At 2pm, there was a beautiful male Eurasian Wigeon in the pond at Miller Knox Regional Park. It was swimming in a group with 5 American Wigeons. Earlier, at 11:15am, I and several other birders saw

Found one male there a couple days ago, but this morning there was a small flock of Barrow's males in Lake Merritt Channel (east of 10th St): http://allenh.zenfolio.com/p981160548 They love the

We caught excellent views of this bird in the parking lot of Bucci's on Hollis and 59th Street, in Emeryville. We were there at 12:30 PM till about 1:30PM, Thurs. 12/23. The moment we walked into the

I spotted the Red-naped or Hybird Sapsucker Tony discusses below in Pleasanton this morning. Follow Tony's instructions to the location. I actually saw the bird on park property accross the street

The Black-throated Gray Warbler was still present in the Heritage Square parking lot in Emeryville at 9:30 Wednesday morning. Good birding, Kirk Swenson Davis <---> Emeryville

Mark, Thank you for posting this interesting set of photos. Hammond's is a possibility, but the short primary projection, wing-flicking without tail flicking, very dark wings with contrasting strong

Spotted a couple of Wood Ducks today in Alameda Creek where the road to Sunol Regional Park crosses the creek. If you go, be still as they are very shy. Steve

Sorry for the late posting. On December 17, my wife, Yvonne McHugh, and I had the pleasure of participating in the Eastern Alameda County Christmas Bird Count. Our assignment was the Pleasanton Sports

Hi All- At around 3pm today I saw the mystery empid in Tilden Nature Center, Berkeley. It was near where previously described: a short way down the nature trail boardwalk from the fire road access.

Birded this morning (Wednesday 12/22) at Coyote Hills and noted the following birds amongest the usual birds: 3 - Snow Geese continuing. These were at the little pond on the left just past the entry

Today I started at Cull Canyon Regional Park, then to Redwood Regional Park, and on Skyline stopping anyplace that looked good for Evening Grosbeaks. I finally saw one in Joaquin Miller Park

Tan striped type in Sunol Park. Cross the foot bridge near interpretive HQ, turn right and check the hillside on your left as you pass Hayfield Rd. Anthony Fisher

East Bay Birders: On Sunday, about 200 participants in the Oakland Christmas Bird Count braved challenging weather and found 176 species (preliminary count), equal to our most recent ten-year

Following Judith Dunham's posting about the White-throated sparrow in Oakland, I went today to Mills College at about 3 PM. The sparrow was on the hillside above the parking lot mentioned by Judith. I

Douglas Stewart and I also had an adult White-throated Sparrow in Oakland yesterday. This bird was at Mills College. It was foraging along the west side of the first parking lot to the right after the

An adult and an immature white-throated sparrow were seen yesterday at Dimond Park in Oakland's Glenview neighborhood. They were foraging with a golden-crowned sparrow flock in the Friends of Sausal

The weather was...uh..."spirited" for yesterday's Ohlone Audubon CBC. Conditions prohibited us from driving out the levee roads to check the salt ponds, so we valiantly slogged out the No Name Trail

Eighty three birders participated in the Eastern Alameda County CBC on Friday Dec17 th. 144 species reported with three exception species under review. Under review are: - Red-naped Sapsucker,

I apologize for not posting a milage marker in my original post, yesterday. Below is a email to a fellow birder who requested the location. I have a Google Earth view if you'd like. Ken

Took a quick run up to Patterson Pass late this morning. I saw 3 Mountain Bluebirds, several Western Meadowlarks, 2 American Krestels, 4 Red-tailed Hawks, a couple of mixed flocks of blackbirds,