As a backyard birding note, today in Lafayette I've seen upwards of 2 dozen yellow warblers, compared to 8 that I've seen here over the course of the prior 16 years. Good Birding, Jeff Acuff

Adolf Gassers in San Francisco http://www.gassersphoto.com/ Marcus Pun Video Editor/Producer/Editor cell 510-384-8085, home 510-530-2507 Oakland, CA

Can anyone suggest a good shop for binocular repairs? Local would be better, but I would also be willing to ship them farther if need be. I dropped my pair, and now I'm seeing double.

The Baird's Sandpiper continues at the W Contra Costa Wastewater Treatment Plant in Richmond. It was present at the high tide, where I saw it from 12-12:20 PM today-other birders had it earlier, as

Hi all, I'm interested in checking out Shell Pond, but have never been there before. Can someone give me directions, advice about parking, etc. Thanks very much and feel free to contact me directly,

The Gull-billed Tern was not seen Tuesday afternoon and the birding timeline had birders there from 1:30 pm? to 4:30 when I left. My thoughts on seeing this bird. Bring a spotting scope. Without a

My wife and I visited Jean Richmond's house in Alamo today, Rosita drove and I rode my bike. Rosita saw a Flicker in the bird bath; Jean says she has never had one so early in the fall. She also has

Sorry left out at the Lake Chabot Jellis San Leandro,ca

Spotted 2 Canada Goose x Greylag and one Greater White-fronted Goose on the lawn by the marina. IMG_4223 IMG_4223 Explore jellis50's photos on Flickr. jellis50

Has the tern been photographed yet? Noah

Gull-billed Tern at San Leandro Marina on south side of two islands (not islands at 8 AM) at about 8 AM today Aug 16. Then flew south along edge of bay. John Luther Oakland On Aug 15, 2016, at 4:54

The Gull-billed Tern was seen again this afternoon from about 2:30 to 3:00 on the larger of the two islands off shore. Both times I have seen the bird it was at or near the afternoon low tide, which

The 2 Baird's Sandpipers remain at the eastern most pond with water on a mud flat at 3:45 pm. Graham Chisholm, Berkeley Ps see previous posting for information on finding the site.

Also known as West County Wastewater Treatment Sewage Ponds. Take Pittsburg Ave. off Richmond Parkwy. Be sure to sign in and out at the Ted Wooten building. Birds were found this am by Albert

At Frank's Dump in the southeast corner, I eventually saw both together as was reported and excellently documented by Michael Pang. This was around 10:30 Sunday. Frank's Dump is located at the Hayward

We have several "wild" plum trees in our yard. They are heavily laden with fruit right now and attract fruit-eating migrants. On Friday afternoon I saw a male and female Western Tanager and on

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It was on the small rocky island which is landbridged to the shore and the other island at low tide. Itwas with Least, Forsters, and Elegant Terns. Noticably larger than Forsters, the bill was larger

thanks for the photo links, Michael. there's a very nice photo of the semipalmated to the left of the one the link brings up, where you can clearly see it's lovely partially-webbed toes.

Hi all, Spent the morning today hitting some spots in eastern Contra Costa. I had been trying to find Black Terns on all of my east county visits this summer, and had struck out time