At the end of the day (12/17), the CBC held at Coyote Hills (not including South and South West parts of the park which was led by Rich Nicolson) generated a long list that contains more than 100

It looks more like a Hammond's Flycatcher to me. -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA jmorlan (at) ccsf.edu Birding Classes start Feb 7 http://fog.ccsf.edu/jmorlan/

While on the grounds of the Dunsmuir House today during the Oakland CBC, we found a bird fly catching from a tree on the north edge of the lawn area, just east of the small pond. At a distance, I

We counted and seen a lot of birds today. I think most of them were Northern Pintails. My guess maybe over 500+ or more. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ddsimages/6534064585/in/photostream But highlight

Dear Birders: Today for the first time ever in almost 60 years of watching the birds at my deck feeder, I have a tan-striped White-throated Sparrow  (and, yes, it's count day so I can mark it on my

I spent a few hours up around Patterson Pass Rd and down to Midway Rd this afternoon. Later I visited Del Valle with Rich Camino & Jim Ross. These are some of the birds seen: Mountain Bluebirds - at

Hi all; Scouting the Dunsmuir area of the Oakland CBC circle turned up a few interesting birds today. A creek restoration effort by Alameda County Public Works is going on along parts of San Leandro

This morning, Rich Nicholson and I previewed a section of tomorrow's CBC by birding Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont. In addition to about six Red-Tailed Hawks, a Sharp-Shinned Hawk, and a Cooper's

This morning I swung by Bay Farm Island for some CBC scouting. Of interest: Lesser Yellowlegs: Wetland along Harbor Bay Pkwy at point where the road turns north along the coast. Just south of the

On Friday, December 16 mid to late afternoon, there was a large flock of White-throated Swifts flying high above the Wildcat Canyon Trail at the Alvarado Park end in Richmond.    On Thursday,

This morning, pre-dawn, I worked Pinehurst Road near Canyon.  In addition to several great-horned owls, I found one northern saw-whet owl that called for about 20 minutes, first from one side of the

Hi all, I posted eight cropped but otherwise unaltered photos in a new folder on this site, but it may take a while for them to be approved by the moderator. Meanwhile, I'm posting the links to

It was still present this (Friday) afternoon at 3:30, and a colleague of mine had it around 9:00 this morning as well, although I missed it at 9:30. Good birding, Kirk Swenson Davis <--->

I found what I believe to be a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW associating with a flock of White-crowned Sparrows here this morning, in between the two rows of heavy white metal structures along the path that

The Black-throated Gray Warbler in Heritage Square in Emeryville was present this (Thursday) morning around 10:00. Assuming the Oakland CBC is on its traditional day this Sunday that makes it at least

The Wilson's Snipes continued today (Dec14) from 9Am till late afternoon at location mentioned by Steve Zamek in yesterday's posting. I also saw a pair of White-faced Ibis around 11AM, while driving

Found a small flock of Eurasian Collared Doves (6 or 10 birds) in what I think are Tecate Cypress just e. of the Crown Beach visitor center at midday on 12/7. They seemed very tame and allowed an

On Monday afternoon, a Common Loon was in the south bay of Horseshoe Lake at Quarry Lakes Regional Park in Fremont. A Townsend's Warbler was in the trees near the info kiosk on the midway trail on

I've seen American Bittern today while I was exiting Coyote Hills. http://g.co/maps/wp42e on the left side of the road. I was unable to get good shot because it was already

At O.B. this evening there were a few small remnant sparrow flocks in the vicinity of the entrance, but nothing like yesterday's flock, and no Clay-colored. I also didn't see any vagrant gulls,