Delighted to see a pair of Lawrence's Goldfinches at Valle Vista Thursday afternoon (EBMUD property in Moraga). The beauties landed on a wire near the bridge. Blurry ID photo: https: to//ebird.org/che

Hi All, What a complete surprise it was Thursday afternoon when I saw a Hermit Warbler from the kitchen window, splashing in the front yard fountain! After waiting quietly outside for half an hour, wa

Around 10:15am, the mewing calls of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker led Doug Mosher and me from the bridge where we heard it, to a tree next to the third bench from the kiosk, where it landed. After fora

Clayton Community Park was a cornucopia of raptors on Friday! Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, Red-Tailed Hawk and American Kestrel all made appearances. Checklist with ID photos: https://ebird.org/che

Here's a twist- today, Wednesday, was the first time that we've ever had Bushtits in our front yard fountain! They dropped one by one out of our Magnolia tree until there were NINE of them splashing t

While I'm not familiar with the molting pattern of Surf Scoters, the attached photo was taken (from a distance) of one of the males at Albany Bulb last Thursday evening, Aug. 6th, in case it helps. I

Thank you for sharing these marvelous accounts of Scrub behavior! Coincidentally just yesterday my neighbor, a birder, gave me a copy of the book, The Genius of Birds, by Jennifer Ackerman. The Scrub

Hi All, Sibley was delightful Sunday morning with Orange-crowned Warblers throughout the Park, Rufous-crowned Sparrows and a Lincoln's Sparrow off the Volcanic Trail, and several charming Golden-crown

On the heels of the Bald Eagle sighted above Briones Nov. 17, was fortunate to see another adult above Coyote Hills, Saturday Nov. 23! It was soaring with two Turkey Vultures and had the unmistakable

A stunning adult Bald Eagle was seen swooping over the hillside adjacent to the Abrigo Trail at Briones 11/17 around 11am. What initially caught my eye was the huge wing span and slow wing flapping, t

Birders, On an evening walk in Redwood Regional Park on the West Ridge Trail just beyond the Tres Sendas Trail around 6:20pm, was treated to the sound of what I thought to be a Pileated Woodpecker, wi

The south side of the Los Vaqueros Watershed had a variety of eye candy Sunday morning including LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE near the entrance, OSPREY circling with great closeup views, SOLITARY SANDPIPER true

Jackie's post about finding the dead Hermit Thrush as a possible victim of a window strike is a good reminder for us all to deflect birds through window decals if we haven't already. I bought stickers

California Tortoiseshells were also seen flying in pairs and singly in Sibley Regional Park Thursday evening from the Quarry trail.. A photo can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dindelion/

While the Harlequin Duck has taken center stage at the San Leandro Marina, a FEMALE WHITE-WINGED SCOTER was present Tuesday, 3/13 around 5:30pm. She was seen from Pescador Point Drive preening and swi

​​ Hi All, This morning I was excited to see 5 species of birds enjoying our bird bath/fountain all at the same time, including PURPLE FINCH, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, AMERICAN ROBIN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLE

The account of the people in the outrigger canoe harassing the surf scoters was very disturbing. Any time we witness the mistreatment of wildlife (or behavior that could lead to that) and there's an o

Sibley continues to delight! On Monday morning, was treated to Rufous-crowned Sparrows, a Grasshopper Sparrow and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in addition to the Lark Sparrows and Lazuli Buntings along Qua

Thanks to Bob Firehock's post, went to Miller Knox with Doug Mosher on Sunday and saw what resembled a Eurasian Wigeon pair. The female had no visible narrow black border at the gape and its head seem

Hi All, Had a wonderful 2 hours at the San Leandro Marina (and south of that) with Doug Mosher Sunday afternoon. We were treated to sightings of Black Turnstones that were foraging barnacles and about