While walking the Lake Chabot East Shore trail around 330 this afternoon we observed a Bald Eagle cruising from east to west, near the island. He was being chased by two white tailed kites. He we off

I knew that sunshine was promised for this Earth Day, so I headed out for Pine Canyon and found the large parking lot on Castle Rock Rd., across from the equestrian centers, open at 7am. I began a

Yesterday evening (Tuesday) a pair of Greater White-Fronted Geese were swimming by the observation landing at the Rotary Nature Center just as I arrived at Lake Merritt. They were only about 5 feet

I was awake before the Bewick's Wren and able to put out some seeds and meal worms while it was still dark. This little bird arrived in our patio at 6:01 today. In Heather Farm Park south of our

I don’t like the frequency at which I am posting recently, and wasn’t going to post this, but after today I figured I have somewhat of an obligation to post here. I’ll work chronologically.

At 5:00 this afternoon Nancy and I were sitting at our patio table pondering what to have for dinner when a male Black-chinned Hummingbird appeared at a nearby feeder. We had terrific views of the

This week I finally had an Allen's Hummingbird at the feeders in my yard in Oakland near the rose garden. Very clear views at close range (about 3 feet). I haven't seen one here in years. I also had a

Today was an exciting day in the yard. On April 4, I first noticed the yard chickadees bring caterpillars to the house nest hole. I then circled April 21st as the possible day the young would leave

Mea culpa! I should have remembered about posting info on nests. (Thankfully I didn't give specific details on location.) Guess I was a bit too trusting of human nature. (Given many folks' handling

Today was a specialty day at our house.  Around 8:30 this morning I was filling feeders when I heard the unmistakable song of a Wilson’s Warbler.  A new yard bird for us, I located it with my

Several nesting couples are in a conifer on Otis Drive across from the Safeway gas station at South Shore Shopping Center. You can get right under the tree (bring an umbrella!), but you might also try

EBB Birders, The park people and the Peregrine Patrol Volunteers request that we not publicly post information about the nesting falcons. Evidently there has been a considerable amount of trespasser

This morning was gray and cool, and not immediately birdy when I arrived at Heather Farm a little before 7am. As I was about to leave, an hour later, things changed and I was delivered a most welcome

Still and peaceful. Those two words perfectly describe Heather Farm Park, this Sunday morning. I arrived at 6:30am. and shortly thereafter, spotted a Caspian Tern on patrol above the natural

Hi All, I had the great fortune of going to Mitchell Canyon today, as there turned out to be an absolutely spectacular flight. I was not optimistic about conditions given strong winds and fog, but

Hope you all are not getting jaded by my posts, but this one is noteworthy to say the least. We were in the hot tub about 6:30 tonight when a bird popped up briefly about 20 feet away into an

Hello, With all the recent hummingbird excitement at Garin Ave, I set out today to look for Calliope Hummingbirds at my local patch, Claremont Canyon. I was not disappointed! I quickly found a

I hear and sometimes see the crossbill flock (down to 5) overhead almost every day since they first showed up on March 18. Today they came down to the feeders again for some ID photos. Also the first

It was not too hard to spend about 2 hours in Heather Farm Park today, having left the house about 7:30. Tracy Farrington was already there on the west side and we checked the riparian area south of

Yesterday we went for a midday hike in Walnut Creek's Shell Ridge open space, starting at Borges Ranch (lower parking lot open, no problem social distancing). We looped around to Twin Ponds and