Eighteen birders had a nice morning visit to Valle Vista in Moraga Friday morning. The lake (Upper San Leandro reservoir) is almost full; quite a change from being extremely low six weeks ago. This al

He was swimming with the scaup and Ruddy Ducks between the islands and El Embarcadero - nearer the islands. Look for the black back; the tuft is very hard to see as he has his bill tucked into his bac

There were at least three male Surf Scoter, a Greater White-fronted Goose, and a Black-bellied Plover at Arrowhead this afternoon as the tide ran out along with the usual inhabitants. Surf Scoter. htt

Following Ray Witbeck's lead Jeff Lenigan and I birded Patterson Pass today. We easily found the flock of 50 or so Tri-Colored Blackbirds in the tree on Cross Rd 50 yards south of Patterson Pass Rd. R

About a dozen northern pintail in the outer tidal pond at the landfill loop at the end of Parr in Richmond. Sited them there a couple of weeks ago as well. No pics, but stripe up the back of neck was

Hi All, Teale F. has asked me to relay that he has refound and is watching the Slaty-backed Gull at Landfill Loop this morning. Nice work, Teale! Ethan Monk

This morning there were 132 Ring-necked Ducks at Lake Cascade in Orinda. This is about 3 times more than I have ever seen there over many years. Jim Roethe

Subject line says it all. 3rd cycle or so. Ethan

We have been monitoring three hummingbird nests for several weeks in this Walnut Creek park. Paul Ehrlich, in The Birder's Handbook, says incubation is 14-19 days. Yesterday numerous o servers saw the

Mount Diablo Audubon society made a visit to Martinez this morning to see the birds on two sides of I-680. We had lots of Tree Swallows over Moorhen Marsh, the ponds owned by Mt. View Sanitary. Some o

Over the weekend I birded both Back Diamond Mines and Patterson Pass by bike. In both areas - especially Black Diamond Mines - the wildflower show (lupine, shooting star , owls clover and the onion fa

Today's 0700 to 0900 walk at Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore gave me a few treats. Two GREAT BLUE HERONs interacted mid air and I got photos of the session. It seems to me that the one originally per

My first Swallow in Heather Farm was last week, and I could not even identify it to species. As soon as I saw it, it went behind a tree and I did not see it circle around. Ted Robertson and Bob Dunn h

Yesterday in the late afternoon there were some small Sparrows along the SF Bay Trail as it skirts the Marina Bay housing development. I remembered being told a year ago at this time there were some L

Bell's Sparrows are presumably always present along Southgate Road in the chaparral belt below the entrance kiosk to Mt Diablo State Park, but they have been more vocal (more calling than singing) my

Adult male rufous very feisty with our resident Anna's at feeder. Gray day, brilliant bird. Mouth of Niles Canyon. John Cant Fremont

Nat Weber and I spent close to two and a half hours birding Patterson Pass Road from North Greenville Road to the San Joaquin County line just past the PG&E facility from 9:00am to 11:20am. tt was ove

This afternoon there were two CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS at the PG&E Tesla Substation at the east end of Patterson Pass Road. Photos: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107733140 On Sat, 26 Feb 2022 18:

Today, birding my yard patch during the morning yard cat walks, some new birds either arrived or are passing through. Today was the first day I have heard orange-crowned warblers from the gully next t

As Paul Schorr said in a post earlier this week, the spring wildflowers bloom is in full force in east bay parks. If you want to see spring flowers, the next several weeks is the time to go! It seems