I kayaked around brooks island today. The herring run is in progress on the west side of the island (non-visible) side from Richmond. Well over 10,000 cormorants with an estimated 1,000 plus Bryant

There were relatively few birders at Arrowhead this morning for the King Tide. I arrived around 9:15 AM and peak tide was predicted about 10 AM. The marsh just off the pier was virtually covered and

In the Berkeley Meadow Sat. morning, I took a photo of a young buteo perched some distance away. Unfortunately, the shot was into direct sunlight on a day with lots of glare, so I am unable to ID the

Unlikely. Those are both ravens in Claude’s image.

Would a raven and crow be likely to keep such close company?

A note on identifying birds in photos: I'm not as good at it as some people are. I seem to get more reliable clues from live birds in the field. Photos pick only a single pose and often foreshorten

Claude, I'm sure you meant common raven, not American raven. Yes, the bird on the right in your photo is a common raven. I think the left hand bird is an American crow based on the shorter length of

Hello all, Tomorrow I am doing a walking big day in Half Moon Bay, to raise money for phalarope research, in particular their use of salt lakes such as Mono, and similar lakes in North and South

This evening I walked from Port Costa down the railroad tracks to within about a half a mile of the Eckley Pier in Crockett. Here, in addition to 11 Barrow's Goldeneye, I ran into a Brandt's Cormorant

With the exception of precocial juveniles that are out and mobile shortly after hatching (around here this would be geese, mallards and killdeer, not much else) juveniles are essentially “adult”

Word has it that there was a herring run earlier today off the Pt. Richmond breakwater. Not sure if it's still happening. A good chance to work on gull ID, Judi Sierra

Claude, These appear to be Common Ravens (also sometimes referred to as Northern Ravens.). They are distinguishable from the smaller American Crow in the photo by the size and shape of the bill, the

I have been working on distinguishing Ravens from Crows and realized I was often misidentifying Crows as Ravens. Even the pair of crows that drop by our porch for a morning peanut. So I went to the

For two days we had a singing Bewick's Wren just south of the Heather Farm equestrian rings, but today it was colder and no bird. The number of ducks is again very low, as is the not so large mostly

It was pretty birdy and sparrow diversity was good along the east fork of Grayson creek today. We had the usual White crowned and Golden crowned, a Song sparrow, 12 Savannah sparrows and re-found a

Hi, all. I need to apologize to anyone who may have tried to find the sandpiper I reported here on Wednesday. After studying my field guides some more & coming across a group of surfbirds yesterday

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