Dear All, There are two remaining burrowing owls nesting in Brentwood just across the street from Pioneer Elementary School (Shady Willow Ln between Grant St. and Amber Ln.). I've originally

As David and I drove home yesterday morning from a Memorial Day party in the Santa Cruz mountains along Hwy 880, we couldn't resist the call of Coyote Hills. After all, we already had our binocs on

Hello All, I took a walk on Albany Hill and spotted a lot of fledglings and juveniles, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Oak Titmouse, Wild Turkey, and Song Sparrow. The young Chickadees were a little

Hi everyone. A couple hours after my Anhinga-like drive-by sighting at Don Edwards, I returned and slowly drove Marshlands Road (the frontage road just south of Dumbarton), scanning for anything that

Just saw what looked like a cormorant but appeared to have a VERY long tail in flight in Don Edwards, while driving on Dumbarton Bridge. I only saw it for a few seconds from a moving car, so IT COULD

Birders, Last Sunday in eastern ALA county I took a single picture of what I thought was a Western Tanager female. When I reviewed the photo later the bird just didn't seem right for Western Tanager.

Watched a Swainsons Thrush bathing in my small waterfall this morning. To be absolutely sure, I watched with binoculars this time! I strongly suspect a couple weeks ago the bird I thought to be a

Today I went to Brushy Peak Regional Preserve around 5:00pm. Got very good looks at two golden eagles over the hills. Saw a few loggerhead shrikes and western kingbirds. Probably family groups of

I was pleased to find a nice mixed flock of migrants today in Dimond Park, Oakland, perhaps pinned by the wet weather, since these birds are scarce in the Sausal Creek watershed; A pair of Western

Today during the No Child Left Inside field trip at Contra Loma R. P., which is sponsored by the Mt. Diablo Audubon Society. several MDAS members observed a Willow Flycatcher. The bird was seen

Yesterday morning (Wed., May 20, 2015) I was walking with some people on the east side of the big pond in the Martinez Regional Shoreline Park and observed the following birds: 1. American Avocet in

For the longest time I've thought that the tree in the Bear Creek parking lot was the only place we could find the Lazuli Bunting, wrong. In the last 2 to 3 weeks I've seen them in several places

I birded in the late afternoon yesterday at Inspiration Point, and chose the EBMUD trail (permit required) going eastward that was sheltered from the high winds on the western side. I was happy to see

In Heather Farm Park this morning, I saw a male Western Tanager in the large eucalyptus tree to the right of the gravel boat ramp at the southwest corner of the big pond. I was actually trying to

One bird was an apparent sub-adult by plumage and vocalization. Both birds soared, flew, then landed high in the evergreen trees near the microwave towers of the Round Top loop trail at Sibley

Hi Derek, For what it's worth, since I'm not terribly close (about 6 miles) I live in Maxwell Park near Mills College and we've had a pair of hooded orioles nesting in the area for at least 5

Around noon today, May 17, there was aMacGillivray's Warbler along the paved trail from the Inspiration Pt parking loton Wildcat Canyon Rd. It was just after the .25mile marker. Probably the samebird

Folks, I led the second-half of my Palo Alto Adult School master birding class along DPC, San Antonio Valley and Mines Roads yesterday. Results were similar to last week with some exceptions. Cooler

Quick update. I had been meaning to post the sighting for a few days, and of course five minutes after I do my wife yells "come here" and sure enough we had a Hooded Oriole pair briefly visiting our

Birding in my yard has not been very fruitfull over the 15 years I've lived on Dudley Court in Piedmont, but last Saturday I saw a flash of orange as I arrived home from birding Sonal Regional Park