I've have been hearing a lot of twittering in our patio, but not seen anything unusual until this morning. While reading some email, I looked out the window and saw an adult Dark-eyed Junco fly from

I saw 2 Great-tailed Grackles this morning (8/9 7:30) at Coyote Hills Regional Park. They were both males. They were on Patterson Ranch Road. After entering at the Entry Kiosk, they were on the

I started a the San Leandro Marina and saw 15 (est.) SURFBIRDS and 1 WANDERING TATTLER. later at Winton Ave. I saw a BEWICK'S WREN. Good birding Bob

In the trees at the boat lanch at Bethany Reservoir I got a picture of what looks like a Great-tailed Grackle. It's talons threw me off, they were a little larger then I thought a Grackle would have.

I believe we are seeing the same with our Hooded Orioles as Paul Schorr reported. We are now seeing 2 additional young females at our feeders. The original 2 adult males and females are still coming

I'm always jealous of the people with orioles in their yards but I suppose I should be content with the beautiful orange and black birds that visit my sunflower chip feeders each summer. I have seen

Apparently the Hooded Orioles that we have been reporting since June 16 have had a second brood. During this past week the adults have been accompanied in our yard by two much younger birds than

I got out early this morning to catch the outgoing tide at the Berkeley Pier and was delighted to see at least 2 COMMON MURRES had made there way into alameda county. As the tide receded so did the

Late Friday morning 10-11 AM I made an attempt to locate the PACIFIC-GOLDEN PLOVER. I was not successful due the tide being out. So I returned this morning a few minutes before 7AM for a 6.6 FT

Hi everyone Last evening August 4 at about 7:20 p.m. I saw a juvenile and adult Clapper Rail in Meeker Slough, Marina Bay, Richmond.  (See below for directions).  I first saw the juvenile on a mud

One female fledgling Hooded Oriole and an adult female visited our syrup feeder this morning. The little girl hung out on nearby branch and begged while adult sipped away--ignoring her. Finally, after

After reading Michael Park's afternoon posts, Judith Dunham and I made a quick decision to head down to Hayward after work. We arrived at the Interpretive Center, off of Clawiter Road at Hwy 92, at

An inquiry into the location of birds in my earlier posts has spurred this more detailed post. I was composing the message on my phone, and a lengthy message was not possible. From the Hayward

I should add that the (3) were male. I also saw (2) femalein alternateplumage --white under the eye with a thin stripe of black through the eye. The birds did not fly with the main flock of

As of 345pm, there were (3) PACIFIC GOLDEN-PLOVER associating with American Avocet at water's edge on a peninsula about 50 to 75 yards off the trail. They were in remnant alternate plumage -- richly

Seen today at the shoreline - Near the mouth of San Lorenzo Creek was my first LESSER YELLOWLEGS of the season. Among the shorebirds were hundreds of RED KNOTS. At the San Leandro Marina were 15

I saw two skimmers tonightat 5:16 pm at the same place reported yesterday by Joyce. I got a great view, for only 2 minutes, at high tide, and then they disappeared. Perhaps they landed to escape the

I observed four females and one male today in the marsh next to the overflow parking lot. Coyote HIlls Regional Park is in Fremont. Take Ardenwood to Patterson Ranch Road. Take Patterson Ranch Road

EBB'ers, Following up on Joyce Rybrandt's posting of 2 Black Skimmers at Meeker Slough, I decided to chase, once again, this Contra Costa nemesis species for me. I tried Meeker Slough first with no

A volunteer from Golden Gate Audubon pointed out two Black Skimmers this evening between 7:30 and 8:15 pm on the Bay Trail between El Cerrito and Richmond. The tide was quite low. The birds were