Hello, The bright red summer tanager continues at Claremont canyon. This morning it was calling frequently, making it much easier than usual to locate. When I saw it it was high up in eucs uphill of t

A non-breeding plumage (or first year) White-faced Ibis was foraging at water's edge. On the Chocheyno Trail. soon after it forks off the Muskrat Trail, where there is water on both sides of the trail

I had a personal high count of 15 Hooded Mergansers (14 squeezed into one photo) yesterday afternoon in the lagoon off Harbor Bay Parkway just south of the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal. This location has

Hi everyone, I swung by Pacific Commons Linear Park today to see the Harris’s Sparrow found last week by Jason Tanner. It seems to be spending a majority of time in a weedy field near where Bunche Dri

Hi All, Sorry for the extremely late report. I'm from up in the North Bay, and was just let into the group. I saw the bird in question last Sunday, so there is definitely the possibility that it has d

It happened a few weeks ago, too, but with a different set of birds. Today I had plenty of White- and Golden-crowned Sparrows, Song Sparrows, a continuing Lincoln's Sparrow and finally a Fox Sparrow.

Hi everyone, Took my dog to Point Isabel yesterday afternoon (11/7), and saw the burrowing owl at its usual spot. Go across the bridge from the parking lot, walk all the way to the west end of the poi

Harris’s Sparrow spotted this morning, Nov 29, at 9:30 am in the weedy patch across from the Lexus lot but remained hidden until Brian Fitch re-spotted it in the center of the patch. Then the bird sta

A couple quick observations of note from the past half a week or so.. Full coverage of Bradford Island Saturday turned up a couple birds of note, including 1 very rare in the delta Golden-crowned King

Our backyard migrant bird list is finally complete. This adult ferruginous arrived yesterday (later than ever), there has been one wintering here every year since 2016. In 2017 and 2018 the arrival wa

The immature Harris's Sparrow found by Jason Tanner yesterday (11/25/2020) morning was seen this morning foraging with a group of crowned sparrows along the fence on the south side of the small pond j

We had two male Wood ducks during today's Grayson creek bird survey south of the Viking Rd bridge in Pleasant Hill. We also had three Wilson's snipes. We're still adding photos but I thought others mi

Clayton Community Park was a cornucopia of raptors on Friday! Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, Red-Tailed Hawk and American Kestrel all made appearances. Checklist with ID photos: https://ebird.org/che

Greetings all— This morning two red-shouldered hawks perched side-by-side on a utility pole near Fairmont School in El Cerrito, 2 blocks east of San Pablo Ave. Cool sighting for this urban neighborhoo

While walking along Wildcat Canyon Trail where the Mizue Trail comes down I saw a bird flycatching and saw it was an Olive-sided flycatcher. It seems late in the season for this bird to be in our area

This morning at about 8:30 AM I saw 2 Cassin's Finch east of Round Top in Sibley Volcanic Regional Park in Contra Costa County. They flew by me almost at eye level with at least one calling. Also Gold

Over Inspiration Pt, 2 minutes ago. Ethan

A number of birders were looking for the Eastern Phobe today, a bird first found yesterday by Rebecca Matsubara and reported to eBird. This is at Granger's Wharf at the very north end of Berrelessa St

A group of three Cassins Finches dropped by the yard for a quick visit today (below Vollmer Peak). The male with the classic red Mohawk. There have been additional reports at inspiration point in Tild

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