A couple of rufous-crowneds showed up along the south shore of Lake Temescal in the late morning yesterday. (This was my 1st confirmed sighting of the species--a pleasant surprise indeed.) I was also

Hi, all. I need to apologize to anyone who may have tried to find the sandpiper I reported here on Wednesday. After studying my field guides some more & coming across a group of surfbirds yesterday to

I was also out this evening & saw the skimmers far out from the south shore of Emeryville. They were pretty spectacular the one time the entire flock took off, becoming a murmuration of shifting black

Some years ago, on Thanksgiving Day, I observed a turkey on Howe St by the Kaiser Oakland Fabiola Bldg. Maybe it thought everyone would have their birds in the oven by then

While making 1 last try for the Canada warbler (though I figured it was probably long gone) @ lower Wildcat Canyon on Wednesday (09/15), I had a similar spotting of a light morph raptor (possibly 2) t

Hi, all. Has the Cape May warbler been sighted in the last day or 2? I'm thinking of heading down from Oakland to try to see it, but would like to know if it's still around before I jump on BART with

FWIW, there were certainly a great many spotted towhees @ Sibley on the day of the bird count (5/8). I've never seen or heard that many before up there. (I even had a "conversation" of sorts with 1 wh

Hi all. FWIW, as Trish Powell & I covered Sibley for the Christmas in May Bird Count on Saturday, we recorded a black chinned. I can't remember the exact location, though I think it was closer to Roun

Hi, all. The male PIWO showed up around noon today (Friday, 4/30), much to the delight of those who'd been waiting & waiting @ Trail's End. We heard him call loudly up the hill just before he landed i

Guess I should note, too, that on Friday the water between the Bulb & Pt Isabel--especially near the Codornices Creek outflow--was swarming with shorebirds & ducks. A large number of green-winged teal

I was between Pt Isabel & Meeker Slough around 5:10 PM & noticed the gulls, too--in the sky & on the surface--just before I left for home. The light & reflection from the low-in-the-sky sun made it di

Hi. Exactly where is this gem? Haven't heard of it before. Thanks. Alan Howe North Oakland

I agree--barn owl. Alan Howe North Oakland

Hi, all. @ around 4:30 yesterday, with the sun setting & almost no birds to be seen or heard, I headed back the east-west trail in Berkeley Meadow, accepting the fact that I wasn't going to see the sh

I mis-IDed the tanagers @ the park, too. Thankfully another birder straightened me out on that. & yes, I saw them hawking, too. Alan Howe North Oakland

C-s warbler was along edge of woods just south of bridge on the ball field side 10:15 AM, today, Monday, 09/28. It was foraging in very low level foliage right near the creek. It wasn’t at all shy.

My initial reaction to your photo, Elizabeth, is that I'm looking @ a canary. (I'm not saying you misidentified.) But they're related to finches, aren't they? Certainly house finch songs remind me of

#SIPBIP

Could it be pollen? There's certainly a lot of it out there. I bumped a flowering bush a couple of days ago & set off a shower of the yellow stuff. Alan Howe North Oakland

Mea culpa! I should have remembered about posting info on nests. (Thankfully I didn't give specific details on location.) Guess I was a bit too trusting of human nature. (Given many folks' handling of

Hi, all. I went looking for said roadrunner this afternoon around 2:30 or so. Walked & biked all over the area, but no bird. (I thought I'd gotten an answer to my playing a rr sound on my phone, but i