This morning at 9:40 there were at least 5 Western Bluebirds seen feeding in a fruiting Cabbage Palm or sitting on nearby perches, but on the Westside of the street and slightly towards 22 St. from

While walking on Church St towards Dolores Park at about 9:15 this morning, I was surprised to find 3, but perhaps as many as 6 Western Bluebirds (3 were bluebird-shaped birds flying from this area

This morning about 11:15 I saw 1 male and at least 1 female Shoveler (might have been 2 females - 1 had its bill tucked but it was hanging out with the male and the other female). There were also 6 or

To Pen Birders, SF Birders and especially the GGA field trip participants: My bad for not better documenting to the public when I posted the Dec. 6, 2009 sighting of a Sabine's Gull off Mori Point. I

So there's a pelagic component to the SF CBC? Cool! Mark :-) --- Mark Eaton mark@...

From the Golden Gate Audubon Chapter newsletter: Join your friends—or meet new ones—by taking part in Golden Gate Audubon’s 2009 Christmas Bird Counts: in Oakland on Sunday, December 20, and in

Has there been an announcement/signup for the SF Christmas Count? I don't think I've seen anything about it either by mail or email, and just want to make sure I don't miss the boat. It's 12/29,

Hi Birders- I did a frigid big hour in the Presidio by bike yesterday between 3 and 4pm. Dylan Hayes from the Natural Areas came along for the ride and impressed me with his newly discovered and

Before green: aluminum. About 1:30 pm today a tan-striped White-throated sparrow, associating with about 30 mostly well-spread adult White-crowned sparrows, was feeding atop the pruned shrubbery on

Hi All, I will be embarking on a bird project with my class at an independent school in the Mission District in San Francisco at the end of January and am looking for thoughts on resources as well as

Birders, AT&T fixed the line. The Northern California Birdbox is back up and running. As before, it can be reached at (415)-681-7422. wrote: -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA jmorlan (at)

I walked up the hill to look for the Merlin reported by Adam Winer. According to some further information, it is hit or miss whether the bird is on the perch... seen there "once a week." After

HI ALL, From the concrete bridge at Lake Merced, there were two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE seen on the south side. They were at first resting in the willows and later drifted towards the south end.

Golden Gate Audubon Field trip: Mori Point (GG National Parks) / Sharp Park (San Francisco): turned out better than even expected with a great group of birders and some uncommon sightings. After

Today at about 8 AM there were 3 Western Bluebirds along with about 20 American Goldfinch on the telephone wires at 40th and Anza. Between 1:30 and 2 PM there was a first year White-throated

Birders, The main telephone line for the Northern California Birdbox is currently down because of a line failure. We expect AT&T to fix it tomorrow morning. Thank you for your patience. --

while co-leading the Golden Gate Audubon bird walk this morning, I found an adult male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK on the north side of the Arboretum, about 50 yards east of the succulent garden feeding on

Today I observed a gull fly into sutro bath with white wing patches. It was that rare color form of a HEERMANN'S GULL. This was the only HERRMANN's GULL I observed today. There was also a large

Went to the cement bridge at Lake Merced again today around 4pm and saw a SORA, four (4) WILSON'S SNIPES, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, two (2) MARSH WRENS, and a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER. Links to a few

Hugh Cotter and I birded a few locations on the ocean and bay sides of SF. Highlights were 2 hybrids. On the west side of the south impoundment of L. Merced, we again observed the presumed