Hi birders, On Sat., 4/14, I walked around Rainbow Lake at Quarry Lakes Regional Park in Fremont. At the opening in the gate at the Isherwood Staging Area, there was a tan-morph White-throated

I was at Crab Cove around 5pm today and saw 3 Caspian Terns with their bright red beaks flying from the beach nearest the Visitors Center and towards the rocks and the yacht club. I heard their

Today we relocated the White-throated Sparrow on Loma Island at Contra Loma Regional Park in Antioch. The bird was feeding with a small flock of Golden-crowned Sparrows on the east side of the

Saw six Ibis today in the same location about 4:30. Chris

I recorded the MacGillivray's Warbler on Nimitz Way just past the 1/4 m sign on the right side of the trail on april 9th. It can be heard on SoundCloud

Michael, Rich Cimino and I birded the Greenville pond at mp 1.2. No Solitary but rough-winged swallows, Golden Eagle, Bullock's Oriole. -- Michael Feighner Livermore, CA

Zach Baer and I birded east Alameda County hoping to see new arrivals. As previously reported, we found a SOLITARY SANDPIPER in Livermore. And we saw Steve Huckabone on Patterson Pass Rd east of the

It sounds like the soaring birds are American White Pelicans. They are not unheard of in that area. Hugh B. Harvey Walnut Creek Hi all, Could use some help identifying 5 soaring birds I saw in

The McGillivray's warbler was still present at about 1030 this morning in the same area. I found it singing on the left side of the trail just past the quarter mile mark. It was visible in a live oak

Hi all, Could use some help identifying 5 soaring birds I saw in Martinez earlier.  They were soaring high and well, and definitely weren't raptors.  They had white wings with black tips and a

Hi, Birders: Western Field Ornithologists is now soliciting papers for presentation at its 37th annual conference, in Petaluma, Sonoma County, Sep 26-30. As in past years, papers should reflect

This morning was a perfect on Patterson Pass Rd. I had Wilson's, Orange-crowned, Nashville Warblers, Black-headed Grosbeak, Cassin's Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Chipping Sparrow. I bumped into Zach Bear

From 8:20am-9:20am this morning I was able to observe the Solitary Sandpiper reported by Michael Park & Zach Baer. I was able to watch it for about 10 minutes uninterrupted from 9:10-9:20. At one

Yesterday I made four visits to the Hayward Sewage Facility on Enterprise Ave, in eastern Hayward. Jim Ross and I arrived by 9AM. The construction crew was in full throttle busy working. There were

Zach Baer and I have just seen a SOLITARY SANDPIPER at a pond on the south side of the end of the paved portion of the south terminus of Greenville Rd. This is +- 1 mile south of Tesla Rd. We first

All, I led my Palo Alto Adult School birding class to Mitchell Canyon today. It was a great day except for the ticks! Highlights were several HAMMOND'S and PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS throughout

Thanks - uploaded both today and got them crossed... Allen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hightlights: Cassin's Vireo (1) - seen on both 4/13 and 14 between 10-11AM feeding and calling from trees surrounding the nectar garden (pics

Correct picture link http://allenh.zenfolio.com/p1012524813 Unless you want to look at baseball pictures

Saw the female last evening - she was quite vocal, presumably calling for her partner, who I never saw. Saw only the male today, who did considerable excavation and housekeeping on the