: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 6:00 PM   10 January 2012 (Tuesday) - Continuing at the Rose Memorial Cemetery in Fort Bragg (end of Spruce Street) are the Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles and the Nashville Warbler. New additions are at least two Tanagers, which another birder identified as Summer Tanager. At least one of them looked more like a Western to me - it had wing-bars and a pale yellow bill (I briefly thought I was looking at an American Goldfinch). The Tanagers were very actively foraging in the Banksia trees and frequently flew from tree to tree. In addition to the above, the Banksias were full of other birds: Townsend's and Yellow-rumped Warblers, Pygmy Nuthatches, Anna's Hummingbirds, and occasional Starlings and Robins. The other birder present had seen both Red-Breasted and Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers flying between the Banksias and the Eucalyptus. Not bad for 45 minutes of birding. Cheers, Tim Bray Albion [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Western Tanagers at FB cemetery From: AlbionWood <albionwood AT wildblue.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:13:52 -0800 Correcting my post from yesterday - I heard back from the other birder and he counted four (4) Western Tanagers, not Summer. My bad. Tim ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Little Lake Valley - Beaver Pond at Outlet Creek From: "nexttothelastmanonearth" <nexttothelastmanonearth AT yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:43:22 -0000 10 January,2012 Dear Fellow Birders: Dave Bengston and I went out to take a look at the pond created by the beaver dam on Outlet Creek just below the east side of the Hwy 101(Outlet Creek) bridge where 101 meets the Reynolds Hwy (about five minutes north of Willits). Among the dozens of usual suspects were a single Canvasback, a single Northern Pintail, and at least one Eurasion Wigeon. There were so many hidden waterfowl, that there must be other interesting birds there. The lighting is not too great because the only location for viewing much of the pond is a muddy turnout on the Reynolds Highway a few hundred yards east from Hwy. 101. From that vantage point, one must look in a southerly direction through a scope and so the glare can be difficult when the sun is out. While we were scoping out the pond, a Sherrif's deputy (Brad?) stopped by for a friendly chat and mentioned another beaver dam on Outlet Creek. It is about 1.5 miles east up Highway 162 toward Covelo from Highway 101. Dave and I went up to take a look (less than 10 minutes from the first pond), and the only notable birds there were a couple pair of Wood Ducks and a Red-tailed Hawk roosting in a tree above the pond. Of interest though, was a single beaver on the north side of the pond and a single river otter eating a salmon on the south side. Dave mentioned to me that he used to go swimming in Outlet Creek when he was young, but I am pretty sure the creek isn't that old. Good Birding! Mike Curry Willits ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: BARRED OWLS IN CALIFORNIA, a program by Mike Stephens at MCAS Jan. 16 meeting From: "AdamH" <ahutchins AT parks.ca.gov> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:03:49 -0000 Mike Stephens BARRED OWLS IN CALIFORNIA THE EFFECTS OF THEIR RECENT ARRIVAL Presented by Mendocino Coast Audubon Society Monday, January 16th, at 7 pm in the Fort Bragg Town Hall Learn about the barred owls' expanding range across the US and it's effects on other species and the environment with an emphasis on spotted owl conservation and timberland management in Mendocino county. Mike Stephens started working with Spotted Owls in 1996 and has worked for the U.S Forest Service, Redwood Sciences Lab, The National Council for Air and Stream Improvement. Since 2006, Mike has owned and operated his own business now called "Strix Wildlife Consulting". He moved to the Mendocino Coast in 2000 to work on a 5 year radiotelemetry study tracking spotted owls' use of habitat in redwood forests. He decided to stay on the coast after that project was completed. Through his business Mike now provides spotted owl survey work for a variety of landowners throughout the county including; the conservation fund, Redwood Forest Foundation, Jackson Demonstration State Forest and Mendocino Redwood Company. ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: List - MEN Coast CBC 12/30/11 Karen H (Long) From: K A Havlena <kahavlena AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:20:05 -0800 (PST) Below is the list of birds seen on the Mendocino Coast CBC (aka "Manchester").  