Hello, I hope everyone has voted for the environment already! This morning I stopped by the Sea Breeze Market Cove (at the entrace of the peninsula that leads to the Berkeley Marina and Cesar Chavez p

Hi All, A bit late with this email, but I wanted to add a bit of clarity about what the golden-plover was and my stance on the bird. First, I wanted to clear up that in the field I thought the bird mi

I haven't yet uploaded the eBird checklist. The photos can be viewed at full size on my flickr page. I think the photos support American Golden-Plover as originally suggested by Ethan Monk. The descri

Hi, birders: About 11:00 am this Sunday morning, Felix Ratcliff found an adult Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at Oakland’s Arrowhead Marsh, in dry vegetation on the east side of the entrance road, near the

a Scissor-tailed flycatcher was observed today at arrowhead marsh in MLK jr regional shoreline near the 2nd parking lot., in the fenced area. It was first seen around 11am by Felix Radcliff. he notifi

This morning the Golden-plover is in view at Meeker Slough, to the West of the old pier. Pacific or American is a question we are still trying to answer. I thought it was a definite Pacific prior to s

This morning we had two male Western Bluebirds at our bird bath. We have had bluebirds only a couple of times in the past. “HOPE is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune

The pale Golden-Plover was present this morning in the slough west of the old pier. The bird is missing a few tertials, and many primaries are exposed. The extension of the primaries does not seem to

The fall has turned so much cooler the last 4-5 days. Friday morning a Western Meadowlark was on the north ball field with 5 Killdeers. Today there were 9 Killdeers, but there were no Canada Geese on

Just as Tvavis Halls reported on 10/25/2020,there was a Brandt mixed with the Canada geese near the middle parking lot at Arrowhead (10/31/2020) This one looked very stocky but I guess it could fly. M

Finally …… today a lone Pine Siskin joined the ~25 American Goldfinches at our feeders and bird bath. Happy birding, be well and stay safe. Paul Schorr Antioch

Today we found a Golden-crowned Kinglet, only for the second time at this location. It was loosely associating with 4-5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets. All of the birds seemed agitated and had their crowns bri

Hello, The male Summer Tanager is back for its third winter at Claremont Canyon! John Colbert first saw it this season on October 9th but it hadn't been seen again since then until I saw it today. He

There was a Peregrine Falcon perched on the old pier pilings adjacent to the Fishing pier out at the Point at Pt Pinole Regional Shoreline Park this afternoon, October 28. Of the 33 species seen, 18 w

Saw a pair of Bald Eagles this morning being harassed by some gulls. I was about 2.5 miles out on the Ourson Trail from the Bear Creek staging area (EBMUD permit required). Also a flotilla of 25 White

The Cackling Goose I saw in Heather Farm Park last week is still around. I have seen it maybe three times, since. Today it was not on the ball field early during my birding visit, but it was on the la

Standing on the shoulders of giants Rosie and I went to look for the YBSA on Mines Road south of Livermore this morning. Found it. Every ten minutes or so I heard light tree trunk tapping that lasted

Yesterday (Sun 10/25/20, about noon) at Arrowhead Marsh (MLK Jr Regional Park), Oakland, I had 4 species of goose. On the lawn behind the restrooms at the middle parking lot were Canada Geese (of cour

Walt Duncan and I spent some time walking around the sports fields in this Pleasanton park, wondering how we might find the reported female Vermilion Flycatcher. We did not, despite walking around lot

I, too, had a flock of 40-50 Pine Siskins descend on my feeders today in the Oakland Hills near the Mountain View Cemetery. One to two birds have been around sporadically for a couple of weeks, but to