Went to Valle Vista late morning, probably too warm for the sandpipers although another couple said they were there earlier. I did see 3 Belted Kingfishers scanning the water, along with a Wood Duck p

Thanks to the original finder and Michael Park, I just saw a basic plumage Red Phalarope at Ferry Point @ Miller Knox Regional Park in Point Richmond. The bird is still slowly feeding along the shorel

A black and white warbler was in my garden in El Sobrante when I was watering this morning. It landed on rock within 2 feet of me for about 20 second then flew into a nearby bush. Had stripe on head a

Lots of birds on move today. Two flocks of greater white fronted geese have flown over yard so far - a very rare event! Some raptors - good morning g to get out with winds. Yard birding today amazing.

FOS for me on our Walnut Creek fence just now. I heard the tic-tic and there it was!

I was sitting on my deck this morning, when at 8:35AM I heard distant calls of Greater White-fronted Goose. I looked up, and almost directly overhead I could see a faint jagged line at high altitude.

Highlights from Wildcat Canyon Park this morning: FOS Red-breasted Sapsucker and Hermit Thrush 2 Western Wood-Pewee Western Tanagers continue (not quite as many as last week) 2 Yellow Warblers 3 Towns

Firsts for my yard, an Ash-throated flycatcher today and a song sparrow yesterday. The ash-throated landed briefly at the top of my plum tree. The song sparrow may not have been a migrant but was out

Birds and birders again, making for a nice morning in Walnut Creek's Ygnacio Valley. Though only one birder, I think, saw the female Common Merganser, he was able to photograph it. Others were seeing

Just had a female Blackheaded Grosbeak at our feeder this morning. We had a few visits last year so it's nice to see one this year. Richmond View Greg

Continuing this morning at bridge near the parking location in Booker T Anderson Park in Richmond. Al was on it when I got there, we all got really good looks. Wendy Beers El Cerrito

I wonder if I could ask for ID help on an unusual looking goldfinch during a bird survey along Grayson Creek in Pleasant Hill yesterday. It had a light gray head and yellow wash on it's breast. We onl

We have two GHO's calling to each other at Amador and Sierra. Both are on the top of telephone poles . We can see one larger so could be a pair or adult and juvenile? One call is a deeper tone. This i

Bird found by Ethan Monk still at Booker Anderson Park seen by others from the bridge by the parking. Last seen on the ground with five Yellow Warblers at the very corner of the park at 47th Street an

This morning Chris Carmichael and I spotted the Green-tailed Towhee. It was foraging with a flock of crowned and Fox sparrows, about where people have reported seeing it; along the edges of the paved

Hello, Just found a/the clay-colored sparrow at Cesar Chavez park in the Northwest fennel patch around 37.873154,-122.322080. it was in a mixed flock with other sparrows and several warblers. Happy au

The two previously reported PESA at Valle Vista EBMUD in Moraga are still hanging out with the killdeer. There was also a yellow-shafted NOFL (or at very least an intergrade). Have photos of both sigh

FOS sooty fox sparrow in our yard in n berkeley hills...made it through those fires. good birding pam young berkeley

I found a Green-tailed Towhee at Vollmer peak today. Its off the paved road about 1/4 mile from the trailhead - first seen 5 feet from the "Jack Alroy" bench where the trail levels off. Of interest is

I'm only old, decrepit, and amateur, but I still love to snag species I've only ever seen in a field guide. If you're interested, read through my remarks under "Bonaparte's Gull" in this eBird list, a