It was worth it to make two visits this morning, though the first was before 6 AM. I walked over with a scope to see the conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter. Couldn't see them, very few stars and worri

Some of us were walking around the stairs and near the spillway at Lake Anza in Tilden Regional Park yesterday, Feb. 23, looking unsuccessfully for the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. So it was nice that Sa

I drove to the corner with the Lexus dealership this morning and parked in the empty lot across the street from it. As I was walking to look for the Harris's Sparrow, a security guard drove up and tol

After a late arrival at Heather Farm, I stopped briefly at the pond near the private Seven Hills School. Swallows were flying over the pond, and from the gate I could see they were both Tree and Viole

I knew there would be Sunday crowds at the lake, but it was easy enough to stay away from everyone. What I was hoping for was to find at least one Barrow's Goldeneye--they have been scarce there latel

Had an early start today to the park and there were about 150 Mew Gulls on the north ball fields. When I was returning shortly after 9 AM, baseball was already in progress. Tracy Farrington, Beth Bran

For the third time in two weeks, a Sora came up to the sidewalk to grab seeds I toss for the sparrows. Today I had a witness in Tracy Farrington. Pretty crazy, I know--the Sora not Tracy. We were tryi

It was a very nice afternoon following our overnight rain, so Rosita and I took a walk to the second meadow in Pine Canyon. The highlight for me was actually twofold; we had Spotted Towhees under some

What a great day at Arrowhead, and I was all alone. Between the sun, the moon and the rain, the tide was extremely high. Yes, it was raining even harder as I turned off the freeway and toward the airp

What a glorious morning following the rain and wind overnight. I was taught by my birding girlfriends that the birds are always out after the storm, and they were today. Over 100 Mew Gulls were on the

The big surprise for me today was seeing a male Canvasback on the large, mostly natural pond in Heather Farm Park. Our MDAS President, Jerry Britten, happened to be in the park and was photographing i

We have had a female Common Goldeneye in the concrete pond at Heather Farm Park for pretty close to two weeks, now. The first time Rosita and I saw her she was in the pond by the private Seven Hills S

Didn't leave the house until after 9:30, but wanted to visit Holland Tract despite the wind. And it was windy. Going out on Delta Road, after the school I saw 5 Long-billed Curlews in the field where

I went to the spillway at the Lake Anza dam in Tilden Park early this afternoon, though I did not know exactly where to look for the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker tree. I crossed the bridge over the spillw

In hopes of seeing a Great-tailed Grackle, I drove to McNabney Marsh and Waterfront Road this afternoon. I did this after visiting a car wash, also hoping to entice some rain to our area. The Grackle

I did not leave until almost 12:30 for the Richmond Marina, but picked up some good birds. The one species I did not find was the Black Scoters. I did see five Grebe species, a Spotted Sandpiper and o

I rode my bike today to the paved trail along Grayson Creek in hopes of seeing Alan Bade's Chipping Sparrows. I joined the trail at Astrid, which is the road on the south side of the Sloat's Garden Ce

After meeting another MDAS member below the egret/heron rookery trees at Mococo Pond, we birded maybe 1 hour 40 minutes. This location is just east of I-680 and north of the RR below. Cross the tracks

Today I found an eBird report from Sunday afternoon visit to Heather Farm--10 Common Goldeneyes and 20 Greater White-fronted Geese. Darn, the one afternoon I did not visit the park . . . . https://ebi

I made a late bike ride to part of Heather Farm, just to check the pond adjacent to the private Seven Hills School. This afternoon I was very surprised to see 21 Cackling Geese with about 50 Canada Ge