Hi, Two of us were birding Saturday along San Lorenzo Creek near where it enters SF Bay (lower San Lorenzo Creek). Today (Sunday) we were at Don Castro Reservoir (upper San Lorenzo Creek} In both plac

Today while birding my neighborhood I photographed a Hermit Thrush. Nothing unusual until I got home and downloaded the photo. It just looked off to me to be an adult. A gape is still visible and the

Any word as to when feeders can go back up? Thanks.

Hi All, Today Lucas Corneliussen and I did a long walk from Muir Beach over to Mill Valley. Along the way, we found some early spring migrants and some other interesting birds. Throughout the day, we

Our Chestnut-backed Chickadees nested seven times in our small patio north of Heather Farm Park, but the last time was 2016. This week they have been in the patio constantly, making Chickadee noises a

A Merlin was seen at 11 and 3 today March 18 atop a telephone pole on the 600 block of 30th Street, Richmond. There had been a merlin in the neighborhood for several winters but this is the first sigh

The winter is coming to a halt in my local park, with maybe less than ten Ring-necked Ducks, now. Today I only saw one female Bufflehead. Even the Double-crested Cormorants are down to a handful. The

At Lake Anza this afternoon I thought it was a Red-breasted Merganser, but the more I look at it, I am leaning toward a Common Merganser. The iBird photos don’t make it clear. Here is the link. https:

A dozen or so Brant northeast of observation deck, likely scopeable from Emeryville marina, three common loons, one in breeding plumage, lots of aechmophorus grebes towards middle harbor, cormorants c

Hi All, Was out at Pt. Isabel this morning and had a front row seat to watch the two Pt. Richmond Ospreys nabbing a leopard shark. See the link for photos. https://www.flickr.com/photos/192510717@N07/

In my backyard I saw a peregrine falcon eating a pigeon link to picture https://flic.kr/p/2kLhDAL

March 12, 2021 at Arrowhead Marsh I photographed a Merlin for the first time. Also saw a Ridgeway’s Rail, a funny marked House Finch and a Marsh Wren. Photos at https://flic.kr/p/2kKkmbN Claude Lyneis

I am reasonably sure that the same Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (young male) first reported at Lake Anza in January continues there as of today. It looks almost exactly identical, except that from the fro

This afternoon during a drive on Deer Valley Rd. south of Chadbourne Rd., Nancy and I spotted a FOS Western Kingbird on a fence along the road. We were able to stop and watch it long enough to see it

Rosita called my attention to the Anna's Hummingbird taking nest material in our patio this afternoon. She later sent me a photo of a Bushtit doing the same. Earlier in the week the Lesser Goldfinches

Hi all, Sorry to be nitpicky, but here goes. There have been a lot of reports of Band-tailed Pigeons in Eastern Alameda county recently. Please keep in mind that Band-tailed Pigeons are NOT common in

An Oak titmouse pair have been building a nest in the yard box and must be nearing completion as they were gathering the dog hair today that I had hung up for them. They started building on Feb 17. La

I made a late bike ride to Heather Farm and went pretty straight to the pond near the private Seven Hills School. There were about ten Rough-winged Swallows flying over that pond--pretty hard to tell

This morning an Orange-crowned Warbler took a bath in our bird bath. It soaked its feathers pretty well and even got the top of its head wet, which allowed the orangish feathers of its crown to be exp

I photographed a White-throated Sparrow on Rifle Range Trail in Wildcat Canyon Park Monday afternoon and have had a hard time identifying which morph it is. To my eye, the sparrow has features of both