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First ever backyard woodpecker
I live in North Oakland and heard/saw the woodpecker in my plum tree. I couldn't see it's head, but am assuming it was a Downy. Very exciting first!!!
I live in North Oakland and heard/saw the woodpecker in my plum tree. I couldn't see it's head, but am assuming it was a Downy. Very exciting first!!!
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By llyana landes
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Nikon battery found 12/21 at Martinez Regional Shoreline
Greetings birders- while looking for rails and soras at the Martinez Regional Shoreline on Dec 21st in the fog, I found a Nikon camera battery. It just occurred to me that perhaps I could find it's ow
Greetings birders- while looking for rails and soras at the Martinez Regional Shoreline on Dec 21st in the fog, I found a Nikon camera battery. It just occurred to me that perhaps I could find it's ow
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Alan Bade
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SFBBO Waterfowl Workshop with Alvaro Jaramillo
Join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory and Alvaro Jaramillo for a virtual 2-day Waterfowl Workshop! The Bay Area is an amazingly rich part of the world for waterfowl, and we are lucky that even i
Join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory and Alvaro Jaramillo for a virtual 2-day Waterfowl Workshop! The Bay Area is an amazingly rich part of the world for waterfowl, and we are lucky that even i
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By Alvaro Jaramillo
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Red Breasted Merbansers at Aquatic Park
Every winter two Red Breasted Mergansers-male & female-winter at Aquatic Park in Berkeley. They're back. John
Every winter two Red Breasted Mergansers-male & female-winter at Aquatic Park in Berkeley. They're back. John
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By John H. Maurer
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Glaucous Gull Coyote Hills
In freshwater pond now, 1:26. Dorian Anderson San Mateo
In freshwater pond now, 1:26. Dorian Anderson San Mateo
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By Dorian Anderson
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Western Screech Owl at Briones Park
The Western Screech Owl continues at Briones Regional Park about 200 yards down the Seaborg Trail headed for the Archery Range -- in a Madrone Tree on the right side of the trail heading out. Regards,
The Western Screech Owl continues at Briones Regional Park about 200 yards down the Seaborg Trail headed for the Archery Range -- in a Madrone Tree on the right side of the trail heading out. Regards,
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By Jim Roethe
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Merlin and courting(?) White-tailed Kites at Stege Marsh
Two days ago Blake Edgar and I spotted a female Merlin perched on a fence near the Richmond Field Station where a dirt road to the station meets the Bay Trail along the edge of Stege Marsh. She perche
Two days ago Blake Edgar and I spotted a female Merlin perched on a fence near the Richmond Field Station where a dirt road to the station meets the Bay Trail along the edge of Stege Marsh. She perche
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By Kate Hoffman
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Tuesday Dec. 29 in Heather Farm
These crisp and clear mornings remind me of some of my fall visits to Japan while sailing for American President Lines or Sealand Services. Anyway, I had to wear extra heavy gloves today because it wa
These crisp and clear mornings remind me of some of my fall visits to Japan while sailing for American President Lines or Sealand Services. Anyway, I had to wear extra heavy gloves today because it wa
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By rosita94598
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Two glaucous gulls at Coyote Hills 2 messages
I and everyone I met on the No Name trail this morning at Coyote Hills had no luck finding the Lapland longspur but many saw the rare glaucous gull. Not seeing it on the ponds, I rode my bike around t
I and everyone I met on the No Name trail this morning at Coyote Hills had no luck finding the Lapland longspur but many saw the rare glaucous gull. Not seeing it on the ponds, I rode my bike around t
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By David Yeamans
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Hammond's Flycatcher and Western Tanager - Creekside Park/Rd., Brentwood - 12/28
Today Nancy and I birded Creekside Park and Rd./Trail in Brentwood. Highlights included a Hammond’s Flycatcher and a female Western Tanager. We saw the Hammond’s Flycatcher where Jerry Britten and Mar
Today Nancy and I birded Creekside Park and Rd./Trail in Brentwood. Highlights included a Hammond’s Flycatcher and a female Western Tanager. We saw the Hammond’s Flycatcher where Jerry Britten and Mar
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By Paul Schorr
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Don Edwards SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER
Joe Morlan looked at my photos and said it looks better for Western Sandpiper, and if Joe says it's a Western then it's a Western. So please disregard my report of Semipalmated Sandpiper. Sorry if I c
