Observations

by Dan Nelson

Clark's Grebe (1) 3/4 Delta Pond, off Willowside Rd. DN

Red-necked Grebe (alt. pl) 4/11 Doran Park DN

Black-footed Albatross (5) 3/8 Cordell Bank DN

Laysan Albatross (1) 2/22 Richmond/San Rafael Bridge (!) DN

Laysan Albatross (1) 3/21 Cordell Bank DN

Northern Fulmar (235+) 3/8 Cordell Bank DN

Short-tailed Shearwater (1) 3/8 Only shearwater at Cordell Bank DN

Sooty Shearwater (55+) 4/5 Cordell Bank DN

Pink-footed Shearwater (1) 4/5 Cordell Bank DN

American Bittern (3) 3/15 Schollenberger Park TE

Cattle Egret (3) 2/16 Spring Hill Rd. AW

Snow Goose (1) 1/24 Schollenberger Park TE

Ross' Goose (5) 3/29 Bodega Farm Pond DS, DN

Blue-winged Teal (5) 3/15 Schollenberger Park AW, TE

B. wing Teal x No. Shoveler 3/15 Schollenberger Park AW, TE

Tufted Duck (pr.) thru March Schollenberger Park M.O.B.

Oldsquaw(2) mid Feb. Schollenberger Park M.O.B.

Barrow's Goldeneye (2) 2/17 Schollenberger Park M.O.B.

White-winged Scoter (2) 2/25 Bodega Harbor PL, DK, JH

Wood Duck (pr.) March Sonoma Cr., Glen Ellen PS

Mallard (albinistic) 3/24 Marin Cheese Factory WN, CN

Black Rail Mar.-Apr. Schollenberger Park BDP
et al.

Red-necked Phalarope (5) 4/5 Cordell Bank DN

Pomarine Jaeger (2) 4/5 Cordell Bank DN

Bonaparte's Gull (35) 4/5 Cordell Bank DN

Black-legged Kittiwake (15) 4/5 Cordell Bank DN

Caspian Tern (1) 4/10 Richardson Bay DN

Ancient Murrelet (15) 3/8 4-5 mi. west of Bodega Head DN

Rhinoceros Auklet (1) 3/8 Cordell Bank DN

Rhinoceros Auklet (40) 4/5 Cordell Bank DN

Pigeon Guillimot (3) 3/21 Doran Jetties DN

Pigeon Guillimot (10+) 4/5 Doran/Bodega Head areas DN

Peregrine Falcon (pr.) 4/10 Highway 37 (will they nest?) DN

Merlin 2/24 Marsh Rd., S.R. CT

Short-eared Owl (1) 2/13 Schollenberger Park TE, AW

Rufous Hummingbird (2) 3/22 Guerneville Rd. near Riverside CS

Rufous Hummingbird 3/22 Healdsburg, at feeder DW, NW

Rufous Hummingbird 3/23 Petaluma, at feeder WN, DN

Rufous Hummingbird 3/25 Furlong Rd. EB

Rufous Hummingbird (2) 4/8 yard birds mostly in Eucalyptus DN

Lewis' Woodpecker (1) 2/7 Henry Rd., Napa Co. BDP

Pacific-Slope Flycatcher 3/25 Furlong Rd. EB

Eastern Phoebe (1) 3/1 Delta Pond, off Willowside Rd. CG, DN

Barn Swallow (2) 3/14 Walker Rd., Two Rock DN

Rock Wren (1) March I St, Petaluma DN

North American Dipper 3/10 Austin Cr. bridge, at nest. BDP

Varied Thrush (1) 3/11 Furlong Rd., singing EB

Black-and-White Warbler March Ragle Ranch Park LH

Palm Warbler (1) 2/28 Schollenberger Park AW

Wilson's Warbler (1) 3/25 Furlong Rd. EB

Townsend's Warbler mid-March yard, Petaluma, singing DN

Black-headed Grosbeak 4/4 Forestville GT

Chipping Sparrow (1) 3/22 Healdsburg, new yard bird NW

Rufous-crowned Sparrow 3/10 King Ridge Rd. BDP
et al.

White-throated Sparrow March Kenwood feeder, singing RR

White-throated Sparrow 4/4 yard; Petaluma WN

Bullock's Oriole 3/15 Glen Ellen PS

Bullock's Oriole (male) 3/26 heard/seen in yard, Petaluma WN, DN

Hooded Oriole (1) 4/6 yard, Petaluma LE

Tricolored Blackbird 3/1 Pt. Reyes CT

Blackbird sp. (ptl. albino) 3/1 Pt. Reyes CT

Contributors: Ellen Bingle, Lew Edmonson, Ted Eliot, Chris Grabill, Jeff Holtzman, Lisa Hug, Dan Kahane, Peter Leveque, Clyde and Wini Nelson, Dan Nelson, Benjamin D. Parmeter, Ruth Rudesill, Doug Shaw, Pat Smith, Claire Shurvinton, Cheryl Traenbly, Georgia Tripp, Alan Wight & Donna and Ned Wynn.