There are three unfledged Barn Owl chicks in plain sight in a palm tree in the strip of the Alameda Hotel Apartments (1415 Broadway, Alameda) on Central Avenue. While three palms show whitewash and

On Thursday, May 4, 4 of us were in Pine Canyon and found a Robin nest with 4 featherless chicks, eyes still closed. The parents were busy feeding them, which was captured on video--easy to do as the

So what I saw the other day was indeed a female Black-headed Grosbeak that had apparently stuck her head in a pollen-laden flower, perhaps in the South American section of the UC Botanical Garden

Folks, I led the second half of my Palo Alto Adult School birding class through Del Puerto Canyon and San Antonio Valley yesterday. Conditions were sunnier and but windier than last Saturday. Birding

Here's the flickr link to today's pictures. First two are the female chick and the next 6 are of presumably one male. Watching the top of his head in each picture. Nutall's nest 2017

Been told that there are issues with me posting pics to Facebook. I will deal with that later this afternoon. In the meantime enjoy a nice short youtube video of one of the little rascals

Friends! EBMUD Inspiration Trail/Nimitz Loop, Contra Costa, California, US May 12, 2017 8:30 AM - 11:55 AM Golden Gate Audubon Society Second Friday Bird Walk, met at Inspiration Point and walked on

At least one female and one male. Possibly multiple males but just cannot tell. More pics of feeding including the tufts at the tops of their heads raising and receding. and yeah, total cuteness.

Walking today due to a flat back tire, I found Fred Safier at the north end of Heather Farm Park early. Fred already had a male Wilson's and a male Yellow Warbler, along with a Warbling Vireo. This

Mom was very busy, didn't have time to see dad come around Managed to get a few pics - forgive quality of not so great 200mm

Yesterday (5/11) I spotted a number of grosbeaks in the middle of the UC Botanical Garden. I was a bit perplexed by the orange foreheads (see below) which don’t appear in guidebooks I can lay my

Today and Wednesday there were several Least Terns fishing in Lake Merritt. Today I and another birder (Jim French) saw two food transfers from what I presume was an adult to a squawking juvenile

This morning I intended to bird at Upper San Leandro Reservoir but the road was closed, so I birded Redwood Park starting at the Redwood Road entrance. Enjoyed the songs of some of the local

Hi folks Just a reminder that our only spring pelagic will be on May 20th. Details and registration on our website - http://alvarosadventures.com/boat-trips/pelagics/ Note that David Wimpfeimer

Birders: Heartened by Tony Brake’s experience on Tuesday, I stopped at Lucretia M. Edwards Shoreline Park in Richmond about 9:30 this morning in hopes a Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel was present. One

I saw one in water between Richmond marina and area east of brooks island at 10:30 this morning. Tough to see and refind as the wind was very strong. I tried for others off Berkeley pier area for

As Fork-Tailed Storm Petrels are still be reported in Pacifica, SF and Bodega, the team of Mark Park, Dave Tomb and myself saw one at 6 pm yesterday off the Emeryville pier after hours of searching,

About 3 PM saw one Fork-tailed from parking lot just S of Berkeley pier looking sw towards bay bridge. John Luther Oakland

In the absence of Hugh Harvey, a few sightings from Heather Farms Park and environs in Walnut Creek. Yesterday the Pied-billed Grebe returned to the main pond after a long absence and was calling

At 1:20 pm, there was a single Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel from the end of the Emeryville Marina looking NW toward the Richmond Bridge. It was flying S about 100 yards offshore, near the first two