'Place to Play' Gets Go-ahead
January General Meeting
Pee Wee Winter Outings
Thank You
Plans for Mayacamas Sanctuary
Volunteer Opportunities
Observations
Midweek Walkabout Results
Birdathon in February
Field Trip Report
1997 Christmas Bird Count
Re-name Pee Wee
Ideal Holiday Gift
Through the Garden Gate: Backyard Birding
Asilomar Regional Conference, April 4-7
Welcome New Members
Bird Watching on TV
Coffee Donation |
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Observations
by Dan Nelson
| Little Blue Heron (1) |
9/26 |
Cypress Grove/Tomales Bay |
RO, et al |
| White-faced Ibis (1) |
9/26 |
Cypress Grove/Tomales Bay |
RO, et al |
| Gr. White-fronted Goose (4) |
9/19 |
S.E. corner Bodega Harbor |
BDP |
| Spotted Owl |
9/20 |
Salmon Creek Rd. |
BP, LD, et al |
| Hooded Merganser (2) |
9/22 |
Carmody Rd. |
BDP |
| White-winged Dove |
9/26-29 |
Wright's Beach |
DN, NW, DE, DH |
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher |
9/27-29 |
Owl Canyon (1st Sonoma Co. Record) |
DMCK, DN, et al |
| Prothonotary Warbler |
9/22-25 |
Campbell Cove (3rd Co. Record) |
DN, MOB |
| Virginia's Warbler |
9/28 |
Owl Canyon (4th Co. Record) |
DN, RR, DA, et al |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler |
9/13-16 |
Owl Canyon |
DN, RR, DH, et al |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
9/20 |
Carmody Rd. |
DA, DH, DE, BDP, DN |
| Orchard Oriole |
9/22-28 |
Campbell Cove (2nd County Record) |
DN, DH, BDP, et al |
| Lawrence's GoldÞnch |
late Sept. |
Campbell Cove |
DN |
| White-crowned Sparrow |
9/25 |
Penngrove -1st winter arrivals |
HB |
| Brewer's Sparrow |
9/25 |
Wright's Beach |
DN, NW |
| Black-throated Sparrow |
9/20 |
Pt. Reyes Lighthouse |
RS |
| Lapland Longspur |
late Sept. |
Bodega Head |
RM |
| October and November |
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| Laysan Albatross |
11/2 |
Offshore Sonoma County |
DN, MOA |
| Buller's Shearwater (12+) |
10/22 |
Bodega Head (offshore) |
BDP, NW, DN |
| Black-vented Shearwater (100+) |
10/20 |
Bodega Head |
RS, et al |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater (4) |
10/17 |
Cordell Banks |
DN, MOA |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater (1) |
11/2 |
offshore Sonoma County |
DN, MOA |
| Short-tailed Shearwater (3-5) |
11/2 |
offshore Marin Co. |
DN, MOA |
| South Polar Skua (4) |
10/17 |
Cordell Banks |
DN, MOA |
| South Polar Skua (2) |
10/29 |
offshore Sonoma County |
DN |
| South Polar Skua (8-10) |
11/2 |
off Sonoma/Marin Co. |
DN, MOA |
| Red-necked Grebe (1) |
10/19 |
Doran Jetty area |
DN |
| Red-necked Grebe (9) |
11/13 |
Doran |
RL, RME |
| Red-necked Grebe (1) |
11/9 |
Salmon Creek |
DB |
| American Bittern |
10/30 |
Schollenberger Park |
LE |
| White Pelican (4) |
10/30 |
high over Petaluma |
WN |
| Peregrine Falcon |
10/4 |
Crane Creek |
BP, et al |
| Peregrine Falcon |
10/28 |
Bodega Bay (near Marine Lab) |
DB |
| Cooper's Hawk |
10/29 |
Petaluma (yard) |
WN |
| Ferruginous Hawk |
11/5 |
Hessel area |
B&EK |
| Ferruginous Hawk |
10/23 |
1 mi. S.of Olema |
LE |
| Burrowing Owl |
10/30 |
Schollenberger Park |
LE |
| Xantu's Murrelet (6) |
10/17 |
Cordell/Bodega Canyon area |
DN, MOA |
| Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (3) |
10/20-21 |
just off Bodega Head |
RS, DN, DE |
| Redhead (2) |
10/21 |
Bodega Farm Pond |
DE |
| Snowy Plover (135) |
10/31 |
Doran Beach |
BB |
| Red-throated Pipit (1) |
10/20 |
Doran Park (calling fly-by) |
RS, et al |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler (male) |
10/17 |
circled boat N.W. of Cordell Bank |
DN, MOA |
| Tropical Kingbird |
10/18 |
Marine Lab residences, Bodega Bay |
R.Reigh, et al |
| Prarie Warbler |
10/20 |
Rail Ponds |
RS, et al |
| Palm Warbler |
10/21 |
Rail Ponds |
DE, DN |
| Black-and-White Warbler |
10/14 |
Campbell Cove |
DB |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird |
10/14 |
Bridgehaven |
DE, DH |
| Indigo Bunting |
10/20-21 |
Rail Ponds |
RS, DN, DE, DS |
| White-throated Sparrow |
10/18 |
Wikiup |
B&BR |
| White-throated Sparrow |
10/22 |
Mayacama Sanctuary |
LP |
| White-throated Sparrow |
10/26 |
Cazadero |
DB, PC, LP |
| White-throated Sparrow |
10/26 |
LarkÞeld |
GR |
Other
| Dusky Warbler |
mid-Oct. |
Antonelli Pond, Santa Cruz |
MOB |
| European Goldfinch |
11/11 |
Hessel area escapee |
E&BK |
Contributors: Dick Ashford, Dennis Beale, Harriet Boyson, Betty
Burridge, Pam Connely, Liz Donatch, Lew Edmondson, Doug Ellis, David Hofmann,
Bev and Ernie Kruse, Rick Lebadour, Roger Marlow, Dave MacKenzie, Richard
Merriss, Mollymawk Offshore Adventures, Dan Nelson, Wini Nelson, Rudy Oppenheimer,
Benjamin D.Parmeter, Bill Payne, Linda Petrulias, Bob and Bertha Rains,
Rhio Reigh, Gail Roper, Ruth Rudesill, Doug Shaw, Rich Stallcup, and Ned
Wynn. |
