Late afternoon/early evening today, during a quick visit to Lake Merritt, I spotted a Glaucous-winged Gull among the Western & Ringed-bill Gulls on and near the shore opposite the Cormorant Islands

After an unsuccessful attempt at finding a Pileated Woodpecker, hiking from the Skyline Gate Staging Area in Redwood Park and putting my backpack in my card, I saw some woodpecker action and took a

Hi All, Yesterday (1/21) I spent a fun day bouncing around some of my favorite Contra Costa spots with Cédric "Jugglerboy" Duhalde. We worked from Richmond east to East County, ending at Clifton

Hi All, Hit up a few spots in Richmond in the past few days. 1/14 I birded this day with Max Laubstein and Oscar Moss. We started at Point San Pablo to see if any wintering goodies were around. We

This afternoon about 2 pm I went to Miller-Knox in Richmond to see if there was any interesting activity. It had mostly the usual species but with very high numbers of American Wigeon - about 130 and

This afternoon, there were two pairs of Buffleheads at Oak Hill Park in Danville. After struggling with the water quality at the park for a year or so, it appears that they're getting it under control

On Sunday, there were two Black Skimmers at Middle Harbor in Oakland resting on the mud flat about 100 feet from shore between two rock jetties along the eastern shore. They were there between 11:00

Yesterday, Friday 17th, saw a Ruby-crowned Kinglet on the west shore working the reeds.......First I've seen. Bright red stripe on it's head. Plus a pair of Hooded Mergansers - male and female -

Good morning! - This morning we have a white throated sparrow back in our yard amidst a small flock of white-crowned. (Tantalizingly, it came one day after the CBC central county count week ended as

Yesterday, Jan 15, there were 6 Black Skimmers at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park. They were on the southmost mud bar between the entrance and the observation tower. They were very close to the shore.

Since Monday morning, we have been seeing a female Lesser Scaup with the Ring-necked Ducks in Walnut Creek's Heather Farm Park.  Not too long ago, the Ring-necked Ducks numbered upwards of 60-80

Seen this morning (10am - noon) at the shorebird roost just east of the fishing pier. Dawn

Lots of birders were present today for the high tide at Arrowhead Marsh, and we were all entertained with sightings of Ridgeway's Rails.  I heard that some saw a Sora and some even had a departing

Hi all, Had an extra hour or so of free time today, so I headed down to Point San Pablo for an hour (and forgot a scope) 12-1. There wasn’t much of note and my coverage wasn’t very thorough. At

This morning I finally got a great view of the female summer tanager on Chetwood. She presented herself atop a short bush about 7-8 feet away as I was walking to work. She's orangeish on top and

The immature Red-necked Grebe continued on the southeast corner of lower Horseshoe Lake at Quarry Lakes this afternoon. It's loosely associated with a group of mixed Clark's/Western Grebes. At Rare

Creekside Park and adjoining John Marsh Trail north of Concord Ave. in south Brentwood again today provided a number of birds noteworthy for east Contra Costa: Orange-Crowned and Townsend's warbler,

Hi birders, I heard from park staff that some birders were trying to drive out past Drakes Beach earlier today after the shuttles started running. Apologies for that, esp. for those trying to get out

The Summer Tanager remains in the area of the Oakland (Morcom) Rose Garden & 661-667 Chetwood St, Oakland. I have seen it at 8:00AM 1/2/20, 8:30AM 1/3/20, and 11:00 & 1:15 today, 1/4/20. Western

Today, among the 15+ Common Goldeneyes on the Antioch City Reservoir, was a male Barrow’s Goldeneye. Happy birding in 2020. Paul Schorr Antioch