I watched a Palm warbler move through a plum tree as I sat on that bench in front of the water (after the horse area.) A few other migrants/returning birds today included Blue-gray gnatcatcher, Wilson

Yesterday between 4-6 p.m. I counted 267 orange butterflies flying north over my Moraga house.They looked like California Tortoiseshells but they were pretty high and didn’t stop, so I am not positive

On the Quail trail about 20 feet up the hill after Hoot Hollow today there was what I think was a young leucistic White-crowned sparrow associating with other White-crowned sparrows. It had orange cro

Hi all, A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT showed up yesterday and is still here today with some other migrants in a bottle-brush tree in my yard (in Moraga.) Kathryn Spence Moraga

Yesterday morning a calling EVENING GROSBEAK spent the morning near my yard in some tall pines. A small group of PINE SISKINS and a WHITE THROATED SPARROW also arrived yesterday. Kathryn Spence Moraga

This is interesting as I found 2 LEWIS'S WOODPECKERS at the Mullholland Space Preserve in Moraga on Tuesday morning of last week. (Sorry to post it so late.) Kathryn Spence Moraga