Just saw what looked like a cormorant but appeared to have a VERY long tail in flight in Don Edwards, while driving on Dumbarton Bridge. I only saw it for a few seconds from a moving car, so IT COULD

Albert Linkowski and I birded in the rain today hoping for a fallout, and we were successful at Ellis Lake Park in Concord. All the eucalyptus and nearby trees around the edge of the lake were full of

I have been kindly reminded by my gulling buddy that it would be helpful if I mentioned why these birds are Vega and potentially Slaty-backed Gulls, instead of just saying they are and expecting you a

Finally got the internet going fast enough to upload pictures, so here are the photos of this month's two standout gulls from the San Leandro Marina: 1st-cycle Vega: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7398

Jack Hayden and I watched a 1st-cycle gull showing many characteristics of Slaty-backed Gull in the northernmost parking lot at the San Leandro Marina today. I saw this same bird on the 16th, but only

This morning I led Jack Hayden on a wild gull chase at Oyster Bay, which was inexplicably gull-less despite big numbers on the landfill. But when we checked the Marina, we found a first-cycle VEGA GUL

Perhaps because of the hot weather, huge numbers of gulls from the landfill were resting and bathing on Tufted Duck Slough (on the north side of Oyster Bay shoreline) this afternoon. It was by far the

Hi everyone. Do any of you know of places in the East Bay, preferably in or near Oakland, where I can find good numbers of Brewer's Blackbirds? A lot of my recent birding has centered around these guy

I'm increasingly confident in this big guy, which I photographed at Oyster Bay on Tuesday afternoon, for first-cycle SLATY-BACKED GULL: https://www.flickr.com/photos/73989529@N02/sets/7215764198761347

This afternoon there was a pair of EURASIAN WIGEONS in with a small flock of AMERICAN WIGEONS on "Tufted Duck Slough" on the north side of Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline. Gull numbers were lower than t

Is anyone good with gulls attending the bio-blitz tomorrow? If not, take pictures of any and all unidentified gulls and send them to me. I'll take a crack at them, and if I can't figure them out I'll

Hi. Sorry for the late posting. Yesterday Jack Hayden and I gulled at San Leandro Marina and Lake Merritt, finding very large numbers of gulls at the Marina but few at the Lake. The Marina was probabl

Even though it hasn't been 9 days since the last herring boats were sighted, it looks like the Pt. Richmond Herring Run has met its end. Gull numbers were VERY low this afternoon; mostly the very comm

Did anyone get to the herring run today? How was gull activity? If there are still any significant gull concentrations, I'd suggest going there until they're gone, even if the numbers are dwindling --

As Steve Tucker said, there were still good concentrations of gulls at Miller/Knox today. Although not as many as on previous days, diversity seemed better, with more THAYER'S GULLS per unit GLAUCOUS-

Hi everyone. I got to Pt. Richmond more than two hours before low tide today, and almost the first bird I laid eyes on was the adult SLATY-BACKED GULL ("Slaty 1"), the one with two white primary cover

Big thanks to Steve Tucker for spotting the beautiful adult SLATY-BACKED GULL at the Point Richmond Herring Run today! The most interesting part, to me anyway, was that I was able to watch and listen

My advice to everyone who wants to see this bird is USE BREAD. Throw pieces of bread in the water to gather a large flock of gulls, and keep on throwing to keep them coming for a while. If the Iceland

Sorry, I don't think I was specific enough about the Iceland Gull's location. This was at the place I call the Gazebo Beach: the sandy beach just south of the east end of Fairyland. There is a large g

Here's a working link to the Kumlien's Iceland Gull photos from Lake Merritt: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73989529@N02/sets/72157640471162266/ Sorry I couldn't be more detailed about this bird earlie