Kevin, Western is the usual kigbird suspect in summer around here for grasslands and meadows like Cesar Chavez. Tropical Kingbirds do show up here fairly regularly. Western Kingbird has white outer ta

Golden Gate Audubon Field Trip to Cesar Chavez Park on March 31, led by Rachel Katz, Eleni Sotos and Barbara Saunders, saw both Eared and Horned Grebes in alternate plumage. Around 6:30 pm, from the c

Dear East Bay Birders, Bob Lewis and Bruce Mast have created and refined a terrific 6 week lecture course on the evolution of birds, starting with dinosaurs in Pangea and finishing with California. It

A respectful discussion on these topics (with relevant subject lines) could take place on GGAS-Chat, but if the East Bay Chapter of the California Native Plant Society hosts such conversations, I thin

Highlight of our Golden Gate Audubon walk at Dotson Family Marsh this afternoon: a Short-eared Owl flying low over the grasslands inland from the mail trail a bit north of the parking area around 4 pm

Thanks for the update. Great to hear the site is meeting the shorebirds’ needs, and a joy for us! Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

At Frank’s Dump along Hayward Shoreline north of Hayward Landing. Pacific Golden-plover Sat afternoon, seen well around 3:30 near high tiide, among many Black-bellied Plovers. Standing up by itself fo

Thanks to a tip from a local birder I met on the platform at Elsie Roemer, our GGAS trip to Alameda for shorebirds went to the little pond just north of the buiding at 1701 Monarch and looked through

On Sunday Aug 15 Golden Gate Audubon to Elsie Roemer and Crab Cove in Alameda, Brandi Russell spotted a Spotted Sandpiper on the rocks at the end of the spit looking out towards Ballena Bay. In full s

Bruce, thank you for this trip report. I am relieved to hear that Frank's Dump is back as a high tide roost, and that the birds have found it, especially the small peeps.

David, I think the location of this nest hole has been widely broadcast already, but I think it is the policy of most discussion lists not to post such detailed descriptions of nest locations. I am gl

Is there a plan to let the water back in when the plovers are done nesting? Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS

According to Birds of the World: Lesser Scaup spring departures can start mid February. Their migrations are really spread out. Greater Scaup are usually thought to start moving north in March, but th

Aaron, thank you for your thoughtful reminders about reporting nests and peregrine falcons. In a few weeks, I suggest people get their peregrine fix with the Berkeley Campanile pair. The cams are live

The pair of Peregrine Falcons that have nested on the Campanile since 2017 have a webcam: https://calfalcons.berkeley.edu/webcams/ Their gravel nesting platform is ready for them. They have names: Ann

A non-breeding plumage (or first year) White-faced Ibis was foraging at water's edge. On the Chocheyno Trail. soon after it forks off the Muskrat Trail, where there is water on both sides of the trail

check the ebparks.org website; most of the East Bay Regional Parks are open, except those directly affected by fire. (some that were closed have reopened.) a lot of the East Bay places for shorebird m

Welcome to the wonders of migrating and wintering shorebirds on San Francisco Bay! (Venturing south to Jetty Road at Moss Landing is another not-to-be-missed location.) One distinction is sites for fe

For several years, there was a communal kite roost at Wavecrest in Sam Maeo County. Does anyone know if kites still use it? People on the South Bay list may know. Maureen Lahiff

I acknowledge and respect Bev's frustration. Yes, the EBMUD trails are open, but access is limited. Yes, this is one more reflection of the greatly unequal and inequitable resource distribution is in