Please do not laugh, but is there anyone who has seen or even thinks they have seen a little bunting in the past two weeks in the East Bay? About 10 days ago, there was a small bird at my feeder with

My daughter and I have observed a Ruby-crowned Kinglet drinking from the hummingbird nectar feeder in our backyard in downtown Berkeley. First noted six weeks ago, the kinglet (same individual?) appea

I was watching a flock of sparrows feed on the ground, when suddenly, a small bolt zoomed by me, hugging the ground, flying a foot above the ground. A Sharpie! About four feet before the sparrows, the

I did not leave until almost 12:30 for the Richmond Marina, but picked up some good birds. The one species I did not find was the Black Scoters. I did see five Grebe species, a Spotted Sandpiper and o

A Barn Owl was observed from the bridge at Meeker Slough, Richmond Bay trail at 2:30 p.m. on January 1st flying south. Seen by two other people. It was later seen at 3:30 p.m. from the junction of the

For the past several days we have observed pine siskins foraging in mixed species flocks around our well landscaped house in Sheffield Village, Oakland. They particularly appreciate our liquidamber st

Seeing the note from Jim Chiropolos - I also biked around the Forebay today, a great afternoon (checklist here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S78969997 , decent photos of a great horned owl and a northe

I have bern birding the delta recently and have seen several male sea lions. Its interesting to see one with fisherman around as they get excited and start making guesses of what it is ranging from “s

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: