Date: 10/21/25 8:50 pm From: Tim Bray via groups.io <tbray...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Mendocino pelagics
Change in plans: The Friday October 31 trip will be a half-day (5 hours) trip, as we didn't have enough signups for an all-day. We still expect to find pretty much all the same birds, as Noyo Canyon puts deepwater marine conditions less than an hour from the harbor - as Peter Pyle notes, we spend as much time in deepwater on a half-day as most other trips do on an all-day. Our half-day trips so far this year have produced Short-tailed Albatross, Manx Shearwater, Cocos Booby, Murphy's Petrel, Hawaiian Petrel, and the candidate Herald Petrel (still under review), for example, so they can definitely pay off.
Recreational crab season opens the following day so you could go back out on the same boat and get limits of rockfish and crab!
noyopelagics.com
Anchor Charter Boats (707) 964-4550
Date: 10/19/25 4:13 pm From: Joe Morlan via groups.io <jmorlan...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Waved Albatross
It appears that only two people submitted documentation for the Waved Albatross to the CBRC. Seems odd there is so little interest. Or is just posting to eBird enough?
Any chance a few more people would be willing to submit photos and documentation to CBRC?
On Mon, 6 Oct 2025 21:15:19 +0000 (UTC), "Peter Colasanti via groups.io" <peter_colasanti...> wrote:
>Hi All, >Yesterday’s Waved Albatross was found at the southwest corner of Cordell Bank Marin just before 1:00 PM snd observed for over 45 minutes. It came to a comfortable distance from the New Sea Angler and interacted with other species, including skua and many Sabine’s Gulls. It was photographed with fleshy food, perhaps squid, which it may have picked from the surface. It flew around the boat a few times, later returning to roost on the water near the boat. Earlier a few participants had a first county Least Storm-petrel in Sonoma County waters.There are no more RROS pelagics scheduled for this year. Logan Kahle is getting up a chase trip to Cordell Bank for tomorrow, Oct 7, which may be full by now. >Peter ColasantiPetaluma > > > > -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA
Date: 10/17/25 10:03 am From: Tim Bray via groups.io <tbray...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Mendocino pelagics
Noyo Pelagics has only three more trips on the schedule. Jump on as many of these as you can, we have had some fantastic trips in October-November. Sign up for any and all at noyopelagics.com
Friday October 31 - All-day offshore seabirding - only a few people have signed up so far and this one is at risk of cancellation if there aren't enough people signed up to go. That would be a shame, as this is near peak migration for many seabirds, and a lot of birds will be moving south out of the Arctic and the Gulf of Alaska. Gull numbers and diversity will be increasing, Jaegers and Skuas may be abundant, Flesh-footed Shearwater is likely, and chances of a rarity like Parakeet Auklet, Horned Puffin, or Mottled Petrel are increasing. We've seen Cocos Booby twice this fall, and with the recent sighting of Waved Albatross at Cordell Bank (less than a day's flight from here, as the Albatross soars) we will be on high alert for another mega-rarity. Whales, dolphins, fur seals, and ocean sunfish are all likely to be encountered as well.
Monday November 3 - Half-day Noyo Canyon mammals and birds - We will be looking for whales (Humpback, Fin, and Blue are all possible) as well as the seabirds that often congregate above them. Several species of Dolphins are also likely, especially if the sea conditions allow us to maintain enough speed to attract the bow-riding Pacific White-sided and Northern Right-whale Dolphins. These half-day trips to the upper Noyo Canyon area have also been extremely productive for seabirds this year, with Petrels, Storm-petrels, Short-tailed Albatross, Cocos Booby, Manx Shearwater, etc. all seen just a few miles out.
Friday November 21 - All day Seabirding - Our November trip last year was amazing, with three Flesh-footed Shearwaters, and a surprising number of Fork-tailed and Leach's Storm-petrels, the latter rarely seen on these trips. We also had a stream of migrating Pomarine Jaegers, probably 40-50 different birds. Best bird was a Horned Puffin (possibly two). We also had Fin Whales.
