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

Ebird's ebirder of the month challenge (to qualify you in a lottery drawing for a pair of $3k binoculars) is to post checklists with at at least 50 rated photographs summed over all checklists in Dece

I am currently at Albany Mudflats (in Albany). I came to look for a super cool hybrid duck found by Dean LaTray - really great find and photos! I bird this patch fairly regularly and this is by far th

Largest spring tides of the year are arriving soon, useful for your bird planning (or other outdoor activities such as clamming or tidepooling): morning highs and sunset lows. Last spring tide there w

Last Saturday, when I photographed the Loggerhead Shrike at McLaughlin Park, I also saw a large Hawk land well up in a Eucalyptus tree. When I looked at the photos I first thought it was a Red-shoulde

Loggerhead shrike continues at Berkeley Meadow. Observed repeatedly this morning perched on chain link fence along east-west path near entrance across from Seabreeze Market. White throated sparrows al

Hi, all. @ around 4:30 yesterday, with the sun setting & almost no birds to be seen or heard, I headed back the east-west trail in Berkeley Meadow, accepting the fact that I wasn't going to see the sh

Walked the trail to the reservoir yesterday , along the way saw or heard the following Wood Duck pair at the bridge Ring neck ducks 4 or 5 among the many coots at the bridge 2 pied billed grebes at br

I spent some time riding my bike after 3:30 today, going south of Ygnacio Valley Road and along the Ygnacio Canal which flows below John Muir Hospital. The reason is because of a credible report of a

Apparent Plumbeous Vireo at Creekside Park in Brentwood off Cheshire Dr. at least a Solitary with no yellow. Would be 4th county record? Ethan