Today Tim Kingston and I hiked most of Round Valley. Not many raptors (kestrels, mostly), possibly due to strong winds. However, we did find 4, maybe 6, white-breasted nuthatches at the group camp

Pelagic Cormorant at Emeryville Marina. On the west side of the path around the park, about half way between the Hong Kong East Ocean restaurant and the end of the path. (were it starts to turn to the

Seen just now, but it flew off from the gull flock. No guarantees it’ll stick around. Megan Jankowski Oakland

It only takes a day to make a difference, sometimes a few minutes.  Yesterday we had over 50 Ring-necked Ducks on the large, mostly natural pond in Heather Farm Park, located in the Ygnacio Valley of

Around 2:00 today, Karen Marcus and I had a Pileated Woodpecker near Sequoia Arena in Joaquin Miller Park. We first found the bird foraging in the shadows of downed trees and stumps near the trail

Hello all, At the end of a nice long hike today, I was surprised to see a male Summer Tanager, like a bright red heart, high up in the eucalyptus trees between the first and second switchback at

The Solano County BBA has Allen's Hummer as 'Probable' clear up to Rio Vista and 'Confirmed' near Collinsville (or across the river from Pittsburg'). Another surprising breeding confirmation comes

Hi All, Spent Wednesday, February 12th exploring parts of the Delta in Sacramento and Contra Costa counties, focusing on Sherman and Bethel Islands. Overall diversity was quite high, and passerine

The Grizzly Island field trip of the Mt. Diablo Audubon Society tomorrow, February 13, will be leaving the carpool location at 7 AM, as it correctly says in the description in our online calendar. 

Double-crested Cormorant Bufflehead Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Coot American Crow Anna’s Hummingbird Barrow’s Goldeneye Pie-billed Grebe Mourning Dove Rock Pigeons House Finch Scaup Western

Hello, After the extreme winds yesterday, I couldn't resist giving a king tide at MLK Shoreline's Arrowhead Marsh one more try this winter. While I once again missed Nelson's Sparrow, I had quite a

This morning we made our breakfast on camping equipment due to the power outage, and greatly enjoyed a White-Throated sparrow returning to our yard! It's been hanging out with a group of white-crowned

Since most of our street did not have electricity for almost 24 hours, I had breakfast at the Black Bear Diner today.  After I came home, I rode my bike past the leaning power pole south of us and

I'm a bit late on this, but this last Thursday I'm pretty sure I saw a bald eagle high in the sky over our place in north Oakland (59th St, between Shattuck & MLK). By the time I could grab my

Sorry for the late posting on this sighting and thanks to Marsha for posting it earlier. I was waiting for photos from someone on the walk, but don’t have them so far. The bird was, as Marsha notes,

The White-throated Sparrow reported a couple of months ago is still in my garden and was seen this morning, February 8, in the company of White-crowned Sparrows. It typically likes to perch atop my

This morning on the U.C. Botanical Garden bird walk we saw a sapsucker in the Quecus rugosa near the Julia Morgan building at the garden shortly after 9:30 am. It was either red-naped or

I recorded the first of this year's Northern Rough-winged Swallows. Three exceptionally early northbound no-shadow Phils or Phillipas (perhaps both) were seen and photographed at Ellis Lakes Park in

Today at noon, an Osprey was perched in the bare tree full of fallow cormorant nests on the islands near the Nature Center. I watched it for a long time. I hope it was digesting. Other sightings:

The nonbreeding adult or immature White-faced Ibis continues at Coyote Hills Regional Park. Around noon today I watched it feeding for quite a while, among coots and various ducks, in the Main Marsh