Hope to see you on the boat - remember to sign up ASAP so the trips aren't canceled.
Date: 10/14/25 7:47 am From: Millie Chu Baird via groups.io <milliechubaird...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Sonoma County insect & bird population
thank you all for the kind replies and the helpful information!
I had read about the decline in bird populations from Audubon and Cornell,
but hadn't noticed it so incredibly acutely until our visits to the ranch
these past few weeks. The difference could also be due to the difference
between spring and fall behavior. These past months haven't been just less
birds, it's been literally no bird sounds. Eerie and odd!
thank you all again and happy birding all.
best,
Millie
On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM Anne Allen <anneallen1993...> wrote:
> Very good article indeed.
> Thank you for sharing!
> Anne Allen
>
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM richard s. cimino via groups.io <rscimino=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
>
>> There has been a recent article in the Pacific Sun newspaper the October
>> 1-7 issue.
>>
>> The article begin with a discussion on the near extinction of the Monarch
>> Butterfly, then morphs into the mass extinction of insects happening right
>> now.
>>
>> It is a wonderful written article focused on acting now, much better
>> written than any of the mass mailing article’s we get seeking donations.
>> It’s a deep felt alert and compassionate call for conservation of all
>> biodiversity.
>>
>> Here is the link:
>>
>>
>>
>> *https://pacificsun.com/another-silent-spring/ >> <https://pacificsun.com/another-silent-spring/>* >>
>>
>>
>> With Appreciation,
>>
>> Rich Cimino
>>
>> www.yellowbilledtours.com
>>
>> Larkspur, Marin County
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* <northbaybirds...> <northbaybirds...> *On Behalf Of *Joe
>> Mueller via groups.io
>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 12, 2025 11:50 AM
>> *To:* <milliechubaird...>
>> *Cc:* <northbaybirds...>
>> *Subject:* Re: [northbaybirds] Sonoma County bird population
>>
>>
>>
>> Mega trend? Absolutely. Wildlife populations have been plummeting for
>> decades. See WWF's 2022 study where they document a 70% average decline in
>> wildlife populations since 1970. With 8.2 billion people on the planet,
>> economies based on growth and people becoming more and more attached to
>> their screens it should come as no surprise. As a college level field
>> biology/biodiversity instructor for the past 35 years I have certainly
>> noticed the depressing decline in our beloved wild friends we share *our*
>> only planet with...
>>
>>
>>
>> *Naturalists live in a world of wounds only they can see.*
>>
>> Aldo Leopold
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM Millie Chu Baird via groups.io
>> <milliechubaird...> wrote:
>>
>> Hi friends-
>> I am a beginning birder; we’ve been visiting a ranch near Healdsburg for
>> the past 10 years and this past year we have the impression that there is a
>> decrease in birds overall. Acorn woodpeckers, turkey vultures, hawks,
>> black phoebes… we normally see and hear lots of finches and robins and
>> sparrows and there are none right now.
>>
>> Has anyone else noticed this? There is probably some mega trend that I am
>> unaware of.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> -Millie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
Date: 10/13/25 5:45 pm From: richard s. cimino via groups.io <rscimino...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Sonoma County insect & bird population
There has been a recent article in the Pacific Sun newspaper the October 1-7 issue.
The article begin with a discussion on the near extinction of the Monarch Butterfly, then morphs into the mass extinction of insects happening right now.
It is a wonderful written article focused on acting now, much better written than any of the mass mailing article’s we get seeking donations. It’s a deep felt alert and compassionate call for conservation of all biodiversity.
From: <northbaybirds...> <northbaybirds...> On Behalf Of Joe Mueller via groups.io
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2025 11:50 AM
To: <milliechubaird...>
Cc: <northbaybirds...>
Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Sonoma County bird population
Mega trend? Absolutely. Wildlife populations have been plummeting for decades. See WWF's 2022 study where they document a 70% average decline in wildlife populations since 1970. With 8.2 billion people on the planet, economies based on growth and people becoming more and more attached to their screens it should come as no surprise. As a college level field biology/biodiversity instructor for the past 35 years I have certainly noticed the depressing decline in our beloved wild friends we share our only planet with...
