The Ruff continues at Damon Marsh (on the other side of the channel from Garretson Point - -Zhone way parking - visible 75 feet from the boardwalk below the eucalyptus trees. Thanks for Bob and Derek

it is a bit of the summer doldrums here, so I haven't written too much. We were gone 1-1/2 weeks, then brought home the pandemic to our house. I have been to the park three times this week and seen so

Hello everyone, I just found out Mallards were able to eat a whole shrimp the same way I have seen Hooded Mergansers eat crawfish. It was my first time seeing that so I thought I'd share, I didn't kno

Working today, I heard swifts above the house in Orinda. Getting the bins out, I saw a bunch of swifts zooming around high in the sky, just barely identifyable. Flying with them, diving and climbing,

A Point Isabel walk this morning produced two surprises: The earliest Baird's Sandpiper I have ever seen, by far. Seen from the bridge over the drainage just before the housing development (going Nort

Hi Birders, I biked by Franks' Dump at Hayward Shoreline on Saturday and it was dry crystaline salt; today the tidewaters were flowing and birds were following. Most interesting to me was the number o

I was out on the Bay Trail around 11:30 today and saw two birders with scopes looking at the pond that sits just North of the S51 st path. The pond is fenced off and barely visible from the trail. The

Earlier today (7/26) was a very casual in summer Tundra Swan on miserably windy Piper Slough in Eastern Contra Costa County. As far as I know, this would be the first summer record for the county. Als

There is currently a Red Phalarope at the S end of 51st St. in Richmond at approx. (37.9078242, -122.3264226) I’m not sure it will be here for more than 30 minutes the way the tide is rushing in. Inte

Just wondering if migration has started. This past week I had a Western Tanager and Black Headed Grosbeak in my yard. They are not usual visitors but the elderberries are ripe. 3 juvenile hooded Oriol

This morning as the tide was going out we 8 American Avocets at Lake Merritt. They were on Lakeside Drive between the new restrooms and the pedestrian bridge. Photo at: https://aurich.com/Email/Shoreb

I have seen the first pulses of passerine migration in the Berkeley hills. Both yesterday and today small groups of Western Tanagers are moving through. All males with orange heads and bright yellow p

My excitement of a much appreciated, recent care package seemed worth adding to the BirdNET-become-Merlin sound ID discussion. The first results are attached as an image. BirdNET Pi, what is it? In sh

Well maybe not everybody! Today walking our cats, I watched the local turkeys visit the neighbors yard and start munching on apples that had fallen off the tree. Not a lot of apples have fallen off th

A Pair of American Avocets in breeding plumage were seen all day Wed. July 20 at the natural lake at Heather Farm Park Walnut Creek. Sent from Mail for Windows

Last week I had along look at a female Hooded Oriole at a birdbath in my yard. This is only the second time I've seen one here. Then this morning I saw a male Hooded Oriole hunting for bugs on a hummi

I just saw one in Oakland, so I'm glad to see you've seen one too. I'm in the Maxwell Park neighborhood (near Mills College.) I hope it comes back!

7/17/22: The Ruff just reappeared and is being seen across from Garretson Point now (10:58 AM). Pat Mahoney Hayward

I the last couple of weeks I have seen a raptor along Wildcat Canyon Road between the 500 and 700 blocks in Berkeley. Initially just by cataract corrected eyes, then by binoculars and today I finally

As Teale posted, a great discovery of a male Ruff was made by Jory Teltser reported on ebird 0:945 at Martin Luther King Regional Shoreline Park, Arrowhead Marsh off of Doolittle Drive by the Oakland