There was two Fox Sparrows in the Garden and one Northern Flicker by the quarry parking. Davor Desancic Fremont

Darn! I missed another lifer. I've seen shuttles in captivity, but never in the wild. ;-) ________________________________ To: "EBB_Sightings@..." <EBB_Sightings@...> Cc:

I was trying to photograph birds at Lake Merritt, when a roaring squadron flew over Oakland against the sun. Truly Amazing piece of

This morning we spent a couple of hours birding at Contra Loma Regional Park, and we observed our FOS Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Following, is a complete list of birds seen: Mallard Ring-necked

Today 09/20 at around 12:30 pm at Coyote Hills RP there was a Blackpoll Warbler in the Willow tree near the south west end of the Quarry parking lot. Several birders from Phil Gordon's Castro Valley

Sorry, I meant for this to reply to the sharp tailed sandpiper report John Sterling 530 908-3836 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA. 95695 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

To add to the data, first WC sparrow was seen in our yard in Richmond on Tuesday, Sept 18. Good birding, Alan Krakauer Richmond, CA

This is a bright juvenile Least Sandpiper I won't go into details now but just mention the all black bill and the small size. Size in photos can be misleading when distorted by the camera. John

Today, September 20, 2012, in Bay Point Regional Shoreline I notice probably two subspecies of Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis), or rather, Large-billed Sparrow (Passerculus rostratus).

Today, September 20, 2012, I observed the birds in Bay Point Regional Shoreline, Contra Costa County ( to get there.. From Hwy 4, take Bailey Rd exit to Willow Pass Rd, &#8203;&#8203;and turn in Port

My wife and were walking on the Berkeley Pier when we came across a Brown Pelican sitting on the concrete walkway about 200 yards from the entrance to the pier. The bird was not moving it's head much

Today a group several birders from three bay area Audubon chapters found small number's of raptors but a good species count. Golden Eagle -2 Red-tailed Hawks - 4 Swainson's Hawk - 1 Ferruginous Hawk

Now let's hear about the Golden crowns. Phila Rogers

These are now also appearing in my yard here in San Ramon Steve

This morning a Say's Phoebe visited our yard and was "hawking" insects. This was a new yard species for us and hopefully it will join the 1-2 Black Phoebes that have been patrolling the yard all

This afternoon I walked from Keller Park to the Ferry Point pier and back looking for some of the nice finds recently posted. Found:  the yellow warbler "megaflock", a Nashville warbler, an

Yes, they are all coming back, it seems. I had one today at the Antioch Dunes NWR and Fred Safier had three immatures in Heather Farm this morning. Hugh B. Harvey Walnut Creek

Sorry about the Star Wars reference! Yesterday morning I heard a song outside my bedroom window I could not identify. It sounded like a whisper song or subsong, which at times reminded me of House

This morning we had our FOS White-crowned Sparrow in our yard and it sang repeatedly. It joined the numerous Lesser Goldfinches and House Finches at the seed feeder. Good birding, Paul and Nancy

Fide - approx. 1 hr later - a pretty lifer!!, the black back and grand (contrast) eye ring are special, yes mud is the prevelant habitat with this sad little resevoir, only saw GB Heron, Malards and 2