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

Common Merganser was upstream in the quartermasters reach, under the Marina offramp. GWF Goose and Common Goldeneye on the lagoon. Male GW Teal on the bay off parking lot. Dave Weber, Milpitas By

January 13 Birds of Protected Lands – POST’s enrichment of Bay Area avifauna Diane and Peter Hart Diane and Peter Hart are adult-onset birders who slouched into birding and bird photography while

Hey all, I might just be out-of-the-loop here, but Augie Kramer and I were surprised today to see a female Common Merganser awkwardly waddling its elongated body along the mudflats at Quartermaster

Heading home from North lake I noticed two GHOs in the tree they used to nest in a couple of years ago. The single tree on south side of JFK across from the bison shelter. One was in the nest, one

Foraging in the flowers around backstop.

Happy New Year birders! Battery watch turned up 2 Brant floating reasonably close in about an hour ago. Maybe a couple 100 m out. They were near some floating logs. Stayed put the whole time. Good

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker in Coast Live Oak - north east of California Garden in Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park - making nasal meow like calls

White-winged Dove well-seen this morning at Lafayette Park. Moving around west part, somewhat centered around the restroom. Dave Weber, Milpitas By phone