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

(See earlier post for background.) Here are new links, thanks to direction and encouragement from Sharon Jue: https://photos.app.goo.gl/SWooLmtv1PTsWGoR9 https://photos.app.goo.gl/p1cJZUGcFr1rPPR76 ht

I was surprised to see what looks like a Sooty Fox Sparrow in our backyard in the Berkeley Hills on the 700 block of Keeler Ave. I have seen them a few times in Tilden, but not in the backyard. I init

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I'll try to fix this but can't get to it until tonight. Sharon gave me a tip. Don't hold your breath, but there are things I'll try. Too busy now during daylight.

Derek Hines and I biked Mines Road to the Santa Clara county line today. Some notable sightings: 1. Cassins Kingbird - we parked about 1 mile up - starting to gear up and the Kingbird flew into a syca

I don't remember her name, but she reported a Nelson's ("or LeConte's") at MLK Regional Shoreline about a week ago. I visited the Arrowhead Marsh area a couple of times during King Tides the following