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After leaving Paul at Mt D this morning, I headed over to Glen Canyon. Similar experience, nothing new but a good quantity/variety of the expected migrants. Three young Steller's Jays were out and

Small wave this morning; nothing new. Observations of local interest: Band-tailed Pigeon 6 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 5 Swainson's

Nothing too exciting but decent amounts of activity in the willows east of the lake: - yellow warbler (2) - Wilson's warbler (3) - b-t gray warbler (1) - Warbling Vireo (1) - Cedar Waxwings (5) -

Speaking of Botta, he was young doctor/naturalist on French voyage along the Pacific coast in 1820s...he found a number of new species inlcuding his pocket gopher and Anna's Hummingbird...Botta went

Recently we have been noticing the Starlings in our nieghborhood are eating the Japanese garden snails that plague all gardens in San Francisco. I also believe there is a pair of VG Swallows nesting

Mark, Are we now on egroups? This reply will tell all, David

The Hammond's Flycatcher continues in the Ravine of Mt Davidson. I saw the bird between 5:30-5:45 PM. It was low in the bushes on the downhill side, but perching in nice viewable locations. Nice

I have regularly observed White-throated Swifts in BV park at this time of year, flying through the trees (tall Mont. cypress & pines) at low altitudes - it's quite exciting to have them fly by so

Harry Fuller wrote: Er...which introduced species do I root for? :-( Mark -- Mark Eaton mailto:mweaton@... SFBirds Web Page

All, I am hopefully visiting San Francisco area late June on holiday and hope to get some birding in. Can anybody help me with some good birding locations. I am specifically interested in "west

Just an e-mail to put you in my address file, David

Checked the s.e. city this morning. I was in the McLaren park amphitheater scanning a treetop when 6 Black Swifts flew over heading north; large, all dark, with slightly forked tails. Later at

hey marc, heres a message thats been bounced back to me. How do I get connected again? josiah :� Following is a list of highlights from a few hours around the Presidio :today. There were

Nothing to add to Paul's list from Mt. Davidson. Later in the morning (10AM) I checked the Cliff House. Several Common Murres flying in-close just beyond the rocks with the Cormorant nests, and an

As Alan Ridley noted yesterday: WT Swifts over Buena Vista Park...and a lot nicer than having to haul out to "gorgous" Candlestick. for a BY bird. Thanks, AR. About 730am, one circling over the top

Observations of local interest: Caspian Tern 1 (fly-by) Band-tailed Pigeon 4 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 Swainson's Thrush 8 Cedar Waxwing 5 Warblers:

From 9 to 10:30 AM yesterday (Tuesday) at GlenCanyon...conditions iffy but at least it didn't rain... Yellow Warbler (one nice male) Western Tanager (one male & one female; othersheard

I about a half hour this morning at Lake Merced and there were still a number of migrants including YELLOW WARBLERS and WARBLING VIREOS. There was a kingbird which I assumed was the TROPICAL

We checked out Mt. Davidson in the late am (around 11). We had a probable sighting of the Hammond's Flycatcher -- I say probable because a) it's the first one I've seen and b) it was a series of very