Hello, A few minutes ago I saw a Lucy's warbler at the southeast entrance of Berkeley meadow. This is the corner entrance across the road to from the sea breeze cove. I got plenty of photos that I wil

Nov 10 between 2 and 4 PM there were many birds to see at a not very low tide at the base of the Albany Bulb. The species that was new to me and I am not sure of the ID were many Dunlin. Here is a pho

This morning on our neighborhood walk we heard at least 4 Varied Thrushes calling (saw one on a tree top). This was along Bernhard Ave near Wildcat Canyon park. First we’ve gotten this season. Hopeful

Some people here report an irruption of pine siskins in our area. Hoorah!. What a blessing for us. In my long time ad hoc bird sanctuary home in New Mexico I experienced a PISI irruption lasting all w

Large diverse flock of birds eating Chinese Pastiche tree berries on Laguna Ave. just west of Hearst Ave. First time I’ve seen Western Bluebirds here and there are many, perhaps 10-30,hard to tell as

A striking Slate-colored Junco appeared in the yard today. Last year a similar bird appeared on-and-off through the winter. Pat Bacchetti Oakland

Following up on Phred Benham’s post from Saturday I was able to find one of his two White-winged Scoters briefly and also sighted two adult Black Scoters close together about 100 yards offshore. All s

Hello all, Had over 100 Cedar Waxwings visit the backyard in the El Cerrito Hills near Canyon Trail Park. They're a semiannual visitor here. Last week a couple of dozen showed up, now they brought the

Hi All, I spent about 6 hours today covering the bay shoreline between the Alameda County Line and the N end of Pt. Richmond. A baywatch from Pt. Isabel produced an unseasonably high count of 21 Elega

Pileated Woodpecker at Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park. around noon today(11/8) we saw a vey busy woodpecker on the east ridge trail, about a100 yards south of the south end of the Philips loop trail.

I saw FOS white pelicans in numbers at the Lafayette Reservoir Friday, Nov. 6 and again today, Nov. 8. They weren't there on Election Day. Today I also saw mallards, Canada geese and other distant wat

This morning there were 3 minima Cackling Geese with the other waterfowl at Albany Mudflats. They might stay in the area for a few days but tend to bounce between locations - I think they might use Go

I was surprised to get my wife's excited report of a really great, clear look at a perfect male Wilson's warbler in our back yard (in the northwest Berkeley flats) on this cold morning, Nov 8. If I am

Hi everyone - yesterday we went for an all day hike at Diablo Foothills/Castle Rock regional park. It was a three wren day. We had several Bewicks, a Rock wren at the China Wall, and a Canyon wren on

Hello all, Just wanted to pass on word from Phred Benham of a White-winged Scoter at Keller beach at Miller Knox this morning. He said there are many more Scoters and Scaup to sort through so who know

White-crowned, Gold-crowned, Song, Lincoln's and Lark Sparrows all came out today at various places, mostly on the west side of the big pond. I could not find or hear a CA Towhee, interestingly enough

Hi folks- we decided to go back to check on whether the same flock of Chipping sparrows seen last year along the EBMUD right of way and Grayson Creek may have returned. We saw approx 5, but there coul

Hi everyone- last Saturday, we did our monthly bird survey along Grayson creek near Oak Park in Pleasant Hill and saw this possible immature Chipping sparrow. I apologize for the late post. We were fi

Hello, Derek Heins and I just found a summer tanager at the Winton Ave entrance. It appears to be a young bird that's yellow with reddish patches. We first heard it call, which it has continued to do

This morning we found two adult male Black Scoters between Barbara and Jay Vincent Park and Brooks Island, Richmond inner harbor. Seen from the B&J Vincent viewing platform at scope distance. These pr