Yes it did feed Mon. and we got pictures of it catching small fish. -- Win Kryda

I made a brief visit to Coyote Hills Regional Park at lunchtime today. I have been seeing several TREE SWALLOWS there and along the Bay at Don Edwards NWR the past week, but today I had my first two

Here is a link to a few digiscoped photos of the TUFTED DUCK seen on Sunday at Cifton Court Forebay in

If short flights are no problem then possibly it's exposing the flank to solar heating, lice control? It did a lot of sun bathing today. I saw it feed on a spider today and fish on my past visit and

It flew about 30 yards last Friday in our presence; never noticed any wing problem. It did not feed in our presence that morning.

Simply a comment on my observation and a curiosity on my part. Last week I noticed the Britten "droopy wing" thing going on. Maybe the Bittern is just resting the wing? Maybe the Bittern has "lazy

here is the photo address http://rauzon.zenfolio.com/p859914566/h3f527072#h3f527072 The least bittern made an appearance in the usual place around 9, then an extended sunny strut from about

The least bittern made an appearance in the usual place around 9, then an extended sunny strut from about 12:30-1:30. Between 5 and 10 of us got extended looks. One thing we noticed is the droop

Yes. Martha Breed ,Pat Coffey and I saw it yesterday afternoon with the assistance of some women who had previously walked by and pointed it out to us. It was on the south side of the pickle weed

Bob Richmond's report of Richardson's cackling geese is very interesting. Judging from Mlodinow et al (2008), this would be an exceptional extension of their winter range. Is it possible they are

Today at the Hayward Shoreline - Tundra Swan - 6 were seen flying north towards the San Leandro Marina then turned south towards San Lorenzo Creek. White-fronted Geese - 167, 17 in Ora Loma

Mark Rauzon and I encountered what appears to be an immature Pacific Loon at Arrowhead Marsh this morning. It's a rather unusual bird in that it has a rather scruffy neck. A photo of the bird can be

I hung out in Livermore this afternoon, it was fairly quiet for much of the time but I did observe the following: Prairie Falcon at Poppy Ridge Golf Course, seen on hill to right about midway up the

It was a bit more productive at mid-day today than I'd hoped. 2 Red shouldered hawks perched near the upper/lower fire trail connector Red-tailed hawk Brown creeper Golden crowned kinglet Ruby

It was extremely birdy today at Crown Beach and Washington Park in Alameda. The total for the trip (including California Gull, Bushtit, and House Sparrow seen on the bus ride) was 55 species. The

Hi birders, After all the recent rain, Frick Lake in Livermore is finally holding water, and there were hundreds of gulls there this afternoon. I'd just started scanning the flock, when I found

The bittern is still at the marina.  It was out in the open on north side of the trail around 11:30.  [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

A Red-Throated Loon is cruising Middle Harbor between the promenade pier and the rock jetties. Stephanie Floyd Fremont

The Ross's goose took Derek's advice and flew; at noon today it was with the Canadas by the Observation Tower south of the picnic area. A crisply white, healthy-looking bird.

It was seen on Saturday. Perhaps the folks that saw it can share more information. Mark -- --- Mark Eaton mark@...