Naturalists live in a world of wounds only they can see.
Hi friends-
I am a beginning birder; we’ve been visiting a ranch near Healdsburg for the past 10 years and this past year we have the impression that there is a decrease in birds overall. Acorn woodpeckers, turkey vultures, hawks, black phoebes… we normally see and hear lots of finches and robins and sparrows and there are none right now.
Has anyone else noticed this? There is probably some mega trend that I am unaware of.
Date: 10/13/25 8:33 am From: Cynthia Boyer via groups.io <byerbird...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Sonoma County bird population
Mega declines in our birds...let me count just some of the ways/reasons: Habitat loss (both breeding & overwintering), pesticides (there go the insects/food source), window strikes, light "pollution"/interferes with migration, cat predation, severe weather patterns due to changing ocean temps, overall changes in climate....
Despite the statistics that say more and more people have taken up the "hobby" of bird watching, we need more humans to fall in love with getting outdoors and becoming acquainted with our fellow Earthlings...to love them = desire to protect.
As one who has noticed huge declines in our birds when outdoors with my eyes & ears searching for missing species that used to be abundant, I hope more people begin to notice the loss of our feathered friends.
Date: 10/12/25 11:50 am From: Joe Mueller via groups.io <joen8ture...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Sonoma County bird population
Mega trend? Absolutely. Wildlife populations have been plummeting for
decades. See WWF's 2022 study where they document a 70% average decline in
wildlife populations since 1970. With 8.2 billion people on the planet,
economies based on growth and people becoming more and more attached to
their screens it should come as no surprise. As a college level field
biology/biodiversity instructor for the past 35 years I have certainly
noticed the depressing decline in our beloved wild friends we share *our*
only planet with...
*Naturalists live in a world of wounds only they can see.*
Aldo Leopold
On Sun, Oct 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM Millie Chu Baird via groups.io
<milliechubaird...> wrote:
> Hi friends-
> I am a beginning birder; we’ve been visiting a ranch near Healdsburg for
> the past 10 years and this past year we have the impression that there is a
> decrease in birds overall. Acorn woodpeckers, turkey vultures, hawks,
> black phoebes… we normally see and hear lots of finches and robins and
> sparrows and there are none right now.
>
> Has anyone else noticed this? There is probably some mega trend that I am
> unaware of.
>
> Thank you!
> -Millie
>
>
>
>
>
Date: 10/12/25 9:28 am From: Millie Chu Baird via groups.io <milliechubaird...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Sonoma County bird population
Hi friends-
I am a beginning birder; we’ve been visiting a ranch near Healdsburg for the past 10 years and this past year we have the impression that there is a decrease in birds overall. Acorn woodpeckers, turkey vultures, hawks, black phoebes… we normally see and hear lots of finches and robins and sparrows and there are none right now.
Has anyone else noticed this? There is probably some mega trend that I am unaware of.
Date: 10/10/25 9:19 pm From: basquebirder via groups.io <allaboutbirds...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Outer Point 10/10 - Baltimore Oriole and other migrants
Hi all,
Today I birded the Outer Point, where the wind started off light from the SW but increased throughout the day. The day was relatively slow, with some scattered western migrants seen at most sites.
I started at the lighthouse where the highlights were:
- Merlin coming off the ocean at dawn
- a flock of 70+ Violet-green Swallows that circled the lighthouse area throughout the rest of my visit
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in the lupines below the residences
- Northern Mockingbird in a huckleberry by the first cypresses
Went to the Fish Docks next which provided:
- Cackling Goose that flew over the dock
- Warbling Vireo in trees below the house
- Black-throated Gray Warbler with the vireo
I checked the monument at Drake's Beach and then walked down to Horseshoe Pond.
