Hi, all. I escaped out this afternoon, rode my bike up to look for the summer tanager &, for the 3rd time this year came up short. But I did get to see 2 red-tails in what appeared to be a courtship d

Hi all. A week or so ago I biked up to the bulb & was checking out the owl enclosure, where I saw a bunch of brown & black striped birds. I was surprised a bit when they turned toward me with their ve

In the past week I've had a beautifully bright Nuttal's in the walnut tree in my back yard in North Oakland--& have been hearing more territorial tapping in the neighborhood. Have had a mockingbird or

I was up there around 4:30 & again @ 5:30 PM today but didn’t see him, though I might have heard him. yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

I'm a bit late on this, but this last Thursday I'm pretty sure I saw a bald eagle high in the sky over our place in north Oakland (59th St, between Shattuck & MLK). By the time I could grab my binocul

The black & white is in the trees right by the back of Alta Bates acting like a nuthatch. Wait—now he’s in front of 2999 Tegent. gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

The black & white was nowhere to be seen by 1:30 or so. I stuck around quite a while with a couple of other birders, but he was a no show. There were yellow-rumped & Townsend's, juncos, ruby crowned k

Thanks for that, Judy. I have indeed been confused by some of those abbreviations lately. Alan Howe yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Hi, all. I haven't seen anything about this here. A 20-something leading kids on a nature hike @ the park knew about it, so maybe the word's out. @ Miller-Knox Reg Pk yesterday I saw 2 raptors fly int