During our first brief visit to Contra Loma this afternoon, we enjoyed seeing many of the birds previously reported by Paul Schorr. Notably, two Burrowing Owls were "periscoping" from their roadside b

Mid-morning today, I parked on the street at the west end of Auto Mall Parkway at the entrance to Pacific Commons Linear Park's trail signed "Walk Run Ride Wander Wonder". A Peregrine Falcon, a Red-Ta

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From the Oiled Wildlife Care Network web site (187owcn.simpleweb.com): To report an oil spill call 800 OILS911 To report an oiled bird call 877 UCD OWCN

While walking the trail along the eastern side of Mt. Trashmore at Hayward Regional Shoreline this morning, I flushed a Burrowing Owl that had been next to the trail by the ditch just north of the yel

At least 10 Greater White-Fronted Geese and 3 Cackling Geese are with hundreds of Canada Geese on the soccer lawns off Stevenson at Gallaudet at Lake Elizabeth today. Near New Marsh, which is once aga

A Red-Throated Loon is cruising Middle Harbor between the promenade pier and the rock jetties. Stephanie Floyd Fremont

The Ross's goose took Derek's advice and flew; at noon today it was with the Canadas by the Observation Tower south of the picnic area. A crisply white, healthy-looking bird.

The weather was...uh..."spirited" for yesterday's Ohlone Audubon CBC. Conditions prohibited us from driving out the levee roads to check the salt ponds, so we valiantly slogged out the No Name Trail o

Rich Nicholson and I previewed Sunday's CBC today. Our count circle includes part of Coyote Hills RP and part of Don Edwards NWR, Ardenwood Farm, and a lot of territory on either side of Hwy. 84 west

The bird continues at 1:00 today in the line of trees on the grassy mound in front of Bucci's. The parking lot where these trees are is on Hollis at 59th. A Townsend's warbler was in the same area. St

A seismic retrofit is set to begin at the eastern end of the Dumbarton Bridge. The parking lot beside the bay (the one with the big puddle in the middle of it) is now blocked off by a chain link fence

While exploring new areas in preparation for CBC, I visited Mirabeau Park in Newark this morning. Mature trees attract many birds to this small park tucked into a neighborhood off Jarvis and Haley. I

Six hardy souls braved yesterday morning's cold wind to join an Ohlone Audubon field trip at Berkeley Pier. As luck would have it, we did not get rained on, and we saw some great birds! The Pacific Lo

A Pacific Loon continues this afternoon on the north side of the Berkeley Pier. A Common Loon is on the south side along with a lone Bonaparte's Gull and about 10 Horned Grebes. A lone Elegant Tern is

Today at noon a Prairie Falcon consumed its prey atop a pole at the Enxco wind farm entrance, MP 4.68 on Patterson Pass road in Livermore. The ferrug convention must have adjourned right after Rich Ci

Just after you enter the park at the kiosk at Coyote Hills, to the south is a snag from which White-Tailed Kites hunt. This morning, three Ring-Necked Pheasants shared the tree, kites on the higher br

This morning a lone Cackling Goose was with about 200 Canada Geese on the soccer lawns north of the lake (access off Stevenson Blvd. at Gallaudet). New Marsh (south of the soccer lawns) is nearly drai

Thank you, Dave, for those excellent directions. Calvin Lou and I had the gray catbird in the pyracantha around 12:00, but we lost it until I checked EBB and saw your posting. We then found the bird a

I was fortunate to run into Gail at the park today, and she pointed the way up the hill to where I immediately found the Black-Throated Sparrow. The first Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher I've seen this season w