Thanks Rusty, Joe and Mary for the correction / ID! I'll keep my eyes out, when I'm there again, for a Peregrine. Debbie

Hi Debbie, as you may have already found out from other members of this list, that is a redtail hawk.

For what it's worth, my Observations column data shows Tufted Duck as a regular winter visitor to Lake Merritt going back to at least 2007. Some sleuthing through the EBB archives and CBC results

https://picasaweb.google.com/113929977506461258787/20121211Peregrine?authkey=Gv1sRgCOSXv7utkIjbSA I was on a Sierra Club hike through the Presidio and out along the waterfront, and saw this bird atop

At the beginning of No Name Trail there were several hundred AMERICAN AVOCETS on Saturday morning. They were more approachable than last week, and there was a fair amount of coming and going. Here is

Mark, I have reports of the Tufted Duck, a male Tufted Duck, in late fall 2006, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and now 12. There could be two generations involved and the consecutive years may go back earlier

Bruce, That seems more reasonable. Logan also made that comment. I was use to seeing the yellow above the eyes, and bigger splotches on the chest and flanks. Like this one I got last November at

George, I believe your bird is a Savannah Sparrow. Note, among other things, the short notched tail. This bird doesn't show a lot of yellow in the face but that is a pretty variable field mark. I'm

Hello All, Allen H. and I went down to the Hayward Shoreline (Grant Ave) to check out the Harris's Sparrow. We managed a brief viewing of the Harris's in a tree next to the fence. I also got a

The male Tufted Duck was in the northeast (Lakeshore Ave.) arm of Lake Merritt, sleeping in a scaup flock. Returning for the third year I believe, it is sporting a moderate tuft that can only get

Dear Friends: My singing the praises of the UC Botanical Garden must sound redundant to some -- but what else is there to say on a lovely late fall morning where we saw over 30 species? The place is

Highlights from these parks this morning: Varied Thrush continues at Coyote Hills in Hoot Hollow.  Peregrine Falcon soaring overhead Harris Sparrow continues at Hayward Shoreline in previously

At Hayward RS, along path from Grant Ave. entrance, in and around the trees past the gate to the open dump area on the left. Glen Tepke Oakland

Friends! Nice weather on Friday for the First Friday Golden Gate Audubon Society Birdwalk to Jewel Lake, November 2, 2012. 24 participants saw 25 species (thanks to George Suennen who added the

This year I have been seeing some rather strange looking wild turkeys. Feathers (or parts of feathers) that would have otherwise been light brown are instead white. It gives a sort of snow covered

Saw two Golden Eagles today hiking on the Blue Oak Train at Briones Regional Park. Looking out from the water tank area I saw them soaring to the NE. They then perched and then took off again to the

Today a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches appeared in our yard. This is a new yard species for us. Good birding, Paul and Nancy Schorr Antioch

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