Hi All, Ed Ely called Dan back, he went back out to find this bird and believes that it is a Least Tern and was able to see it again ( up until 5 pm at least). Ed reviewed it against 3 field guides

This afternoon at about 4:30 I got a call from Don Mahoney at Strybing reporting that he had just seen about six quail chicks in the South Africa section just north of the California Garden. He said

Observed a couple of vireos that are somewhat unusual for the date/location. Observations of local interest: Band-tailed Pigeon 10 Hutton's Vireo 1 (my 1st for Mt. D) Warbling Vireo 1 (singing

Wednesday June 21, I visited the Arboretum today at about 11. I spent quite a bit of time looking for the quail chicks and did not see or hear anything until the fog lightened at about 12:30. I first

I thought I'd pass this on to ya' all. Alan NEWS FROM THE OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR KATZ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2000 Contact: Janet Michaelson (415)554-5335; Mark Westlund (415) 934-4814,

I did the media thing today with Damian Rafa and a lot of other great folks from the Presidio Trust. We met with a reporter and photographer from the Chron. I think the angle revolves around the new

To avoid duplication, and boredom on some parts, I will no longer be reporting quail notes on SF Birds. From this point on to receive my quail notes please subscribe to the Golden Gate Audubon

Tomorrow "Science" will publish an article saying that birds were contemporaneous with the earliest dinosaurs...so much for feathers from reptile scales (if dinosaurs really were reptiles)...Dr.

Observations of local interest: Band-tailed Pigeon 11 Warbling Vireo 1 (foraging low in bramble near summit) Orange-crowned Warbler 3 (in bramble near summit; including 2 scruffy looking juveniles;

Mid-summer doldrums and daily morning fog continue. Observations of local interest: Band-tailed Pigeon 1 WarblingVireo 1 (singing in the "Bowl") Orange-crowned Warbler 3 (including2

This morning (7:15-8:15) in the fog at Mt. Davidson, I observed 21 Pine Siskins and at least 48 Lesser Goldfinches (many juveniles), my high counts for the year for both species. 3 Orange-crowned

...I can probably get the site updated this weekend if I get everyone's update shortly. Thanks, Mark -- Mark Eaton mailto:mweaton@... SFBirds Web Page

Paul Saraceni wrote: Any idea if this is simply post-breeding dispersal or possibly the beginning of a southward movement for these birds? Mark -- Mark Eaton

If you have been wondering where I have been, I was camping in the Olympic Rainforest and Vancouver Island. Of course I'd been planning to get some birding in as well as relaxing, but I had a small

Hi all, Just back from my Lassen trip for GGAS. Of relevance here though is the surprising number of Pine Siskins I had at snow level -- about 7500 ft and up. I don't recall numbers like this in

Hey, didn't anyone read Farley today? Katz quail are the subject? It's a touch of humor for the otherwise dismal problem of saving our few quail. Note in each panel Phil Frank shows a garbage can.

Hi, I led a ggas trip this morning. Best news is an unconfirmed report of nesting egrets at the south end of Van Ness in what I presume is Ft. Mason. They were reported second hand. The origin of

Observations of local interest: Band-tailed Pigeon 16 Western Wood-Pewee 1 (calling; post-breeding wanderer? -- last observed on 6/15) Swainson's Thrush 1 (singing; post-breeding wanderer? -- last

When I was in Humboldt a week back, all the conifers were masting their cones.(mass droppings of seed every so many random years) Irruptive foods make irruptive species. The trees evolved to keep

The July 4th grass fire (reportedly caused by fireworks) at Mt. D burned much of the grass and ground cover in the southern half of the eastern hillside -- all east of the main path (though the burn