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

As one of the observers who saw a medium-sized dark-billed tern with a yellowish bill tip yesterday at Hayward Regional Shoreline, i want to lay out the timeline and my own analysis of the situation a

Serve as a messenger here. Bob Dunn finds some information on Sibley Guides website about the juvenile/immature Sandwich Tern bill coloration which might stir up more discussions about this interestin

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

As Bob Toleno stated in his previous posts, the Sandwich Tern reported by Bob Richmond and John Luther continued to be seen in the tern colony pond in Hayward Marsh that can be seen (using a scope) fr

Seen from the Least Tern sign at the Hayward Shoreline. It was on the NE island in the pond with the Least Tern nest island. This is a restricted area.Viewing is only possoble from the sign. Also it w

John Before the hybrid hypothesis catches too much fire. I am convinced that these birds are dark billed Elegants. Dark on the bill in Elegant Terns is common, the rarity in these cases is the extent.

Currently giving distant but diagnostic views from the Least Tern sign for Juli Chamberlin, Jerry Ting, Bob Dunn, and me. It's preening on the front of the island in the northeast part of the main ter

Seen June 13 and 14 by the trail that runs along Grayson creek, labeled EBMUD trail on google. I parked at the Pleasant Hill library, crossed Monticello Ave., walked on Oak Park Blvd, crossed the cree

An adult male Red-breasted Merganser swam across the Albany Mudflats yesterday evening, shortly before sunset. It was high tide, no mudflats exposed. Dozens of both Cliff and Northern Rough-Winged Swa

A nice addition to my yard list (#101) after 30 years in the Oakland hills when the east winds blew a Sage Thrasher into the garden on June 9. Well seen from about 20' away, in profile and facing, as

Friends! Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Birdwalk Tilden Nature Area, Contra Costa County, California, US Jun 7, 2019, 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM Golden Gate Audubon Society First Friday Birdwalk, Ju

Today a friend and I went on a long walk through Coyote Hills. Near the junction of Crandall Creek Trail and Alameda Creek Trail, we noticed a small yellow bird on a power line. My friend posted a pho

I saw a Wrentit in Aquatic Park at about 1:20 this afternoon. It was on the east side of the big pond, about halfway between the south parking lot and the fenced in play structure(s). Other than that,

I was just sent this by another ebird user from the Reclamation District Website: "All property on Bradford Island is owned by private individuals and by agencies for a specific use. Any unauthorized

Birding Bradford island is a very sensitive access issue. The ferry and island levees have very little capacity for non-island residents. The island also contains working ranches that use the levees -

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

At 3 pm during high tide, what I believe was a Common Murre swam and dove in the channel close to the Rydin Road entrance to Pt. Isabel. It had streaking on its sides altho the pictures I've posted at