Birded the tidal marshes and mudflats between Shimada Park and Pt. Isabel between 10 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. today. Good numbers of 13 species of shorebirds present though no rarities. I did add

Hi everybody; sorry for the late post. Anyway, on Friday I briefly visited Hayward Shoreline and found the SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER hanging with the flock of WESTERN SANDPIPERS at Frank's Dump. It

Hi all, Albany Mudflats had a nice variety and good numbers of shorebirds this morning during the incoming tide, including a single RED KNOT. Details are below. BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER -

Yesterday we had our first ever Western Tanager in our backyard in San Ramon. The bird stayed around for a few minutes, and seems to have moved on.

I visited the Hayward Shoreline today at 10am to catch the high tide. I first headed to the landing where I found a few shorebirds hanging out on the remaining shoreline. I also noticed thousands of

This afternoon on the Bay Trail north of Point Isabel we saw a flight of 8 or 10 white pelicans flying south. White pelican Song sparrow California brown towhee Willet Godwit Long billed curlew One

I took a brisk walk from the Interpretive Center to the spit/point just south of the long bridge south of Cogswell Marsh. (sorry, I'm not familiar w/ all the names for the landings, etc.) Two Least

At Cesar Chavez Park today, we saw a a pair of Peregrine Falcons fly by heading toward the race track, possibly to take more pigeons as in our encounter last week. Also present was our first

Sorry about posting late but had problems getting to this site. The following were seen Wednesday morning 7/21/2010: Pacific Golden-Plover...seen just as the incoming tide was coving the mudflat

The reports of the shorebirds at Frank's Dump in Hayward is an indication of the fall migration now underway. Birders in Central Chile have reported Whimbrel, Hudsonian Godwit, Greater Yellowlegs and

Last night at 7:30 PM Bob Richmond and I were able to locate the Semipalmated Sandpiper he reported earlier on Tuesday, - 1 seen on the north side of Franks dump at high tide. There are many Western

Seen at the shoreline today - Shorebirds at Frank's Dump West during the AM high tide -    Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1, seen on the north side. Since the low tide that followed was not very low, I

Today on the Albany Mudflats, a drake American Wigeon joined the small summering flock of Greater Scaup and their attendant Canvasback. Out on the bulb, a flock of 20 Black Turnstones and a single

I was w/friends at Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District ponds last week, around 10:30 a.m. After watching all the Cliff Swallows who are too quick and numerous to count, and whose nests are under

Well... I'll reply to my own message. According to Tilden Nature Area naturalist Bethany Facendini, a collared dove was seen in the Tilden area this spring. So there goes my claim to fame

The GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS which were first reported at the beginning of June continue along the Carquinez Overlook Loop Trail at Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline near Crockett. The most reliable

I found the first collared dove I have ever seen in Tilden at Jewel Lake on July 17 at 8:00 am. I wonder if this is the first record for Tilden. Has anyone else seen one there? John Poole

After working entirely to hard over the past couple of weeks Eric Pilotte and myself decided to get out birding. We started at 8;30 pm in eastern Alameda county searching for Lesser Nighthawk to no

For several minutes a solitary mitred conure made his/her appearance today in front of my house on the Albany/Berkeley border. Although it was a birthday treat for me, I was sad that the bird was

I saw three Red-breasted Mergansers this morning (7/16). They were female or young ones. They were in the salt ponds of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge just West of Coyote