hi folks, I stopped by Mountain Lake today and the first bird I saw on the sandy "beach" was a SPOTTED SANDPIPER. Ebird doesn't show any records for this spot, so I'm sharing the news. It was there

Addition to this morning's list - a female LAZULI BUNTING was also in the garden.

Hola folks, Took a long lunch today on Telegraph. A PACIFIC-SLOPE and WILLOW flycatcher were both active at the top of the hill in Pioneer Park. I also had a nice long view of a WESTERN KINGBIRD

Hi, Looks like Fort Mason was the place to be but took a quick walk around lunchtime and saw a Orange-crowned Warbler and a Western Kingbird. https://www.flickr.com/photos/8582976@N07/15047098015 Good

The Community Garden was the active place at Fort Mason this morning, with a CASSIN'S VIREO, at least three WARBLING VIREOS, a RUFOUS/ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, two YELLOW

The best bird of the early morning at the East Wash was a female AMERICAN REDSTART that flew right past me. Other migrants included WILSON'S WARBLERS, PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHERS, my first TOWNSEND'S

Hello folks, The Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society’s trip to the Farallon Islands earlier this month had to be rescheduled due to weather issues. I am guiding the re-scheduled trip with

A flock of western migrants was still present at North Lake in western Golden Gate Park this morning. The birds were on the west side of the lake, mostly near the middle island, and I was later

Hello, Birders, Shearwater Journeys is proud to be the provider of pelagic trips for the Monterey Bay Birding Festival, September 25 - 28, headquartered in Watsonville. Kenn Kaufman will present the

Nothing rare to report from yesterday other than an interesting gulland phalaropes off shore. There were good numbers of shorebirds along Oceanbeach: Yesterday morning scoping from Sutro Baths

I accidentally went birding in GGP this afternoon instead of working. I'm glad I did. North Lake had one AMERICAN REDSTART and one YELLOW, two WILSON's, and one BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER. Two

To follow up on Dominik's post, Jim and I drove over with our bikes to Marin Headlands and then rode across the GG Bridge to SF for a few birding stops. After stops with little luck at Battery

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A nice pulse of migrants visible during a 90 minute visit at Fort Mason this morning. In the garden a BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK perched for several minutes. The Battery had a BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, a

An update from Jim Tietz this morning from SE Farallon. The Blue-footedBooby was also still there last week, as was an adult male PaintedBunting. We've aged the booby as an ASY (at least 2+ years old)

A pair of COOPER'S HAWKS were displaying and performing aerobics in the Battery at Fort Mason this morning, at times landing no more than 10 feet away from me. The only new migrant was a PACIFIC SLOPE

Fairly quiet this morning. There was an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and two WILSON'S WARBLERS in the Battery at Fort Mason, and a young COMMON MURRE swimming offshore. El Polin featured a BELTED

Howdy, CalBirders, Highlights of Shearwater Journeys's most recent three pelagic trips are as follows: August 15, Monterey (all birds for Monterey County): a massive feeding flock of SOOTY and

Hello all. We enjoyed great calm seas, warm water and fun with old friends and new on our San Francisco waters pelagic last Saturday. Highlights included Fin Whale, N Elephant seal and

There was a female HARLEQUIN DUCK swimming next to a large rock immediately below Battery Godfrey a few minutes ago. Earlier I spent time at Fort Mason where migrants included 4 WILSON'S WARBLERS, a