- 60 Northern Pintail at Horseshoe Pond
- 26 Long-billed Curlew on the beach in front of Horseshoe Pond
Driving out of Drake's, the continuing Snow Goose was off the side of the road with the group of Canada Geese.
Lastly, I walked the RCA cypress grove where there were few migrants. However, I lucked into this Baltimore Oriole hanging out in a patch of salmonberry immediately north of the building. Additionally, I heard a Pacific Wren calling from some of the further cypresses. I looked it up and it appears to be first record since 2023 from this location.
eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278434063
Date: 10/6/25 2:15 pm From: Peter Colasanti via groups.io <peter_colasanti...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Waved Albatross
Hi All,
Yesterday’s Waved Albatross was found at the southwest corner of Cordell Bank Marin just before 1:00 PM snd observed for over 45 minutes. It came to a comfortable distance from the New Sea Angler and interacted with other species, including skua and many Sabine’s Gulls. It was photographed with fleshy food, perhaps squid, which it may have picked from the surface. It flew around the boat a few times, later returning to roost on the water near the boat. Earlier a few participants had a first county Least Storm-petrel in Sonoma County waters.There are no more RROS pelagics scheduled for this year. Logan Kahle is getting up a chase trip to Cordell Bank for tomorrow, Oct 7, which may be full by now.
Peter ColasantiPetaluma
Date: 10/5/25 8:50 pm From: Marty Freeland via groups.io <martinf3...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Bay-breasted Warbler and other notes
Hi all,
Although it can't compare with the really big news coming from Marin County today, I had a Bay-breasted Warbler on Sir Francis Drake early in the morning and a Chestnut-sided Warbler near Stinson Beach in the midafternoon.
The Bay-breasted Warbler was with a flock in the riparian on the south side of Sir Francis Drake close to the intersection with Pierce Pt Rd. Details and photographs are on eBird, as always. Numbers of Neotropical migrants were rather low for most of the day; there were huge numbers of Townsend's Warblers and (for the most part) little else. To provide a sense of the migrant numbers that were present, over the course of c. 8 hours of coverage of riparian between Drake's Estero and Muir Beach I had 5 Yellow Warblers, 68 Wilson's, 6 Warbling Vireos, 4 Black-throated Gray Warblers, and 2 Western Flycatchers. These numbers feel low, especially compared to last Sunday when western migrants were through the roof and there were multiple Black-throated Grays in nearly half the flocks I saw. Similarly, I had several each of Nashville Warbler and Cassin's Vireo last week and none of either today, though due to crowds and no parking spaces (beach parking lots were closed because of the government shutdown) I could not check the area in Stinson Beach that held 23 Nashville Warblers last week. On the other hand, today I had two Hermit Warblers (at Inverness Way and at the Inverness Tennis Courts), and did not see any last week. Also up in numbers were gray-headed Orange-crowned Warblers, with 810 over the course of the day.
The other highlight was a Chestnut-sided Warbler at Morse Gulch along Bolinas Lagoon. This spot is fairly close (0.45 miles) from the location where I had a Chestnut-sided exactly a week ago, but the area in between is scrubby and (I would imagine) isolates the spots pretty well from one another. That is, I think the area in between is not likely frequented by the flocks from the riparian either in Volunteer Canyon, where last week's Chestnut was, nor by the flocks from Morse Gulch. Together with the gap in time I lean toward the idea that these are separate birds, but it is hard to be very confident.
And lastly, on the topic of Waved Albatrosses: the one that today's Cordell boat had is of course the first real substantiated North American record. It is also mind-bogglingly amazing and one of the most impressive vagrant seabirds to reach California! (Congrats to the observers!!) However, Debi Shearwater apparently knows of two other records for California, which, although they lack documentation, she considers legitimate. I do not have any further information about these records, but as I recall she is positive that both are real.
Date: 10/5/25 3:27 pm From: Derek Lecy via groups.io <dlecy...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Waved Albatross - Cordell Bank NMS
Hi All,
Dan Singer and others report a WAVED ALBATROSS at Cordell Bank NMS in MRN Co. this afternoon! This is on a RROS boat out of Bodega Bay and the boat is not back yet, so I'm sure photos and lots of details are sure to follow.
For anyone curious, according to eBird, the northernmost record of this critically endangered species prior to today is off the west coast of Costa Rica, including a record from January of this year. Stay tuned. Wowza!
On Sept. 20th, I claimed a Mourning Warbler at Drake’s Beach. I thought
views were suggestive, but I identified the bird primarily by its call; it
chipped loudly and for a long time. Some birders chased the bird and took
photos, which they smartly uploaded to eBird. These photos and audio of the
bird can be found linked at the end of this email. A few reviewing the
photos noticed a few characters perhaps better for MacGillivray’s than
Mourning Warbler, and prompted a more formal review of the record. I
emailed a few experts about this sighting, and the general consensus was:
the call sounds like a Mourning Warbler, the eyering favors Mourning
Warbler, however the pattern in the throat and upper breast perhaps does
not. All noted a complete breast band and throat without any appreciable
yellow were maybe better for MacGillivray’s. Each contacted expert raised
the idea that it might be a hybrid between Mourning and MacGillivray’s
(although, obviously, no one is saying it is a hybrid). At the end of the
day, it seems this bird is not a MacGillivray’s Warbler, but there is
enough that is …odd… about it for Mourning Warbler that, as an extralimital
individual, it should be left unidentified. For those of you doing the
math, that means there have only been seven confirmed Mourning Warblers in
California this fall, not eight (wow!).
Apologies to everyone that chased this bird; this has been a good (and a
bit embarrassing) learning experience for me!
Date: 10/1/25 1:53 pm From: larry nigro via groups.io <larrymtb...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Yesterday in Point Reyes
[image: 6J0A1804.JPG]Oops I had seven pecs. Soon to be nine?
Larry
On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM Robin Winning <robinwinning...>
wrote:
> Happy birthday! Sounds like a wonderful day.
>
> //R
>
> On Oct 1, 2025, at 9:37 AM, larry nigro via groups.io <larrymtb=
> <gmail.com...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Yesterday, for my birthday, I walked from RCA to the beach and then out at
> Abbot's. Some of the highlights: RCA: a female Lawrence's Goldfinch on
> the fence at the entrances to RCA, a pair of Palm Warblers in the
> cypresses north of the building and a Cooper's Hawk harassing a pair of
> bored Great Horneds to the south of the building. At the beach my first of
> the year flocks of Pipits in the dunes and at Abbots the growing herd of
> Pectoral Sandpipers (9) mixed in with the Shorebirds.
>
> If you would like to read more and look at a few photos here is a link to
> the trip report from EBird.
>
> https://ebird.org/tripreport/416830 >
> Best in birding
>
> Larry Nigro
>
>
>
>
Date: 10/1/25 9:37 am From: larry nigro via groups.io <larrymtb...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Yesterday in Point Reyes
Hi,
Yesterday, for my birthday, I walked from RCA to the beach and then out at Abbot's. Some of the highlights: RCA: a female Lawrence's Goldfinch on the fence at the entrances to RCA, a pair of Palm Warblers in the cypresses north of the building and a Cooper's Hawk harassing a pair of bored Great Horneds to the south of the building. At the beach my first of the year flocks of Pipits in the dunes and at Abbots the growing herd of Pectoral Sandpipers (9) mixed in with the Shorebirds.
If you would like to read more and look at a few photos here is a link to the trip report from EBird.