Thanks to all of the participants! Gtr White-fronted Goose - 7        Common Murre - 9 Snow Goose - 1                          Ancient Murrelet - 4 Ross's Goose - 1                        Cassin's Auklet - 1 Cackling Goose - 101                  Rock Pigeon - 6 Canada Goose - 114                    Eurasian Collared-Dove - 81 Tundra Swan - 8                          Mourning Dove - 12 Mallard - 307                                Barn Owl - 19 American Wigeon - 68                  Western Screech Owl - 6 Northern Shoveler - 12                  Great Horned Owl - 7 Northern Pintail - 19                      Northern Pygmy-Owl - 4 Am Green-winged Teal - 218        Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1 Ring-necked Duck - 5                  Anna's Hummingbird - 41 Greater Scaup - 17                      Belted Kingfisher - 1 Lesser Scaup - 1                          Red-breasted Sapsucker - 3 Surf Scoter - 12                            Downy Woodpecker - 5 Bufflehead - 102                          Hairy Woodpecker - 4 Hooded Merganser - 1                  Northern Flicker - 42 Common Merganser - 6                Black Phoebe - 52 Red-breasted Merganser - 4          Say's Phoebe - 1 Ruddy Duck - 19                          Hutton's Vireo - 2 Wild Turkey - 40                            Gray Jay - 6 California Quail - 123                    Steller's Jay - 42 Red-throated Loon - 5                  Western Scrub-Jay - 16 Pacific Loon - 1                            Common Raven - 214 Common Loon - 4                        Violet-green Swallow - 2 Pied-billed Grebe - 19                  Tree Swallow - 6 Horned Grebe - 16                        Chestnut-backed Chickadee - 46 Eared Grebe - 151                        Bushtit - 61 Western Grebe - 5                        Pygmy Nuthatch - 14 Northern Fulmar - 1                      Brown Creeper - 4 Brown Pelican - 85                        Bewick's Wren - 5 Brandt's Cormorant - 79                Pacific Wren - 81 Double-crested Cormorant - 7      Marsh Wren - 13 Pelagic Cormorant - 32                Golden-crowned Kinglet - 30 Great Blue Heron - 11                    Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 49 Great Egret - 123                          Western Bluebird - 12 Snowy Egret - 1                            Hermit Thrush - 28 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1      American Robin - 567 Turkey Vulture - 121                      Varied Thrush - 81 Osprey - 1                                    Wrentit - 23 White-tailed Kite - 9                      European Starling - 856 Northern Harrier - 17                      American Pipit - 11 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1                Cedar Waxwing - 4 Cooper's Hawk - 4                        Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - 8              Yellow-rumped Warbler - 272 Red-tailed Hawk - 41                    Townsend's Warbler - 9 Ferruginous Hawk - 5                    Black & White Warbler - 1 American Kestrel - 30                    Spotted Towhee - 6 Peregrine Falcon - 6                      California Towhee - 7 Virginia Rail - 2                              Savannah Sparrow - 20 Sora - 1                                        Fox Sparrow - 58 American Coot - 210                      Song Sparrow - 121 Pacific Golden-Plover - 3              Lincoln's Sparrow - 3 Snowy Plover - 11                        White-throated Sparrow - 2 Killdeer - 169                                White-crowned Sparrow - 554 Black Oystercatcher - 20                Golden-crowned Sparrow - 101 Black Turnstone - 15                      Dark-eyed Junco - 151 Sanderling - 124                            Red-winged Blackbird - 283 Western Sandpiper - 25                Western Meadowlark - 73 Least Sandpiper - 21                    Brewer's Blackbird - 657 Dunlin - 7                                      Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 Wilson's Snipe - 7                        Purple Finch - 12 Mew Gull - 47                                House Finch - 28 California Gull - 620                      Red Crossbill - 14 Herring Gull - 78                            Pine Siskin - 106 Thayer's Gull - 1                            American Goldfinch - 8 Western Gull - 207                        House Sparrow - 31 Glaucous-winged Gull - 57                  SPECIES TOTAL - 135 Because of very, dry conditions prior to the count, then drizzle and fog on the morning of the count, numbers were low.  The Tundra Swans were at an all-time low of 8.  Thanks again to the area leaders and participants who braved the elements! Karen Havlena, Compiler [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Tanagers at FB cemetery From: AlbionWood <albionwood AT wildblue.net> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:00:35 -0800 10 January 2012 (Tuesday) - Continuing at the Rose Memorial Cemetery in Fort Bragg (end of Spruce Street) are the Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles and the Nashville Warbler. New additions are at least two Tanagers, which another birder identified as Summer Tanager. At least one of them looked more like a Western to me - it had wing-bars and a pale yellow bill (I briefly thought I was looking at an American Goldfinch). The Tanagers were very actively foraging in the Banksia trees and frequently flew from tree to tree. In addition to the above, the Banksias were full of other birds: Townsend's and Yellow-rumped Warblers, Pygmy Nuthatches, Anna's Hummingbirds, and occasional Starlings and Robins. The other birder present had seen both Red-Breasted and Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers flying between the Banksias and the Eucalyptus. Not bad for 45 minutes of birding. Cheers, Tim Bray Albion ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: 01/10: Talmage/Gielow Lane Snow Goose From: "Chuck and Barbara Vaughn" <cevaughn AT pacific.net> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:53:45 -0800 (PST) Greetings Mendobirders- The large