Seen today along and at the end of Winton Ave. 1 male Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 female Black-headed Grosbeak 2 Yellow Warblers 5 Wilson's Warblers 1 Dusky Flycatcher 1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 2

That first image link was cut off as the list serve processed my email report. Not sure why that happened, but perhaps the mods can look into it. Clearly not a Swainsons or a Veery (and not my image,

I've had a Swainson's Thrush in my yard for two weeks and now have at least two (that I've seen). I hear them from early morning to early evening with their lovely call and song, They call to each

We have had a Swainson's Thrush in our yard for a couple of days. My husband said, "there's a strange thrush out here" but it was gone by the time I came out with my binocs. But I caught it on our

Throughout today in our yard, there was a FOS Swainson's Thrush foraging, drinking and bathing. Good birding, Paul and Nancy Schorr Antioch

Inspired by San Francisco reports, I visited Vollmer Peak in the south part of the park early this am. Highlights were Hermit Warblers (4-8), Townsend's Warblers (7), Cassin's Vireo (3), multiple

Laura's 3 Red Knots continued today at 2 pm at the same spot. While looking for the knots, I observed a birder/photographer who had walked across the marsh lobe that protects the mouth of Meeker

Whooops... Today is 05/13. Sorry about the confusing header. I saw the birds today. Michael Park Berkeley

Today while out doing monitoring work on Mount Diablo near Danville, I was able to to see many more birds than usual. Much of my route was out on exposed spines of ridges in foothill country -- open

Highly unlikely, I know, but my heart raced a little as I looked at some images from my Sunday outing to Mitchell Canyon with my son. Birding was fairly uneventful, Black Headed Grosbeak was the

Today (Mon., May 12), at about 1:00 pm, 3 RED KNOTS were along the Bay Trail near Meeker Slough in Richmond. They were just east of the ruined pier which is east of the footbridge over Meeker Slough.

This morning I made a brief stop from 10:15-11am at Coyote Hills, birding around the visitor center and up to Hoot Hollow. Migrants were around, including: Swainson's Thrush (8 -- often under the

Hello! A first for me here in San Lorenzo, I just observed 3 male Brown-headed cowbirds courting a female...strutting around with heads tilted up and wings pulled back, all around my front lawn!

This evening at around 5:30 PM there were 5 individual Western Tanagers feasting on my Royal Anne Cherry Tree., 4 males, 1 female In my 20 years' living here this is the first time I have seen in

I made two trips to Ballena Bay; lots of flying around, not many terns actually came back with fish for their mating ritual, though I did capture a few (including some action beyond

Many thanks to Alan for another great GGAS outing. Just wanted to add that many of the birds are striking in their breeding plumages at this time. Here are two examples: Western Bluebird:

Briones Regional Park--Bear Creek Staging Area, Contra Costa, US-CA May 9, 2014, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Golden Gate Audubon Society Second Friday Birdwalk, Briones Regional Park, starting from Bear

At 10 am this morning in the Valle Vista parking lot, I watched a mature bald eagle high above the ranchlands across the road. It slowly moved south toward the upper end of the reservoir. An hour

Seen at the marina 1 Glaucous Gull 1 Pacific Golden-Plover 2 Black Oystercatcher O Surfbirds Bob Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

While driving west at 6pm today on I580 near the MacArthur Blvd off-ramp I saw a large heron-type bird soaring high in the sky flying eastward that I would take to be a Sandhill Crane as its neck