Hi All, The Vermilion Flycatcher reported yesterday by Kathy Roberston continued this morning, Nov 28, at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont, Alameda Co.  This is the first record for Alameda Co.  I first

Correcting my directions from my previous post, which should have read: I would recommend parking at the north end of the water park parking lot (accessed near the intersection of PASEO PADRE

I spent a frigid Sunday afternoon walking Mt. Trashmore today in hopes of seeing longspurs. The construction project has stopped for the weekend, so there was a lot of bird activity on the hill

Hi Birders, The Vermilion Flycatcher reported on 11/1 (based on a 10/30 Ebird report), continued at Lake Elizabeth this afternoon. It was actively flycatching from the trees surrounding the

These are digiscoped pictures of the two American Bitterns at the pond next to the walking path.The pictures were taken yesterday around 8:30 A.M. They both went into hiding around 9:00 A.M..

Today I saw a mystery plover at the Albany Bulb. It looked like a Snowy Plover, but it was too far away for me to make a positive ID with binoculars. It was with a number of Semi-palmated Plovers, but

Hi DD, What you're calling a Red Phalarope looks like a gull to me. Probably an immature Bonaparte's. Louis Libert Oakland, CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Today I was in CH from 8:30am till 1pm. After the heavy fog lifted birds started to come out. I think this is my all time record 59 species. Maybe even more that I didn't see. a well maybe next

Hi all, There was a PACIFIC LOON at Coyote Hills Regional Park at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. The juvenile bird was seen diving in the "D.U.S.T Marsh" (as marked on the official park map), which can

I believe she is our old friend - I saw a female Redhead on the GGAS walk last Wednesday, and recognized her even in floating-meatloaf mode by the pattern of white spots on the back of her head. (I

This afternoon at Lake Merritt birders were able to see all six of the Aythya species seen in the U.S., with 5 species swimming together at the Visitor Center in the channel between the shore and the

Yesterday, Friday, Nov. 25th I saw a yellow-shafted flicker with two bands on one of his legs - a bright green band, and a bright yellow one. Birding is great out of my Rossmoor condo window, Walnut

Just a word of caution to those chasing this bird that the dump to the west is closed on the weekends - which greatly reduces the chances of seeing it here. I speak from personal experience!! Two

I went back to Pacific Common Linear Park today and birded from 11:30AM - 2:00PM. The Slaty-backed Gull showed up around 12:40PM and landed on the northeast corner of the pond. It was quite active

We had a Ruby-Crowned Kinglet gleaning water from a bamboo plant in Montclair (Mountaingate and Castle intersection). Our Townsend's Warblers have been regular to our feeders for several weeks now and

Jerry, Nice photos as usual. I don't think your bird is likely to be a "Vega" Gull (Asian race of Herring Gull) for several reasons. The bill is too bright, almost orange in color. Vega should be

I went to Pacific Common Linear Park yesterday afternoon in hopes of seeing the Slaty-backed Gull again. After 2 hours of searching and sorting out numerous gulls in the pond I was not able to

Hi all, If my records are right, this is my 8th annual 7-10 Thanksgiving a.m. hallpass bird blitz. Highlights included: Osprey -- Brooks Island. Pelagic Cormorant - 5 Marina Bay Parkway inner harbor

This is not the first time ever, but it was nice to see a Red-breasted Nuthatch visiting the feeder in the rain on 11/20, along with the usual chickadees and House Sparrows (which haven't been here

It was a relatively quiet morning in the park today, though the sparrows were happy to come out and have some morning seeds. I had a "Silent Spring" moment upon the realization that I was not seeing