Greetings,
This past Friday, myself and about 14 other staff and interns from PRBO’s Palomarin Field Station and Wetlands Division had the good fortune of going on a bird walk with one of the legends in Californian (even national) birding, Rich Stallcup. For those of you who have not yet heard his name or are not […]

I had my first Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) of the season just a few minutes ago, here at the Palomarin Field Station. For some reason I could not place the song as it was only doing the Three-Beers, of the expected Quick-Three-Beers song. So after I had the Director of the Terrestrial Divison (Geoff Geupel) […]

Greetings,
While attending a Birthday party on Bolinas Beach today, my roomate (John Musina) and I decided to take a break from the party to see what birds we could find north along the beach. While walking we ran into Steve Howell (author of many bird books including a recent hummingbird book of N.A. and the […]

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Today I had the good fortune of heading to one of our offsites (Pine Gulch) which is located on Bolinas Lagoon. Overall we had a fairly busy day with a total of 18 birds captured in our mist nets. Captured species included Downy Woodpecker, Allen’s Hummingbird, Yellow-rumped “Myrtle” Warbler, American Goldfinch, and Song, White-crowned and […]

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Sorry for the late post, things have been a bit hectic around the field station. On Sunday the 16th a quick scan of the lagoon provided looks at some new arrivals since my last visit there. New birds included Dunlin, Western Sandpiper, and both Long-billed and Short-billed (1) Dowitchers. Other recent additions to the area, although […]

While recent migrants have shown up at sites in Coastal CA in some numbers (Wilson’s Warblers etc.), I have only added a few new species to my year list within the last week, mostly with my friend Chris in town. Recent additions included Black-crowned Night-Heron, Forster’s Tern, and a lingering Thayer’s Gull. However, while talking […]

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Today 4 of us headed out to the Point Reyes National Seashore to band at Muddy Hollow, one of our offsites. While rain threatened for part of the morning, we were able to get our full hours and were able to get some good birds to boot. Many warblers were around the site today, with […]

For myself, seabirds will always hold a special spot in my heart. There is something special about seeing them in the wild, gliding over wind-capped waves. Last year as a matter of fact I observed more species of pelagic birds than ever before, so it is no surprise that my love for tubenoses has only […]

Working on ETC. today I didn’t have much of an opportunity to get out into the field, except for the Area Search which I conducted around the Palo Field Station. Unfortunately, the was Area Search wasn’t very productive and only 24 individual birds were detected within the defined area in a 30 minute period. However, […]

After several days of rain keeping us from working, we were finally able to get a few days of mist netting in during a break from the weather. On Wednesday the 5th I worked at a nearby offsite (Uppers) with Sandra, a fellow bander from Colombia. While the day was fairly slow- we caught 5 […]