Here's an eBird checklist with (bad) photos and field notes on the Clifton Court Forebay LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, plus some slightly better photos of the GLAUCOUS GULL: https://ebird.org/view/checkli

After spending the afternoon finding nothing unusual at Los Vaqueros, I got to Clifton Court Forebay late this evening, and started scanning the massive gull flock after sunset. However, in about 25 m

Here are some (bad) photos of the Alviso LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL from this afternoon. (Smokey days don't make for good gull photos... :( https://www.flickr.com/photos/99231652@N07/albums/721577033499

BTW its a long (20 min) hike west from Alviso Marina Park to the gull flock, and the trails close at sunset. Noah [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

BTW, its a long (20 min) hike west fro

I guess I’m eating crow on my “announcement” that Alviso is now impossible to Gull... Or, should I say, eating LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL... A subtle but distinctive 2nd-cycle LBBG was here at the flock

FYI, the new access curtailment at Alviso is probably due to my own mistake of flushing some gulls just after sunset last winter near the EEC. The signage appeared soon after this. Noah

All the salt pond trails around Alviso are now closed at sunset, presumably to prevent birders from disturbing roosting and nocturnal wildlife. While this is actually an excellent policy for a NWR, it

Looks like an immature male Common Yellowthroat. I can see the resemblance to Tropical Parula, but that would have a blue-gray crown and entirely pale orange lower mandible. Noah

I birded several fennel patches along the East Bay shoreline today. First I met up with the eagle-eyed, owl-eared Adrian Hinkle in the morning at Albany Bulb, where he had already spotted a Clay-color

Jack Hayden and I birded Creekside Park and Cesar Chavez Park today (Aug. 31st), and found flycatchers everywhere. We started with three WILLOW FLYCATCHERS at Creekside (but no redstart). At Cesar Cha

It seems that landfills throughout the Bay Area have increased their gull hazing efforts this season, and especially within the last week, and gulling opportunities are quickly being curtailed. I firs

(Couldn't resist this Chris August album name for the title of this post...) The loss of birding opportunities in San Leandro is likely to actually benefit the birds themselves, I think. Gulls' feet c

There is still some good birding available at Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline in San Leandro, although much of the former landbird habitat has been bulldozed (I'm not sure why). Most of the southern hal

I have heard from a local policeman -- and confirmed online -- that the entire San Leandro Marina will be indefinitely closed to the public in a couple of months, for a redevelopment project that will

Today Jack Hayden and I observed our long-standing tradition of gulling the San Leandro Marina on Thanksgiving morning. Gull numbers were impressive; one of the best days I've seen there. Along with s

I made a quick mid-day stop at Elsie Roemer today, where a number of birders were still getting good scope views of the RED-NECKED STINT. The stint has become territorial around "his" rock (straight o

If anyone's looking for the Stint this afternoon, there were a couple other interesting birds there yesterday evening to keep an eye out for... First off, beware a LEAST SANDPIPER with a very Stint-li

Here are photos of the Red-necked Stint that was in Frank's Dump (Hayward Shoreline) this evening: https://www.flickr.com/photos/99231652@N07/albums/72157684579991960 High tide is the time to visit th

I'm here at Franks Dump with Don Pendleton, and a brilliant breeding adult RED-NECKED STINT just put in a brief appearance before a male PEREGRINE scared all the shorebirds. Happy Peeping! Noah