It was seen on Saturday. Perhaps the folks that saw it can share more information. Mark -- --- Mark Eaton mark@...

I was also out there yesterday. The high tides, rain and wind have flooded and muddied the water where it hunted, so it cannot see the fish to hunt, so likely moved on. It has not been seen since

We went to the described site along Pickleweed Trail yesterday afternoon between 2:30 and 3:45 and looked for about an hour with no luck. As there have been no reports since the afternoon of the

Jim Chiropolos and I snuck our first bike ride of the year in Saturday during a break in the rain. Highlights were: Lake Merritt - female Redhead,four Red-breasted Mergansers, a Ring-necked Duck and

Hi All, Today at 12:45 I found a TUFTED DUCK at Clifton Court Forebay. It was at the end of the levee in the channel just past the trash dumpsters. This is the same location as last year's Tufted

To this very wet, rainy morning I was blessed with a fleeting visit from a Hermit Thrush in my front yard. Paul Brenner Martinez

Today at approximately 2:30, we relocated the Tan-striped White- throated Sparrow at Contra Loma Regional Park in Antioch. Again, the bird was observed with Golden-crowned Sparrows at the northern

I first heard two Great Horned Owl about ten nights ago. They called for a single evening. Tonight they're back calling from several large pine trees on Gatetree Circle, Pleasanton. Gatetree Circle

I decided to try to celebrate New Year's eve day with some beautiful county birds.  I started in Napa Co where at 9 AM I saw 6 Evening Grosbeaks in a pistache tree on Stonybrook Ave near its

Seven if us saw the bittern at 11:10am, extremely close to the trail, on the shore side. Photos here: http://allenh.zenfolio.com/p991181533 The bittern was so close to trail, I couldn't capture a

Seen today at 11, reportedly at 3 feet. It disappeared until 12 where it was seen near where it was sighted on the 27th by Laura Look, adjacent to the Pickleweed Trail. It was so close we had to

This afternoon around 3:30 I found a Hermit Warbler at Lake del Valle RP. The bird was in a mixed flock of Bushtit's and Chestnut-backed Chickadee's. I found the Hermit Warbler about half way between

Hi all; The Least Bittern appeared along the Pickleweed Trail at the Martinez Regional Shoreline today from 12:45-1:15 PM. It was seen by 10 reverent birders as it posed on a piece of wood, then

Today at 12:15 we found a Tan-striped White-throated Sparrow at Contra Loma Regional Park in Antioch. The bird was located at the northern end of Loma Island and was feeding with a small flock of

I birded along Patterson Ranch Road this morning from about 0550-0800, mostly west of the entry kiosk, listening and looking for rails and owls. I heard a single GREAT-HORNED OWL near the entry kiosk

After seeing the Least Bittern today in Martinez (well reported by others), I headed to Marina Bay in Richmond, where I located the female BLACK SCOTER reported by Sheila Dickie on 12/29. The bird

Today, Thursday, at noon the Least Bittern treated 15 or so birders to great looks. It pays to be patient; we had been waiting well over an hour. I had been there 1:40 to 3:30 on Tuesday and not seen

Very late morning,/like 11:59 AM/ the Least Bittern made an appearance for the many admiring birders. The LABI even flew a short distance for us, nice. It went on to catch a mosquito fish and posed

East Bay Birders, A photo of the LEAST BITTERN contributed by Calvin Lou has been posted on the WFO web site: http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/ Click through for full large

Hi everyone   At 3:45 p.m. this afternoon, Dec. 29, I saw a female Black Scoter swimming in the Richmond Marina.  It was seen from the boardwalk on the bay side of Salute Marina Bay restaurant