http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/ Mendobirds Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:48:31 GMT Frances Oliver http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3574 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3574 Sandhill Crane Festival, Nov 6-8, 2009 There are several events of interest to birders at this year's Sandhill Crane Festival in Lodi. Saturday's featured Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:27:16 GMT David Jensen http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3573 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3573 Thursday, 11/5/2009. The Mendocino Coast Audubon Society invites interested persons with all levels of birding skill to join in our thirty-sixth annual Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:49:57 GMT K A Havlena http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3572 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3572 Tues, 3 Nov 2009 -- Dorothy ""Toby" Tobkin called late Tuesday that she saw the COMMON MOORHEN on the east side of Lake Cleone again.  Toby originally found Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:29:47 GMT Becky http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3571 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3571 This morning before 10 a.m. on a shorebird survey, a volunteer spotted what we believe is a Tropical Kingbird in the lone tree on the trail just east of the Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:39:46 GMT K A Havlena http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3570 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3570 Tues, 3 Nov, 2009 -- Dorothy "Toby" Tobkin just called having spotted one ROCK SANDPIPER at Glass Beach, MacKerricher SP in Fort Bragg.  The bird was Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:52:57 GMT Erica Fielder http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3569 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3569 I saw a pair of white-winged scoters in the estuary east of the bridge. The buffleheads returned for the winter 6 or so days ago. Erica Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:00:52 GMT Karen Havlena http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3568 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3568 Tues, 3 Nov 2009 -- The two REDHEADS and one CANVASBACK were still at Lake Cleone, MacKerricher SP, this morning.  I arrived too early for a good view of the Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:45:47 GMT Floyd Hayes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3567 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3567 Yesterday a few of us, including Steve and Diane Rose of Grass Valley, searched in vain for the FRANKLIN'S GULL at Clearlake. However, later in the day Steve Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:51:01 GMT richhubie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3566 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3566 Mon Nov 2, 2009--This afternoon I found 2 REDHEADS at Lake Cleone (approx 3:30). Initially they were at the north side of the Lake approx. 40 yards east of the Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:31:21 GMT Jerry White http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3565 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3565 This morning at about 8:30 AM there was a CATTLE EGRET at the Kelsey Creek Outlet. The bird flew off about 5 minutes later heading west along the shoreline. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:09:52 GMT Karen Havlena http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3564 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3564 Sun, 1 Nov 2009 -- Jim Havlena found a NORTHERN FULMAR (dark morph) right at the water's edge on Seaside Beach just north of the Ten Mile river mouth.  It Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:48:10 GMT Karen Havlena http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3563 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3563 Sun, 1 Nov 2009 -- A pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKs were in the cove at the south bluff Laguna Point, MacKerricher SP this morning.  An adult White-throated Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:09:17 GMT richhubie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3562 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3562 Sat Oct 31, 2009--Most of the reported HOODED MERGANSERS have been in the inland area. I had 5 this morning on a small pond just west of the Little River Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:15:47 GMT Jerry White http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3561 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3561 Floyd Hayes just called. He has found a FRANKLIN'S GULL on the roof of Wal Mart in Clearlake. He estimates there are a 1000 gulls there at this time. This is Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:42:43 GMT John Sterling http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3560 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mendobirds/message/3560 It took me years to find night-herons in Clear Lake area, but I now see them a lot. Could it be that the species is increasing its range/population? Any