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Date: 10/18/26 7:16 am
From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Noyo Pelagics -October 17th highlights and Nov 1st now a Half-dayer
Greetings Mendo birders -

Yesterday's trip was very active, with 57-60 F degree water temps still
keeping things cool off our shore, but with signs of El Nino continuing
to accrue, not necessarily due to our local sea surface temps but
because there may be nothing to eat down south.

Outside of the harbor, 100s of Black-vented Shearwaters were streaming
north. Before this week this species had not been recorded in the county
for over 10 years, but we ended up with over 1300 of them!

In with the BVSHs we ran into a pod of Common Dolphins, another
warm-water species with only a couple of previous records that anyone
can recall. A small group of Pacific White-sided and Northern Right
Whale Dolphins came in to greet the visitors. Dozens of Humpback Whales
then began blowing and feeding, and performing full breaches all around
us, astonishing all on board. You'd think we were off Lahaina.

Conditions were calm until midday, when winds picked up to 20 knots or
so, out 25 miles, but with low swell, providing a nice push back to
harbor. We had 100s of gulls and sheawaters and dozens of Black-footed
Albatrosses following our popcorn and fish-bit trail us all day, and we
put out four menhaden oil slicks.

We ended up with seven shearwater species including Flesh-footed,
Short-tailed, and Manx, possibly an 8th which you'll hear about if
photos pan out, but probably not. Other avian highlights included 20+
Black Storm-Petrels and a few Ashies, two Laysan Albatrosses, two Tufted
Puffins in their spooky Halloween winter plumage, 4-5 South Polar Skuas,
10 or so Pomarine Jaegers, both phalaropes, four species of alcids, and
a late Sabine's Gull.

Due to low signups we have switched our scheduled trip of November 1st
to a half-day trip, leaving the dock at a more reasonable 9 am for this
time of the year. We will still be able to get out to the outer canyon,
an area in which we encountered all of the marine mammal action and all
bird species on this trip, though most storm-petrels were farther out.

https://noyopelagics.com/

We'll get the information on the website for 11/1 trip changed but until
then signing up for the full-day trip will work. Cost will be $125,
payable at the dock. Also our 11/30 trip has gained a lot of buzz and
may fill soon, so if you are interested in that trip, targeting Mottled
Petrel and Short-tailed Albatross, I wouldn't wait around.

Hope to see you on the 1st and/or the 30th.

Peter


On 10/13/2026 9:00 AM, Peter Pyle wrote:
> Greeting Mendo birders -
>
> We still have room on on full-day pelagic trip and hope you'd consider
> joining us. Since I posted the message to the Bay Area list serves on
> Saturday (below) the weather forecast has indeed still held, with
> rather light NW winds inshore and a shear of moderate winds offshore.
> This can be ideal for both mammals inshore and birds along the shear.
> What's more, the winds are relatively calm on Friday so we won't have
> that choppy slop left over from the day before, as we have experienced
> on a couple of our recent trips (despite calmer winds that day). Tim
> says swell conditions look good, and if he say's this, you better
> believe it!
>
> Yesterday and Sunday there were whale spouts dotting the horizon off
> the Mendocino Botanical Garden and Pomo Bluffs. Ocean temps are still
> an unseasonably cool or at least average 55 F at the Pt Arena buoy,
> currently, so this may keep things lively out there.
>
> To sign up:
>
> https://noyopelagics.com/
>
> Cheers, Peter
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:     Re: Noyo Pelagics -October 17th
> Date:     Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:28:56 -0700
> From:     Peter Pyle <ppyle...>
> To:     North Bay Birds <northbaybirds...>, <SFBirds...>,
> East Bay Birds <ebb-sightings...>
> CC:     Tim Bray <tbray...>, Chuck and Barbara Vaughn
> <cevaughn...>, Roger Adamson <radamson...>
>
> Greetings Bay area birders -
>
> We still have some room on our pelagic trip for this coming Saturday,
> October 17th. At this point light to moderate NW winds are predicted
> but this can change. These conditions would be great for birding and
> whale-watching if the prediction holds.
>
> We continue to have strong upwelling which  has kept our sea surface
> temperatures cool. Fisherman have been reporting an abundance of birds
> and marine mammals over Noyo Canyon, attracted by the marine
> productivity associated with upwelling. At the same time signs of El
> Niño have come in the form of 6-8 boobies so far off Mendo and some
> 400 Black Storm-Petrels on a half day trip we ran on September 27th.
> We also had some close and thrilling encounters with Blue Whales that
> day; see our report and photos at
>
> https://noyopelagics.com/september-27th-2026-half-day-trip-for-pelagic-birds-and-mammals/#
>
>
> Also in case you missed it our combined report for three August trips:
>
> https://noyopelagics.com/august-3rd-16th-30-pelagic-birds-and-mammals/
> including Hawaiian Petrels, crowd-pleasing Nazca Booby, and six
> species of storm-petrels including Townsend's.
>
> We still have 1-2 scholarships available for high school and college
> students, sponsored by Mendocino Coast Audubon. If interested in one
> of these, contact Tim Bray (cc'd above). Also sponsored by MCAS is a
> camp site reserved at MacKerricher State Park for the night of the
> 16th-17th. If interested in taking advantage of this, contact Roger
> Adamson (cc'd above).
>
> To reserve a slot on our trip: https://noyopelagics.com/
>
> Also note that we have added a full-day trip for November 30th to see
> if we can find Mottled Petrels, a species that has become somewhat of
> a Holy Grail for pelagic bird enthusiasts off California. They pass
> through during a short period in late November and early December, a
> time of the year when only a lucky few one-day pelagic trips have been
> able to get out and find them. With our Pterodroma manna, we figure
> outer Noyo Canyon will be as good as any place to see them,
>
> Hope to see you on the 17th!
>
> Peter



