For what it's worth, the (wintering, or at least attempting to winter) female WESTERN TANAGER was "pittrick!"ing loudly from the big Myoporum next to 168 Museum Way, at about 4:30 p.m. today. I had

Today at about 1:40 PM a juvenile Ferruginous Hawk came through the Marin Headlands, crossed the Gate and appeared to make landfall over the Marina Green. Steve

A Merlin is once again wintering in Noe Valley, its third year if it's all been the same individual. It's fond of perching on a pole jutting out of the large apartment building in the 4100 block of

A Peregrine was again in the vicinity of Green & Steiner at 7:35 this morning, flying to and landing atop a tall tree near Scott and Vallejo. Allyn Bissell San Francisco

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Checked the birdy (east) side of Lafayette Park this morning with Pat McCulloch from 8-8:30 a.m. Of interest (to me) were: lutescens spp. ORANGE CROWNED WARBLER (probably a wintering bird) Townsend's

A Peregrine was perched atop the cross at St. Vincent de Paul Church at Green and Steiner at 7:45 this morning, then flew north over the Marina. Allyn Bissell San Francisco

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Hi all, On Sunday I birded Heron's Head Park (and Radio Rd.) with a group. The highlights (at HHP) were 2 (possibly 1) Says Phoebe, a Barn Swallow (seen by me and another birder) and a (possible)

Dear North American Birds contributors, The fall season has come to a close. Please submit your noteworthy bird records from the Northern California Region for the period 1 August – 30 November to

At Lake Merced this afternoon I saw a SORA on the south side of the cement bridge, roughly at the centerpoint of the bridge (which I guess would be neither the east or west end!) It was hopping from

The female WESTERN TANAGER first found on 11/20 has since been seen on 11/24 (I. Clearwater) and this morning (C. Hibbard) A(the?) HUTTON'S VIREO continues, and can usually be heard with the

I stopped at the Potrero Rec. Center this morning, and found an adult male Nashville Warbler in the bushes along the fence on the East side of the ballfield. In the Eucs directly above, the

A few surprises. The "pond" near the entrance seems to be lower than the bay... maybe they are draining it? There were more birds than ever in there. American Kestrel - Falco sparverius Black

Inspired by all the posts from Golden Gate Park I did a 2 hour loop through the park 10:30-12:30. Some local interest highlights: (f) COM. GOLDENEYE @ Spreckles Lake (unfortunately I had gotten too

Hi all, Yesterday I went out on an annual birding day, with my aunt and her family (non-birders), around the city. We went to Mt. Davidson (MD), Lake Merced (LM), Glen Canyon(GC), Lloyd (LL) and Stow

Thanks to Paul and all the group at Battery Godfrey, I was able to see the Tundra Swans move through the bay this morning. I did get up to BG at around Noon. Not much doing but I did have a young

With the strong N winds for the past couple of days which shifted to the NE and became calmer overnight, Battery Godfrey seemed like a good bet to produce some birds of interest re-directing off the

The renovations are complete at the upper end of the park (Upper Terrace entrance). Where the "rumpus areas" of the park was for "sex cruisers" is now a very nice boardwalk. After substantial

A brief stop at South Lake Merced this morning turned up a single Wilson's Snipe at the SE corner of the bridge, and eleven Green-winged Teal to the south. The flock size and composition were