Stopped by Pacific Commons Linear Park off of Auto Mall Parkway in Fremont this afternoon. As I walked to the park from the street I saw the Peregrine Falcon on the 2nd trio of towers. While at the

The same pair of falcons that nested here last year is already in full courtship mode. The Fruitvale Bridge is an excellent and accessible place to watch nesting peregrines. Start at the public

The Wood Duck was on the Union City Library pond this morning. I haven't seen him the last few visits, but he invariably shows up when someone is tossing bread to the ducks as was the case

Seen Yesterday at the shoreline - Ross's Geese - 3 on the Radio Tower Hills. Cackling Geese - 160 on the Radio Tower Hills. Black Oystercatcher - 1 at Johnson's Landing. Rough-winged Swallow - 1

Female peregrine "named" Callie. She has a bunch of fans down here. She is being harassed by a red-tailed (who has also lived here for several years) and steals her food. There is even a YouTube video

Spotted squawking up a storm around City Hall, state and fed bldgs for the last week usually around noon. Wish I was better with raptors. Peregrine, Northern Harrier male? Easy access to Frank Ogawa

Spent a little time birding in the last several days, highlights are: Green-winged Teal copulating at McNabney Marsh in Martinez. 2/1 Continuing Tufted Duck at the Grand Avenue pergola at Lake

Allen's Hummingbird, Fox Sparrow, 1/29/11 (I'm new here, hi!) 9:00 a.m. Belgium Sanitarium ruins Wildcat Canyon Reg. Park. 2/3 mi from Alvarado entrance on Belgium Trail. If you haven't visited the

I spent a long time this morning with no success in relocating the Tropical Kingbird. So I went back in the late afternoon when all the other sightings took place arraiving about 4:15. At 4:40, the

On Monday, I chanced on two adult and one juvenile Great Blue Herons at the boat ramp near the (closed) Visitor's Center on Doolittle Drive. They were feeding on baitfish discarded by returning

A five minute peek at the river channel immediately adjacent to the Martinez Amtrak station parking lot yielded some nice birds this morning. Sora and Snipe were new for me there. I was surprised to

On my lunch break at about 1 PM saw an Osprey fishing in the Berkeley Marina near Eastshore State Park - the enclosed bay between Cesar Chavez SP and the freeway. Another birder there said that the

Alice Hoch found the female Redhead at Lake Merritt today for her class, among the Greater and Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, and Canvasback ducks. A Green Heron was also seen. Here

I was at Coyote Hills RP for a few hours this morning hoping to find some kingbirds. I took the boardwalk east of the Visitor Center to the Chochenyo Trail and past the Tuibun Village to the spot

Hi all, Just a follow up note - Jerry Ting was able to find the continuing TROPICAL KINGBIRD yesterday (1/31) at the same location and got some superb photos of the bird. With his permission, I'm

Also there was an Allen's Hummingbird last week - (Thursday/Friday) in Pleasanton Aquatic Swim Center. Rich Cimino Pleasanton

Today at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont, I had a first of season male ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD along the walking path near the waterpark. The only other noteworthy sighting was 2 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS near

We arrived at Coyote Hills at 9 am. After checking out Hoot Hollow, the visitors center, and the main marsh, we walked out the DUST trail. To the east, we saw a bird in a tree that looked like a

During our first brief visit to Contra Loma this afternoon, we enjoyed seeing many of the birds previously reported by Paul Schorr. Notably, two Burrowing Owls were "periscoping" from their roadside

Sorry about the lateness, I've been busy and haven't had time to post this sighting. On Sunday evening, at Lake Merritt, an unusual large, first-cycle gull was at the Bird Paddock. It was loosely