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Date: 10/18/26 6:31 am
From: Robert Keiffer via groups.io <rjkeiffer...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Help with Audio ID
 

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Date: 10/18/26 4:08 am
From: Chuck Dresel via groups.io <cfdresel...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Help with Audio ID
Hey My Mendo Birding Friends,
I hope you had a great day out on the Pacific today. I had hoped to be able to join you but I'm still recovering from a bike crash so no boats for me. I was camping at A.W. Way County Park near the start of the Lost Coast Trail (Humboldt Co.) last night and had 3 Owl species. Western Screech, Great Horned, and what I believe to be Barred Owl. On the attached recording what I think is the Barred calls 5 different times. There is also another call on the recording I am not sure of. It occurs at 42 seconds and again at 1:06. It is very faint and can best be heard at full volume with headphones.
I'd appreciate any opinions you all might have.

Cheers,
Chuck Dresel
Napa, CA.


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Date: 10/15/26 7:52 pm
From: Robert Keiffer via groups.io <rjkeiffer...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Black-vented Shearwaters are in Mendo waters today
They look like good candidates to me!
> On Oct 15, 2026, at 7:39 PM, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
>
> This afternoon I saw numerous Black-vented Shearwaters from Laguna Point just north of Fort Bragg. There were at least two bait balls being dived on within a a mile or two of the coast and whales were visible in the distance. There are still places available on the Saturday pelagic trip on the Kraken. Should be a good trip.
> Roger
>
>
>
>
>
> <BVSH-8105.jpg>



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Date: 10/15/26 7:39 pm
From: Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Black-vented Shearwaters are in Mendo waters today
This afternoon I saw numerous Black-vented Shearwaters from Laguna Point
just north of Fort Bragg. There were at least two bait balls being dived
on within a a mile or two of the coast and whales were visible in the
distance. There are still places available on the Saturday pelagic trip
on the Kraken. Should be a good trip.
Roger


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Date: 10/14/26 5:21 pm
From: Robert Keiffer via groups.io <rjkeiffer...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Identification help
 

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Date: 10/14/26 3:19 pm
From: Henrietta Bensussen via groups.io <gardnrz2...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Identification help
This bird looks very like the ones I saw this morning in the SF Bay between near the Berkeley shoreline/Marina. They were diving and flying up. Henri

> On Oct 14, 2026, at 12:26 PM, Michael Coustier via groups.io <mcoustier...> wrote:
>
> Yesterday my wife and I visited the Channel Islands; my novice eyes didn't notice any new species ( lots of cormorants, some grebes and gulls ) but one stuck out as something I've not encountered.
> My best Sibley Birds of the West guess is that it's a "Shearwater"
>
> I exposed it a bit hot so I'm not getting a good sense of additional markers but I'm wondering if anyone here can make a definitive ID ?
> Thank you.

