Coming home from work tonight I watched a very dark solid colored hawk with yellow legs drop down in the ditch along 580 in Livermore. When it flew back up out of the ditch I could see light coloring

Probably escapees. The Lakeside Park people in Oakland used to keep a few in the geodesic dome cage that had been picked up wandering the streets. Dunno why or where people keep decorative poultry in

Hello, I saw one in El Cerrito on Richmond Ave in 2006. I figured it escaped from someone's collection... http://birds.avianist.com/2006/060706-Chukar/ George

Several people have taken photos recently of Chukars wandering the streets of Berkeley and Albany. Have these been spotted here before, and does anyone have any idea where they came from?

Marjorie Fletcher, Wen Hsu and I stopped by Lafayette Reservoir between 9:30am and noon earlier today. We saw a single Bald Eagle fly by. It was an immature bird with what seemed like a 2nd-year white

On Thursday 3/17 near the ponds on the east side of Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, I had two Osprey sightings, one for several minutes at ~11:15 AM and the other a fly-through westward at noon. It

The Livermore Red-naped / Red-breasted Sapsucker is still roosting nightly in my front yard as of 3-19-2016. I have never been able to actually see the bird fly in and have no clue as to where he

Wen Hsu and I stopped by Tilden Nature Area between 11:30am and 1:30pm earlier today. Along Upper Packrat Trail, we saw several Wilson's Warblers. It was our first sighting this year at Tilden. There

A very tame common loon was present this morning (Friday). It was just offshore of the southerly point near Alameda with the observation tower. It appears to be coming into its breeding plumage. A

Today we spent several hours strolling through Mitchell Canyon and saw our FOS Pacific-slope Flycatcher. In addition, we had a California Thrasher serenade us for at least ten minutes at very close

Shortly after telling Fred Safier about seeing a Barn Swallow fly over McNabney Marsh Wednesday, Fred spotted one flying over the large, mostly natural pond of Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek. I

This morning I brought my bike over to Coyote Hills, and birded through many of the trails, including a trip out the No Name Trail, north along the Shoreline Trail, then back along Alameda Creek. I

Red-necked Grebe on Tuesday afternoon (sorry for late posting), east side of Marina near the boathouse at the end of Spinnaker Way (Richmond Marina Bay in Richmond). Non-breeding plumage. Cathy

Yesterday, while assisting EBRP staff as a Alameda Creek Alliance volunteer, I notice nesting Cliff Swallow on the Bart train trestle which is over the Alameda Creek (south east of Quarry EBRP). The

A male Hooded Oriole was the first to appear at our nectar feeders today. We put out the grape jelly. Last year our first one arrived on Mach 1st. Judi Cooper Moraga

On Monday at Oakland Middle Harbor, a gaggle of 9 Cackling Geese (Aleutian) was feeding contentedly on the lawn at the far north side of the park. In the distant photo I took of them, one of them has

Hey folks, My morning walk takes me through Piedmont Park along Bushy Dell creek. This morning at dawn I heard my first of season Pacific-sloped Flycatcher. Later I heard the resident Wrentit singing

Birders, This morning I observed a different banded Double-crested Cormorant at Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area (near Pleasanton), which I just reported to BBL. I have seen and reported this

The resident Spotted Towhee in our yard has been singing an unusual (to me, anyway) song the past few days. It sounds somewhat like a California ground squirrel alarm call. The bird also sings the

From a message on Feb 29"The cavity nesting owl continues at the Lafayette-Moraga Trail. It is becoming famous and has been photographed by many." Maybe the damage has already been done and the bird