First time posting from my new email address, let's see if this works... Yesterday I found Crown Beach/Washington Park to be much more active than it's been in years, probably due to the eucs blooming

This afternoon I finally found time to go see the male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER at Don Castro Regional Park in Hayward. He was still in the large willow with a trash can under it (as described previou

Today I followed the Red-necked Grebe report to Lake Elizabeth in Fremont, which is acually a spectacular habitat for many species. Nothing much happened on the south side of the lake; too many homini

Gull numbers at the Oyster Bay landfill in San Leandro were waaay up from previous visits, with many perched not only on the large buildings but also on the smaller closer buildings. The very first gu

Today my dad and I attended the 2013 Oakland A's Fan Fest. Ray Fosse and Sal Bando were there, but the star of the show was a fairly clear-cut adult 'KUMLIEN'S' ICELAND GULL (although a Kumlien's/Thay

Sorry for the bad link. Here's a better one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73989529@N02/sets/72157632629453436/

This early afternoon I checked out the Bay Farm Island herring run, hoping for gulls. There weren't many gulls, not enough for a rarity to show up, but there was a very active and aggressive male BLAC

When I arrived at the Pt. Richmond herring run this afternoon, Mike Park and Todd Easterla showed me the beautiful adult SLATY-BACKED GULL just before it flew and disappeared. Thanks guys! A little la

This afternoon I had the pleasure of gulling with Dan Singer and Todd Easterla at the Pt. Richmond herring run, which was still going strong with several thousand gulls. In the mid afternoon, when the

I spent a pleasant afternoon with an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL at the San Leandro Marina today, where many hundreds of gulls were loafing and feeding on bread handouts. I first saw the Lesser Bla

Today Bob Battagin and I had a great day birding various points along the East Bay shore from Richmond to San Leandro. Bob's duck wizardry came in handy at Emeryville Marina, where he picked out a fem

Sorry for the late posting. On Sunday afternoon I went fishing at Ellis Lake in Concord. It's a tiny lake surrounded by trees, so I never expected any gulls. I immediately regretted not bringing my bi

Hi birders This afternoon I had a drive-by view of a SNOW GOOSE with the flock of CANADA GEESE on one of the lawns at the Dublin Sports Grounds: the only white goose on the lawn, gracefully shaped and

On Tuesday, Albert Linkowski and I birded Donner Canyon, searching for flycatchers which we never found (sorry for the late posting -- I've been having trouble finding exactly where in Donner Canyon w

Somewhere around the 7th inning this evening, with the A's leading the Yanks 6 to nothing, a COMMON NIGHTHAWK flew rapidly over the stadium going about southeast to northwest. He was really on his way

Somewhere around the 7th inning this evening, with the A's leading the Yanks 6 to nothing, a COMMON NIGHTHAWK flew rapidly over the stadium going about southeast to northwest. He was really on his way

Hi everybody. I've been birding the Alameda shoreline (vicinity of Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary) a few times lately, during the evening low tide. My very poor shorebirds skills have made this endeavor

Today there was a beautiful juvenile COMMON TERN in with the FORSTER'S TERNS sitting on rocks in the southwest part of the main lake at Berkeley Aquatic Park, just north of the boat house. The tern ev

Hi everyone. This afternoon I visited Albany Hill Park, my new favorite migrant trap, and had a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH along the creek on the north side of the park, near the stand of poplars where the

This evening Michael Park, Mark Rauzon, and myself got excellent views of the juvenile RUFF as he foraged along the shoreline between the Crab Cove Visitor Center and concrete jetty (jetty? pier?) jus