Debbie, Are you replying to me or George? Mine was from 1994 and was definitely giving its flight call while flying in a south-bound

I have a calling Red Crossbill flyover my (west) Livermore home on 9-18-1994 and have never seen once since in Livermore Image of a House Finch with deformed bill:

I don't have an opinion of your sighting. But the Red Crossbills are present in Alameda County and Contra Costa Counties. In July 2010 a Red Crossbill was observed & photographed in The Livermore

Last week I reported a possible Red Crossbill (juvenile or female) in Walnut Creek. The photo is finally up on the EBB_Sightings group page under East Bay Bird ID

As a follow-up post to Derek Heins post about birding the Alvarado park entrance to Tilden, I think this area is one of the top birding areas in the greater Tilden/Wildcat park area - and should be

On bike this morning, came up from behind a big hawk perched on the bike rack of a parked car in the 1100 block of Stannage Ave, who turned to look at me and then flew under eaves of house--probably

Jim Chiropolos and I quickly changed plans Sunday morning when my bike frame broke on the way to meet him. Instead, we drove over to Alvarado Park at about 8am to find an incredibly birdy habitat.

Last night around 8:15PM I saw a Barn Owl flying over our backyard (near Treat Blvd). Bob Hislop Concord

Had a warm bike ride this afternoon for exercise, visiting a former Audubon member at her assisted living in Clayton. On the way back, I stopped and caught my Dad in the hallway as he was leaving

The burrowing owl family in Newark was quite active Jul 3 from about 6pm to 7pm: http://allenh.zenfolio.com/p332768424 A ground squirrel came too close to one of the burrows occupied by two of the

Friends! Eighteen birders (several new birders among them) came to Tilden Nature Area/Jewel Lake for the monthly First Friday GGAS Birdwalk. Our theme was Breeding Bird Atlases (Alameda County's is

Nancy Christensen had alerted me to Burrowing Owls behind the Silliman Activity & Aquatic Center which is near the south end of Mowry Ave. The Center is in the Newark Sportsfield Park. (If you get to

After sleeping through much of this morning's Tour de France race, I rode my own bike hastily through Heather Farm Park, leaving the house about 8:45 AM. I had only 4 sightings of note, an adult

Dear Friends: On this gloomy first day of July with my North Berkeley hill wrapped in dense fog, the only sound is dripping leaves and a scatter of bird calls.  Seeking solace, I visited the UC

It appears that what I thought I checked by comparing the spectrograms is more likely something else, young Red-tailed Hawk. That explains similar calls that we heard elsewhere last night.

A friend who lives in Walnut Creek shared a picture of his backyard bird with me. It sure looks like a female RED CROSSBILL to me. Unfortunately I didn’t get to see it. I posted his photo in the

I took a walk with a friend down Shady Canyon at around 6:45 p.m. on Wed. There were some interesting sounds. A Wilson's Warbler sang not far from the trailhead, and a Spotted Towhee sat out while

URL works without "Mike Shannon" at the end.... They look like domestic ducks with a strong Muscovy strain - not as much flesh around the bill as the real deal, but I suspect that's where it's coming

Hi folks. A little help please. What are they? They are much bigger than the ducks that were nearby. http://terralthra.net/duck/Mike Shannon

The tern is now on the southside of the San Leandro Marina. Bob Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android