The Magnolia Warbler was in big Poplar Tree East of Quarry Parking Lot past rest-rooms. Jerry ting spotted it today Oct16th around 11AM and bird gave us some close shots. Picture can be seen here. htt

The Wilson's Snipes continued today (Dec14) from 9Am till late afternoon at location mentioned by Steve Zamek in yesterday's posting. I also saw a pair of White-faced Ibis around 11AM, while driving t

today around 4:20PM in last minute light a Merlin perched on the dry tree on top of Hill next to Quarry Parking Lot Entrance. It had half finished prey which it wrapped up in few minutes and flew east

Around 10:15AM (Sep 29, 2011) I Saw a male and female Black-throated Gray Warbler pair in the big Oak on trail turning towards to Hoot Hollow while coming from EEC entrance. (North-west of EEC/Nectar

FOS Western Wood Pewee behind the Butterfly Garden. Sighting time 4:30PM. Also continuing Pacific Slope Flycatcher inside the butterfly garden. There was a group of 4 Gray Foxes as well next to Butter

This morning around 11AM, I saw a Black-throated Gray Warbler in pine tree (next to big Eucalyptus tree) in front of Butterfly Garden entrance. Pics can be seen here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarb

I spent couple of hours in morning at Garin Regional Park. The oaks around the parking lot (next to the wood bridge) were resonating with Wilson's Warbler calls. The Hammond's flycatcher continues and

Today Morning 9AM - Saw a Blue-winged teal (male and female)in the New Marsh at Lake Elizabeth. There was also a pair of Loggerhead Shrikes working in the same area. The rain water marsh (west of New

There was a Hairy Woodpecker at Stivers Lagoon Fremont (Feb27, 5:30PM). The bird was working the dead trees on Muskrat Trail. There was also a pair of Northern Flickers and a Red-shouldered Hawk in th

Saw a Varied Thrush today morning 10AM in the lawn next to butterfly garden at Coyote Hills. There were also couple of Townsend's warblers in the pine tree in the lawn in front of EEC. On driving back

Finally I saw the Tropical Kingbird after 3 failed attempts. The Bird was at the same place as earlier reported i.e end of Dust Trail. Later it flew inside South West from Dust Trail. I followed it vi

Around 10AM today morning the Harlequin Duck was spotted at South end at Miller Knox Rgnl Shoreline at Pt Richmond. A picture can be seen at link below. The location is at the map section on upper rig

The Least Bittern was seen from 1:50PM till 3:30PM at the usual spots mentioned earlier. The picture at link below has map location marked on top right side of the page. Here is link to few shots take

A Merlin was perched on a tree east of Quarry parking Area. (Next to marsh boundary) Myself and Vivek spent almost 40mins (8:10AM till 9AM) watching the Merlin stretch and relax. After record handheld

A Golden Eagle swooped down to chase an Juvenile red-tail Hawk from it's perch on top of the hill west of Quarry Parking Lot. After that it sat there for a while calling and later preening, before tak

Spend few hours (9am to 12) looking for the missed Chestnut-collared Longspur during ydday trip. There will quite a few birders already scouting for the bird and having more pair of eyes helped a lot

The Lapland Longspurs continue at Mt Trashmore today morning around 10:30AM. At one moment I saw two of them together. Once flushed they keep on moving around but mostly remain within the Mt Trashmore

Today morning i saw a White-throated sparrow on the left side of the Bayview trail (North of the EEC Parking and before Nike Trail) It was with a flock of White-crowned and Golden Crowned sparrows. Th

Today around 11AM my friend Johanna pointed to a yellow bird in the Oak. I thought it was Townsend's warbler but on seeing it through my lens it turned out to be Hermit Warbler. The bird was right in

I had to wait for almost more than an hour to catch a glimpse of the Gray Catbird reported at Diamond Park Oakland. Finally the bird showed up at the pyracantha bush and savored few berries before mov