Thanks to all the birders who participated in the 9th annual Eastern Alameda Christmas Bird Count on December 15. We had 157 species. Best birds included Tundra Swan (flyover at Chain of

The account of the people in the outrigger canoe harassing the surf scoters was very disturbing. Any time we witness the mistreatment of wildlife (or behavior that could lead to that) and there's an

Yet another Swamp Sparrow in Fremont and this one is an immature and much easier to see. I found this SWSP at the west end of Gomes Park (black gate to the golf course). It was foraging along the

I birded Clayton Community park for an hour or so late morning today, among 35 species highlights were 2 phainopepla and a purple finch. This is a very birdy area, with tons of frugivorous (sp?)

David Kent and I found each other at the wooden railing by the large pond this morning. I showed him the Merlin which was sitting atop a power pole across the pond and between the two rings at the

At 11:30 this morning, on a return trip from Brentwood, I drove to the south end of Heidorn Ranch Rd. in Antioch, and watched a Golden Eagle soaring over the tilled fields along the road. At times

I re-found the Swamp Sparrow reported on 12/17 on east section of DUST Trail this (12/19/2017) afternoon around 4:20pm. It was seen on the Alameda Creek Trail side of DUST Marsh between the 8th and

Gail West was able to get the complete number off of the band of the snow goose I reported at Arrowhead the other day. She got information back from the USGS. INFORMATION FROM OUR FILES: Species:

This afternoon I needed to run an errand to the Event Center at Lone Tree Golf Course in Antioch. I checked out the Antioch City Reservoir nearby and spotted 75+ Common Mergansers. Many had joined a

This afternoon while checking out the many White- and few Golden-crowned Sparrows in our yard, a White-striped White-throated Sparrow suddenly appeared from the shrubs. Early, and welcomed Christmas

Harris's Sparrow (found originally by Bob Dunn) was seen again this morning in sparrow flock at same location of 5658 Doolan Road. Our group of 5 birders was lucky to see it as we arrived at 10:30 AM

Geeze...just caught another error in my msg- should have been "fee to get in". So sorry, I'll proofread better in the future! Lori

Oops...self-correction error in last message, should have read "Golden Eagle or Osprey"

Have you been to Shadow Cliffs? It's got picnic benches near the lake where you can sit and bird watch. If you're lucky, you can catch a Golden Eagle and/or I sorry. Phainopepla at times too...among

My opinion on the reported Ross's goose at MLK Arrowhead Marsh is that it's a hybrid ROGO x SNGO. The photos at https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41217522 show: 1. Smaller size than SNGO (But

(Couldn't resist this Chris August album name for the title of this post...) The loss of birding opportunities in San Leandro is likely to actually benefit the birds themselves, I think. Gulls' feet

There is still some good birding available at Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline in San Leandro, although much of the former landbird habitat has been bulldozed (I'm not sure why). Most of the southern

I have heard from a local policeman -- and confirmed online -- that the entire San Leandro Marina will be indefinitely closed to the public in a couple of months, for a redevelopment project that will

I have been intrigued by sightings from Ballena Bay over the past week -- high counts of common species such as SURF SCOTER and GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, and reports of rare birds -- RHINOCEROS AUKLET and

This was new for me in the park: 2 light-morph ferruginous hawks. I saw the first one on the ridge trail between the Clark Rd. trail and Nimitz Trail flying north. The second one was hunting and gave