For a glorious end to another day in the paradise, 18 participants made a late walk to Frank's Dump at Hayward Regional Shoreline and were not disappointed. Shorebirds were thick, concentrated by the

The Caspian Tern, which has been seen on and off for quite a while in the mornings as well as the evenings, has some competition. The last few days an Osprey has been around the large, mostly natural

For a number of years we have had our tomato plants in the backyard of the late Jean Richmond. A couple of weeks ago Rosita was there with a friend and they reported a Golden-crowned Sparrow coming to

The couch was comfortable enough this morning that I fell back to sleep while watching the bike race on TV, so when I did head to Heather Farm Park, Fred Safier was already on the Contra Costa Canal t

For quite a while in the spring/early summer we see a Caspian Tern flying over the large pond in Walnut Creek's Heather Farm Park. Usually it is very early, around 7 AM, though sometimes as late as 8.

It is not that we have not continued to check birds in Walnut Creek, but there has not been a reason to report anything special until today. And even the concept of special is subject to interpretatio

I took a walk for exercise around the park this evening and at 7:40 PM, noticed that the (a) Caspian tern was fishing over the large, mostly natural pond. When I finished my speed walk (it is relative

The date of Jean Richmond's passing was May 27--my mistake. Hugh B. HarveyWalnut Creek

A memorial for Jean Richmond is to be held at 10 AM Saturday July 6 at Community Presbyterian Church in Danville. See this link for directions: http://www.cpcdanville.org/servicetimes/ Jean passed awa

Paul and Nancy Schorr and I drove to Piper Slough this morning to see what we could find. They were unable to attend the MDAS field trip earlier this month. We had some good birds in the Piper Slough

Bob Richmond phoned us this morning to say that his mom, Jean Richmond, passed away last night. For many years now, Jean knew that I would introduce her as the world famous author of the 1985 book, Bi

While sitting upstairs after returning from Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek, I heard the quiet sound of a baby bird in our patio. We have been having the baby Juncos come to collect seeds, and I tho

Just after arriving home from church a few minutes ago, we had 3 fledgling Juncos in our little Walnut Creek patio. What a great sight for this beautiful Mother's Day Morning. Hugh B. Harveybetween Tr

I forgot about the Chipping Sparrow we saw at the Junction today. It was at the upper part of the campground, maybe the second site around the loop. Hugh B. HarveyWalnut Creek

Today was the Mt. Diablo Audubon Society field trip up South Gate Road to the summit of Mt. Diablo. While it was not the birdiest of trips, we had some really nice birds. The hillside just outside the

For many years Mt. Diablo Audubon Society has done an annual field trip to Black Diamond Mines Regional Park. The big targets are Canyon Wren and Grasshopper Sparrow, both of which were missed this ye

Though I have not seen it for over a week, one of our local Heather Farm birders Rosalie, saw the Tropical Kingbird yesterday about 11 AM. It was on the fence around the new Community Garden area. Lat

First of all, it had nothing to do with meeting me, but Derek Heins found the continuing Tropical KIngbird today. His eBird list is here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54583509 We have been dodgin

The previously reported Harris's Sparrow was seen by five birders this morning at the Castle Rock Park softball field. After several other small sparrow flocks, the Harris's Sparrow was seen in far le

It was cold enough this morning, but that did not stop the newly arrived Barn Swallows and continuing Tropical Kingbird from being active. I had the Fox Sparrow come out of the bushes across from the