Hi Birders: This morning, in a flock of about 7 Oregon juncos working the ground under my bird feeders, I found a pink-sided junco. This being my first ever pink-sided, I was not initially confident o

This morning, pre-dawn, I worked Pinehurst Road near Canyon. In addition to several great-horned owls, I found one northern saw-whet owl that called for about 20 minutes, first from one side of the ro

Yesterday my wife found and today re-found for me a sapsucker that appears to be a red-breasted x red-naped sapsucker. Location is adjacent to a mailbox at 1751 Reliez Valley Road where there is a sma

Today, among American Wigeon and Northern Pintails, I found a male Eurasian Wigeon while hiking the landfill loop trail at Wildcat Marsh (accessed at the end of Pharr Road - north of Richmond). Good B

On Friday I saw and photographed an interesting gull at Clifton Court Forebay. It is probably an American herring gull but perhaps is a slaty-backed gull. Photos (sorry for poor quality) are here: htt

Today I found an early Hammond's flycatcher on a side-path off of the Blue Oak Trail in Briones Regional Park, accessible at the Reliez Valley trail head at Gloria Terrace. Other good sightings for my

Visible from the Bear Creek trail, there were horned and eared grebes on Briones Reservoir today. Both species were in striking breeding plumage. Also a sign of the changing seasons, there were many W

Today, in the short walk down to the stream on the Bear Creek trail from the Bear Creek staging area (EBMUD permit required), there were 3, possibly 4 or more, white-throated sparrows. Minimally, ther

I just had a great view, in great light of a purple martin flying north over my Lafayette home, traveling with a second, similar bird that may have been a second martin; however, I did not get my bino

I just had a great view, in great light of a purple martin flying north over my Lafayette home, traveling with a second, similar bird that may have been a second martin; however, I did not get my bino

This spring I was seeing western tanagers almost daily throughout the month of May in my yard, sometimes in surprising numbers, leading me to wonder if they might nest locally. Then June came and the

This afternoon I walked from Keller Park to the Ferry Point pier and back looking for some of the nice finds recently posted. Found: the yellow warbler "megaflock", a Nashville warbler, an orange-crow

Yesterday, mid-day, a female (perhaps a juvenile male) western tanager visited my backyard birdbath in unincorporated Lafayette. Today, just after 2pm, I heard a Northern Pygmy-Owl's evenly spaced too

Yesterday, mid-day, a female (perhaps a juvenile male) western tanager visited my backyard birdbath in unincorporated Lafayette. Today, just after 2pm, I heard a Northern Pygmy-Owl's evenly spaced too

This morning there was an AMERICAN BITTERN and 10 river otters in the pond just past the visitor's center at Big Break Regional Shoreline (off of Big Break Road in Oakley). Also, there were 2 CATTLE E

The SWAMP SPARROW made a brief appearance this afternoon before ducking for cover again. It was in the previously reported location near the visitor's center, perhaps a very little nearer the parking

The SWAMP SPARROW made a brief appearance this afternoon before ducking for cover again. It was in the previously reported location near the visitor's center, perhaps a very little nearer the parking

Yesterday afternoon there were three short-eared owls coursing over the Point Edith Wildlife Area fields north of Waterfront Road. There was also a belted kingfisher and Say's phoebe along the road. I

As a follow up to my earlier posting, I'd like to thank those (Steve Hutchcraft, Ted Robertson) who replied and pointed out that the area noted is actually NOT part of the Point Edith Wildlife area. I

After getting an eBird alert this afternoon notifying me of Albert Linkowski's BLUE-WINGED TEAL and RUFF sightings in Martinez I zipped up to Mt. View Sanitary District and quickly found the B-W Teal