Yes, Allen's breed between the Bay up into the East Bay hills. They also breed at Coyote Hills and I think there may be recent nesting records in the Diablo Range which doesn't get much fog. Allen's a

I believe Rufous is more likely than Allen's in Pleasant Hill. Allen's prefers coastal fog. That said, the females are not distinguishable in the field unless you can see the shape of the tail feather

How about a Coot? <hilary@...> wrote: -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA

Megan, Thanks for the interesting images. I believe these are both immature male Common Goldeneyes. Barrow's has a shorter more pudgy shaped bill. The bill color varies some, but I agree it should be

My impression is that past Pileated records in the East Bay could be correlated with major wildfires which may have displaced them. wrote: -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA

Swung by Emeryville Marina after a meeting at Golden Gate Audubon this afternoon. Met Mark Rauzon who found the bird roosting in the usual place, the rip-rap on the south side of Powell. This appears

Sycamore Grove Park south of Livermore. It was quite a celebrity. Did you miss this message? https://groups.io/g/EBB-Sightings/message/12346 But much of the discussion was on the discussion list start

Two male Black Scoters continued at the Richmond Marina today. Both of them quite vocal as they continually chased after a bewildered female Surf Scoter. Photos and checklist: https://ebird.org/view/c

Definitely Common Yellowthroat. [EBB_Sightings]" <EBB_Sightings-noreply@...> wrote: much appreciated. -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA

I've worked with the list-owner to fix the online voting problems. The poll should now work for all members. Now please let's get back to sharing sightings! Thanks.

On Thu, 10 May 2018 14:40:38 -0700, "Graham Chisholm graham.chisholm@... [EBB_Sightings]" <EBB_Sightings-noreply@...> wrote: We found it in the lagoon just south of the MV Cape Orlan

Arrowhead Marsh West is scheduled to be "treated" with Imazapyr Herbicide via both backpack and airboat on 13 November this year as part of an effort to rid San Francisco Bay of non-native and hybrid

Previous record was 11/14/2005 - 11/15/2005. http://www.californiabirds.org/queryDatabase.asp?species=field+sparrow&county=ala&STARTDATE=&enddate=&partial=on&sort=date On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 03:31:41 +00

Birders, The Northern California Birdbox experienced a fatal hardware failure. It is offline and will not be continued. The birdbox has been in continuous operation for 23 years. We are grateful to Go

Great seeing everybody this morning! A few digiscoped images and notes at... https://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/Red-neckedStintP1110203.htm On Sun, 6 Aug 2017 22:40:58 +0000 (UTC), "Steven Tucker talkingtr

[EBB_Sightings]" <EBB_Sightings-noreply@...> wrote: I believe we saw the same PHAINOPEPLAS on our CCSF ornithology class field trip. Checklist and photos at... http://ebird.org/ebird/view/

Albert, The photo is identical to one apparently taken in the UK in 2003. https://www.tineye.com/search/4fb52223db7f7f991fdf60a715be5713f46d550b/ <EBB_Sightings-noreply@...> wrote: -- Jose

<EBB_Sightings-noreply@...> wrote: Birders should be aware that Arrowhead Marsh was scheduled for destruction by the "Invasive Spartina Project." I understand that plan is now on temporary

Kay, Interesting bird. Western Tanager males get their red color entirely from rhodoxanthin as opposed to other species which get red from a variety of carotenoids. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi

Sylvia, Golden Gate Audubon hosts a digital version of "Birds of Northern California" which has useful bar-graphs showing expected arrival and departure dates. http://goldengateaudubon.org/wp-content/