While walking the dog late this morning in the midst of the deluge, I witnessed a hen bufflehead attempt to land in an inch or two of water flowing over the road. It was apparently OK, as it got back

Results for Cal Quail from the central Contra Costa CBC over the last 25 years (1997-2021) show they've been pretty stable for the last 15 years or so, with 109 reported in 2022. Things to ponder on a

While birding the Nortonville area of Black Diamond Mines Park for the MDAS CBC on Saturday, MIchael Sullivan and I witnessed about 250 white-throated swifts exiting their night roost from a crack in

Today there were at least 3 Townsend's Solitaires in Perkin's Canyon on the NE side of Mt. Diablo State Park, accessible from Morgan Territory road. One seen was within the count circle for next week'

A flock of mountain bluebirds showed up this morning at the same general location where they were most of last winter, at the far end of the valley at the Walnut Staging Area at Los Vaqueros Watershed

Seen about 40 minutes ago. Towards the back of the park around the back ballfield. Ebird Checklist here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S120501059 Jerry Britten Morgan Territory.

Rich, you asked, so here it is... I've made the Diablo Audubon CBC data relatively easy to manipulate, so below are the CBC counts for Band-Tailed Pigeon from 1997-2021. As can be seen, there were irr

I glanced out the back window about 12:45 this afternoon to see a male rose-breasted grosbeak fly away from one of our backyard feeders. I spent the next hour plus waiting with a camera for it to come

This morning, on a rare windless morning on the Forebay, I was treated to the sight of a Black Skimmer plying the still waters. This is the first record of a skimmer in Contra Costa County east of the

This morning Chris Ortega found a female/imm. male American Redstart at the park, in the trees at the south end of the pond by the footbridge. It was still there at ~11:30AM. Seen by several birders.

This morning I stepped out for a short time hoping to photo a Rufous Hummingbird on our salvia bushes, but instead a pair of Lawrence's Goldfinches stopped by. Lucky timing, ebird checklist here with

Today single Snowy and Black-Bellied Plovers were at the Forebay. About 1/2 mile from the parking area, out by the big willow tree to the left. These are rare but seemingly annual visitors here at thi

Yesterday near Fisherman's Point on the Forebay I saw and photo'd this duck https://ebird.org/checklist/S96741564 Apparently a dabbler, appeared larger than a mallard, uniform warm brown with black an

Alerted by Sri Char who saw and photo'd two juvenile Sabine's on the Forebay earlier today, I went out late this afternoon and managed to find one. Until today, last seen in 2016 in Contra Costa accor

Sri Char and I birded Clifton Court this morning. Highlights included a flock of 25 Cattle Egrets and 12 (plus or minus) Yellow Warblers all in the same live oak by the water along with a Black-Throat

I bicycled the levee roads of Clifton Court Forebay today, and discovered that low water has created an expansive shallows/mudflat habitat at the southeast corner (near the intake gates that let water

This morning I recorded 42 species on a walk around the property. Only one sparrow, surprisingly a Lincoln's. It was a 5-warbler species morning, and several of them spent some time picking aphids off

This morning there are seemingly hundreds of Pine Siskins in the newly-leafed oaks around my house. The noise they are making is quite impressive. Also, red-tailed hawks are nesting on our property th

Seeing the note from Jim Chiropolos - I also biked around the Forebay today, a great afternoon (checklist here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S78969997 , decent photos of a great horned owl and a northe

Cycling out there yesterday with the grandkids I thought I saw one of these in a small marsh at the SE corner, approximately 37.830627, -121.555815, so went back there today with my camera and got it