Hello, The male Summer Tanager is back for its third winter at Claremont Canyon! John Colbert first saw it this season on October 9th but it hadn't been seen again since then until I saw it today. He

There was a Peregrine Falcon perched on the old pier pilings adjacent to the Fishing pier out at the Point at Pt Pinole Regional Shoreline Park this afternoon, October 28. Of the 33 species seen, 18 w

Saw a pair of Bald Eagles this morning being harassed by some gulls. I was about 2.5 miles out on the Ourson Trail from the Bear Creek staging area (EBMUD permit required). Also a flotilla of 25 White

The Cackling Goose I saw in Heather Farm Park last week is still around. I have seen it maybe three times, since. Today it was not on the ball field early during my birding visit, but it was on the la

Standing on the shoulders of giants Rosie and I went to look for the YBSA on Mines Road south of Livermore this morning. Found it. Every ten minutes or so I heard light tree trunk tapping that lasted

Yesterday (Sun 10/25/20, about noon) at Arrowhead Marsh (MLK Jr Regional Park), Oakland, I had 4 species of goose. On the lawn behind the restrooms at the middle parking lot were Canada Geese (of cour

Walt Duncan and I spent some time walking around the sports fields in this Pleasanton park, wondering how we might find the reported female Vermilion Flycatcher. We did not, despite walking around lot

I, too, had a flock of 40-50 Pine Siskins descend on my feeders today in the Oakland Hills near the Mountain View Cemetery. One to two birds have been around sporadically for a couple of weeks, but to

HI All, Today, Oct 25, I have a nice flock of over 50 Pine Siskins that showed up at my feeders. Hope they stay all winter as they did last year. They sure are eating a great amount of seed and drinki

Hey all, I drove around Mines Rd. this late morning/afternoon. I birded primarily in the alameda side though I did cross over in the Santa Clara to check out the burn zones, which were really awesome.

Derek Hines and I birded and biked Mines road to mile 19. The recent fire borders the road beginning at mile 17. I do not know if the fires bordering the road were back fires or the “fire” but many of

Hello Everyone, I would need help identifying a small flycatcher I saw this afternoon in Pleasanton. It was first in a tree with dozens of yellow-rumped warblers, a Downy woodpecker, and an Anna Hummi

Its bright yellow face with strong nearly black markings was a stunning surprise this morning in the tiny 'marsh' area of our backyard stream. The bird then flew up into a small ornamental maple at ey

The days I’m not out birding I’m often doing yardwork and getting a few species here and there, much improved this year by the fact that we have a nice feeder/bath setup in our front yard. Today I had

The birding has been good around Vollmer Peak recently. On Monday, I biked to the summit. 20 ft. Below the summit, I saw an empid flycatcher. I got off the bike - and much to my surprise, it was Hammo

(2) Sunday before last, October 11, 8 a.m., Mitchell Canyon Road (GPS 37.91724, -121.94580), Mt. Diablo State Park, CA: loud, repeated 2-note “wolf whistle” from overhead. It had the right pitch, char

Aaron Maizlish’s sapsucker continues at Mines Road mile 13.71-13.75. I think it is a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker but would like to hear what others think. As it is a confusing hatch year bird and there i

Can I get an ID? I have three situations (one about a vocalization, the other two mainly about behavior). (1) Yesterday morning (October 20), 7 a.m., Berkeley, CA (near North Berkeley BART station) se

Following the third-hand report of a Little Blue Heron along Waterfront Road in Martinez, a number of us took a look out there today. David Kent, Tracy Farrington, Albert Linkowski and I took various

Hello, On Saturday, an American Bittern flew by me and then landed on the bank across from where I was. I could observe it for 15/20 minutes in the open. It mostly snapped loudly at insects passing by