Alan, Thanks for leading another birdwalk. I enjoyed it at usual. I added 3 birds to the checklist, the Wilson's Warbler, Double-crested Cormorant, and Caspian Tern. I posted my photos at https://bird

Alan, Thanks for leading another informative bird walk. As usually you imparted us with information that was of great interest. I took a few photos and put them on my site, including the Red-breasted

Alan, Thanks for another great Friday Birdwalk, got to see a lot of migrants. It started off foggy and cold, but ended up being a beautiful sunny day. I posted my photos at: http://birds.avianist.com/

Alan, Thanks for leading the group again. It's always a pleasure listening to your accumulation of knowledge. I posted my photos at http://birds.avianist.com/2018/180706-Jewel-Lake . The lighting wasn

Alan, Thanks for another great bird walk, always an informative session. I posted my photos from the walk on my website at: http://birds.avianist.com/2018/180504-Jewel-Lake Got some nice photos of the

Hello all, I stopped by Sibley Regional Preserve this afternoon and noticed a lot of raven activity. In fact I spotted 9 Ravens on or by the large radio towers. At first I thought they were crows, sin

Hello All, I was there also this morning and got a few photos of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Other birds of note while there, several Varied Thrush, in the same location as the YBS, 5 Brown Creepers

Hello all, Went back to Tilden Park to confirm the sapsucker we had spotted on Friday. This time I got a good look and identified it as a young Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. I posted some photo on my webs

Alan, Thanks for leading the group again. Always learn something new on these walks. I posted my photos from the walk at: http://birds.avianist.com/2018/180202-Jewel-Lake Good photos of the Hermit Thr

Hello, Took a walk yesterday afternoon at the Canyon Trail Park in El Cerrito and saw many Ruby-crowned Kinglets, one with his red crown clearly visible. Also saw many Anna's Hummingbirds, with one fe

Hello All, Was observing the Cedar Waxwings again this morning, it usually take them about three days to strip the berries from the bushes, but around 11:30 a Cooper's Hawk swooped in and scattered th

Hello All, Was looking out the living room window this morning and noticed a flock of Cedar Waxwings fly overhead. After a little while they circled back and started feeding on the berry bushes in the

Alan, Thanks for leading the bird walk today. Interesting topics covered today, as always. Here are my photos from the walk: http://birds.avianist.com/2017/171006-Jewel-Lake The Green Heron did put on

Alan, Thanks for leading another interesting Bird Walk. Learned a lot about hummingbirds and their migrations and influence on flower evolution. I posted my photos from the walk at: http://birds.avian

Hi all, He was still there at noon, took a few photos that I posted on my site at: http://birds.avianist.com/2017/170524-Berkeley Thanks for the heads up. I missed the last one sighted at Albany Hill

Alan, As I have mentioned before, thanks for leading the group. As always a very educational experience. I posted my photos from today's walk at: http://birds.avianist.com/2017/170505-Jewel-Lake And I

Hello all, Stopped by Sibley Preserve today and spotted a pair of large raptors at three different times. I think they are Golden Eagles, but given my history of not knowing an immature Bald Eagle fro

Bob, This seems to be consensus of responses. I hadn't seen one here in El Cerrito, but I have seem them at Lake Chabot and Skaggs Island, so they are around. Thanks for the confirmation, George http:

Hello all, I was at Canyon Trail Park in El Cerrito this afternoon, photographing a Red-breasted Nuthatch make it's nest when a hawk flew over. I managed to get 4 photos before it vanished behind the

Hello All, There's still a large group of Cedar Waxwings in Berkeley Aquatic Park. They were gorging themselves on a small fruit tree near the South Entrance of the park (near Shellmound). I posted so