There was a Hooded Merganser pair on the West side of the island on the lagoon today mid afternoon at Miller Knox Regional Shoreline Park, Richmond. Also present on West side of lagoon 30 Killdeer. Sh

We took advantage of a foggy cold morning to see if we could find Sora or rails at the Martinez shoreline this morning. We heard 2 Soras and saw one, saw two Virginia rails (one only briefly) and hear

Was treated to a cheery male Summer Tanager out my window this morning. South Berkeley: Ward Street @ Fulton.

This morning I awoke with plans to go to Pacific Commons Linear Park to look for the Harris's Sparrow, and then chase a few other potential county birds in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. I decide

Saturday was Mt. Diablo Audubon's 65th annual Christmas Bird Count. Like the east-county count a few days earlier, it was done according to present health regulations with only individual birders or f

Once again, Heather Farm Park was included in the Mt. Diablo Audubon central county CBC. 2020 is the eight consecutive year. The morning began clear and cold, <40F, but in short order the park and nat

I plan to be in the Bay Area tomorrow and am going to try for the Harris's Sparrow at Pacific Commons. I have only been there once and it has been a few years, so I do not remember the parking situati

Currently writing from the field, so excuse typos but there is a first cycle Lesser black backed gull on the north side of landfill loop. I believe this represents a second county record? With the fir

Yes. There was a Bald Eagle that flew over twice as I walked up and back between 51st Street bridge and Meeker Slough area from noon to 2 PM. First pass was over the bay and thus completely backlit; I

Hi Birders, Today around 4:00pm there was a pair of Hooded Mergansers on the lagoon at Miller/Knox park in Richmond. This is a species I haven't seen on the lagoon in our 8 years of living in Richmond

Mt. Diablo Audubon held it's 20th East County CBC yesterday 12/16, using protocol that only individuals or members of the same household walked their routes. Despite a skeleton crew, we tallied 149 sp

Wednesday afternoon after seeing the Pintails, Northern Shovelers, American Wigeons, Avocets and Black-necked Stilts, a big bird flapped by. Unfortunately I didn’t;t catch as soon as I would have like

The Western Screech Owl was back in it usual spot this morning at Briones Regional Park. About half way between the start of the Seaborg Trail and the first gate -- in a hole in a tree on the right si

First two attempts apparently bounced; bit late now to get on the ~Podiceps grisegena~, but maybe it'll be back tomorrow (using the latin name on the off-chance the RN in RNGR is tripping some sort of

On this checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S77400590 there are photos of a pintail hybrid. I initially called it NOPI x AMWI, but I think a better match might be shoveller. I'm looking for advice a

I seem to have deleted the directions for Burrowing Owl location at the Albany Bulb. Could someone re-post them? Thanks, Susa Hampton

Hello, Recently, I mentioned that I found a strange Ruby-crowned kinglet without feathers around its beak. Yesterday, I found another bird (this time a yellow-rumped warbler) with the feathers around

Having not made it to the park this morning, I took a late spin around on my bike. I noticed what I seemed to be a male Hooded Merganser hiding amongst the Buffleheads, so rode around the big pond to

I had inferred three WTSPs earlier this fall but was certain of only two. This morning four appeared together on our patio. This species has been regular for us for two decade, but numbers have increa

This morning we had a stunning male Purple Finch in our bird bath. Yesterday, we watched a female there. In addition, we continue to get a Fox Sparrow, Hermit Thrush and a single Pine Siskin joining t