On my way to downtown Berkeley this morning, I decided to walk through the campus to photograph my all-time favorite buckeye tree now that it is leafless and showing its stunning bones. Upon entering

I first heard their high-pitched whistle, then saw them, a flock of twenty or so, shopping for fruit. Right on schedule for my neighborhood: first week in October and among my favorite signs of autumn

Enjoyed your report, Jim! Over here, a mile south of UC Berkeley, we have been amused by the antics of an American Crow pair nesting for the second season in tall trees three properties to the east of

Eureka, as Archimedes allegedly said. I found a Brown Creeper nest, one of my birding goals on the UC campus during the shelter period. I'd like to say the discovery was the result of my laser focus o

A fast walk of about a mile (the virtuous exercise part) takes me to UC Berkeley campus, where the slow birding starts. The place was more sparsely populated than on my previous visit. Today I added t

Like others, I have enjoyed birding our yard and on local walks. Here, about a mile south of UC Berkeley, large flocks of Cedar Waxwings are also amassing and foraging in various trees. Bewick's Wrens

Today, 11/20, and each day since last Sunday, one or two Pine Siskins have visited our nyjer thistle feeder for some time in the afternoon. We are about a half mile south of the UC campus and between

Six East Bay birders started the day in the Inspiration Point area around 8 a.m., first walking the EBMUD trail (permit required), then birding nearby Nimitz Way in Tilden. We had a roving flock of Re

I stumbled upon another spot in the East Bay hills with little eBird coverage. The Clyde Woolridge Staging Area of Anthony Chabot Regional Park had only 39 checklists over all years. Lydia Huang and I

After my friend Pam Peck and I hiked Kennedy Grove in El Sobrante this morning, I was surprised to see that the park has only 45 checklists on eBird covering all years. Then I had to kick myself: this

Still present at 11 am, working reeds at corner of Hollis and 61st, near taco truck. Thanks, Kirk! Judith Dunham Berkeley, CA

Upon reading Ryan Bartling's post on the herring spawn at Pt. Richmond this morning, Charlie and I motored from the Berkeley Marina to Brooks Island, arriving around 10 a.m. Much of the feasting may h

It's not what we were expecting . . . A friend from out of town and I birded Arrowhead. Just before we left earlier in the afternoon today, we spotted a WILLOW FLYCATCHER working the coyote bush, mall

Mary Krentz and I saw the Brown Booby around 10:30 or so this morning. It first appeared flying in from the west in front of where we were stationed at the end of the dock along the USS Hornet. Johan

About 200 or so gulls are currently feasting in Moellering Field in South Berkeley, between Derby, Carlton, Milvia, and MLK. I passed by, then went home to get my bins and a camera. There are at least

Seven East Bay birders followed an itinerary from Arrowhead to Alameda spots including Elsie Roemer and Crab Cove. As we entered the road to Arrowhead at about 9:30, we observed nine SNOW GEESE in the

Lydia Huang, Wendy Hoben, and I birded Meeker Slough, Vincent Park, and the waters off the end of Canal Boulevard this morning, moving from place to place as each wave of rain came through. Off the vi

Thanks to Bob Dunn--who saved me from scouring the entire marina and getting completely soaked--I headed in the right direction to see the Harlequin Duck around 1 p.m. today at high tide. It was roost

It was party time this morning at Brooks Island and along the jetty extending out from the island. We arrived by boat as the tide was just coming in. The shoreline and nearby waters were filled with t

Serving as the messenger . . . Yesterday (January 6), two friends birded a loop at Coyote Hills. Going east on the D.U.S.T. Trail, they found a lone WHITE-FACED IBIS. The bird was seen along the chann