HIGHLIGHTS:
REDHEAD: 4 females, Hookton Slough Pond, 9 Feb (JP et al.): HARLEQUIN DUCK: 1 male, North Jetty, 17 Feb (CVW): HARLAN'S HAWK: 1, Hayfork, 2 Feb (GH, JH, RH): FERRUGINOUS HAWK: 1, West End Road, 18 Jan (JW); 1-2, Azalea Hill, 1-2 Feb (GL, PM, JK); 1, Hayfork, 2 Feb (GH, JH, RH); 1 Ferndale Bottoms, 8 Feb (KS, SP): HEERMANN'S GULL: 1, Woodley Island, 14 Jan (SH, W&BT): WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER: 1 male, Azalea Hill, 27 Jan (G&LL): SCRUB JAY: 1, Sunny Brae, 10 Feb (GHe): LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE: 1, Willits, 28 Dec (TL): SOLITARY VIREO: 1, Eureka, 1-8 Feb (LB-O): , YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER: 1, Ferndale, 1-8 Feb (BB, KS, SP): RUSTY "EASTERN TYPE" FOX SPARROW: 1, Manila, 5 Jan (GH): CHIPPING SPARROW: 2, Manila feeder, 5 Jan (GH):
ARRIVALS, DEPARTURES, LINGERERS, OTHER INTERESTING REPORTS: PACIFIC LOON: 1, Trinity Lake, 27 Jan (JH): RED-NECKED GREBE: 2, Patricks Point, 25 Jan (KS, SP): EARED GREBE: 1, North Bay, 5 Feb (SH): CLARK'S GREBE: 1, North Jetty, 14 Feb (EE);, 1, Hookton Slough, 9 Feb (JP et al.): GREAT EGRET: 3, Willow Creek, 15 Jan (TL): CATTLE EGRET: 1, Ferndale Bottoms, 5 Jan (LB-O); 8-10, Butcher Slough Pond, 1 Feb (PS); 2, Arcata Bottoms (AB), 2 Feb (SH): WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE: 1, McKinleyville Golf Course, 12 Feb (TL): BLACK BRANT: 1, Arcata Bottoms, 19 Jan (MM): ALEUTIAN CANADA GOOSE: 35, North Jetty (flyby), 2 Feb (SH); 58, flyby along Cape Mendocino Beach, 8 Feb (TL, SPe): 125, AB, 8 Feb (BR); 1000+, Alexandre Dairy, 8 Feb (fide, PS); 300, Eel River Bottoms, 13 Feb (SH); 300, Arcata Bottoms, 13 Feb (SH); 1500, Smith River Bottoms, 13 Feb (SH)
HYBRID TEAL BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 1, AMP, 13 Jan (SH): BLUE-WINGED TEAL X SHOVELER HYBRID: 1, AOP, 23-24 Jan (RJA, EE, DF): EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL: 1 male, No Name Pond and Vic, 12 Jan-9 Feb (RJA, S&LH, GH, MW, BR,PS); 1, AB, 12 Jan (RJA): EURASIAN WIGEON: 1-6 males, AB, 2-9 Feb (SH, DG, SS, RJA); 1 male, AOP, 13 Jan (GB), this bird reported as a hybrid Eurasian x American Wigeon on 23-24 Jan (EE, SH); 1 male, Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 5 Feb (GH, MH, et al.): RING-NECKED DUCK: 4, Cape Ranch Pond, 8 Feb (TL, SPe): BLACK SCOTER: 5, off Big Lagoon, 28 Jan (TL); 1 female, North Jetty, 8-14 Feb (SH, JT, EE): OLDSQUAW: 1, Wedding Rock (offshore), 1 Feb (GH); 1, King Salmon, 1 Feb (MM-Z): HOODED MERGANSER: 1 female, AB, 12 Jan (RJA); 2, near Ammon Ranch, 27 Jan (TL, HT); 2 female types, North Bay at Manila, 30 Jan (GH); 1, Clam Beach Ponds, 2 Feb (KN); 1 male, North Bay, 2 Feb (DG); 1 pair, HBNWR, 8 Feb (KS, SP); 8, Bear River Ridge Pond, 8 Feb (TL, SPe):