>



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Date: 10/14/26 12:26 pm
From: Michael Coustier via groups.io <mcoustier...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Identification help
Yesterday my wife and I visited the Channel Islands;  my novice eyes didn't notice any new species ( lots of cormorants, some grebes and gulls ) but one stuck out as something I've not encountered.
My best Sibley Birds of the West guess is that it's a "Shearwater"

I exposed it a bit hot so I'm not getting a good sense of additional markers but I'm wondering if anyone here can make a definitive ID ?
Thank you.


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Date: 10/13/26 4:06 pm
From: Tim Bray via groups.io <tbray...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Rusty Blackbird refound
13 October 2026 - The Rusty Blackbird returned to the platform at Laguna
Point just before noon today. We walked out and found no blackbirds,
spent a little time looking around and chatting with two other birders,
and just as we turned around to leave a few Brewer's Blackbirds flew up
and landed on the deck railing. We waited and more came in, and finally
the Rusty landed on the railing a few feet away from us. The Brewer's
clearly hoped we had brought them treats, and when none were offered
they began moving around the point, foraging among the rocks and along
the edges of the vegetated terrace. The flock moved around a lot and the
Rusty was difficult to track, it often disappeared behind rocks. Be
careful, there is one female Red-winged Blackbird with them, but the
Rusty is unmistakable once you see it. Photos in the checklist:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S402106165

Looking at eBird the only previous reports are unattributed historical
records from October 1986 (Garcia River mouth) and November 1989 (Ukiah
WWTP). Great find by Junco Bullick on September 30, and lucky for us it
has stuck around.

--
Cheers,
Tim
“I now belong to a higher cult of mortals for I have seen the
albatross.” Robert Cushman Murphy, 1912
mendocinocoastaudubon.org
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kzyx.org/show/oak-and-thorn

On 10/11/2026 6:10 PM, Roger Adamson via groups.io wrote:
> The (a??) Rusty Blackbird was seen today at Laguna Point about 4:45-5:15 in a flock of about 40 Brewer’s Blackbirds. The birds were foraging on the rocks near the west platform at the west end of Laguna Point. I will add photos to my eBird list.
> Roger Adamson
> Fort Bragg
>
>
>
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Date: 10/13/26 9:00 am
From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Noyo Pelagics -October 17th
Greeting Mendo birders -

We still have room on on full-day pelagic trip and hope you'd consider
joining us. Since I posted the message to the Bay Area list serves on
Saturday (below) the weather forecast has indeed still held, with rather
light NW winds inshore and a shear of moderate winds offshore. This can
be ideal for both mammals inshore and birds along the shear. What's
more, the winds are relatively calm on Friday so we won't have that
choppy slop left over from the day before, as we have experienced on a
couple of our recent trips (despite calmer winds that day). Tim says
swell conditions look good, and if he say's this, you better believe it!

Yesterday and Sunday there were whale spouts dotting the horizon off the
Mendocino Botanical Garden and Pomo Bluffs. Ocean temps are still an
unseasonably cool or at least average 55 F at the Pt Arena buoy,
currently, so this may keep things lively out there.

To sign up:

https://noyopelagics.com/

Cheers, Peter


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Subject:     Re: Noyo Pelagics -October 17th
Date:     Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:28:56 -0700
From:     Peter Pyle <ppyle...>
To:     North Bay Birds <northbaybirds...>, <SFBirds...>,
East Bay Birds <ebb-sightings...>
CC:     Tim Bray <tbray...>, Chuck and Barbara Vaughn
<cevaughn...>, Roger Adamson <radamson...>

Greetings Bay area birders -

We still have some room on our pelagic trip for this coming Saturday,
October 17th. At this point light to moderate NW winds are predicted but
this can change. These conditions would be great for birding and
whale-watching if the prediction holds.

We continue to have strong upwelling which  has kept our sea surface
temperatures cool. Fisherman have been reporting an abundance of birds
and marine mammals over Noyo Canyon, attracted by the marine
productivity associated with upwelling. At the same time signs of El
Niño have come in the form of 6-8 boobies so far off Mendo and some 400
Black Storm-Petrels on a half day trip we ran on September 27th. We also
had some close and thrilling encounters with Blue Whales that day; see
our report and photos at

https://noyopelagics.com/september-27th-2026-half-day-trip-for-pelagic-birds-and-mammals/#

Also in case you missed it our combined report for three August trips:

https://noyopelagics.com/august-3rd-16th-30-pelagic-birds-and-mammals/
including Hawaiian Petrels, crowd-pleasing Nazca Booby, and six species
of storm-petrels including Townsend's.