Date: 9/28/25 9:48 pm From: Marty Freeland via groups.io <martinf3...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Yellow-green Vireo and other notes
Hi all,
After a rather lackluster morning on the OP (I saw the continuing Lucy's and Blackpoll at Fish Docks and a late Western Kingbird at the lighthouse; I did not check Upper Willows and so missed the Eastern Wood-Pewee later found there by Ethan Monk), I birded riparian from Inverness to Muir Beach for much of the day. I was impressed with the number of western migrants in general. Especially impressive were the numbers of Nashville Warblers (68 over the course of the day), Cassin's Vireos (~4), and Black-throated Gray Warblers (on average 12 per flock). I do not have the strongest frame of reference for the numbers of these migrants expected at the spots I was birding, as I rarely sink time into west Marin riparian in late September, but I would be shocked to note these numbers in San Mateo County (for instance) and I would imagine that even for west Marin they feel at least somewhat noteworthy. Additionally, Wilson's Warblers were in most flocks and Western Flycatchers and Warbling Vireos (up to three of the latter) were with many flocks as well. I only saw 3 Yellow Warblers, all in the Inverness area.
The major rarity highlight was a beautiful Yellow-green Vireo in Bolinas with a small flock. I stopped to check a small group of chickadees without high expectations and was absolutely gobsmacked to see a reverse Austral migrant lemon-yellow megavireo hanging out with a Chestnut-backed Chickadee and a Ruby-crowned Kinglet!! There are, rather remarkably, 6+ prior records solely from the area immediately around Bolinas Lagoon. It is shaping up to be a strong year for this species in California.
Later, a Chestnut-sided Warbler was with a large flock in Volunteer Canyon, birded from the beginning of the dirt road on the southeastern side. A Tennessee Warbler was in riparian by the main beach parking area in Stinson Beach and another one was in Muir Beach. This species is having a great fall regionally.
Photos, coordinates, and additional details are on eBird already for some things and will be soon for the rest.
Date: 9/28/25 7:50 pm From: Ethan Monk via groups.io <z.querula...> Subject: [northbaybirds] OP 9/28
Hi all,
I ran to the outer point today with high overcast conditions and relatively light south winds, but was disappointed with a paltry number of migrants. Perhaps this is in large part to the ferocious winds of yesterday (gusts to 42) that lasted into the evening. The highlight came in the form of a vociferous EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE at Upper Willows. To get here park at Sunset overlook and walk straight down into the valley. If it is still there you will hear it before you start wondering what part of the willows to look in. Otherwise the continuing Lucy's Warbler and Blackpoll were at Fish Docks, a Bobolink was on Nunes Plateau, and a Magnolia Warbler was in Lower New Willows. A Prairie Falcon bombed over me at Lupine Gulch while I was counting Lincoln's Sparrows (at least 12, it was a big day for these and House Wrens, and about nothing else).
Date: 9/27/25 10:45 am From: David Barry via groups.io <wildbarrydb...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Broad-winged Hawks
Hello NBB's,
Yesterday (Friday 26 Sept 2025) the Jenner Headlands Hawkwatch Team led by Bill Perry observed 11 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS !
Including 7 Dark morph individuals.
Reporting for the Team,
Dave Barry
Santa Rosa
Date: 9/23/25 9:36 pm From: Diana Humple via groups.io <dianahumple...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] Continuing Outer Point (Marin Co.) rarities 9/22/2025
On 9/22 our Palomarin Field Station Bird-A-Thon team had a Swainson's Hawk soaring above Nunez in the Outer Point (spotted by Maggie Brown and seen well by all of us), where there was also a Pectoral Sandpiper on the pond.
Date: 9/23/25 3:53 pm From: richard s. cimino via groups.io <rscimino...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] White-crowned Sparrows
The California Native Plant Garden, located along Corte Madera Creek, is listed on Google Maps as Niven Park Point. There is a pin marker on eBird for the garden.
Directions.
Arriving from the east.
From Sir Frances Darke Blvd, turn LEFT on Barry Way (there is a Shell and a Chevron station on either corner), proceeding on Barry Way to its dead end by a pond with a fountain.
Turn left onto Laderman Lane.
