<chucao@...> wrote: Not sure what you mean by this. Isn't Taiga is the same thing as boreal forest? -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA

Adam I hope it hangs around and molts for you. Part of the evaluation of what features to categorize as important might be age dependent. If you can age it as an adult, vs a youngster, that would

Alvaro, Thanks for the feedback! And, yeah, gambeli x Golden-crowned was where I started (and may be where I end). If nothing else, a few Golden-crowned had just arrived that morning, making it

Adam Amazing looking bird! Hey, if you had sent me this sight unseen with locality/date my thought would have been to call it a Golden-crowned x White-crowned hybrid. The reasons include the

Yesterday morning, along with an influx of Golden-crowned Sparrows, I had an odd Zonotrichia in my yard that I'm fairly confident is a hybrid White-crowned x White-throated Sparrow - or, at least, I'm

Visible now from fence here (37.7691558, -122.4981745) -- Nina Bai San Francisco

Flew over Fort Mason heading south

Lark Sparrow continues in a small sparrow flock foraging around the 101 building this afternoon- 3:00 pm.

Sorry about my brevity.  It was just east of the Murphy windmill in GGP, presumably the same bird as reported yesterday. Steve Schulz Mobile: 415 608-0160

Thanks Steve, what's the brick house?

Seen with flock of mostly white crowns on bark path about 15 m east of the brick house at about 1:00 p.m. -- Steve Schulz San Francisco

Found by Catie Michel!, w Whitney Grover and myself. In trees here: (37.7611891, -122.4558331) between surge lot and woods lot foraging from the acacia to the cypress. We weren’t on it when we left

West of the garden

Spent an hour early this evening on stakeout for the catbird seen yesterday but no go. However, there was an interesting empid working the thicket just northeast from the Play Field commemorative rock

On the Lincoln Park golf course. Moving with Bluebirds, pine siskins, House finches, Black and Says Phoebes, Juncos, White-crowned Sparrows, and some yellow rumped warblers. From 16th hole to 18th. An

There was a Blackpoll Warbler in a Black Beech tree in the South Africa section of the Botanical Gardens here: (37.7672441, -122.4701804). Overall area was quite active with many tanagers, warblers,

In addition to the other excellent finds today from the round up - I had a flyby White-winged Dove along the cliffs below the east wash, Lincoln Park this morning. Hugh

That's lovely! Thanks for sharing. Rupa Bose

This morning during the rare bird round up, I found seven cackling geese on the ballfields at treasure Island along with the Canada geese. This is at 11th and H. Small brown geese with wide white

Found earlier by Jo Ann Z on the rare bird roundup - being seen now by many of us across the street from General's House, 1337 Pope St.