Wikipedia says 2 to 10 per pair of Canada Geese. This was the weekend, when the breeding pairs of Canada Geese near the Bay Trail and Stege Marsh had new Goslings. As shown in the photo, the winning p

Out along the Bay trail north of Pt Isabel and the 51st entrance, I saw a black belly on a Plover, All the other times their bellies seemed more white than black. It was as the tide was about half way

Out a Jewel Lake I saw my first Hairy Woodpecker this afternoon. At Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/2nfAaMG Also a Mallard pair with 6 tiny Ducklings. The Park ranger was searching below the spillway for mo

Sunday afternoon I was testing a new lens out on the Bay Trail North of Point Isabel. There were a large number of Marbled Godwits with some smaller birds mixed in. To my eye they were Long-billed Dow

About a 1/2 mile north of the S. 51st entrance to the Bay Trail a beautiful Osprey came flying by about 25 feet in the air on its way northwest. Maybe it was on the way back to the Rosy the Riveter si

Opps. Wrong photo. Here it is https://flic.kr/p/2neoHir. Snow Goose Thanks for the correction Claude Claude Lyneis cmlyneis@... https://www.youtube.com/bhsvideodad https://www.inaturalist.org/ob

I was out at Miller/Knox around 9 AM and was surprised to see a Snow Goose, perhaps the same one that was there a couple of months ago. Some Yellow-rumped Warblers, but not so many other birds there.

For several days my wife has heard and seen a “new” bird in the backyard in the 700 block of Keeler Ave. It always left before I could grab my camera until today. Even then it was an obscured view. It

There were at least three male Surf Scoter, a Greater White-fronted Goose, and a Black-bellied Plover at Arrowhead this afternoon as the tide ran out along with the usual inhabitants. Surf Scoter. htt

Yesterday in the late afternoon there were some small Sparrows along the SF Bay Trail as it skirts the Marina Bay housing development. I remembered being told a year ago at this time there were some L

Some new birds for me, a Snow Goose and Cackling Geese were at Miller/Knox Shoreline today. I also got photos of a Eurasian Wigeon and a Greater White-fronted Goose. The Snow Goose and the Cackling Ge

There were relatively few birders at Arrowhead this morning for the King Tide. I arrived around 9:15 AM and peak tide was predicted about 10 AM. The marsh just off the pier was virtually covered and t

I have been working on distinguishing Ravens from Crows and realized I was often misidentifying Crows as Ravens. Even the pair of crows that drop by our porch for a morning peanut. So I went to the Al

Went out to the Emeryville mudflats between about 3:30 and 5:15 and indeed there were at least 30 Black Skimmers out on the mudflats. It was a clear, calm afternoon. There were about four other birder

With the tide going out after lunch, there were a good variety of shorebird along the Bay Trail. Black-belied Plovers, Marbled Godwits, Snowy Egrets, Common Goldeneyes, American Wigeons, Willets and m

Ring-necked Duck at Lake Anza photo. https://flic.kr/p/2mWzFs6 Claude Lyneis cmlyneis@... https://www.youtube.com/bhsvideodad https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/lyneisfilm

After all the rain this fall, Lake Anza looked a little better than last year when it stopped flowing in June, but has a ways to go. Around 2 pm on a clear afternoon, there were only a few birds visib

This morning I looked out the back window of our house in the 700 block of Keeler and saw a Cooper’s Hawk on the deck railing. It took me some time to unpack my Nikon, but then it landed on the bird f

Monday around eleven AM I saw my first Common Loon at Emeryville Marina Park. There were many Scaups, a few Pelagic Cormorants and Turkey Vultures, but adding a Loon to my photo list was a plus. Link

There was a large group of Brown Pelicans feeding in and around Arrowhead Marsh this afternoon, at least 50. What was unusual was there were both Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets and Double-crested Cormoran