Joe Morlan looked at my photos and said it looks better for Western Sandpiper, and if Joe says it's a Western then it's a Western. So please disregard my report of Semipalmated Sandpiper. Sorry if I c
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By Ralph
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Don Edwards SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER 3 messages
Pat Mahony, Roopak Byatt and I just found a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER on No Name Trail, just beyond the orange boom where the Burrowing Owl is. Ralph Baker, Riverbank
Pat Mahony, Roopak Byatt and I just found a SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER on No Name Trail, just beyond the orange boom where the Burrowing Owl is. Ralph Baker, Riverbank
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By Ralph
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Peregrine Falcon
It was maybe 25 years ago when I was with my birding girlfriends, Florence Bennett, Mary Jane Culver and Betty Gallagher, that we were crossing the Benicia Bridge and saw a Peregrine Falcon on the top
It was maybe 25 years ago when I was with my birding girlfriends, Florence Bennett, Mary Jane Culver and Betty Gallagher, that we were crossing the Benicia Bridge and saw a Peregrine Falcon on the top
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By rosita94598
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Black and White Mallard? 3 messages
Yesterday afternoon II was out a Miller/Knox hoping to see a Hooded Merganser without any luck.. But among the many American Wigeon, Canada Geese, and Mallards was a Black and White Duck. It was with
Yesterday afternoon II was out a Miller/Knox hoping to see a Hooded Merganser without any luck.. But among the many American Wigeon, Canada Geese, and Mallards was a Black and White Duck. It was with
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By Claude Lyneis
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Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek
Tracy Farrington wrote about his day in the park during the Mt. Diablo Audubon CBC Saturday, see: https://groups.io/g/EBB-Sightings/topic/heather_farm_walnut_creek/79107853?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostda
Tracy Farrington wrote about his day in the park during the Mt. Diablo Audubon CBC Saturday, see: https://groups.io/g/EBB-Sightings/topic/heather_farm_walnut_creek/79107853?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostda
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By rosita94598
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Miller Knox Hooded Mergansers
There was a Hooded Merganser pair on the West side of the island on the lagoon today mid afternoon at Miller Knox Regional Shoreline Park, Richmond. Also present on West side of lagoon 30 Killdeer. Sh
There was a Hooded Merganser pair on the West side of the island on the lagoon today mid afternoon at Miller Knox Regional Shoreline Park, Richmond. Also present on West side of lagoon 30 Killdeer. Sh
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By Sheila Dickie
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Foggy morning Martinez Regional Shoreline, Soras and Virginia rail
We took advantage of a foggy cold morning to see if we could find Sora or rails at the Martinez shoreline this morning. We heard 2 Soras and saw one, saw two Virginia rails (one only briefly) and hear
We took advantage of a foggy cold morning to see if we could find Sora or rails at the Martinez shoreline this morning. We heard 2 Soras and saw one, saw two Virginia rails (one only briefly) and hear
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Alan Bade
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Summer Tanager in Le Conte Neighborhood, S. Berkeley
Was treated to a cheery male Summer Tanager out my window this morning. South Berkeley: Ward Street @ Fulton.
Was treated to a cheery male Summer Tanager out my window this morning. South Berkeley: Ward Street @ Fulton.
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By sarahinthefield@...
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Don Edwards LAPLAND LONGSPUR
This morning I awoke with plans to go to Pacific Commons Linear Park to look for the Harris's Sparrow, and then chase a few other potential county birds in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. I decide
This morning I awoke with plans to go to Pacific Commons Linear Park to look for the Harris's Sparrow, and then chase a few other potential county birds in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. I decide
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By Ralph
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MDAS Central County CBC results
Saturday was Mt. Diablo Audubon's 65th annual Christmas Bird Count. Like the east-county count a few days earlier, it was done according to present health regulations with only individual birders or f
Saturday was Mt. Diablo Audubon's 65th annual Christmas Bird Count. Like the east-county count a few days earlier, it was done according to present health regulations with only individual birders or f
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By Jerry Britten
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