This afternoon I was joined by Gary and Eugenia Larson in an attempt to re-find the Long-tailed Duck first seen on the MDAS rarity chase of January 2. Rather than looking down on the Strait from the o

Please ignore this message. I am write directions to the other EBB Sightings list and I want to be sure I've tried all of this so I can explain to others. This will be the official EBB Sightings List

hello to others. My earlier test did not go to this group but only to our original group. I am now trying again to post to this new group.

Resending. -----Original Message----- From: Susan and Steve Taylor [mailto:s-taylor@...] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 9:38 PM To: 'sightings@...' Subject: Special treat In addition to the usual birds

Tried for the Black Rail again at Coyote Hills this morning from 6:20-7:30 a.m., without success. Compared to my last attempt there were much fewer Virginia Rails calling as well. I did see my first B

Did a quick and very informal survey for male hummingbirds at the Albany Bulb today, from the trailhead out to the "castle" on the upper trail, 10:30 am to 11:45. Didn't count on the way back. Only co

Sorry for the late post, but managed to track down the Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers on Sunday ­ starting at about 2:30 - finally found them at 4:00. I had been directed to the area at the end of the quarry

Pleased to see EBB migrated to Yahoo. I'm wondering about the EBB policy, if any, regarding posting of photos on EBB. Sometimes we capture a bird of interest that others might enjoy. One way to post o

Wow, I didn't make myself clear on the start date of the yahoo group. I was hoping that the start day would be on March 20th which would give people time to make the switch. But, thank you for your in

This is really interesting and would appear to be extremely early. In Birds of North America, Chestnut-backed Chickadee nesting dates are reported as follows: "Egg dates for California March 12 - June

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My wife met me at the Martinez Amtrak station when I returned from Reno this afternoon. While driving south on I-680, a Wild Turkey was spotted on the concrete railing adjacent to the freeway at the A

We found the White-throated Sparrow on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the northwesterly corner of the Children's Fairyland. Actually, I had two of them in my field of view at the same time on Wedn

I went to Martinez this morning to see my friend drive the Reno Fun Train to Reno this morning, that was part of my attraction to go Tuesday and return yesterday. Because they were delayed by over an

So I have been reading some of the White Throated Sparrow sightings recently, and this AM in my back yard in Piedmont ­ I find I have a new yard bird. This is the 3rd new yard bird for me this year ­

GGAS Bicycle Bird Trip Fremont BART to Coyote Hills, Sat Mar 13, 2010 Eight of us biked from Fremont BART to Coyote Hills on this cold, clear day with water rushing down Alameda Creek and found an exp

I am a volunteer wildlife rehabilitator for Lindsay Wildlife Museum. I have an adult burrowing owl that has been in my care for two months and is now ready to release. If anyone knows of a BUOW colony

Today as we waited for a couple of hikers to arrive at our usual meeting place of St. Timothy's church in Danville there were like a hundred of Cedar Waxwings in the large oak trees on the church's pr

I sent this Monday via the old Sightings email address, but I'm suspicious it never got beyond my computer, so here it is again to the new Yahoo groups address, just in case. Sorry if it's just a dupl