To all birders that have chased or will chase the long-continuing domestic Graylag Goose at Miller Knox: Please enter the goose in eBird as "Domestic Goose sp." or "Graylag Goose (Domestic type)." Bot

This afternoon after the rain subsided I biked along Old San Pablo Trail from the intersection of San Pablo Dam Road/Bear Creek Road to the northern end of the reservoir. I spotted a Red-necked Grebe

Folks, I just wanted to pass along an eBird report that I saw this evening: An American Dipper was seen and photographed at Sunol Regional Wilderness, by a birder who isn't on EBB-Sightings. He report

The birding gods smiled on me today and allowed me to refind the dipper at Sunol. I watched the dipper for about 30 minutes and at one time, it "fished' within five feet of me - much of the time it wa

Hi all, Yesterday 1/23 I birded Bethel Island with Augie Kramer, Cédric Duhalde, and Jonah Benningfield. I've long since wanted to spend an entire day birding on Bethel, and this is the closest to an

Around 10:15am, the mewing calls of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker led Doug Mosher and me from the bridge where we heard it, to a tree next to the third bench from the kiosk, where it landed. After fora

My wife and I birded the Delta today. One of the highlights was a large group of almost 200 Sandhill cranes next to the road at the Holland Track. There were also lots of ducks and some geese at the H

Today I made my standard stop at a small pond just north of San Lorenzo Creek as it’s a reliable spot for Common Gallinule and sometimes Sora too. Today I believe I added a new species in that pond, C

We have had a female Common Goldeneye in the concrete pond at Heather Farm Park for pretty close to two weeks, now. The first time Rosita and I saw her she was in the pond by the private Seven Hills S

Jan 22 between 3 and 4 PM. I went looking for the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker previously reported at Lake Anza as the rain was ending. Around 4 PM I was on the path west of the spillway and heard a new b

Hello all, I saw a Juvenile Snow Goose at Robert W. Crown Beach, in Alameda, at about 4:30 pm on 1/19. It was with about 20 Canadian Geese, on the grass, right by the walking path on the west side of

Yesterday(1/21/21) about 10:00AM we saw and heard a male Pileated Woodpecker. We were on the Stream Trail between the Orchard picnic area and the bridge over Redwood Creek before the Fern Dell group a

Recently reported as an albino sparrow on NextDoor, I ran across an interesting leucistic White-crowned Sparrow at Sycamore Valley Open Space in Danville while walking my dogs this morning. Photos can

Hello, I was quite surprised to see a Western Tanager in the Ken Mercer Sportspark, at least that is what I think it is. Female? It was feeding on a Eucalyptus tree with American Goldfinches. I noted

In addition to the ongoing White-winged scoter at the Richmond marina (what a great find and a species who's numbers are crashing) at the marina, what appears to be a hybrid scaup is at the marina. I

0915 to 1010 am The owl nearest the south fence was not in the usual place when I got to the area this morning. It was about 15 feet farther north in an open area but moved back near the stake with th

Lake Anza today Tuesday, I went to Lake Anza in the afternoon as the winds began to die down. The road in were blocked by the Park Service, so I walked down. The positive was there were almost no othe

Clifton Court Forebay has become one of my favorite areas to bike and bird. Today I biked around the forebay and back. On my return, I was watching an orange-crowned warbler in the willows by the euca

The young male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker continues at Lake Anza, seen in the same place noted by others. Photos below taken in the oak tree about 30 feet west of the spillway bridge between the lake an

Didn't leave the house until after 9:30, but wanted to visit Holland Tract despite the wind. And it was windy. Going out on Delta Road, after the school I saw 5 Long-billed Curlews in the field where