Incredible day of birding. I had heard from a neighbor that the Red-whiskered Bulbul continues in Fruitvale, on Blossom St. and Davis St. the next street east. Found it at 9am. then went to work at La

Thanks to Bruce Mast's post of relocating the Tufted Duck at Lake Merritt and a prompt by Jim Chiropolos, I would like to take the opportunity to share some images and thoughts about my patch at Laney

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or rather Tuftless Duck, an eclipse male found this 9am at the Laney College estuary, where I work. I was getting catalytic convertor guards put on for the upcoming semester and went to check out the

While scouting out my CBC area and looking for any stray Ross's Gulls, I went to Emeryville at high tide. Parking near the firehouse, I scanned the bay and on the opposite side near the toll plaza I s

Flew over my house at 1:30 in Oakland's Glenview District heading north, looking like part of a big movement today in that direction. Also looked for Hilary's Tufted Duck at Lake Merritt but did not f

A Clay-colored Sparrow continued friday at Arrowhead Marsh, it was located at the south east corner of the fenced enclosure, then south along the path by 300 feet. It was in an olive tree along the ya

I was checking out Godfrey Park to see if the Tropical Kingbird returned to this small park next to the golf course. I did not find much but as I was leaving I saw a crow harassing a raptor and when I

I just stepped outside to gauge the wind conditions and without my glasses on, saw some flying birds. I was thinking bluebirds at first but they passed overhead and it was a flock of about 30 swallows

Located after an hour's search at 9:00 am deep in the fennel on the western slope fronting the GGBridge. Other birds incl. common yellowthroat, orange-crowned and yellow warblers, Lincoln's and white-

I took my lunch break at Cesar Chavez Park and I had a great hour! It always seems so impossible to find a small bird in a big field but with help from Eric and Wendy, I did managed to see both the Br

In regard to Alex Henry's original question about a possible Neotropic Cormorant, the bird photographed is a hatch year Double-crested Cormorant. They do lack the yellow lore and their gular pouch is

At 06:30, I heard three stanzas' of song, an ascending trill, coming from the top of thin euculptus trees at the junction on the Overlook trail, Backpackers camp trail and Main fire trail. The first s

Putting together all the observations led to a successful conclusion. I arrived at Beach Street just in time to see the oriole fly from the neighborhood towards the golf course and land in the largest

Thanks to Sharon Jue for finding the Black and White Warbler. Today she was accommodating at 10:30 as the fog was burning off, and very many birds were present including the pretty female. I took some

I saw a flock of Evening Grosbeaks fly overhead today around 10:30 at Sequoia Gate, Fern Ravine restoration site, off Skyline Blvd, in Joachin Miller Park near Chabot Space and Science Center. When I

Sorry for any inconveniences caused by reporting a long legged, long billed sandpiper at Frank's Dump. I appreciate the e-mail suggestions of Curlew, Stilt Sandpipers and Dunlin and views on the webpa

Sunday afternoon at Frank's Dump, Hayward Regional Shoreline, accessed via Winton Avenue, the first bird I saw was a Stilt Sandpiper in the SE corner of the main pond. The long-drooping bill, long leg

Here are a few photos of the male Summer Tanager from this am at Clark Kerr campus, Berkeley. https://rauzon.zenfolio.com/p859914566/slideshow#hc0875bdb