There have been many questions about some sort of  memorial for Kris. As you may know, Kris was a Director of Sequoia Audubon. I know that Sequoia Audubon will do something to honor

I just learned that Kris died in her sleep Tues night. Was found non responsive by her son Wed morning.   Memorial service plans are still pending. I'll share the info when I learn more.   I'm in

Hi, Esther Your weird duck has some Chinese Crested in it. Mallards will cross with anything ;-). There is a website full of odd duck pictures. Laurie Graham

Headed over to Metson Lake yesterday afternoon to see if the mergansers were still there. Not a single duck in sight, but was treated instead to a kingfisher swooping around over the lake. Before

Buena Vista had typical birds with a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER being the most interesting bird. I mentioned this before but the new paths through the park make birding a pleasant outing. YC SPARROW FOX

2009 finished up an complete decade of bird coverage for me in the city (not county) of San Francisco. I made a report similar to this one in '04, at the five year point, and received enough

Hi all, On Tuesday at ~5:50-6:15PM, in the dark, I saw about 80 bucks flyover the academy of sciences. Most were MALLARDS, but I noted 1 AMERICAN WIGEON and 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER. I'm sure there were

This morning I checked the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park hoping for an odd goose or two. No geese present but I had fun scoping a nice flock of 110 MEW GULLS (107 adults and 3 first winter) as they

On the way to work I took a quick look at the south portion of L.H. Reservoir (best viewed over the shorter fence at the NE corner of 7th Ave X Clarendon St.) There were (26) RING-NECKED DUCKS on the

NW corner of Ambulatory Care building roof--First one was flying around, sort of in a circle over Parnassus Ave flushing the pigeons. Then it landed on the back of another RTHA,and the two were

This afternoon at 2:10 PM, I observed a single AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN soaring over One Market Plaza along the Embarcadero in downtown SF. It was "kettling" with a Western Gull and drifted SE and out

I'm always pleased to see quail. Yesterday afternoon in GGPark I saw 7 birds together, 3 males and 4 females, around the back of the Academy of Science. Deborah Mayer

Just FYI. Craig Newmark (of Craigslist) ahs added a live web feed of his feeders, which are near the panhandle of golden gate park. If you want to watch his birds instead of yours, you can look

I most likely saw this same bird on my late day walk to Crissy Field. I sighted the bird just as it took winged and circled overhead at the lagoon. From there the bird flew directly to the Golden Gate

Numbers from 1/4 at Battery Godfrey- 8.15 to 9.15 AM Cackling Goose - 249 ( mostly Aleutians) Canada Goose - 30 Pintail - 511 Shoveler - 117 Mallard - 3 Gtr Scaup - 2 Gadwall - 20 Wigeon- 174 GW

Esther That is a Ross's Goose. The small size compared to the Mew and California Gulls as well as its short-necked, small-billed look are helpful in identifying it. Also the little stumpy bill

Hi, Saw a Ross or Snow Goose (either would be a first for me!) at the Crissy Field lagoon late Sunday afternoon. It was hanging out with a large flock of gulls on the eastern sandbar by the bridge.

From my office downtown across the street from the Ferry Building and overlooking the Bay, I observed the following to add to today's flight over SF: 9:30 AM -- a line of 22 TUNDRA SWANS flying SE

All, I got to spent all of 1-hour at Battery Godfrey this morning. (8.15 to 9.15) All the white geese/swans must have been south of me - I did have 100's of Cackling Geese, Canada Geese, Pintail,

I started the morning at the wooden bridge below the Sunset Circle, North Lake Merced, hoping for some rail activity. It was quite cold, with frost on the ground, and just as I was about to leave