The Palm Warbler seen many times earlier this winter along the estuary near the D'Anna Yacht Sales office is still there as of about 6 PM this evening. The bird was very active high in the trees and b

This afternoon I saw a pair of Red-tailed Hawks stage an ariel attack on a Golden Eagle and drive it away from the canyon they were hunting. This on the Bayview Trail just north of Glider Hill. I saw

I now have Wild Turkey on my yard list; Or, more exactly, on my roof list. I live in south Berkeley, near the Ashby/Sacramento intersection; The San Pablo Park area. Very urban. If they can happen her

Rich Cimino and Jeff Mille reported a Rough-legged Hawk near the intesection of Patterson amd Midway Roads on March 16. My latest Spring sighting in Alameda Co. was March 17, 1974, on Flynn Road. They

The Snowy Egret, which has been in Heather Farm Park for several weeks, contiues to be seen regularly. Though I was there after 10 AM, the White-throated Sparrow came out of the Coyote Bushes when I t

I heard a bit of a racket went I went out at lunch to take a walk. In addition to their presumptive mother, I saw 3 mini-Killdeer sprinting around a gravelled area next to the parking lot. This is per

Hi E.B. Birders, This morning I birded Morgan Territory (hadn't been there in over twenty years!). First of season birds for me included at least six singing Warbling Vireos at the pull out where the

The wild turkeys have made it to our roof tops now. We live near Sacramento and University. Two of them hung out on the roof for a while, then flew across the street to hang out on another roof. ~Will

Our teen bird club ventured to Garretson Point this morning. These budding birders tallied 39 species in two hours, all within a short distance of the parking lot. A highlight was a foursome of BLUE-W

Just after the Golden Gate Audubon walk at Coyote Hills Regional Park ended, there was a Bullock's Oriole in a tree in front of the visitor's center - first of the season for me.

Above the ambient urban noise of pre-party hip hop music and basketball against backboard from back neighbors yards, I heard tap tapping from my Chickadee box. Out came an Oak Titmouse with wood shavi

Jim Chiropolos and I tried a new biking route on Saturday, starting at the Fremont BART station and headed down to Nobel Drive and then north to Coyote Hills and up Alameda Creek to the Union City BAR

On Saturday, 3/20, I went to Los Vaqueros Reservoir, a Contra Costa spot I'd never visited before. I was surprised to find the LEWIS'S WOODPECKER still present. The bird was described on EBB by Amy Mc

On Sunday morning, I noticed a flock of roughly 80 Tricolored Blackbirds in the small wetlands right next to the Brushy Peak parking lot. This is the first time I've seen this species there in about a

Sunday 3/21 started well with a new yard bird for our house near the richmond/el cerrito border: CALIFORNIA QUAIL. We are not too far from Wildcat Canyon so this isn't too much of a surprise, but it's

This morning on my way to the office I encountered the Palm Warbler in Hollis-Doyle Park in Emeryville for the first time in a couple weeks. (I've walked through the park several times in the past cou

The two young Anna's Hummingbirds were seen in their nest in the Gardens at Heather Farm in Walnut Creek yesterday. When I went this afternoon, the nest was empty. I knew it would happen soon, as they

Zach Baer and I visited Sunol Regional Wilderness this morning. We walked on Camp Ohlone Road along Alameda Creek up to the locked gate. Highlights were: - 1 singing Black-throated Gray Warbler (seemi

Of course, I went back with the camera. This is happening and in close view. It's pretty wonderful to see. http://www.pbase.com/image/122970766

Sorry for all the posts, I just got on the new list-serve. Yesterday Zach Baer and I had a male Great-tailed Grackle at the end of Depot Road at Hayward Regional Shoreline. This looks like ideal breed