I rode my bike today to the paved trail along Grayson Creek in hopes of seeing Alan Bade's Chipping Sparrows. I joined the trail at Astrid, which is the road on the south side of the Sloat's Garden Ce

After meeting another MDAS member below the egret/heron rookery trees at Mococo Pond, we birded maybe 1 hour 40 minutes. This location is just east of I-680 and north of the RR below. Cross the tracks

A hybrid Red-naped x Red-breasted Sapsucker continues at Miller Knox in the sapsucker area near the closed parking lot. (37.915740, -122.384132). It appears to be the same bird reported by Dan Roth on

I found a single Lapland Longspur along the No Name Trail at Coyote Hills this morning. Here's the location: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.546429,-122.109148 Steve Zamek

On January 3rd, 2021 in Concord, Contra Costa County, I found a rare "green morph" Pine Siskin. Only two other records for California were known to this date, however, interestingly another "green mor

On December 23rd, 2020, early evening at Ellis Lake Park in Concord, Contra Costa County, I found one Northern Rough-winged Swallow, the next day at the same time of day, there were already two swallo

Hi East Bay Birders, I had a pleasant morning walking around Joaquin Miller Regional Park. Around 8:15 I heard a male Pileated Woodpecker calling off sunset loop. I tracked it down, and through some p

Martinez Ca just of Morello and highway 4...A lot of wintertime regulars this week around the feeder, including white-crowned sparrows, golden-crowned sparrows, fox sparrows, juncos, Ca Towees, Bewick

There is currently a "Storm" Wigeon at the Hayward Shoreline. The Bay side of Oro Loma Marsh. Half way between the Sulphur Creek Bridge and the Oro Loma building. And also one Eurasian Wigeon. James W

There have been many posts about Barn Owls lately so I feel compelled to share one more story. It is a sad owl story I witnessed a few days ago. One of the first bird I photographed this 1st of Januar

Jan 5, as several have reported a Barn Owl was sighted and I was fortunate to watch and photograph it between about 2: and 3:30 PM at Pt. Isabel near the Richmond Field Station A link to one photo is

Hi everyone. We saw two Burrowing Owls this afternoon in the large fenced-in protected area of the Albany section of the McLaughlin Shoreline State Park. One was in the exact spot as this past Friday:

Dec 29 I was returning from the Stage Mash area to 51st Street in Richmond after looking for White-tailed Kites and a Merlin without success. And a rapture sized bird few by. The photo was rushed to s

Today I found an eBird report from Sunday afternoon visit to Heather Farm--10 Common Goldeneyes and 20 Greater White-fronted Geese. Darn, the one afternoon I did not visit the park . . . . https://ebi

From eBird rules and best practices: “do NOT report domestic fowl, birds used in falconry, and pet birds - even if they are free-roaming - if they do not have established wild populations.” We all kno

Yesterday the reservoir at Valle Vista was extremely low. I’m not sure why or how this happens, but the ducks and winter birds certainly seem to move out further away in the reservoir where there’s mo

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