In San Ramon, hummer numbers seem "normal" for this time of year. About 10 Anna's and 2-3 Selas. in our backyard. As usual for this time of year, they're hammering our two feeders; we're having to ref

Saw 2 Lawrence's Goldfinches (an apparent pair) in the south parcel of Sycamore Valley Regional Open Space Preserve, between San Ramon and Danville this afternoon. This is the first time I've seen thi

Today while hiking without binocs I saw an unusual dove at Borges Ranch. At first glance it appeared to be a White-winged Dove; plain gray-brown plumage, slender, Mourning Dove sized, long, tapered, p

Hi Ethan, State Parks says the Mitchell Canyon parking lot is closed. Just curious how you accessed the place. Thanks, Steve

Regarding the earlier posts about Selas. hummers in Pleasant Hill and Alamo, we currently have at least 5 in our yard in San Ramon and they've been hanging around for a few days. In past years, we onl

The first sunny, relatively warm day in a while had all the critters out on Wednesday. Our neighborhood kids were out playing loudly in the street and the birds on the mountain were also out and prett

The GGAS Saturday trip to Cosumnes and Staten Island is cancelled due to inclement weather. Steve

https://www.xeno-canto.org/506643 We recorded these two birds in our backyard in San Ramon tonight about 6:30 pm (total darkness with moon rising). One bird is obviously an adult Great Horned Owl. But

Thanks to Michael Strom for alerting us to this nice, underbirded park on his post last week. On a Golden Gate Audubon bird walk yesterday, we had a nice mix of migrants and residents in the mature tr

Maybe I missed it with all the postings about terns at Hayward, but are the Elegants breeding there? If so, is this the first season that Elegants have bred at Hayward? As you probably know, Elegant T

We had a FOS adult male BULLOCK'S ORIOLE in our yard this morning. We haven't seen BUOWs in our neighborhood for a few years, so this was a treat. Interestingly, the bird spent most of its time feedin

For any of you who would like close-up looks at swallows and are also sick of driving 680, there are a couple of spots on Pleasanton-Sunol road north of the town of Sunol that are worth a quick stop.

An adult male Hooded Oriole showed up in our backyard, this morning, about the same date as in the past. Steve Lombardi San Ramon

At the risk of being dead-wrong in public, we believe that we saw a Blue-winged Warbler along Pine Creek in Diablo Foothills Park this (Sunday) morning, about 11:00. The bird was foraging in some Hima

This (Friday) morning at Mitchell Canyon was a symphony (or cacophony) of bird sound, with several species of spring migrants competing with residents and laggard winter visitors for air time. Early b

This morning, an immature Sharpie ran a quail into the back of our house, but apparently didn't know what to do next. The hawk mantled the quail briefly, then attempted to pick it up and fly off with

Our Golden Gate Audubon field trip to Shadow Cliffs today turned up the expected species in spite of the weather being chilly, foggy, and windy. We saw nothing unexpected except a GREAT-HORNED OWL tha

A FERRUGINOUS HAWK (same bird as last year?) was hanging out on the street lights on lower Laughlin Rd. near the Bluegrass Ct. intersection. Otherwise, Laughlin Rd. and Brushy Peak were somewhat slow,

25 birders enjoyed a lovely day at Hayward Shoreline on the Golden Gate Audubon second Friday walk. We walked from the interpretive center to the tern colony and back. There were lots of shorebirds co

Apparently, the Say's Phoebes that fledged young on our neighbors' house in April have done it again. We woke up this morning to at least two fledglings perched on our back fence with the adults nearb