Hi, On 8/23 while watching a morning Cormorant flight at Albany Bulb I saw a weird cormorant. It is maybe worth noting that this was on a day with an unusually high number of Brandt’s Cormorants. Unfo

Sorry if this is a duplicate but I’m not sure my first post went through. This morning while birding in my neighborhood I observed what I first believed to be a Western Tanager but upon viewing my ver

Noah, Please stop spreading false information about park closures and confusing people. Stick to reporting your sightings. You’re doing a serious disservice to the 1000+ subscribers to this list. Espe

Due to COVID-19 and fires, apparently less than 150 public parks remain open in the greater Bay Area. We all know that all public land in San Mateo County is closed until further notice, as is Pt. Rey

To provide an update: With input from Sheri Williams, the author of the Peterson Field guide to Hummingbirds of North America (thanks Rob!), my report of Ruby-throated Hummingbird will be accepted on

On August 29, at Ellis Lake Park in Concord, CoCo County, I found a decidedly alien looking to me Tanager (in contrast to Western Tanager), the observation lasts only a few seconds, but just enough to

Hi everyone, I found today a juvenile Phainopepla, by itself, in Pleasanton. It was around 5pm on Marilyn Murphy Kane trail closer to the back entrance (Valley Avenue/Laguna Creek Lane). It stayed on

We went to see shorebirds this morning at Elsie Roemer Sanctuary in Alameda. Before high tide at 11:30 am, we found a Baird’s Sandpiper foraging along shore, at the water line to a few feet above, jus

I recognize this is a great rarity for California (some 20 records) with no records in Alameda County, but the more I review my pictures the more I feel I should put the word out. Yesterday (8/29) aro

Hello , I found a Spotted Sandpiper hanging with a Greater Yellowlegs in Pleasanton on Arroyo Moccho. It is a little creek running behind the Ken Mercer Sportspark. The Spotted Sandpiper has been here

I've hesitated to report this because it didn't seem possible, but seeing another person overcome their initial shyness regarding a marbled murrelet, I decided to get over that. A couple of weekends m

YES YES YES! While sitting on the deck, celebrating my significant other's birthday, I saw a flock of bushtits do their evening visit to the Rose o'Sharon! But then, the last Bushtit was odd. A Yellow

I braved the thick smoke today to explore Coyote Hills and had some fun surprises. I was on my bike so could cover good distances and focused on shorebirds rather than going through the marsh or fores

After a long hiatus, Nancy and I spent several hours this morning at Contra Loma Regional Park. The highlight of our visit was a Hermit Warbler which I spotted in some willows along the shore of Loma

Before Ted Robertson found me, I had a couple of really nice fall migrants. In the trees over the small Ygnacio Canal and just toward the big hill from the small footbridge, I had my first migrant Wes

I took advantage of the EBRPD re-opening and birded around mid-day in Wildcat Canyon Park. It was pretty quiet but I eked out 37 species including a few migrants. Western Tanager (heard only) Black-th

Late this morning Blake Edgar and I saw what we suspect was some kind of murrelet, possibly a Marbled Murrelet swimming between Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley and the freeway. It was not far from the r

On a bike ride around Quarry Lakes yesterday (8/18/20), I noted a pair of Clark's Grebes with two roughly half-grown young on Lago Los Osos. The pair was making foraging dives and fed the chicks. The

Earlier today in a post to ebird the observer wondered why Pacific-Golden Plover was flagged with details being required. Almost all Alameda County records are from the area from Hayward Regional Shor

The female Wood Duck first seen earlier this week was present and visible again today in the pond adjacent to the private Seven Hills School. This is located between the equestrian rings and the Contr