Yesterday (Saturday 1/30) at around 4:30PM, I was treated to the delightful sight of two Black Skimmers plying the waters along the Bay's coast from the Richmond Marina entrance down to Shimada Park

The previously reported Harris’s Sparrow was seen well again today at midday in Fremont’s Pacific Linear Park along the black chain link fence separating the paved path that dead ends into Noble

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I’m going to change my eBird report to Mallard (Domestic) for this one. I do think it’s a pretty duck! -Melani King Pt. Richmond

Here is the information I received from ebmud Hikers along Upper San Leandro Reservoir may notice lower supply levels as EBMUD uses this local reservoir to supply more water than usual to

Does anyone have info on why the Upper San Leandro Reservoir has been lowered so much, why EBMUD is cutting so many trees in the Valle Vista area, and what their plans are? Went to Valle Vista today

On 1/30/2021 6:58 PM, Melani King wrote: That russet chestnut is interesting - but I'd be surprised if it's anything but a domestic Mallard mashup.... There are so many many

Hi Melani, https://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2019/01/hybrid-ducks-are-common.html calls this a "Bibbed Mallard" and says it's a cross between a mallard and a domestic farm duck "of some sort." I

Hi all, This morning I went to Sunol regional wilderness to look for the Dipper. I haven't seen any reports since the "atmospheric river" event, and today I continued that trend, not being able to

Today I saw a Mallard hybrid while birding Meeker Slough in Richmond. Does anyone have any idea what this mallard has hybridized with? Photo is on my eBird

For a little over two hours this morning Nancy and I searched for the Red-naped Sapsucker that was reported yesterday (1/29) on eBird by Bruce Brown. Finally, Nancy spotted a sapsucker that flew from

Mountain Plovers continue to elude me on the Robinson/Flannery Road circuit, but it was nice to see the adult male Rough-legged Hawk (https://ebird.org/checklist/S80156780) and 2 Ferruginous Hawks

This afternoon I took a walk in my Walnut Creek neighborhood (north end of Homestead/Seven Hills Ranch Road). Among the mildly unusual sightings I had a large Cooper's Hawk, probably an adult female,

Hello, This morning around 9:00 I counted 16 wood ducks at Valle Vista, the highest by far I’ve seen here. The caveat being that a spotting scope is almost certainly required because of how distant

It was a very nice afternoon following our overnight rain, so Rosita and I took a walk to the second meadow in Pine Canyon. The highlight for me was actually twofold; we had Spotted Towhees under

I just headed out in my neighborhood of East Richmond Heights to look for a rainbow (no luck), but while scanning across Wildcat Canyon I saw a strange dark spot on a hill above the Monte Cresta Trail

What a great day at Arrowhead, and I was all alone. Between the sun, the moon and the rain, the tide was extremely high. Yes, it was raining even harder as I turned off the freeway and toward the

Thanks Jim, I would recommend a on-line presentation by Jon Dunn to the Los Angeles Birders on exactly this issue -- Dowitcher identification -- it is archived and available for your viewing pleasure:

Hi Paul- I'm glad you saw the Creekside Park White-throated sparrow again. We need to make it over there. We're happy to report our 2nd year yard White-throated sparrow continues over here in

Oh No! It’s a Dowitcher! As I look at eBird reports (I am not an eBird reviewer) but I know many of them, I think there is no bigger problem in the birding community of identifying dowitchers. Most

Today we birded from 11:40 - 1:55 at Creekside Park and Road, walking as far south as Wolfe Ranch. Following last night's significant winter storm which was the best of the season and badly needed,