Hi All- At around 3pm today I saw the mystery empid in Tilden Nature Center, Berkeley. It was near where previously described: a short way down the nature trail boardwalk from the fire road access.

Birded this morning (Wednesday 12/22) at Coyote Hills and noted the following birds amongest the usual birds: 3 - Snow Geese continuing. These were at the little pond on the left just past the entry

Today I started at Cull Canyon Regional Park, then to Redwood Regional Park, and on Skyline stopping anyplace that looked good for Evening Grosbeaks. I finally saw one in Joaquin Miller Park

Tan striped type in Sunol Park. Cross the foot bridge near interpretive HQ, turn right and check the hillside on your left as you pass Hayfield Rd. Anthony Fisher

East Bay Birders: On Sunday, about 200 participants in the Oakland Christmas Bird Count braved challenging weather and found 176 species (preliminary count), equal to our most recent ten-year

Following Judith Dunham's posting about the White-throated sparrow in Oakland, I went today to Mills College at about 3 PM. The sparrow was on the hillside above the parking lot mentioned by Judith. I

Douglas Stewart and I also had an adult White-throated Sparrow in Oakland yesterday. This bird was at Mills College. It was foraging along the west side of the first parking lot to the right after the

An adult and an immature white-throated sparrow were seen yesterday at Dimond Park in Oakland's Glenview neighborhood. They were foraging with a golden-crowned sparrow flock in the Friends of Sausal

The weather was...uh..."spirited" for yesterday's Ohlone Audubon CBC. Conditions prohibited us from driving out the levee roads to check the salt ponds, so we valiantly slogged out the No Name Trail

Eighty three birders participated in the Eastern Alameda County CBC on Friday Dec17 th. 144 species reported with three exception species under review. Under review are: - Red-naped Sapsucker,

I apologize for not posting a milage marker in my original post, yesterday. Below is a email to a fellow birder who requested the location. I have a Google Earth view if you'd like. Ken

Took a quick run up to Patterson Pass late this morning. I saw 3 Mountain Bluebirds, several Western Meadowlarks, 2 American Krestels, 4 Red-tailed Hawks, a couple of mixed flocks of blackbirds,

<kayrules@...> wrote: These two species can be easily confused. Have a look here: http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/nov02.htm A key difference between the dark Ladder-backed illustrated in

Ron Thompson 10/17/10  P. 316 in Sibleys Guide was used for ID. It is clearly buffy on forehead & buffy with streaks on the lower side as shown. The side of the head is much whiter as in the picture.

Hi all, Rich Cimino and Jeff Miller put on a great CBC today. Excellent organization, turnout, and results. Travis Hails and I covered Livermore just north of 580 betw. Fallon and Livermore

Seen daily for a week in backyard on Lido Drive in  Livermore.   Ron Thompson 12/16/10

This afternoon about 4:00 the female LONG-TAILED DUCK was still south of the Berkeley Pier. Quite a ways out, hard to find even with a scope. While standing at the end of the pier, the duck was

Hi birders: My wife Barbara saw and heard a couple of Evening Grosbeaks this morning around 10:30am. They flew into the top of a conifer near the intersection at Park Hills Rd / Woodside Rd. / The

The female LONG-TAILED DUCK was still present south of the Berkeley Pier this morning around 10 am. Look due south about a third of the way out the pier - more than a quarter mile away, so a scope is

Doug Vaughan, Doris Kretschmer and I spent this morning scouting Tilden Regional Park for Sunday's Oakland CBC. The best bird of the morning was an Empidonax flycatcher along the fire road between