mixed flock of geese that frequents the Gielow Lane/Old River Road farm reservoir now includes an immature Snow Goose, or it did at about 930 today. The Canada and Cackling Geese were joined by a single Greater White-fronted Goose as early as 12/15 and a second as early as 1/1. The Cackling Geese all appear to be "minima", and have been around in various numbers since late October. I believe that this group of geese moves around the southern end of the Ukiah valley. Steve Stump phoned me before 800 today to tell me that he had just seen an immature Snow Goose on the oxidation ponds at the Ukiah Sewage Treatment Plant. Chuck -- Chuck and Barbara Vaughn Ukiah, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Brown Pelicans - Lots! From: Karen Havlena <jkhavlena AT yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:28:14 -0800 (PST) 10 January, 2012 -- This morning, well over 200 Brown Pelicans have flown south past Ocean Meadows, Ten Mile River area.  Unfortunately, I can't leave the house, not even to go look over the bluff, to see if the birds are gathering at the river mouth.  Perhaps, the low pressure system is moving them.  Many of the pelicans are adults, some quite light, but still Brown Pelicans.  Karen Havlena Ocean Meadows/Ten Mile Area North of Fort Bragg, MEN, California [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Snow Goose at Lake Mendocino From: "sauntergs" <steveg AT pacific.net> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:38:19 -0000 This afternoon I saw a SNOW GOOSE leading 4 Canada geese flying north along the eastern shore of Lake Mendocino. When I was on the north end of the lake near the North Boat Ramp latter in the afternoon the snow goose called as it flew south with one Canada goose as the other three Canada geese also flew. The 5 geese met over the lake and flew together towards the southeast. Steve Grams ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: need for Baltimore Oriole doc From: Robert Keiffer <rjkeiffer AT ucdavis.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:10:23 +0000 9 January 2012 - On the January 2, 2012 Fort Bragg CBC, Al Demartini saw and photographed a first-winter Baltimore Oriole a the Rose Memorial Cemetery. Photos from Al and subsequent photos from Roger Foote look very good to document this as Mendocino County's first accepted record of this species. However, this observation record must first be reviewed by the Mendocino County Bird Review Committee, and accepted, before it can be considered the official "first" record for the county. If any of you have seen this bird, or happen to see it in the near future (watch the Banksia trees) , please take good descriptive notes and send them my way so that I may include them in the MCBRC review packet. Trust me ...the more documentation the better ...and it is always good to have written details to enhance the photos. Good birding. Bob Keiffer rjkeiffer AT ucdavis.edu [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: watefowl abounds at Little Lake Valley From: Robert Keiffer <rjkeiffer AT ucdavis.edu> Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:53:57 +0000 8 January 2012 - Marisela de Santa Anna telephoned me last evening to tell me that Little Lake Valley - north end (Willits) is flooded due to a beaver dam at the outlet of Baechtel Creek. The flooded north end of the valley has attracted quantities of waterfowl ... more than Marisela can recall in past winters. She saw at least two Eurasian Wigeon, many American Wigeon, along with Canvasback, Green-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal ... and heard reports of high numbers of Canada/Cackling Geese. She is hoping that someone else can do some scoping and really check out the species and numbers. Keep in mind that beavers are very rare in Mendocino County also. Good birding. Bob Keiffer [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Birds continuing at FB Cemetery From: "carolynkinet" <ckinet AT gmail.com> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:54:08 -0000 Sun., Jan 8 -- Toby Tobkin was at the Fort Bragg Cemetery this morning and saw the Baltimore Oriole, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Nashville Warbler that were recorded during our CBC. They were in the general area of the Banksia trees that the birds seem to prefer. For Toby Tobkin .. Carolyn Kinet Inglenook ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Cackling & White-fronted Geese From: "Dave" <algott AT comcast.net> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:46:54 -0000 Today at noon there were 8 Cackling Geese and 2 Greater White-fronted Geese at the Gielow Pond on River Road. Pond is located at the corner of River Rd and Gielow Ln, directly south of Talmage a couple of miles and on the west side of Old River Rd and no side of Gielow Ln. They were with more than 130 Canadian Geese. Many of the geese are sometimes impossible to see because they go over the pond embankment on the west side. If you drive down Gielow you can see some of them that are hidden from viewing on Old River Rd. Dave Bengston Ukiah ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: (unknown) From: Jeff Petit <bethandjeff35 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 06:04:21 -0800 (PST) There was a small white heron or egret feeding in the same pond as the Ross's Goose.  