RAPTORS: OSPREY: 1, Stone Lagoon, 10-25 Jan (TR, KS, SP); 1, Freshwater Lagoon, 25 Jan (KS, SP); 1 North Bay, 31 Jan (BR): BALD EAGLE: 2 ad, 2 imm, Willow Creek, 14-15 Jan (TL): 2 ad, Mad River Estuary, 18 Jan (RLV); 1 adult, 3 miles east on West End Road, 18 Jan (JW); 1, Blue Lake, 29 Jan (SB); 1 ad, HBNWR, 8 Feb (KS, SP): NORTHERN GOSHAWK: 1, Arcata Community Forest, 3 Feb (KSu): ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: 1, AB, 19 Jan (MM); 1, Cape Mendocino Beach, 8 Feb (TL, SPe): WHITE-TAILED KITE: 4, Ferndale Bottoms, 5 Jan (LB-O); 10, AB, 19 Jan (MM): GOLDEN EAGLE: 1, Cape Mendocino Beach, 8 Feb (TL, SPe): PEREGRINE FALCON: 3, AB, 10 Jan (BC); 1 AB, 19 Jan (MM); 1, Ft Bragg, 21 Jan (SH, DT, et al.); 1, Ferndale Bottoms, 23 Jan (DG); 1, AB, 26 Jan (PS); 1, AMP, 1 Feb (BR); 1, Arcata, 1 Feb (KSu); 1, Cape Mendocino Beach, 8 Feb (TL, SPe); 1, AB, 8 Feb (BR): MERLIN: 1, Samoa Spit, 19 Jan (MM); 1-3, AB, 2 Feb (KN, PM, JK); 1, AB, 14 Feb (TL): PRAIRIE FALCON: 1, AMP, 25 Jan (MW); 1, Manila, 30 Jan (BF): CHUKAR (ESCAPE): 1, Bayside, 10-11 Jan (JE)
SHOREBIRDS: SNOWY PLOVER: 29-37 (includes 8-9 banded birds); Clam Beach, 1-7 Feb (GL,RLeV): SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 1 Butcher Slough, 21 Dec-8 Feb (many observers): LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 1, AB, 19-26 Jan (MM, PS): WHIMBREL: 2, North Bay, 2 Feb (L&DB-O): LONG-BILLED CURLEW: 30+, AB, 2 Feb (KN, MC): MARBLED GODWIT: 2 with red (at least) leg bands, Klopp Lake, 8 Feb (PS, MC): RED KNOT: 2, Klopp Lake, 23 Jan (GH); 24, AB, 28 Jan (RM); 20+, 2 Feb (MC): RUDDY TURNSTONE: 4, Elk Head, 29 Jan (DG): ROCK SANDPIPER: 1-4, North Jetty, 14 Jan-14 Feb (SH, DN, JA, JT, EE, JO); 1-2 Elk Head, 28 Jan-6 Feb (DG, EE); 1, Ft. Bragg, 17-20 Jan (DT, RJK, et al.)
HERRING GULL: 1, King Salmon, 6 Feb (GH, et al.): THAYER'S GULL: 1 imm. AOP, 24 Jan (DF); 1, King Salmon, 6 Feb (GH, et al.): GLAUCOUS GULL: 1 ad (!), AOP, 22 Jan (KN); 1 imm, AMP, 24 Jan (EE); 1, Lower Mad River, 25 Jan (RLV); 1 imm, AMP, 9 Feb (SMC): BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE: 2, Patricks Point, 25 Jan (KS, SP); 4, Mouth Redwood Creek, 25 Jan (KS, SP): FORSTER'S TERN: 13, AOP, 5 Feb (SH): CASPIAN TERN: 1-3, HBNWR, 8-9 Feb (KS, SP, JP, et al.): MARBLED MURRELET: 7, off Patricks Point, 25 Jan (KS, SP): BAND-TAILED PIGEON: 3-4, Azalea Hill, 6-19 Jan (GL): 5-12, Sunny Brae, 23 Jan-15 Feb (SH)
HOO-HOO: SHORT-EARED OWL: 1, AB, 18 Jan (DN, JA); 4-5, AB, 19 Jan (MM): NORTHERN PYGMY OWL: 1, Trinidad, 14 Feb (PaS): NORTHERN SAWWHET OWL: 1 roadkill, Azalea Hill, 13 Jan (G&KL); 1, AMP, 15 Jan (RB): YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKER: 1, Humboldt Hill, 23 Jan (PeS); 1, McKinleyville, 29 Jan (GS): PILEATED WOODPECKER: 1, Azalea Hill, 23 Jan-6 Feb (GA): TREE SWALLOW: 3-20, AMP, 24 Jan-12 Feb (SH, EE, RJA); 8 Lewiston Lake, 27 Jan (JH): BARN SWALLOW: 1, AMP, 24 Jan (EE): GRAY JAY: 5, Fieldbrook, 10 Feb (SS): BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1, Aldergrove Marsh, 1 Feb (KN, SH); 2, AMP, 2 Feb (D&LB-O): MOCKINGBIRD: 1, Arcata, 19 Jan (MM): NASHVILLE WARBLER: 1, Ferndale, 19 Jan (TL, SPe): PALM WARBLER: 1, AMP, 23 Jan-2 Feb (GH, DG); 1, McKinleyville, 1 Feb (GH): YELLOW WARBLER: 1, Arcata, 12 Feb (EE): RED CROSSBILL: 35, Azalea Hill, 26 Jan (BF); 15, McKinelyville, 30 Jan (DG): EVENING GROSBEAK: 1-2, McKinleyville/Azalea Hill, 17-20 Jan (DG, GL):
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