We still have 1-2 scholarships available for high school and college
students, sponsored by Mendocino Coast Audubon. If interested in one of
these, contact Tim Bray (cc'd above). Also sponsored by MCAS is a camp
site reserved at MacKerricher State Park for the night of the 16th-17th.
If interested in taking advantage of this, contact Roger Adamson (cc'd
above).

To reserve a slot on our trip: https://noyopelagics.com/

Also note that we have added a full-day trip for November 30th to see if
we can find Mottled Petrels, a species that has become somewhat of a
Holy Grail for pelagic bird enthusiasts off California. They pass
through during a short period in late November and early December, a
time of the year when only a lucky few one-day pelagic trips have been
able to get out and find them. With our Pterodroma manna, we figure
outer Noyo Canyon will be as good as any place to see them,

Hope to see you on the 17th!

Peter


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Date: 10/12/26 4:15 pm
From: David Jensen via groups.io <djensen...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Fort Bragg Cackling Geese
October 12, 2026. Eight Cackling Geese flew into the athletic field near CV Starr pool in Fort Bragg along with several Canadas.


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Date: 10/11/26 6:10 pm
From: Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Rusty Blackbird refound
The (a??) Rusty Blackbird was seen today at Laguna Point about 4:45-5:15 in a flock of about 40 Brewer’s Blackbirds. The birds were foraging on the rocks near the west platform at the west end of Laguna Point. I will add photos to my eBird list.
Roger Adamson
Fort Bragg


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Date: 10/9/26 8:25 pm
From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Four golden-plovers at Ward Ave
There ended up being five golden-plovers in a flock of 74 BBPL that were
flying in a tight flock over the ocean but they did not land in view.
The surf was tumultuous and this may have been another reason they were
skittish today at high tide.

One of them is the continuing American, same bird first found here on
the 2nd and again by Roger on the 7th.  It has a distinctive underpart
pattern with a darker chest contrasting with a paler abdomen. The breast
is all I manged to get photos of before they all bolted. Three
identified Pacifics and the fourth one a sp.

Will post photos in a bit.

The hybrid oystercatcher continues at Laguna Pt and there were 3-4
Gadwall in Lake Cleone. A couple of duck flocks also flew south over the
ocean.

This evening south of Ft Bragg about 510 Cackling Geese flew over in
three flocks. Get ready for a flight day tomorrow and listen for them
tonight. It's great to be able to see again after a week in the pea soup.

