I arrived at an inlet into the mudflats that are exposed during low tides along Airport Channel at MLK Shoreline RP yesterday to see what must have been the aftermath of a Cormorant pack hunt. Cormora

When they closed the pier at Arrowhead Marsh some months ago, I was disappointed, but that has changed. The shorebirds now consider the pier a dependable place to wait out high tides. Yesterday, when

The Black Oystercatcher "chicks" are now fully-fledged juveniles, accompanying their parents in flight to the rip-rap rocks at low tide to trail along. They've come a long way in just 45 days and now

I've been watching the nest at Ballena Bay, Alameda, on and off for the last three days, and the chicks are beginning short loop flights away from the deck. I can't be certain both chicks are flying b

The two Black Oystercatcher chicks are getting big and looking fine. It's been 23 days now since first sighting them as close to hatchlings. Here is a distant shot of them (with one parent) lounging i

The Oystercatcher chicks are still alive and well as of yesterday, nine days after I first saw them. Food is plentiful and the parents continue the feeding routine during low tides when mussels, limpe

The resident pair of Black Oystercatchers at Ballena Bay have had (apparently) two chicks. Hopefully this year they will survive and fledge. Here is a distant photo, just after one of the parents had

It looks like the "resident" pair of Black Oystercatchers has started nesting once again in the woodpile on the moored deck at Ballena Bay. The head of one could be seen at the spot of last year's (un

Yesterday, hundreds of shorebirds (primarily Godwits and Dowitchers) lined the south shore of Airport Channel (MLK Shoreline RP, Oakland) waiting out the storm cells and their buffeting winds. They nu

Teals are overwintering regulars at the vernal pond at Garretson Point (MLK Shoreline, Oakland). This afternoon Cinnamon, Green-winged, and Blue-winged were in easy view feeding and resting less than

The egret rookery on Bay Farm Island already has four Great Egret nests. A local resident said she first saw them begin nesting two weeks ago. They are quite "settled in" with nests already finished a

Forgot to add that for the main run, park in the Ferry Terminal parking lot to the left at the end of McCartney and walk the shoreline path to the location.

Today (Saturday} while walking the shoreline path on Bay Farm Island, there was a fairly large raft of birds (scaups, coots, 3-4 pelican, gulls, one loon...and others) feeding on a run of herring and

https://www.flickr.com/photos/vnelson/15661210043/ Seen from Bayview Trail at Coyote Hills last evening and this morning just off the quarry parking lot. Sent from Samsung tablet

Just a blurry, low light shot of one flying out of San Leandro Bay over the Bay Farm Island Bridge in Alameda near sunset yesterday (1/7). I thought it was interesting in that it shows how the Red-thr

For those of you interested in blood and gore, for several days now at the Quarry Parking Lot in Coyote Hills a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk has been putting on a show catching ducks and dining on them on

A Merlin was actively hunting dragonflies yesterday from the trees which border the quarry parking lot and the marsh. Spotted by my fellow photographer, Alex Navarro. It rested frequently and was an e

The rookery is quite a spectacle these days. Almost all the Snowys' and Greats' chicks have fledged, but remain near the "mother" tree. They gather in the wedge-shaped mini park across the water and a

Some pictures of the famous Nightheron chicks that were recently in the news (6/3/2014) after a tree trimmer cut down the nest they were in at an Oakland Post office. They were rescued by Lisa Owens V

The Black Oystercatchers are engaging in behaviors I observed two years ago (thanks to Bob Power's initial report) when they nested on the "barge" at Ballena Bay in Alameda. They hang out around the d