Highlights: Many flickers - might see one here but today saw many. First red-shouldered hawk here - usually see red tails perched high on transmission towers, red-shouldered flew over lake and perched

Went back to take a quick look at the bird in question. Yesterday it was swimming on its own in a shadowed part of the lake and I thought the color on its back was purplish. Today, the presumably same

Hello Everyone and Happy New-Year, I went to Pt. Pinole today and found a couple of Eurasian Wigeons hanging out with a large group of American Wigeons. It was my first time seeing them close. I am qu

Sorry about the late post... At Miller Knox on Dec 30, highlights were a hooded merganser pair, a Eurasian wigeon male with his bright red head, a merlin chased by crows the 3 times he tried to fly ov

I spent the day at Lindemann Road and Bethany Reservoir in eastern Alameda County today. My target was Tundra Swan, which I failed to find. However, there were lots of other birds. I started early at

Hi everyone, I hope everyone had a safe and healthy New Year! I was at Heather Farms on December 20th, and I came across two interesting looking geese (see attached pictures). The first one, I believe

Hi everyone! Long time subscriber and reader of your sightings, first time writer! Exciting day for me at Heather Farms park. After stopping and chatting with a few other birders, looking through the

This morning at about 8AM there was a Merlin in north Berkeley, perched near Hinkel Park and then in flight towards Tilden. Photos for id purposes: https://www.flickr.com/photos/99583878@N06/507850402

Thanks to Jim Roethe for posting. We walked out on the Seaborg trail and sure enough the sleepy screech was in the hole of the madrone tree. It’s a bit further along than first reported, around the fi

Cycling out there yesterday with the grandkids I thought I saw one of these in a small marsh at the SE corner, approximately 37.830627, -121.555815, so went back there today with my camera and got it

I made a late bike ride to part of Heather Farm, just to check the pond adjacent to the private Seven Hills School. This afternoon I was very surprised to see 21 Cackling Geese with about 50 Canada Ge

I live in North Oakland and heard/saw the woodpecker in my plum tree. I couldn't see it's head, but am assuming it was a Downy. Very exciting first!!!

Greetings birders- while looking for rails and soras at the Martinez Regional Shoreline on Dec 21st in the fog, I found a Nikon camera battery. It just occurred to me that perhaps I could find it's ow

Join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory and Alvaro Jaramillo for a virtual 2-day Waterfowl Workshop! The Bay Area is an amazingly rich part of the world for waterfowl, and we are lucky that even i

Every winter two Red Breasted Mergansers-male & female-winter at Aquatic Park in Berkeley. They're back. John

In freshwater pond now, 1:26. Dorian Anderson San Mateo

The Western Screech Owl continues at Briones Regional Park about 200 yards down the Seaborg Trail headed for the Archery Range -- in a Madrone Tree on the right side of the trail heading out. Regards,

Two days ago Blake Edgar and I spotted a female Merlin perched on a fence near the Richmond Field Station where a dirt road to the station meets the Bay Trail along the edge of Stege Marsh. She perche

These crisp and clear mornings remind me of some of my fall visits to Japan while sailing for American President Lines or Sealand Services. Anyway, I had to wear extra heavy gloves today because it wa

I and everyone I met on the No Name trail this morning at Coyote Hills had no luck finding the Lapland longspur but many saw the rare glaucous gull. Not seeing it on the ponds, I rode my bike around t