A stunning adult Bald Eagle was seen swooping over the hillside adjacent to the Abrigo Trail at Briones 11/17 around 11am. What initially caught my eye was the huge wing span and slow wing flapping, t

Sorry for the late post, but I was trying to determine if there was anything to this. I saw a goldeneye yesterday (Sunday) afternoon at Lake Merritt at the northwest corner (right by Grand Ave) which

This morning a male Slate-colored Junco joined the feeding White-crowned Sparrows, American Goldfinches and several Oregon Juncos in our yard. Good birding, Paul Schorr Antioch

The description given yesterday did not include a description of the call note heard. It was a loud, sharp whistled 'tew". It was slightly higher pitched at the beginning than the end. I have never he

Yesterday was a beautiful day to bird the Upper San Leandro Reservoir / Valley Vista Staging Area. At about noon I spotted a Pileated Woodpecker in a grove of mixed oak and eucalyptus trees while trac

First stop was for the Black and White Warbler reported near Alta Bates. I parked at Regent St x. Webster Street. and walked around the south end of the hospital. No luck. Walked back to my car, and t

Today was the day picked by Point Blue to do the annual shorebird survey of San Francisco Bay. I went with Susana de Trapaga to the west edge of Pt. Pinole, where we looked for shorebirds between 11:4

Six East Bay birders started the day in the Inspiration Point area around 8 a.m., first walking the EBMUD trail (permit required), then birding nearby Nimitz Way in Tilden. We had a roving flock of Re

Not necessarily in the East Bay, but a good read and a reminder to record any crossbills that might be cooperative enough to be recorded! Our current irruption seems to be mostly type 2 but I wouldn't

A quick note that this evening a Prairie Merlin flew over Canyon Lakes Golf Course in San Ramon. This is my first in Contra Costa and is surprisingly not flagged. The powder blue back and orange strea

Hi All, Yesterday Nov 12 Leora Feeney and I observed from the west corner of Alameda 10 Snow Geese flying northwest towards Yerba Buena Island. The geese were over SF county waters. Also for the first

8 of these guys were actively foraging towards the upper end of the valley yesterday. Also saw a Townsend's warbler. Ebird checklist with photos below. Jerry Britten, Morgan Territory https://ebird.or

Thanks to Clay Anderson spotting it, Elizabeth and I got to see this bird which has now been here since October 31, essentially in the same location on the rocks south of the Marina office and west of

Birders: Between Teale Friscoe and myself, the spot at which Horacio and Mona Mena found a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch yesterday afternoon was monitored from shortly after 7:00 am until 11:00 am today ….

Just updating that several of us saw the Black-and-White Warbler again this morning about 9:30 am in the two minimally leafed trees south of 2999 Regent where it dead ends in a turnabout. When last se

Helpful birders got us on this cooperative juvenile Bar-tailed Godwit near the Emeryville Marina. South side of Powell St, just west of Watergate apartments. Bird roosting with hundreds of Marbled God

https://www.xeno-canto.org/506643 We recorded these two birds in our backyard in San Ramon tonight about 6:30 pm (total darkness with moon rising). One bird is obviously an adult Great Horned Owl. But

Birders, This morning at approximately 10:30AM, I saw what I believe to be a Cassin’s Finch at the Tilden Botanical Gardens. It was sitting on a tree top near the center of the Garden. It had the dist

Birders: About 3:30 this afternoon Mona and Hortacio Mena found and photographed a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch in Contra Costa County. It was in Tilden Regional Park, on the Seaview Trail, near the Upper

Hi Birders, As of 3pm, there is a single Cackling Goose mixed in with the Canada Geese on the pond at Oak Hill Park in Danville. Haven't seen one in few years, and always surprised at how tiny they ar