Some highlights from the weekend birding West Contra Costa, definitely not chronologically (most eBird checklists not up yet): Today, Sunday, from about 11am to 145pm, hawkwatched at Miller/Knox from

Looking for warblers This morning in the fennel Patch saw a pair of Flickers. One A bright yellow shafted male. Didn’t get a good Look At the second before they flew East. Very few warblers seen. Jim

Between the start of the Alameda breakwater, and the Hornet, there is a park with some pine trees. (Just west of Alameda Community Sailing Center; (37.7708284, -122.2931159)). There was some migrant a

I'll join this morning's chorus of FOS hermit thrushes. I saw my first at the backyard birdbath in the late afternoon today. Just as the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass broadcast was ending. Judi Sierra- Oa

Here Is checklist with comments on possible Nashville Warbler at Berkeley North Basin. https://ebird.org/checklist/S74364764 I am not confident enough to ID NAWA for certain. Female COYE also possible

Continuing in terminal parking lot in eucalyptus and nesrby Myoparum. Hayward Reg Shoreline, Winton access. Wonderful bird plus I got to witness Mr. Jim Lomax see #300 in Alameda. Wow. Great find, Yve

Suspected NAWA in fennel at Berkeley North Basin 50 yards south of Bates Sports Complex and 10 yards east of beachfront trail 9:30 am. Grayish blue head complete white eye ring bright yellow chest and

FOS Hermit thrush is back in our yard, tchupping, mewing, and bathing in the bird bath. ‘She’ may well be our familiar returnee from many past seasons. Especially this season, she endured a smoky jour

At the 2nd parking lot. In the large eucalyptus tree. Just found by Yvette MacDonald.

I did an especially early and brief visit to the park, but saw Don Lewis and the MDAS social media chair, Rosalie. Some of the birds I found included Yellow and many Yellow-rumped Warblers. The latter

I first heard their high-pitched whistle, then saw them, a flock of twenty or so, shopping for fruit. Right on schedule for my neighborhood: first week in October and among my favorite signs of autumn

I saw a potential Philadelphia Warbler at Creekside Park this morning. Dark cap, some color in chin/breast, dark lores -- other possibility is Warbling Vireo, but cap seems too dark and dark lores too

Seen today in the same spot as two previous winters - the boulders adjacent to the take-off point of the breakwater. Ken Berniker El Cerrito

A Townsend’s Solitaire appeared at my small yard pond just now.. Plain gray bird, size between that of a Robin and Bluebird, white eye ring, cream/ peachish color on wing. At first glance I thought Mo

Friends! This evening (1 October 2020) we had the pleasure of a FOS Hermit Thrush in an Ashbury Avenue yard in El Cerrito. For at least 3 years a Hermit Thrush has overwintered here or nearby and been

Hi all, hope you're surviving the heat and smoky air. Maybe you can do a little vicarious birding by helping with an Empidonax ID. My impression *in the field* (i.e., not sure it's totally bourne out

A immature Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler taking a bath this evening here in Richmond View. It's the first rump i have seen, they usually head straight to our persimmon tree every year. Last year we wou

Hi All, Yesterday 9/30 Eric Heisey and I birded around various spots in Richmond, Contra Costa county. We focused our efforts primarily on migrant passerines, checking a variety of coastal traps, park

The certainty of morning heat prompted me to visit Heather Farm Park soon after the sky became light enough. A cool breeze was helpful. I was treated to FOS waterfowl on the natural pond. Ruddy Duck (

Hello all, We did not have any trips from Half Moon Bay this last weekend. We were down south in Morro Bay and Monterey Bay, and our friends (Redwood Region Ornithological Society) had a great trip ou