This morning while eating a late breakfast in my backyard I watched a high red-tail riding a thermal. As it peeled out of the thermal, it took a very direct southerly tact overhead. I grabbed my binos

On Sunday I hiked the ridge trail at Black Diamond Mines and was treated to prairie falcons engaging each other in aerial training exercises. There were at least 3 and perhaps as many as 5 birds. It w

Thank you to all who offered suggestions and insight. Ultimately, I believe the correct answer is juvenile red-winged blackbird. This just goes to show how difficult short-lived juvenile plumage can b

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Today I took a walk through Pacheco Marsh in Martinez which turned out to be mostly quiet. Highlights were northern harrier, white-tailed kites and a pair of cinnamon teal along Waterfront Road. Addit

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Last week I saw and photographed a snowy egret that had me thinking of Little Egret because of its head plume. After doing some research and consulting with several other birders I've concluded that o

I spent a couple of early morning hours trying for the chat. No luck. Hopefully others will report if seen again. Still the birding was good. Did see: olive-sided flycatcher western Wood-pewee Pacific

This morning just past the intersection of the Briones-Mt Diablo trail and the Borges Ranch Trail (south of Borges Ranch, Walnut Creek) I found 2-4 chipping sparrows, 4-6 rufous-crowned sparrows and a

After getting an eBird alert this afternoon notifying me of Albert Linkowski's BLUE-WINGED TEAL and RUFF sightings in Martinez I zipped up to Mt. View Sanitary District and quickly found the B-W Teal

As a follow up to my earlier posting, I'd like to thank those (Steve Hutchcraft, Ted Robertson) who replied and pointed out that the area noted is actually NOT part of the Point Edith Wildlife area. I

Yesterday afternoon there were three short-eared owls coursing over the Point Edith Wildlife Area fields north of Waterfront Road. There was also a belted kingfisher and Say's phoebe along the road. I

The SWAMP SPARROW made a brief appearance this afternoon before ducking for cover again. It was in the previously reported location near the visitor's center, perhaps a very little nearer the parking

The SWAMP SPARROW made a brief appearance this afternoon before ducking for cover again. It was in the previously reported location near the visitor's center, perhaps a very little nearer the parking

This morning there was an AMERICAN BITTERN and 10 river otters in the pond just past the visitor's center at Big Break Regional Shoreline (off of Big Break Road in Oakley). Also, there were 2 CATTLE E

Yesterday, mid-day, a female (perhaps a juvenile male) western tanager visited my backyard birdbath in unincorporated Lafayette. Today, just after 2pm, I heard a Northern Pygmy-Owl's evenly spaced too

Yesterday, mid-day, a female (perhaps a juvenile male) western tanager visited my backyard birdbath in unincorporated Lafayette. Today, just after 2pm, I heard a Northern Pygmy-Owl's evenly spaced too

This afternoon I walked from Keller Park to the Ferry Point pier and back looking for some of the nice finds recently posted. Found: the yellow warbler "megaflock", a Nashville warbler, an orange-crow

This spring I was seeing western tanagers almost daily throughout the month of May in my yard, sometimes in surprising numbers, leading me to wonder if they might nest locally. Then June came and the

I just had a great view, in great light of a purple martin flying north over my Lafayette home, traveling with a second, similar bird that may have been a second martin; however, I did not get my bino