Hello birders- Today we saw a female Harlequin duck on the rocks at the southern end of McClure's beach on Pt Reyes. It was just contentedly sitting on the rocks and would occasionally preen and fluff

Holly, Great outing today. FYI, after studying the photos a bit, I'm reasonably confident we were seeing mostly Short-billed Dowitchers. Didn't notice any obvious Long-billed in the photos. Bruce

Good evening Birders, Quick update to let you know the Bar-tail Godwit remained today with the large flock of Marbled Godwits, Willets, and dowitchers at the high tide roost in Oro Lomo Marsh. The

More photos of the Bar-tailed Godwit are included in my eBird checklist here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58361803 Happy Birding, Jerry Ting Fremont

P.S. A couple of ID shots can be found in our eBird checklist here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58361455 Hopefully Jerry Ting and others will add their better photos to the checklist

Juli Chamberlin and i led a field trip for Ohlone Audubon to the Frank's Dump area at Hayward Regional Shoreline this evening at high tide. While standing on the Bay Trail next to Oro Loma Marsh, just

Upon further review, Adrian is correct. I allowed myself to be led astray by a brief look at an alternate plumaged Sanderling. Apologies for the false alarm. Kirk wrote:

Hi Kirk, Glad to see that lots of shorebirds are around! Did you consider alternate plumaged Sanderling as a possibility? The apparently large size, heavy bill, lack of rufous on the scaps, streaky

This evening at Frank's Dump at Hayward Regional shoreline, an adult Red-necked Stint was briefly roosting with a large flock of Western Sandpipers. The birds seemed more restless than usual and all

Passing this along from the SF Birds group Hello Group Tragic situation with Fallen tree at an Oakland rookery. Eighty-Nine Egret and Heron Chicks have lost their home. International Bird Rescue a

For a number of years we have had our tomato plants in the backyard of the late Jean Richmond.  A couple of weeks ago Rosita was there with a friend and they reported a Golden-crowned Sparrow coming

I found a Common Tern on the sandbar along with Elegant Terns, Caspian Terns and Brown Pelicans at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park in Oakland this afternoon during high tide. It has an all black bill,

I went looking for the Royal Tern reported by Bob Richmond yesterday afternoon. First stop at Ballena Bay Harbor and there are 230+ Elegant Terns on the breakwater. I got two with reddish-orange

At 4 pm today (Thursday, July 18) I had a flypast Parasitic Jaeger on the Richmond shoreline. The bird was trailing a group of half a dozen California Gulls flying from east to west offshore of the

The couch was comfortable enough this morning that I fell back to sleep while watching the bike race on TV, so when I did head to Heather Farm Park, Fred Safier was already on the Contra Costa Canal

Hi, all. I haven't seen anything about this here. A 20-something leading kids on a nature hike @ the park knew about it, so maybe the word's out. @ Miller-Knox Reg Pk yesterday I saw 2 raptors fly

Hi All, Birded Martinez 10-1 today, tried to cover all the marsh in Peyton Slough (McNabney Marsh Area). Migrant activity was rather muted with very few shorebirds. Blackbird post-breeding dispersal

The local Band-tailed Pigeon flock often raids our safflower seed feeders, but today was the first time they brought a kid. It was so young it even thought it might try some suet! Walnut

At the very south end, seen across the reservoir from the Old San Pablo Trail. Five ducklings and adults. Bad quality photos due to distance

The grebe went missing from 2:15 to 3:15 when it returned to cove at base of sandpiper spit road in Richmond area. John Sterling 530 908-3836 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695