Hi all, On Saturday, April 15th Eric Pilotte, Etan Monk, Dessi Sieburth and I conducted a Contra Costa County Big Day, birding for 24 straight hours, driving about 363 miles, and walking roughly 15 mi

A little before 11 am Tuesday, at Garin/Dry Creek Park, a Bald Eagle was circling over the western portion of the High Ridge Trail overlooking Hayward. The eagle slowly worked its way south before dis

We have been feeding the birds at our south Berkeley home for decades, and we have never seen an invasion of Band-tailed pigeons like what we are currently experiencing. It's actually only around twen

Doug, This has been a big winter for the Band-tails. I counted over 300 in one twenty minute period from my house in Lafayette. This has been previously discussed on EBB and the common explanation is

Rosita and I made a leisurely walk into Pine Canyon Wednesday early afternoon. We had an Ash-throated Flycatcher land near us at the top of one of the meadows, White-throated Swifts circled the rocks,

Trying to return to the swing of things after an extended driving trip with Rosita. Today was only my second time to Heather Farm Park since our return. I do not understand why, but on the coldest and

I was out around noon today about 1.2 miles north of the Little Farm parking lot on Wildcat Canyon Trail and finally saw a Black-headed Grosbeak. I know they are fairly common in that area, but seem t

Heard an unfamiliar call on the east side of the lake near the ball fields; saw brief glimpse of 2 fast killdeer-like birds but straight-winged. Merlin Sound ID brought up White-throated Swift; played

Today, 5/21, a walk at Coyote Hills park yielded at least seven Least Terns, an immature Golden Eagle and the Chilean Flamingo that has been hanging around the south bay for so many years. James Yurch

Hi all, There were some erroneous reports of Neotropic Cormorant in Richmond recently, which would be a first county record. Unfortunately, the photos provided are of an immature (formative plumage) D

Hooded Warbler at Vollmer Peak, Contra Costa. Very hard to see but singing. Start search at main parking lot (Lomas Contadas Staging Area on my Google map) at (37.8818473, -122.2227083). It goes above

Monday morning (5/15/23) there was a thick marine layer (fog) over the San Ramon Valley so I ventured out to Las Trampas Regional Wilderness at the north end of Bollinger Canyon Rd. and hiked the Rock

Out at Berkeley Marina today around 3:30 PM and low tide, there were a few hundred Lesser Scaups between Caesar Chavez and the Berkeley Shoreline. Mixed in with them were a number of Clark’s Grebes, o

Hello birders, Still some interesting birds around the neighborhood. Today I was walking home from Grand Avenue and I heard an unmistakable Acorn Woodpecker call. I turned down a side street to invest

Before we get into the body of this email, allow me to preface this by saying that this is not intending to single out any particular observer! I feel the need to write this email every spring, but ev

We all know that house finches have yellow variants. In checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S137664056 I included photos of one odd case where there is a bright yellow patch above the right eye of a

I was out north of the Little Farm on Wildcat Canyon Trail looking for Orange-crowned Warblers, but they were a no-show. A bird I haven’t seen before was “sharing" a long dead tree with an Acorn Woodp

(Adding picture links) I birded Mines Rd today, starting at 6:30am at Elyar Mountain, 24.5 miles south of Tesla Rd. at the turnout overlooking the chaparral covered hills. There, I had Wrentit, Bewick

Sweden Radio P1 channel’s moose migration is now over, however the 4th Annual Birdsong cast is upon us. Starting Saturday May 13th, 12:02am Sweden time (Friday May12th 3:02 pm PST!), you can listen to

Today Derek Heins, John Toldi, and I birded Del Valle Regional Park, focusing on the Cedar Mountain/Black Sage loop, the campground and bridge area, and little bit of the southern end of East Shore Tr