Delighted to see a pair of Lawrence's Goldfinches at Valle Vista Thursday afternoon (EBMUD property in Moraga). The beauties landed on a wire near the bridge. Blurry ID photo: https: to//ebird.org/che

Walnut Creek's Heather Farm Park has very low water in the large, mostly natural pond. So far we have seen only one Mallard family of 8 ducklings, and that was one morning only. They disappeared after

Today single Snowy and Black-Bellied Plovers were at the Forebay. About 1/2 mile from the parking area, out by the big willow tree to the left. These are rare but seemingly annual visitors here at thi

The colony I described last week as a mosh pit and party has heard that it's closing time at the bar and the pairs (or promiscuous triads) have gone nearly silent and invisible as nest construction, e

Four black skimmers on Brooks Island along Potrero Reach. Also a group of about 40 Caspian terns at the breach just west of the fence. Mike Carnall

On March 22, I reported a male Rufous Hummingbird had appeared in our yard, and today another male made frequent appearances at our feeders. In addition, a female Selasphorus hummingbird also appeared

Early this morning there was a male Black-headed Grosbeak singing exuberantly atop the neighbor's conifer for about 20 minutes. At first I assumed it was the bachelor grosbeak that has overwintered wi

Golden Gate Audubon Field Trip to Cesar Chavez Park on March 31, led by Rachel Katz, Eleni Sotos and Barbara Saunders, saw both Eared and Horned Grebes in alternate plumage. Around 6:30 pm, from the c

A friend sent me this link this evening about the male Peregrine, Grinnell, who was found dead on a Berkeley street today. It is suspected he was hit by a car. Sorry to be the messenger. Hugh B. Harve

Hello everyone, I saw this unusual looking Hooded Merganser in the lake at Shadow Cliffs Regional park in Pleasanton today. I think it is a male (yellow eye and black beak) molting to its eclipse plum

Nine MDAS birders had a pleasant although unsunny morning on the Orinda Connector trail which starts at the intersection of Camino Pablo and Bear Creek roads in north Orinda. Fifty species were seen o

Today was the first time Walt D and I saw Mallard ducklings in Walnut Creek's Heather Farm Park. It is always near Easter, which is a little later this year. The two of us were colder than we thought

I counted 115 Ring-necked Ducks this morning at Lake Cascade in Orinda, down from a high of 143 a couple of weeks ago. No swallows were seen. Jim Roethe

Hello, At around 4:45 this afternoon we were on a walk at the newly reopened Brickyard Cove of the McLaughlin Eastshore State Park and we saw a Common Murre struggling in the water near the mud flat o

Following last night’s (and early this morning’s) rain, I made it out to Richmond this morning praying for a pelagic bird carried into the bay by the storm. Nothing much on that front, but the bay was

Today on the mudflat, well over 100 Elegant Terns are present. The terns are vocalizing their spikey barbed black crests are raised, and some terns are paired facing each other, in a bill raising, hea

There has not been a lot of change in terms of spring birds in Heather Farm Park, but a lot of the winter birds have started slowly disappearing. There is only one male Ring-necked Duck and one female

I had a nice morning birding by ear on my weekly 8 mile trail run in Tilden / Wildcat Canyon today, though the foggy, breezy conditions made for a quieter bird day. Most notable, the little population

A good morning for migrants through the house patch. Highlights warbling vireo and early black-headed grosbeak and Wilsons warblers. Jim Chiropolos Orinda below Vollmer

Yesterday evening, 25th March, at Corteva Wetland Preserve (also known by the old name Dow Wetlands Preserve), almost at sunset time I was fortunate enough to find apparently the first for county the