Cheers, Peter

On 10/9/2026 5:53 PM, Robert Keiffer wrote:
> The shape of the spotting on the tertials looks identical to me.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 5:47 PM, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
>>
>> This is the closest I have to a front shot of the bird on 10/7 (7694) and on 10/2 (7407). Appears to be the same bird; pattern of spots on the tertials looks the same.
>> R
>>
>>> On 2026-10-09 5:20 pm, Peter Pyle via groups.io wrote:
>>> I think AMGP and also think it's still there but I'd like to compare photos a bit more. See if it has the blotchy breast of the first bird.
>>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:37, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
>>>> I had another (same?) American GP on Wednesday-still haven’t found time to properly go through photos.
>>>> RHA
>>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:31 AM, Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> wrote:
>>>>> Will have to check photos for species ID. With 60 or so BBPL - very skittish-PEFA?
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 08:46, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
>>>>>> Chris Lamoureux reports seeing a Sabine’s Gull (juvenile) in Little River bay, right in the parking lot this morning. Says it is only the second one he has ever seen, the other having been in Woodland. These are commonly found on pelagic trips, but much less so on the coast.
>>>>>> Roger Adamson for Chris L.
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Date: 10/9/26 5:53 pm
From: Robert Keiffer via groups.io <rjkeiffer...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Four golden-plovers at Ward Ave
The shape of the spotting on the tertials looks identical to me.
> On Oct 9, 2026, at 5:47 PM, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
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> This is the closest I have to a front shot of the bird on 10/7 (7694) and on 10/2 (7407). Appears to be the same bird; pattern of spots on the tertials looks the same.
> R
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>> On 2026-10-09 5:20 pm, Peter Pyle via groups.io wrote:
>> I think AMGP and also think it's still there but I'd like to compare photos a bit more. See if it has the blotchy breast of the first bird.
>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:37, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
>>> I had another (same?) American GP on Wednesday-still haven’t found time to properly go through photos.
>>> RHA
>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:31 AM, Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> wrote:
>>>> Will have to check photos for species ID. With 60 or so BBPL - very skittish-PEFA?
>>>> Peter
>>>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 08:46, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
>>>>> Chris Lamoureux reports seeing a Sabine’s Gull (juvenile) in Little River bay, right in the parking lot this morning. Says it is only the second one he has ever seen, the other having been in Woodland. These are commonly found on pelagic trips, but much less so on the coast.
>>>>> Roger Adamson for Chris L.
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Date: 10/9/26 5:52 pm
From: Robert Keiffer via groups.io <rjkeiffer...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Four golden-plovers at Ward Ave
Can you tell from the comparison of the tertials??
> On Oct 9, 2026, at 5:47 PM, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
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> This is the closest I have to a front shot of the bird on 10/7 (7694) and on 10/2 (7407). Appears to be the same bird; pattern of spots on the tertials looks the same.
> R
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>> On 2026-10-09 5:20 pm, Peter Pyle via groups.io wrote:
>> I think AMGP and also think it's still there but I'd like to compare photos a bit more. See if it has the blotchy breast of the first bird.
>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:37, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
>>> I had another (same?) American GP on Wednesday-still haven’t found time to properly go through photos.
>>> RHA
>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:31 AM, Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> wrote:
>>>> Will have to check photos for species ID. With 60 or so BBPL - very skittish-PEFA?
>>>> Peter
>>>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 08:46, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
>>>>> Chris Lamoureux reports seeing a Sabine’s Gull (juvenile) in Little River bay, right in the parking lot this morning. Says it is only the second one he has ever seen, the other having been in Woodland. These are commonly found on pelagic trips, but much less so on the coast.
>>>>> Roger Adamson for Chris L.
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Date: 10/9/26 5:48 pm
From: Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Four golden-plovers at Ward Ave
This is the closest I have to a front shot of the bird on 10/7 (7694)
and on 10/2 (7407). Appears to be the same bird; pattern of spots on the
tertials looks the same.
R

On 2026-10-09 5:20 pm, Peter Pyle via groups.io wrote:
> I think AMGP and also think it's still there but I'd like to compare
> photos a bit more. See if it has the blotchy breast of the first bird.
>
>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:37, Roger Adamson via groups.io
>> <radamson...> wrote:
>>
>> I had another (same?) American GP on Wednesday-still haven’t found
>> time to properly go through photos.
>> RHA
>>
>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:31 AM, Peter Pyle via groups.io
>>> <ppyle...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Will have to check photos for species ID. With 60 or so BBPL - very
>>> skittish-PEFA?
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 08:46, Roger Adamson via groups.io
>>>>> <radamson...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Chris Lamoureux reports seeing a Sabine’s Gull (juvenile) in Little
>>>> River bay, right in the parking lot this morning. Says it is only
>>>> the second one he has ever seen, the other having been in Woodland.
>>>> These are commonly found on pelagic trips, but much less so on the
>>>> coast.
>>>> Roger Adamson for Chris L.
>>>>
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Date: 10/9/26 5:21 pm
From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Four golden-plovers at Ward Ave
I think AMGP and also think it's still there but I'd like to compare photos a bit more. See if it has the blotchy breast of the first bird.

> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:37, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
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> I had another (same?) American GP on Wednesday-still haven’t found time to properly go through photos.
> RHA
>
>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:31 AM, Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> wrote:
>>
>> Will have to check photos for species ID. With 60 or so BBPL - very skittish-PEFA?
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 08:46, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
>>>
>>> Chris Lamoureux reports seeing a Sabine’s Gull (juvenile) in Little River bay, right in the parking lot this morning. Says it is only the second one he has ever seen, the other having been in Woodland. These are commonly found on pelagic trips, but much less so on the coast.
>>> Roger Adamson for Chris L.
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Date: 10/9/26 10:37 am
From: Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Four golden-plovers at Ward Ave
I had another (same?) American GP on Wednesday-still haven’t found time to properly go through photos.
RHA

> On Oct 9, 2026, at 10:31 AM, Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...> wrote:
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> Will have to check photos for species ID. With 60 or so BBPL - very skittish-PEFA?
>
> Peter
>
>> On Oct 9, 2026, at 08:46, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
>>
>> Chris Lamoureux reports seeing a Sabine’s Gull (juvenile) in Little River bay, right in the parking lot this morning. Says it is only the second one he has ever seen, the other having been in Woodland. These are commonly found on pelagic trips, but much less so on the coast.
>> Roger Adamson for Chris L.
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Date: 10/9/26 10:31 am
From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Four golden-plovers at Ward Ave
Will have to check photos for species ID. With 60 or so BBPL - very skittish-PEFA?

