I took a walk in Canyon Trail Park in El Cerrito at 1:00 PM today and in the tree canopy next to the creek that runs through this little park, I heard the repetitive song of what sounded like

Hi David, Where did you find the information about isolated breeding populations of Gray Flycatcher anywhere in the Bay Area? Based on everything I’ve ever read , their breeding range in California

My superpower is to hold still for long periods of time. That suits my decaying ankle joints and patulous retinaculum just fine, and it's how I came to know today's empidonax (sp) as the gray

Kevin, Western is the usual kigbird suspect in summer around here for grasslands and meadows like Cesar Chavez. Tropical Kingbirds do show up here fairly regularly. Western Kingbird has white outer

Pretty the kingbird I spotted at Cesar Chavez Park this morning was a Western Kingbird. I've only ever confirmed a Tropical Kingbird. Any advice welcome. Check out my notes and phots in the ebird

Best day for migrants this year so far. 5 warbler species and lots of Hermit warblers by 7:15am. (Below Vollmer peak Tilden) Jim Chiropolos Orinda

One of these was probably seen SUNDAY at 3:00 PM at the Hayward Regional Shoreline. It was at Winton Ave. It was only seen in flight. For details see my ebird report under pigeon/dove sp. My view was

At about 5:30 tonight I saw a FRGU at low tide in the bay just off the SF Bay Trail between Meeker Slough and 51st St bridge, north of Pt Isabel. A small gull among CAGUs with a black head, thick

On a cheerier note I heard a FOS Olive-sided flycatcher and a Swainson's thrush singing quietly this morning on The Strawberry Canyon trial, Berkeley. Other migrants heard were a Cassin's vireo and

A permit is also required for the Orinda Connector Trail. And also the road to the base of the dam is off limits from a few yards beyond the reeds/cliff swallow nesting site. I was stopped on a

Paid a visit, this morning, to the Orinda Connector Trail starting at Bear Creek Rd. about 7:30. With the temperature around 60F, and clear skies, spring conditions seemed just right. And being

And for those interested in seeing the migration patterns in their county the night before you go birdwatching, check out BirdCast: https://dashboard.birdcast.info/

And I forgot about the Red-breasted Nuthatch getting a late start on pecking out a nest cavity. It was fun watching him spit out the wood chips. ;)

I should mention that the Monday birding group saw an Allen's hummingbird with two tiny fledglings on the Upper Packrat Trail. Then near the restrooms across from Jewel Lake we saw two Anna's babies

It's possible that some did go over. We saw 10 ducklings on Monday. At one point, some one in the group saw all the ducklings line up at the spillway. The mother swooped in and they followed her

Out a Jewel Lake I saw my first Hairy Woodpecker this afternoon. At Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/2nfAaMG Also a Mallard pair with 6 tiny Ducklings. The Park ranger was searching below the spillway for

Mount Diablo Audubon Society had a field trip today into Pine Canyon and as far as the Castle Rocks and Mount Diablo State Park boundary. We heard or saw a total of 53 species. Some of the

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Today, as in every year, the Western Tanagers first showed up in the Eucalyptus trees at the north end of Homestead Ave in Walnut Creek. Gitta noticed the soft brrrk call before I did, and we spotted

When we had an MDAS field trip to North Briones April 5, there was water in all three of the lagoons. The third one, the one farthest away, had twenty-five Ring-necked Ducks. You should enjoy the