Friends! This evening (1 October 2020) we had the pleasure of a FOS Hermit Thrush in an Ashbury Avenue yard in El Cerrito. For at least 3 years a Hermit Thrush has overwintered here or nearby and been

Friends! May 25, 2020, 6-7:30 pm El Cerrito Highlight was 2 juvenile Western Bluebirds, and seeing one of them fed by Mom. Lesser Goldfinches using the water fountain was also special, three at a time

Ashbury Avenue, El Cerrito. May 9, 2020 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Global Big Day 2020. 10 species seen in the half hour for Global Big Day! Best bird was one Swainson’s Thrush singing in the distance and anot

Friends! A few years ago, Dave B., one of the scholarly First Friday birders, decided that “selasphorus” was Latin for “either one or the other”! Best of Boids! Alan Kaplan

Friends! Thanks for your responses. I am absolutely sure this is one bird! Sometimes it is throwing its voice and sometimes not, but it is a single bird that does the few note intro and seems to be in

And I say; If you Know it is a Song Sparrow, it is a Song Sparrow. If you Think it is a Song Sparrow, it is a Bewick’s Wren! Best of Boids! Alan Kaplan

The Bewick’s Wren seems to start from one side of the yard and finish on the other! I don’t hear the song that way in Tilden. Has anyone else heard ventriloquist Bewick’s? Any research you know of on

Tilden Nature Area, Contra Costa, California, US Aug 2, 2019 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Birdwalk, Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley, CA. A walk to Jewel Lake by the road an

Friends! Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Birdwalk Tilden Nature Area, Contra Costa County, California, US Jun 7, 2019, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Birdwalk, Ju

Friends! Tilden Nature Area, Contra Costa, California, US May 3, 2019 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Birdwalk, May 3, 2019. Tilden Nature Area, from the entrance to Jewel

Friends! Tilden Regional Park, Contra Costa, California, US May 3, 2019 5:30 AM - 7:45 AM Golden Gate Audubon Society Special First Friday Dawn Chorus Birdwalk, May 3, 2019. This is the weekend of the

Hi, Lorrie Thanks for writing. You ask a question the audience at the talk on Thursday evening had, too. Alan from GGRO said they don’t notice the bells! Behavior doesn’t change noticeably. For the hu

Friends! I returned from the GGAS talk by Alan Fish on the falcons and looked at WebCam 1. Annie the female was near the eggs and then covered them for incubation. This was at 2133hrs, Thursday 3,21.1

Friends! Tilden Nature Area, Contra Costa, California, US Feb 1, 2019 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Golden Gate Audubon Society, First Friday Birdwalk, February 1, 2019, Tilden Nature Area. To Jewel Lake by the

Friends! Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Birdwalk, October 5, 2018. Tilden Nature Area, parking lot to Jewel Lake and back by way of the boardwalk. Topic today was again feathers: Ptilochrono

Friends! The poll link goes to the Yahoo website but won’t let me vote there, so I vote here to continue with Yahoo Groups as is. Best of Boids! Alan Kaplan

Friends! Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Birdwalk, September 7, 2018, Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley, CA from the parking lot to Jewel Lake and back. Today's theme was Molting (not plumages but

GGAS First Friday Bird Walk, August 3, 2018 at Tilden Nature Area, to Jewel Lake by way of the Jewel Lake Trail and back by the boardwalk. "Prize" for coming the furthest to Margaret from Bakersfield;

Jul 6, 2018 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Bird Walk, July 6, 2018, Tilden Nature Area, to Jewel Lake and back again. This month is the 100th anniversary of the birth of C

Friends! Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Bird Walk, June 1, 2018. Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley, CA. To Jewel Lake on the road and back by way of the Boardwalk. Today's theme was comparing and