During Alan Kaplan’s GGAS walk by the Tilden Nature Area and Jewel Lake, there was also a juvenile Cedar Waxwing perched under the Pacific-Slope Flycatcher. Cedar Waxwings are somewhat unusual for

Friends! Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Birdwalk, October 5, 2018. Tilden Nature Area, parking lot to Jewel Lake and back by way of the boardwalk. Topic today was again feathers:

I'm typically birding from my bike so I don't into the woods a lot to find warblers, but this fall I have hit the woods and seen an abundance of Black-throated Grays. And today, a minute after i

I saw my first GCSP this morning at my feeder in Castro Valley. Nothing says "Autumn" in the Bay Area like the 3-note song of the GCSP!

The Tropical Kingbird was seen by at least three of us this morning. Rosalie, Tracy and I were under the large oak on the west side of the pond, when Tracy asked, "Isn't that the Tropical Kingbird?"

Seen at 10:15-10:30 around fountain in Nectar Garden Steve Tracey San Jose

.aa On September 30 an adult male red-breasted sapsucker at the Niles Alameda Creek Staging area. On October 2 two golden eagles perched on a distant power line tower on the ridge north of Niles

Today 10/2 around 1:30 a Chestnut-Sided Warbler made a brief appearance at the Fountain in Ardenwood Farm. It had been seen on 9/30 and 9/29 also. Here is a link to photo: Chestnut-sided Warbler -

We are at Kansas near Maple and I heard her last night and three nights ago she sounded like she was in our backyard. We have a tall redwood. I wonder where she roosts in the daytime? We sure have a

Sorry about forgetting the location and time, the excitement got the better of me. Marcus Pun Video Editor / Producer/Editor / Camera C: 510-384-8085 | H: 510-530-2507 Oakland, CA

We had our FOS Hermit Thrush this morning. The past several years we've had individuals remain throughout the fall and winter. Elizabeth Leite Lafayette/Walnut Creek border (Lower Saranap)

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Oh Marcus, we're hearing her too (a female?)! First time for us too, since 1990! Thank you for the recording! Bev

A group of 21 Sandhill Crane in v-formation overflew the project area in the north Livermore Valley. Its been 15 years since I last saw them in Alameda County. That was a flyover in spring at Lake

I have lived in my Oakland neighborhood since 1995. I think this is the first time I have ever heard an owl. This is the call of the Great Horned Owl. Repeated 3 times over the waveform.

At Ballena Bay, in the fennel on the east side of the first parking lot past the traffic circle. You must park along Ballena Blvd. before the traffic circle. Bob Richmond Alameda

Yesterday, September 30, early afternoon in the old parking lot I talked to a group of birders from Sacramento who had just finished birding the Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Park and had either 57

Not in Moraga though, which is why this is exciting, for those of us in Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, etc.

These are fairly common out here in San Ramon and Livermore. I see them often

Ohhh, I saw one once, many years ago, on the other side (from Rancho Laguna) and I was trying to figure out if it truly was a Golden Eagle, when a Red-tail mobbed it, again looking tiny in comparison!