Yesterday (9/11) late afternoon I had a FOS Townsend's Warbler at the bird bath that had been immediately preceded - by seconds - by a Black-throated Grey. The latter bird I've had only once before

This (9/11) morning, there was a Swainson's Thrush with a deformed beak seen by many on the west end of the Visitor Center picnic/lawn area (pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerryting/9729188478/).

After seeing John's report I rushed to Steveson Blvd Pond around 2:30PM. Found the juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper on the south end of the pond immediately. White photographing it, another one flew in

Today there was a Willow Flycatcher feeding in our yard. This was a new yard bird for us. Good birding, Paul Schorr Antioch

Could someone advise me the best, most reliable, way to post a message? About a half hour ago I composed a message in Outlook and entered the email address manually. The message then showed up in the

At 0910 this morning I observed a juvenile pectoralsandpiper feeding on a mudbar near 7 least sandpipers. Other birds were: snowy egret 8 Canada goose 1 mallard 5 northern shoveler

I was looking from about 1pm to 5pm and did not see it. Vicki Robertson reported seeing it before I arrived, in the oaks next to the plum trees to the north of the nectar garden. There were several

anyone look for this bird today? John Sterling VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695 530 908-3836 jsterling@... www.sterlingbirds.com

Today at the Shoreline Dusky, Willow, and Pacific-slope flycatchers. Pacific, Bewicks, and House Wrens. Yellow, Orange-crowned, and Wilson's Warbler. Also Western Tanager and Downy Woodpecker. Early

Trying to decide where to go on Sunday I saw there was some activity at Lake Del Valle. Since I never birded there before I wasn't sure where to go. I ended up at the staging area on the Dam side of

Around noon today I saw about a half dozen RED-NECKED PHALAROPES at the pond on Waterbird Way in Martinez. This was my first Red-necked Phalarope sighting for Contra Costa County. Not much else of

Juli and i visited the Frank's Dump area of Hayward Regional Shoreline today at high tide, around 3pm. Lounging among the peeps, we found a single Pectoral Sandpiper just 30 feet away in great light.

This (9/8) late afternoon around 5:00PM I had a possible Yellow-bellied Flycatcher in the Bay Oak tree beside the picnic table at the west end of the Visitor Center picnic area (i.e. the oak tree

I spent 90 minutes this morning along the Oursan trail, a the east end of Briones Reservoir. The water is down a good 12 feet; the bullrushes that ring the reservoir are drying out and

A couple of questionable ID's from this (9/6) afternoon's sightings. The first one is what I think a juvenile Tennessee Warbler which was seen in the plum tree behind the Nectar Garden. It has

This morning I had the pleasure of substituting for Alan Kaplan on his Friday Tilden walk. 29 observant people showed and we had a fine outing. Highlights: A flock of 3 Warbling Vireo

Seen today with Zach Baer. Orange-crowned, Yellow, and Wilson's Warblers. Common Yellowthroat. Bewick's and House Wren. Earlier I had seen a Hammond's Flycatcher. Bob Sent from Yahoo! Mail on

At the intersection of Rifle Range and Wildcat Creek trails, a Black-throated Gray Warbler and Wilson's Warbler associating with chickadees and a Brown Creeper. Two Acorn Woodpeckers flew by. They do

Today there was a beautiful juvenile COMMON TERN in with the FORSTER'S TERNS sitting on rocks in the southwest part of the main lake at Berkeley Aquatic Park, just north of the boat house. The tern

I birded Oakland Middle Harbor during the late morning today. Mostly I sat on the beach watching the Elegant Terns wait out the tide. In the group were also Godwits, Long-billed Curlews,