Peter

> On Oct 9, 2026, at 08:46, Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...> wrote:
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> Chris Lamoureux reports seeing a Sabine’s Gull (juvenile) in Little River bay, right in the parking lot this morning. Says it is only the second one he has ever seen, the other having been in Woodland. These are commonly found on pelagic trips, but much less so on the coast.
> Roger Adamson for Chris L.
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Date: 10/9/26 10:29 am
From: Charlene McAllister via groups.io <charad...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Sabine’s gull Little River
There is a feeding frenzy going on in a cove just west of Van Damme/Little River Bay. Lots of gulls, pelicans, and cormorants. It's been going on since yesterday. Also very foggy.

Charlene McAllister


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Subject: [Mendobirds] Sabine’s gull Little River

Chris Lamoureux reports seeing a Sabine’s Gull (juvenile) in Little River bay, right in the parking lot this morning. Says it is only the second one he has ever seen, the other having been in Woodland. These are commonly found on pelagic trips, but much less so on the coast.
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Date: 10/9/26 8:46 am
From: Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Sabine’s gull Little River
Chris Lamoureux reports seeing a Sabine’s Gull (juvenile) in Little River bay, right in the parking lot this morning. Says it is only the second one he has ever seen, the other having been in Woodland. These are commonly found on pelagic trips, but much less so on the coast.
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Date: 10/8/26 1:34 pm
From: Dave Bengston via groups.io <davebengston...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] Redwood nestbox scraps
Thanks.

Dave B


> On Oct 8, 2026, at 12:48 PM, Robert Keiffer via groups.io <rjkeiffer...> wrote:
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> The Tali-Pak Lumber in Hopland many times has scrap wood trimmings for free. This is near the railroad tracks on the southside of hwy 175. Currently there is a bunch of redwood 3/4” x misc. up-to-12” wide and 24” long scraps that are perfect for nest box making… if you have a tablesaw and are handy with tools. Good birding! Bob Keiffer Hopland MEN CA. <rjkeiffer...>
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Date: 10/8/26 12:48 pm
From: Robert Keiffer via groups.io <rjkeiffer...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Redwood nestbox scraps
The Tali-Pak Lumber in Hopland many times has scrap wood trimmings for free. This is near the railroad tracks on the southside of hwy 175. Currently there is a bunch of redwood 3/4” x misc. up-to-12” wide and 24” long scraps that are perfect for nest box making… if you have a tablesaw and are handy with tools. Good birding! Bob Keiffer Hopland MEN CA. <rjkeiffer...>


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Date: 10/3/26 9:24 pm
From: Sarah via groups.io <redwoodsinger...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] red crossbills in Fort Bragg
Yes! we have had them intermittently year round at our feeders a couple miles east on 20! We’ve lived here 6 years. I’ve heard them more than seen them the past few weeks. They prefer the tubular feeder with holes on the sides which I imagine is similar to reaching the bill into a conifer cone. They are not skiddish at all and very curious. We have several elevated water baths that they also frequent. In the past ( years ago) we recorded and used Spectograms to id their flight calls as Type 2 but haven’t recorded them recently. Such amazing birds. Sarah
On Saturday, October 3, 2026, 6:44 PM, Linda Perkins via groups.io <lperkins...> wrote:

My sunflower seed feeder was visited this afternoon about 1:30 by a
flock of red crossbills. There was much coming and going and jostling
but I guessed there were perhaps 8-10 or more of them, males, females,
juveniles - six or seven birds at a time on my tiny feeder that's inside
a protective chicken-wire globe.

I didn't know crossbills visited feeders but just read on Cornell that
they occasionally do. I live out Hwy 20 near Jackson State, so being
near the conifers, including pines and dougfir, made it more likely to
see them at my feeder.

No pictures, unfortunately.

Is anyone else seeing them?

Linda.











