This morning we had an American Bittern fly by and then land in an open area along the shore of the reservoir, offering very nice views. The bird was last seen along the tules and cattails east of

This morning, Rich Nicholson and I previewed tomorrow's Sequoia Audubon field trip at Coyote Hills. A Varied Thrush was under the oaks outside the fence of the nectar garden. We found two Hutton's

I visited the Elsie Romer Bird Sanctuary in Alameda this morning and found a Clay-colored Sparrow in the fenced-in shrubs just south of the concrete jetty. The jetty had 22 Snowy Egrets on it as well

Judy Johnstone, Tom Delaney and I arrived at the Grant Street parking area for Hayward Shoreline at 9:45. Judy Sierra was just leaving, having been there since 8 AM and not having spotted the bird.

Hello All, Stopped by Tilden Park Nature Area this morning and saw the 1st Friday group there. I managed to get a few photos, but mostly grainy shots for id purpose. A few Townsend's and one Hermit

A single pine siskin arrived at my bird-feeder this morning in Martinez. Hopefully more will follow. Carol Haglund

Yesterday evening I saw a Red-breasted Sapsucker land in a tree in my neighbors backyard. A first for me around here where I live 2 blocks NW of Hidden Valley Park. It didn't stay very long though.

Vicki R and I along with another 2 birders had a nice view of the juvenile Harris's Sparrow (thanks Vicki for spotting the bird) from 11:15-11:30 this (11/1) morning at the exact location as Michael

Sorry for the late posting. On Tuesday (around noon), shortly before high tide , a jaeger (identified as a Parasitic Jaeger by Vern Bothwell) was mixing it up with Forster's Terns near the old dock

Just realized the Pine Siskin photo link was not working. Here's a corrected link: http://twitpic.com/b9f6fm

It appears that the Pine Siskins have finally arrived in Concord. I've been monitoring my feeders for several weeks and they just now appeared on my sock (nyger) feeder(http://twitpic.com/b9f6fm, and

The HARRIS'S SPARROW was seen this morning between 8 and 830. It was foraging with a Zonotrichia flock near the dirt mounds and metal grate west of the access road to San Lorenzo Creek. It twice flew

As usual for me, I found plenty of birds not quite rare enough for anybody to want to hear about them, but just rare enough for me to want to report them. There was an 'ORESTERA' ORANGE-CROWNED

Today I noticed a tan White-throated Sparrow in my backyard..very beautiful and different from the white that I've had before. Judi Cooper Moraga

Thanks Michael and Stephanie for getting the word out for me. I knew it would be much later before I got home to do it. I first found the immature Harris's Sparrow at 8:00am and then refound it on

Nancy Christensen reports seeing her two FOS Hooded Mergansers along with a couple of Buffleheads in the Alameda Creek channel from the trail at 3rd and Chase in Niles. Stephanie Floyd Fremont

I re-found Bob Dunn's Harris's Sparrow, got a brief glimpse, then about 1/2 hour later the bird perched atop a tree long enough for two photos, but the zoom on the camera isn't working and the bird

I ran into Bob Dunn as he was coming down from Mt. Trashmore after an unsuccessful 45-minute hunt for the longspur. He asked me to post that he had a Harris's Sparrow between 8 and 9:15 or so with a

Bob Dunn found a HARRIS'S SPARROW this morning just north of the Grant Ave parking lot. Lots of sparrows to look through. Michael Park Berkeley

In Hugh Harvey's absence I thought I should report occasionally from Walnut Creek. Today the most unusual bird at Heather Farms was a male Wood Duck swimming with two Mallards at the S end of the