Park in visitor parking, walk to the Niven Park mudflat, turn right onto the bike path, walk 100 feet, and the garden is on your left.
You can't miss the garden; it's 3,000 square feet, featuring 52 native plant species (as of the last count), and nearly 800 plantings. The garden area was permitted to Janet Bodle, Kent McDonald, and me by the City of Larkspur. Its purpose is to raise thin-leaf Milkweed and to establish a long-term Waystation for the Monarch Butterfly.
The garden is fenced, so walk around the side; there is a gate to enter by.
Next to the garden is a Fennel Forest, which is in full bloom, and look for interesting birds at eye level. Corte Madera Creek is in front of you. There may be terns, osprey, and look for western bluebirds, a female cooper’s hawk, and shorebird species; yes, there are gulls. The Crowned Sparrows may be in the Mexican Sage across from the formal garden area.
Rich Cimino
Larkspur
www.yellowbilledtours.com
From: Robin Mitchell <eccommunitygarden...>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 1:17 PM
To: <rscimino...>
Cc: <northbaybirds...>
Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] White-crowned Sparrows
Where is the California Native Plant Garden along the Corte Madera Creek?
Date: 9/23/25 1:17 pm From: Robin Mitchell via groups.io <ECCommunityGarden...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] White-crowned Sparrows
Where is the California Native Plant Garden along the Corte Madera Creek?
Thx
Robin
On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM richard s. cimino via groups.io <rscimino=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> White-crowned Sparrows showed up this morning in our California Native
> Plant Garden along Corte Madera Creek in Larkspur..
>
> Three adults and two HY birds.
>
> This morning while walking the World Greatest Dog – Quincy in Piper Park
> Larkspur, there were three locations with White-crowned Sparrows today.
>
> No Golden-crowned appeared in either location.
>
>
>
> Rich Cimino
>
> Larkspur
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* <northbaybirds...> <northbaybirds...> *On Behalf Of *Joel
> Hedgpeth via groups.io
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 23, 2025 11:37 AM
> *To:* <northbaybirds...>
> *Subject:* [northbaybirds] Golden-crowned Sparrow
>
>
>
> FOS Golden-crowned Sparrow by backyard feeders 9/23/2025 in Novato. Lone
> bird (usual flock every winter 4 to 6).
>
>
>
> Joel Hedgpeth
>
>
>
>
--
Robin Mitchell
El Cerrito Community Garden Network
Email: <ECCommunityGarden...>
Date: 9/23/25 11:46 am From: richard s. cimino via groups.io <rscimino...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] White-crowned Sparrows
White-crowned Sparrows showed up this morning in our California Native Plant Garden along Corte Madera Creek in Larkspur..
Three adults and two HY birds.
This morning while walking the World Greatest Dog – Quincy in Piper Park Larkspur, there were three locations with White-crowned Sparrows today.
No Golden-crowned appeared in either location.
Rich Cimino
Larkspur
From: <northbaybirds...> <northbaybirds...> On Behalf Of Joel Hedgpeth via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2025 11:37 AM
To: <northbaybirds...>
Subject: [northbaybirds] Golden-crowned Sparrow
FOS Golden-crowned Sparrow by backyard feeders 9/23/2025 in Novato. Lone bird (usual flock every winter 4 to 6).
Date: 9/22/25 10:25 am From: MARGARET CYMERYS via groups.io <mcymerys...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] GCSPs!
Hi all,
I saw a golden-crown in my yard in San Rafael on Saturday, 8/20. No white-crowns yet.
