At 10:50 this morning, I found and photographed the continuing Summer Tanager at Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve. It was in the oaks about 10 yards down the trail from the bench at the first view p

At 1PM today (Tuesday), there was a lone Cackling Goose on the grass above the beach at Lake Anza. There were also 8 Common Mergansers on the Lake. Cackling Goose: https://www.flickr.com/photos/995838

Yesterday at 11:30AM there was a White-Throated Sparrow foraging just outside the northwest corner of the EBMUD Valle Vista Staging area. Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/99583878@N06/45294570831/

During Alan Kaplan’s GGAS walk by the Tilden Nature Area and Jewel Lake, there was also a juvenile Cedar Waxwing perched under the Pacific-Slope Flycatcher. Cedar Waxwings are somewhat unusual for thi

Yesterday along the Seaborg Trail at Briones I saw my FOS Fox Sparrow (about 20 yards west of the junction with the Crescent Ridge Trail). They usually begin arriving in Contra Costa in September (one

Two Baird's Sandpipers were (still) at the West County Wastewater Plant in Richmond this afternoon, observed from 4:30-4:45PM. Of the four eastern-most pools (those closest to Richmond Parkway), they

I was birding yesterday morning at EBMUD's Valle Vista (permit required) and saw my first Townsend's Warbler of the season off of the Redwood Trail (the loop that starts uphill from the Staging Area a

Yesterday morning at about 10AM there was an immature female Hermit Warbler in the conifers along the Seaview Trail in the Vollmer Peak area (the relatively flat portion of the trail). A photo of it i

Yesterday morning in Oakley I birded Marsh Creek Trail from E. Cypress Road north to the junction with Big Break Regional Trail and followed the latter west for 1 mile before returning. My realized ho

A Black-headed Grosbeak (my FOS) was singing nicely near Jewel Lake (between the Nature Center and the Lake) in Tilden Park this morning. Good birding, Lee Friedman

I sent this for posting yesterday, but it seems to have gotten lost in cyberspace. Apologies in case it shows up twice.

Many people are visiting Tilden in order to see the Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker and enjoy the other birds of Tilden's Nature Area and Jewel Lake. It's worth mentioning that at Lake Anza as of yesterday,

This post is to confirm the continuation of the Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker by the Tilden Nature Area. I observed it this morning from 8:55AM- 9:10. It was first seen by Alan Kaplan’s GGAS group on Frida

There was mention in several January postings of the presence of somewhat unusual flocks of Greater White-Fronted Geese. There are (at least) two individuals of this species continuing at McLaughlin E

I birded from Inspiration Point to Wildcat Peak along the Nimitz Way this morning. I think the highlight is the beginning seasonal change: three California Thrashers were singing mightily at different

The Meeker Slough area of the Bay Trail had some wonderful birding today during the King Tide. Highlights included two Sora, three Ridgway's Rails, 9 Wilson's Snipes, and others including Northern Har

I made my first outing to Vargas Plateau Regional Park yesterday. There was a Burrowing Owl that could be seen from the Upper Ranch Trail, looking southward after walking about 40 yards past the gate

I birded the mudflat section of Pt. Isabel yesterday morning. Despite the rain, I could see good numbers of winter ducks: at least 50 Bufflehead, 80 Greater Scaup, many Ruddy Ducks further out in the

This morning on my usual bird walk in the north Berkeley hills I had a very good look at a pair of Western Tanagers (my first sighting of them at this location). At 8:20AM they were briefly in an aspe

In the Hoffman Marsh part of Pt. Isabel this morning, there was a Western Kingbird. Along the Bay Trail by the 51st Street Connector, there was a Yellow Warbler on the east side of the trail. At the s