First stop was for the Black and White Warbler reported near Alta Bates. I parked at Regent St x. Webster Street. and walked around the south end of the hospital. No luck. Walked back to my car, and

Today was the day picked by Point Blue to do the annual shorebird survey of San Francisco Bay.  I went with Susana de Trapaga to the west edge of Pt. Pinole, where we looked for shorebirds between

Six East Bay birders started the day in the Inspiration Point area around 8 a.m., first walking the EBMUD trail (permit required), then birding nearby Nimitz Way in Tilden. We had a roving flock of

Not necessarily in the East Bay, but a good read and a reminder to record any crossbills that might be cooperative enough to be recorded! Our current irruption seems to be mostly type 2 but I wouldn't

A quick note that this evening a Prairie Merlin flew over Canyon Lakes Golf Course in San Ramon. This is my first in Contra Costa and is surprisingly not flagged. The powder blue back and orange

Hi All, Yesterday Nov 12 Leora Feeney and I observed from the west corner of Alameda 10 Snow Geese flying northwest towards Yerba Buena Island.  The geese were over SF county waters.  Also for the

8 of these guys were actively foraging towards the upper end of the valley yesterday. Also saw a Townsend's warbler. Ebird checklist with photos below. Jerry Britten, Morgan

Thanks to Clay Anderson spotting it, Elizabeth and I got to see this bird which has now been here since October 31, essentially in the same location on the rocks south of the Marina office and west of

Birders: Between Teale Friscoe and myself, the spot at which Horacio and Mona Mena found a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch yesterday afternoon was monitored from shortly after 7:00 am until 11:00 am today

Correction: the Black-and-white Warbler was seen in the tot-lot at Regent & Webster. Ralph Pericoli

Saw the Black-and-white Warbler @ 1:55 pm in the Magnolia trees of the little parklet. It was making rapid chit calls and moving amongst the Magnolias. Two other birders present and witnessed this.

Still present 12:15 11/12 at the little parklet at Bateman and Webster. Much more active and harder to track.

Helpful birders got us on this cooperative juvenile Bar-tailed Godwit near the Emeryville Marina. South side of Powell St, just west of Watergate apartments. Bird roosting with hundreds of Marbled

Dear Steve and Carol, I think the shriek sound is similar to a begging call given by a juvenile bird, but at this time of year might not be expected (although I have heard typical Great Horned

https://www.xeno-canto.org/506643 We recorded these two birds in our backyard in San Ramon tonight about 6:30 pm (total darkness with moon rising). One bird is obviously an adult Great Horned Owl. But

Lee et al. That does look like a Cassin's Finch. Very good find. Note first that the co-finder of the rosy finch is Horacio Mena, not Hortacio. But also note that the Rosy Finch is a "Hepburn's"

Birders, This morning at approximately 10:30AM, I saw what I believe to be a Cassin’s Finch at the Tilden Botanical Gardens. It was sitting on a tree top near the center of the Garden. It had the

Birders: About 3:30 this afternoon Mona and Hortacio Mena found and photographed a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch in Contra Costa County. It was in Tilden Regional Park, on the Seaview Trail, near the Upper

Hi Birders, As of 3pm, there is a single Cackling Goose mixed in with the Canada Geese on the pond at Oak Hill Park in Danville. Haven't seen one in few years, and always surprised at how tiny they

BTG on rocks across from Emory Cove Marina south of the Commercial Truck Turnaround sign. Nov 11, 11:45 amDave Weber,MilpitasBy phone