Peggy
On Monday, September 22, 2025 at 10:08:03 AM PDT, Trinka Marris via groups.io <trinkamarris...> wrote:
Hi Sharon. I have a long time journal for FOS Golden-crowns arrival at home. Presently I am in Colorado. But I do remember last year I did not have any GCS on Bear Valley Rd. in Point Reyes until Oct. 6th! And the year before they were late too. Going back farther, the 21st-27th of September were the most common dates for their return. So I will be so excited if they have arrived by the time I get home on the 23rd, and are back to their “old normal” I’ll let you know when I return. Trinka
On Sep 21, 2025, at 7:58 AM, Sharon Barnett via groups.io <sharon...> wrote:
Good morning,
I’m following up on my post from yesterday. The reason I was surprised to hear the GCSPs singing yesterday is because they arrived later than usual the past two yrs in Corte Madera (according to my observations at Marin Country Day School). I’ve been wondering if they’re arriving later everywhere, a possible shift with climate change? I am curious if those I heard yesterday were just stopping for a meal and moving on or staying.
Lucas Corneliussen said he heard 2 in the gulch yesterday.
Dede Sabbag wrote and said last year they arrived on the 22nd in Sonoma.
Does anyone have long term data arrival dates for Marin County?
Good birding!Sharon Marin Nature Adventures
San Rafael, California
www.MarinNature.com
On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM Sharon Barnett via groups.io <spinningskunk...> wrote:
Hey Birders! I was both surprised and thrilled to hear Golden-crowned Sparrows singing this morning (9:30-40am) in the Pierce Point parking lot (Point Reyes National Seashore). I'm curious if anyone else has heard them further inland. I did not hear them when I returned from hiking at 1:30pm. Perhaps they were taking a pit stop before continuing south? Cheers, Sharon Barnett
Date: 9/22/25 10:08 am From: Trinka Marris via groups.io <trinkamarris...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] GCSPs!
Hi Sharon. I have a long time journal for FOS Golden-crowns arrival at home. Presently I am in Colorado. But I do remember last year I did not have any GCS on Bear Valley Rd. in Point Reyes until Oct. 6th! And the year before they were late too. Going back farther, the 21st-27th of September were the most common dates for their return. So I will be so excited if they have arrived by the time I get home on the 23rd, and are back to their “old normal” I’ll let you know when I return.
Trinka
> On Sep 21, 2025, at 7:58 AM, Sharon Barnett via groups.io <sharon...> wrote:
>
>
> Good morning,
>
> I’m following up on my post from yesterday. The reason I was surprised to hear the GCSPs singing yesterday is because they arrived later than usual the past two yrs in Corte Madera (according to my observations at Marin Country Day School). I’ve been wondering if they’re arriving later everywhere, a possible shift with climate change? I am curious if those I heard yesterday were just stopping for a meal and moving on or staying.
>
> Lucas Corneliussen said he heard 2 in the gulch yesterday.
>
> Dede Sabbag wrote and said last year they arrived on the 22nd in Sonoma.
>
> Does anyone have long term data arrival dates for Marin County?
>
> Good birding!
> Sharon
> Marin Nature Adventures
> San Rafael, California
> www.MarinNature.com
>
>
>> On Sat, Sep 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM Sharon Barnett via groups.io <spinningskunk...> wrote:
>> Hey Birders!
>> I was both surprised and thrilled to hear Golden-crowned Sparrows singing this morning (9:30-40am) in the Pierce Point parking lot (Point Reyes National Seashore). I'm curious if anyone else has heard them further inland. I did not hear them when I returned from hiking at 1:30pm. Perhaps they were taking a pit stop before continuing south?
>> Cheers,
>> Sharon Barnett
>
>
Date: 9/22/25 8:58 am From: Cynthia Boyer via groups.io <byerbird...> Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] GCSPs!
I saw my FOS Golden & White-crowned Sparrows this morning (9/22/25) off of 5th St West in Sonoma. Last year they arrived on the 25th/30th and in 2023 they were spotted on Sept 28th & 30th
Date: 9/22/25 8:48 am From: Cynthia Boyer via groups.io <byerbird...> Subject: [northbaybirds] FOS Golden & White crowned Sparrows arrived!
Just saw my FOS "crowns" - can't wait to hear their songs! Last year they arrived on Sept 25. Very "uplifting" news in this world for a change - that the little dear things remember my yard.
