The first White crowned Sparrow of the fall made a brief appearance atop The Holly tree in my back garden this morning. Twelve days earlier than last year and eight days earlier than 2018. Date Septem

An Orchard Oriole found by Albert Linkowski continues at Hillcrest Park in Concord. It’s using a hummer feeder at a house on the SW side of park. The house is on the south side of creek. This location

Saw an unusual sandpiper foraging at the East end of Lake Cascade this morning. Medium sized and at first I thought it might a Pectoral Sandpiper. Bright mottled back and dull yellowish legs. Medium l

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Brian Fitch <fogeggs@...> Date: Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 12:49 PM Subject: Bar-tailed Godwit; Emeryville I had to make an unexpected trip to Emeryville, and jum

I made an effort to bird today around the tip of Pt. San Pablo, but the sun never came up. Most of my birds were heard only, and something had to get quite close to me for it to be IDable in binocular

Well, I never thought I would need lights to ride my bike at quarter to eight in the morning, but it would have worked today. I don't even have them on my 62-year old bike. Still, I had a few things i

Solitary Sandpiper now along Alameda Creek between Quarry Lakes and Niles Canyon. Approx. (37.5717201, -121.9797595) here now. I can stake out for a bit. Alex Henry Berkeley

Just found a black and white warbler at pt molate In Live oaks along road just south of entrance. John Sterling 530 908-3836 26 Palm Ave Woodland, CA 95695

Ann Griffith and I kayaked from Pt. Molate harbor to the red brick former winery building. I was surprised to find an ell grass bed in the cove to the west of the red brick winery - birders should loo

About 11:30 AM this morning between Albany Bulb and Angel Island, near a feeding flock of Elegant Terns. Distant (scope required) but not terribly far when I saw it. Last seen headed NW into the area

The highlight of my visit to Wildcat Canyon this morning was undoubtedly a Phainopepla. Definitely a new bird for me in the park. I saw it briefly, a little after 9AM, near the top end of the Bonita T

This morning I saw 1 Greater White-Fronted Goose hanging out with the Canada Geese on the lawn near the Observation Deck at MLK Regional Park. Had seen this bird on Tuesday am as well so it may be sta

The Solitary Sandpiper continues as of 10:25 this morning at the West County Wastewater District ponds. Juli and i checked all of the visible ponds without success, and just as we were about to leave,

First I thank Alex Henry and Mark Rauzon for definitively identifying the confusing cormorant in the East Bay. It is a double-crested. Refer to this checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S72732078 Se

In regard to Alex Henry's original question about a possible Neotropic Cormorant, the bird photographed is a hatch year Double-crested Cormorant. They do lack the yellow lore and their gular pouch is

Mostly it has been really quiet in Heather Farm Park for a week or more. Things changed a bit the last two days, though. Yesterday, Tracy Farrington had a Black-throated Gray and a Yellow Warbler. Tod

Here are some photos that were posted to the Central Valley birds listserv of a bird folks were identifying as a Neotropic Cormorant, spotted on Woodward Reservoir, east of Stockton this past Sunday,

Yesterday, 9/3, Nancy and I made a morning trip to Contra Loma R. P. In addition to the usual suspects, we had the following birding highlights: Green Heron American Kestrel Greater Yellowlegs Caspian

Alex, here is a link to a comparison photo of double-crested and neotropic cormorants. Maybe it will help, especially regarding size. https://ravenson.smugmug.com/BirdsofKauai/Southern-Arizona-2016/i-

9.3.20 midday in richmond next to little trail that connects 51st st to bay trail, an oak titmouse with a very spotty face lit upon a dry fennel stalk in the middle of a patch of broom since i did not