On my third try this morning, I finally found a Eurasian Wigeon with its reddish-brown, creamy-striped head tucked dozing among the American Wigeons in one of the pools on the southeast side of the

My images are similar - George was there before me, so he got more of the falcon early, and I got more of the osprey late: http://allenh.zenfolio.com/p368976368 Allen Hirsch Oakland

I spent late morning and early afternoon walking the paths at Pacific Commons Linear Park. AMERICAN WIGEON seemed to occupy every flooded field and vernal pool around the ponds. The abundance of

Victoria, change your email password now to prevent more emails going out in your name! Look in your sent box to see what has gone out already - you might want to send out a courtesy warning to those

Hello All, Looks like the Osprey and the Peregrine Falcon are becoming regulars at the Albany Mudflats (north of the Albany Bulb). Caught them both having meals again this

hard to believe this lol http://bit.ly/Yy9ELT Victoria

Went to Big Break Shoreline in Oakley Friday morning  and walked from the visitor center to the Ironhouse sanitary pond.  A lot of bird activity present along the way.  Common Moorhens on both

> Hi All, > We saw 4 (maybe 5) Brant in the surf on the beach just north of the bridge at Meeker Slough in Richmond off the Bay Trail, preening and being just plain beautiful near the meeker slough

Bob's shorebird flock must have moved slightly north to the Aquatic Park outflow point as I saw almost the same mix/count of birds there near sunset. Hanging out with them just a few feet offshore

Hi All, We saw 4 (maybe 5) Brant in the surf on the beach, preening and being just plain beautiful near the meeker slough bridge beach. This was a life bird for me so I was VERY excited. I did post

Sorry for the bad link. Here's a better one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73989529@N02/sets/72157632629453436/

Today my dad and I attended the 2013 Oakland A's Fan Fest. Ray Fosse and Sal Bando were there, but the star of the show was a fairly clear-cut adult 'KUMLIEN'S' ICELAND GULL (although

It looks like the herring run made a small impact on Point Emery, as there were easily 220 Ring-billed gulls there around 2 PM, along with other common gulls - Western, Glaucous-winged, California.

Of local interest I found 14 Hooded Mergansers, 2 male, 12 female at the ponds along the road to Poppy Ridge golf course. Good birding. Steve Huckabone Livermore, CA Alameda County

Two Redheads continued in the large group of scaup, grebes and ruddy ducks off Emery Point. However, they were too far south of the point to see them from there and had to be viewed from the

Hi E.B. Birders, This was nice treat this morning. I have read that Orange-crowned Warblers feed on suit and peanut butter in winter, but I did not expected to see one at my peanut feeder. I thought

There is also CalTIP for wildlife-related crimes (CDFW). http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/category/caltip/ (the recent posts are pretty disturbing, but the phone number is at the end). Debbi

Dear Friends: Forgive the late post, but on Thursday my birding buddy, Sylvia Hawley, and I visited Emery Point (sometimes called Ashby Spit Park). Emery Point is a narrow (probably man-made)

Hi: 10 of us enjoyed a 3 1/2 hr.GGA bird walk in Orinda today. We started at San Pablo Dam Rd. and Bear Creek Rd. and walked down to San Pablo Reservoir. 37 species, no rarities. We did enjoy a view

As I recall from the collection of Short-eared Owls in Byron a few years back, they are most active just after dawn and just before sunset so Ted's advice makes sense. As for the hunters on the