Made a slow trip around the ponds with Walt D this morning, though we started at the north ball field. Despite the mowing by a larger machine, the Short-billed Gulls were not bothered, nor were the

I saw a Townsend’s Solitaire in a madrone tree on Phillips Loop trail near (but on the other side of the trail) where it has been seen since Dec. 10, 2021. It was today around 2 pm. Marsha

Following an early afternoon eye appointment, I drove to Oakland to see f I could find the Tufted Duck near Laney College. I parked on 7th Street and walked down to scan all the Scaups. I did not

I was also out this evening & saw the skimmers far out from the south shore of Emeryville. They were pretty spectacular the one time the entire flock took off, becoming a murmuration of shifting black

Went out to the Emeryville mudflats between about 3:30 and 5:15 and indeed there were at least 30 Black Skimmers out on the mudflats. It was a clear, calm afternoon. There were about four other

Four male Shovelers (additional females possible) spotted swimming near the south end of the "Nature Lake" at Heather Farm Park, Walnut Creek, 1/18/22. Between the island and the concrete pond, off

I had to make a quick stop at the office today - and the Skimmer spectacle from the Emeryville mudflats between my office block and I80 was amazing. At 4 pm on a falling tide the skimmer flock was

There were nearly 400 avocets in the Charleston Slough of the Baylands reserve yesterday (Santa Clara County, near Palo Alto). My first time there so I don't know whether that's unusual. - Fred

True for Albany Mudflats as well. Ed -- Edward Vine Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Building 90R2002 Berkeley, CA 94720-8136 Phone: 1-510-486-6047 Email: elvine@...

Jan 17 We are seeing numbers as well as variety. There were over 100 American Avocets on the edge of Meeker Slough. Two days before there were 200+. I have not seen these numbers in three years

With the tide going out after lunch, there were a good variety of shorebird along the Bay Trail. Black-belied Plovers, Marbled Godwits, Snowy Egrets, Common Goldeneyes, American Wigeons, Willets and

I spent a little time at the east(?) end of Lake Merritt near the pergola looking through the ducks there for anything other than Scaups, Buffleheads and Ruddy Ducks. A few Common Goldeneyes were

I wanted to capitalize on high tide and early morning light at the Emeryville Marina, especially the high tide roost. The roost was, as always, packed with dunlins, willets, and marbled godwits. Jim

I visited the Lake Merritt outflow channel today at lunch and the first bird I saw was the male tufted duck floating under me on a bridge from Laney College. As Mark R, the bird’s finder stated, it

Saw a Greater White-Fronted Goose hanging out with the Canda Geese at Crab Cove Park in Alameda. It was in the picnic area that is past the end of McKay Street and to the right.

This morning at Booker T. Anderson Park in Richmond, I ran into a singing Orange-crowned Warbler that seemed consistent with the ssp. sordida, which occurs primarily in Southern California.

or rather Tuftless Duck, an eclipse male found this 9am at the Laney College estuary, where I work. I was getting catalytic convertor guards put on for the upcoming semester and went to check out the

Ring-necked Duck at Lake Anza photo. https://flic.kr/p/2mWzFs6 Claude Lyneis cmlyneis@... https://www.youtube.com/bhsvideodad https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/lyneisfilm

After all the rain this fall, Lake Anza looked a little better than last year when it stopped flowing in June, but has a ways to go. Around 2 pm on a clear afternoon, there were only a few birds

This morning I looked out the back window of our house in the 700 block of Keeler and saw a Cooper’s Hawk on the deck railing. It took me some time to unpack my Nikon, but then it landed on the