Hi all, I had an oriole yesterday (Friday, 1/14) near the Arguello entrance to the Presidio here: 37.7902077, -122.4583350. I was able to get some poor photos that lean towards Hooded Oriole but it is

The summary report for the 2021 SF CBC can now be viewed at https://goldengateaudubon.org/blog-posts/2021sfcbc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2021sfcbc A file has been uploaded to SF

This morning there was a nice Long-tailed Duck in the scoter flock below the Battery in addition to all three scoter species including one female Black and female White-winged Scoter. They were all

This afternoon, the continuing very cooperative Blackburnian Warbler at Holly Park was a walk-up bird for Robbie Fischer and me. First reported 9 January by Rajan Rao and present

Thank you, Rudyard! Reading a recent description of the hybrid in the Botanical Garden is what have me pause. I will leave my post as RBSA. Good birding d

not great photos, but probably sufficient for i.d.

I saw this at Mountain Lake this a.m. Would this be considered a hybrid, or plain Red-breasted? There does appear to be alot of black behind the head, but the only white from bill extending back to

All, Bret Sandercock and I wrote a paper on survival rates of sparrows, based on the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory data some years ago. Estimates of longevity (which is different than

MC said "Any chance we can age this particular bird? The idea that it might be 7 years old (young?) is spectacular" It also says a lot about site fidelity for breeders and the kind of plants/habitat

Seen just after 3pm today in the Lemonwood trees opposite the Goldman Tennis Courts / Pelosi Dr. Karen Offereins SF

A Red-necked Grebe was in the bay off of Crissey Field late this morning. One female Common Merganser was diving north of the Coast Guard Pier, and one, possibly the same bird was later standing on

I'll send in the photo. Hopefully, the four color codes bands might be enough info! I'll keep you posted. d

Any chance we can age this particular bird? The idea that it might be 7 years old (young?) is spectacular -MC -- Mike Carozza 914-475-9355

I was at Bayview Park this morning and when I looked down towards Candlestick Point, I could see white geese in the field. When I got down to the field west of the fenced off Aux parking lot, there

Thanks all, for weighing in on this! David Webster

I asked Mark Dettling of Point Blue for an update on this project and it is pasted in below. I too have been seeing these banded birds regularly at the east end of the Concrete Bridge - all adults

Always a good practice, and appreciated, to report encounters with banded, wing-tagged, collared (geese) birds to the North American Bird Banding Program. Please Report Bands at www.reportband.gov A

This may be one of the banded White-crowned Sparrows from a research project in 2014 and 2015. 41 White-crowned Sparrows were banded in SF in 2014 (unknown location) and additional White-crowned

Just curious if anyone might know anything about these bands. It's the first time I've come across a banded sparrow. Seen in Lobos Creek this afternoon. David Webster

Work took me to SF today and I visited the golden gate park botanical gardens where I enjoyed three different sapsuckers- all in different well trees maybe about 75 yards apart. Sapsucker 1 - Mostly