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Date: 10/3/26 6:44 pm
From: Linda Perkins via groups.io <lperkins...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] red crossbills in Fort Bragg
My sunflower seed feeder was visited this afternoon about 1:30 by a
flock of red crossbills. There was much coming and going and jostling
but I guessed there were perhaps 8-10 or more of them, males, females,
juveniles - six or seven birds at a time on my tiny feeder that's inside
a protective chicken-wire globe.

I didn't know crossbills visited feeders but just read on Cornell that
they occasionally do. I live out Hwy 20 near Jackson State, so being
near the conifers, including pines and dougfir, made it more likely to
see them at my feeder.

No pictures, unfortunately.

Is anyone else seeing them?

Linda.



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Date: 10/2/26 2:49 pm
From: Robert Keiffer via groups.io <rjkeiffer...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] American & Pacific Golden-Plovers
2 Oct 2026 There is an American Golden-Plover AND a Pacific Golden-Plover mixed with the large flock of Black-bellied Plovers at the end of Ward Avenue, Cleone, MEN CA. Good birding! Bob Keiffer. Hopland MEN CA <rjkeiffer...>


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Date: 10/1/26 2:50 pm
From: Richard Trissel via groups.io <rich_trissel...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] One, possibly two, Tropical Kingbirds in Point Arena
                                                                                               Point Arena, 8:45a, October  01, 2026
Hello,
This morning at 8:45a there was a TROPICAL KINGBIRD on the Point Arena Lighthouse Road about 1/4 mile from Highway 1.
At 10:25a there was a TROPICAL KINGBIRD on the power line above Highway 1 in Point Arena near the Community Center.  The bird looked VERY similar to the bird seen at 8:45 but not certain if it was the same individual.
Good Birding,
Rich Trissel Gualala


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Date: 9/28/26 2:55 pm
From: Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Pacific Golden-Plover still here
Chris L. tells me he saw the PAGP again today, Monday, about 1:30 in the same place, just below the parking area at the northwest end of Ward Ave.
RHA


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Date: 9/27/26 4:45 pm
From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...>
Subject: Re: [Mendobirds] highlights Half-day Noyo Pelagics trip Sunday 9/27
 

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Date: 9/25/26 4:03 pm
From: Roger Adamson via groups.io <radamson...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Pacific Golden-Plover Ward Avenue
Chris L. Found a Pacific Golden-Plover at Ward Avenue today, just directly down from the parking area at the northwest corner of Ward Ave. in company with nearly 100 Black-bellied Plover, Dunlin, whimbrel, assorted sandpipers.
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Date: 9/25/26 2:06 pm
From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Half-day trip Sunday 9/27, 7:30 am
Greetings Mendobirders,

I think we still have a couple of spots left on Sunday's trip - if you
are not redirected to a waiting list you're good. Weather looks pretty
ideal now - the forecast has come down a bit and it looks like NW winds
at 10-15 inshore and 15-20 offshore which should add up to good mammal
and bird observations (especially birds, that like at least a bit of wind).

I just got a report from Kirsten Lindquist of the Greater Farallon
Association that they had some 2,000 Black Storm-Petrels over Cordell
Bank today, a species I bet we'll also see on Sunday.

To sign up: https://noyopelagics.com/
$125

Also of local landlubber interest, I just had a V of about 170 Greater
White-fronted Geese flying S over Jughandle SP.

Hope to see you Sunday!

Peter


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Date: 9/25/26 8:25 am
From: pjmiller1962 via groups.io <pjmiller1962...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Evening Grosbeak
Two still present on my driveway. 44860 Jack Peters Creek Road. Welcome to come. Parking is very limited. Text me at 916-768-7503 if interested.


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Date: 9/20/26 1:10 pm
From: Peter Pyle via groups.io <ppyle...>
Subject: [Mendobirds] Blackburnian, Tennessee, redstarts Botanical Garden
There were quite a few migrant warblers in the garden this morning.

A dull female Blackburnian Warbler was along the trail along the north
border down from the Perennial Garden at 39.40845 -123.81323. It was in
with a flock of chickadees, kinglets Yellow Warblers, and Townsend's
Warblers.

A dull female American Redstart was in the woods to the NE of the Dahlia
Garden, and another HY male was in the alders along the S border at the
veg garden.

A Tennessee Warbler (possibly continuing) was in the re-flower tree
(gum?) just down from the cafe on the right, behind the nursery in the
maintenance yard. There were also 10-12 ANHUs, 3-4 YEWAs, and an OCWA in
this tree.

Good birding,

Peter




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