This could be a Snowy Egret or a juvenile Little Bue Heron?  Didn't see the feet.  We'll go back again today and try to identify it if it's still there.    Is there a final compliation list yet?  Or where do we find it?   Enjoy, Beth and Jeff [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Northern Flicker - Yellow Feather/Shafted From: "birdmanofthewoods3" <birdmanofthewoods3 AT yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:20:47 -0000 My brother sent me a picture of some feathers he found in his yard four miles inland from the coast in Littleriver. I identified them as feathers from a Northern Flicker. The tail feather with the barb on it I thought was a clincher. However, I have never seen a "yellow shafted" Northern Flicker around here. It seems I remember that Ron LeValley and others said something about seeing yellow Northern Flickers up north somewhere. Unless I am wrong, I think this might be a good example that they also occur here in Littleriver. Picture of feathers posted at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/photos/album/169685695/pic/list Rick Harris ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Canvasback From: "katemarianchild" <katem AT mcn.org> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:33:05 -0000 Wed., Jan. 4, 2011 I saw a canvasback at Lake Pennyroyal two days ago. I haven't gone up since to see if it's continuing. Also present were two American wigeon, two hooded mergansers, two buffleheads, 6 ring-necks, 22 ruddy ducks, and numerous uncountworthy coots. Kate ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: possible Ross's Goose From: "carolynkinet" <ckinet AT gmail.com> Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:40:23 -0000 Fri., Jan 6. - Lisa, the possible Ross's Goose you saw may be same goose (positively id'd as a Ross's by Toby Tobkin) that we saw on the GP property during the Fort Bragg CBC. Ours was near one of the ponds, but foraging by itself. Perhaps it got lonely? Carolyn Kinet Inglenook ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: possible Ross's Goose From: "Lisa Walker \(Feather\)" <feather7023 AT sbcglobal.net> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 14:35:38 -0800 (PST) I think I saw one on December 30th at the cliffs above Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, foraging with our resident flock of Canada Geese. I will post a photo that I got (through the fence, and a bit blurry, showing its back) on the site soon. --- On Fri, 1/6/12, Jeff Petit wrote: From: Jeff Petit Subject: [Mendobirds] possible Ross's Goose To: "Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com" Date: Friday, January 6, 2012, 10:09 AM   Hi, Yesterday afternoon we saw a small white goose with black wing tips feeding with mallards (about the same size as them) in the pond on the east side of Garcia flats, just before the straightaway going south.  We're going back today with the scope to confirm and will report later.   Happy New Year, Beth and Jeff [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: possible Ross's Goose From: Robert Keiffer <rjkeiffer AT ucdavis.edu> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 19:25:44 +0000 Beth & Jeff, There was a Ross's Goose in the vicinity on the CBC on December 30th. It will be useful to know how long it stays there. -----Original Message----- From: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com [mailto:Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Petit Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 10:09 AM To: Mendobirds AT yahoogroups.com Subject: [Mendobirds] possible Ross's Goose Hi, Yesterday afternoon we saw a small white goose with black wing tips feeding with mallards (about the same size as them) in the pond on the east side of Garcia flats, just before the straightaway going south. We're going back today with the scope to confirm and will report later. Happy New Year, Beth and Jeff [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: possible Ross's Goose From: Jeff Petit <bethandjeff35 AT yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 10:09:19 -0800 (PST) Hi, Yesterday afternoon we saw a small white goose with black wing tips feeding with mallards (about the same size as them) in the pond on the east side of Garcia flats, just before the straightaway going south.  We're going back today with the scope to confirm and will report later.   Happy New Year, Beth and Jeff [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Northern Goshawk From: "David Jensen" <djensen AT mcn.org> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 11:23:40 -0800 Wednesday, 4-January-2012. At approximately 7:15 a.m., a Northern Goshawk flew across Highway 20 about 200 yards west of the James Creek bridge. Dave Jensen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Eurasian Wigeon in Potter Valley From: George Chaniot <chaniot AT pacific.net> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:51:56 -0800 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 -- Chuck Vaughn and I saw the continuing EURASIAN WIGEON at the pond north of the cemetery in Potter Valley today. In the pasture south of the pond we pished up a HOUSE WREN while expecting Lincoln's Sparrows to pop up. This is one of the few winter records of this species. There was also a bright RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER in the trees near the road. Back at my house we saw one of the four continuing WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS at my feeders. George Chaniot Potter Valley, MEN, CA ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Fort Bragg CBC - rarities From: AlbionWood <albionwood AT wildblue.net> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:36:42 -0800 Topping the list is a female BALTIMORE ORIOLE found by Al DeMartini in a Banksia tree at the Rose Memorial Park cemetery. Al also found a female BULLOCK's ORIOLE, a female YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, and a male NASHVILLE WARBLER in the same area. Warren Wade found a Selasphorus (Allen's?) Hummingbird there as well. Art Morley already reported his female SUMMER TANAGER at the corner of Boice Drive and Pearl Lane. Ron LeValley found PIGEON GUILLEMOT, CASSIN'S AUKLET, and LONG-TAILED DUCK. I don't have location details for those yet. Also, his group found an out-of-season BARN SWALLOW. Richard Hubacek reported another CASSIN'S AUKLET (I believe this was found by Chuck Vaughn off the Mendocino Headlands) and a CALIFORNIA TOWHEE. This last was found at the same spot as last year. Also, Dorothy Tobkin reported three MUTE SWANs but we have to figure out if they are reportable birds. Mike Stephens found a BARRED OWL while we were all enjoying dinner. Cheers, Tim On 1/3/2012 9:54 AM, John Sterling wrote: > so....what were the unexpected rarities???? > > > John Sterling ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Fort Bragg CBC From: AlbionWood <albionwood AT wildblue.net> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:20:18 -0800 That should be thanks to Angela and JUDY! Tim ...perhaps a little tired this morning... On 1/3/2012 9:13 AM, AlbionWood wrote: > Preliminary tally from yesterday's Count is 147 species. Of those, 133 > were on the list, and 11 were unexpected rarities. > > More than 70 people took part, and over 40 of those attended the Count > Dinner, where we found a warm hall, hot pizza, and salad fresh from > Angela's garden! We were a happy bunch of birders, excited to share our > results and hear what others had found. > > Many thanks to everyone involved, especially to Angela and Julie for > taking care of the hall and dinner, and the Area Leaders for managing > all those people and all that territory. > > Cheers, > Tim Bray > CAFB Compiler ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Fort Bragg CBC From: AlbionWood <albionwood AT wildblue.net> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:13:20 -0800 Preliminary tally from yesterday's Count is 147 species. Of those, 133 were on the list, and 11 were unexpected rarities. More than 70 people took part, and over 40 of those attended the Count Dinner, where we found a warm hall, hot pizza, and salad fresh from Angela's garden! We were a happy bunch of birders, excited to share our results and hear what others had found. Many thanks to everyone involved, especially to Angela and Julie for taking care of the hall and dinner, and the Area Leaders for managing all those people and all that territory. Cheers, Tim Bray CAFB Compiler ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Summer Tanager From: Arthur Morley <agmorley AT hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:18:05 -0800 On today's Fort Bragg CBC there was a female Summer Tanager seen at the corner of Pearl Drive and Boice Lane. Pearl Drive goes east from Hwy 1 about 2 miles south of the Botanical Garden and just north of the Pine Beach Inn motel. Boice Lane intersects Pearl Dr. about .5 mile east of Hwy l. The bird was seen by 6 observers for about 10 minutes in clear view. Art Morley 964-2541 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. Or, send a blank email to these addresses: Turn off email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-nomail AT yahoogroups.com Resume email delivery: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-normal AT yahoogroups.com Subject: Harris' Hawk in FB From: AlbionWood <albionwood AT wildblue.net> Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:01:54 -0800 Forwarded from the Mendocino-Announce list: > A local breeder and falconer has lost a very young Harris Hawk. The bird > is very large, chocolate brown all over with a white stripe at the base > and end of its tail. The bird was bred in captivity and was being trained > for falconry purposes, but is too young to know how to fly properly and > cannot hunt for itself. It's been loose for 4 days and has about a week > before it succumbs to starvation. Anyone seeing a bird that looks like > this can call Brent at 961-0223 But, please check the colors before > calling if you have simply seen a large bird. The bird also has a band on > its leg. The bird was last seen at the south end of Fort Bragg, about two > miles east of the highway--but it can fly so might be sighted anywhere. > 961-0223 ------------------------------------ Unsubscribe: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-unsubscribe AT yahoogroups.com Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS Listowners: mailto:MENDOBIRDS-owner AT yahoogroups.com For vacation suspension of mail go to the website. Click on Edit My Membership and set your mail option to No Email. 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