I am nearly certain there is a Field Sparrow at Gomes Park. The details: I stopped at Gomes Park around 1:30 pm Nov 12 on the way back from an excellent overnight trip to Stanislaus County. Around 2pm

Field sparrow was recently reported at Gomez I think. I may have refound it at 2:10. End of the channel between the wall and the area where two other creeks join. Details later. Plus two Swamps!!Dave

A Wood Duck is back! Male, hanging out with a Mallard pair at the retention pond closer to the south end of the Lake. Also, a female Hooded Merganser was cruising and feeding.  A Pied-billed Grebe,

Amazing place.... Prairie Falcon, Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Ferruginous Hawk, and four other raptors; Wood Duck, lots of Redheads, Wigeon and Gadwalls and assorted other waterfowl.... All strung out

At least a half dozens of us were able to relocate, these three previously found species this morning between 10-11 am along a paved path next to a vegetated channel. A bonus was seeing all three

Here are some (bad) photos of the Alviso LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL from this afternoon. (Smokey days don't make for good gull photos...

BTW its a long (20 min) hike west from Alviso Marina Park to the gull flock, and the trails close at sunset. Noah [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

BTW, its a long (20 min) hike west fro

I guess I’m eating crow on my “announcement” that Alviso is now impossible to Gull... Or, should I say, eating LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL... A subtle but distinctive 2nd-cycle LBBG was here at the

This (11/9/2018) afternoon, there were 2 female White-winged Scoters with 2 female Surf Scoters on west of the large isle seen from par course. A couple of distant shots can be viewed in my eBird

Yesterday with high wind and smoke in the air 14 diehard birders had a wonderfully birdie day in the field. The real results started at Clifton Forebay (Contra Costa county) with 32 species of ducks,

Seen today again (Nov/8). Previous sighting on October 30. Could be another Ferruginous in the same location or may be the same bird. It was perched on a fence post, preening. It flew low behind the

Saw a Townsend's solitaire at the back end of Round Valley Preserve, (at the springs, actually on water district land) today Nov 8. Ebird report with photo below:

For the second time this fall we watched a Brown Creeper scurrying up one of our Valley Oaks. This is only the fourth time I've observed a creeper in the yard in over ten years of keeping records.

FYI, the new access curtailment at Alviso is probably due to my own mistake of flushing some gulls just after sunset last winter near the EEC. The signage appeared soon after this. Noah

All the salt pond trails around Alviso are now closed at sunset, presumably to prevent birders from disturbing roosting and nocturnal wildlife. While this is actually an excellent policy for a NWR, it

The Northern Shrike is continuing at Orwood Rd, Wed, Nov 7. Was easily seen, albeit at a long distance, across the slough flying between the group of utility poles directly across from the berth area

Got a good look while stuck in the toll plaza this morning, very large gathering in the pond north of the merge lanes. Well over a hundred brown pelicans and even more white ones, some having fun

The SWAMP SPARROW and the EASTERN PHOEBE are still present and showing nicely near the black gate and metal bridge by the corner of the golf course. This is across from 40484 Seville Ct. Matthew

A few great sightings by me, Vicki R. and Gail W. this (11/6/2018) afternoon between 4:00 - 5:30pm at the west end of Gomes Park (37.550668, -121.954726) in Fremont including: - Eastern Phoebe in