Hey Folks, It's been pretty quiet so far, but here was a brown-capped Palm Warbler chasing off a few Yellow-rumps in the trees at the top of the falls. Good birding! Lorētta

With a return to westerly winds, migrant activity slowed to a trickle at Fort Mason this morning. The highlight was having three oriole species - ORCHARD, HOODED and BULLOCK'S - in the plum tree at

Started the morning at Stow Lake where the Great Blue Herons are engaged in the iconic Spring activity of nesting and raising young. Large flock of Cedar waxwings mostly replaced yellow rump warblers

Just to add that I also had a flyover Townend's Solitaire from Battery Godfrey this morning - the pale wing stripe very obvious in flight. Hugh

This morning I had a very productive morning on Mt Davidson. Many Cassin’s Vireos were hanging out and singing in shrubs and cypresses along the euc edge. 2 hammond’s Flys were hanging out

I knew the day would be exceptional when I flushed a WILSON'S SNIPE as soon as I entered the Community Garden (the last time a Snipe was seen at Fort Mason was in 2012). Migrants kept appearing

SF birders, Fun morning at the Battery today; someone else might post a detailed report but highlights included (3) Great-tailed Grackles (Presidio bird for me!), Black-headed Grosbeak, Acorn

A quick trip in Fuschia Dell/McLaren Lodge yielded some good old spring migrants. Nothing rare but 3 Wilson’s Warbler, my FOS Cassin’s Vireo, and my FOS Western Tanager. None of the migrant empids

On a quiet day otherwise filled with nesting behavior, I had a good 2 minute look at a Black & white warbler in the tree tagged 3704 @ Middle Lake @ 11:10am. Very contrasty individual with throat and

Hello all, I got out there early this morning, mainly roving around the wooded and weedy patches from the Jerry G amphitheater west to upper pond. A highlight was a nice singing Pacific-slope

There were a few unexpected birds at Fort Mason this morning, and a handful of migrants. Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were flying in front of Alcatraz, and two CACKLING GEESE flew over Fort Mason.

Yesterday (Saturday, 4/13) morning I conducted a short seawatch from the south-end of the Great Highway (7:45-9:15 AM), joined by Hugh Cotter towards the end. Winds were variable, waves were high,

Sightings of moderate interest from earlier this week: Friday, April 12 - orange crowned warbler and Wilson's warbler, female black-headed grosbeak (thanks Clifford Y) and a skulky unidentified

This morning I parked at the foot of the Municipal Pier--the bottom of Van Ness. Looking over the edge toward Aquatic Park, the Wandering Tattler was picking at the rocks at low tide. I did not stay

Migrants continue to trickle through - this morning I had a BLUE GRAY GNATCATCHER on the east side of the garden, and a NASHVILLE WARBLER on the bush on the south west corner of the garden.

Despite spending five hours at nine different sites around town this morning, my only highlights were a Green Heron at S Lake Merced, a pair of Red Crossbills along the canal west of the lake, and a

There are now four active Hummingbird nests next to the stairs leading up from Aquatic Park. Three are ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD nests, and one is an ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD nest. One nest (the Allen's) is

This morning's watch was between 6:45 and 8:15, with the following highlights: Brant - 2 northbound quite close in Common Loon - 4 singles in alternate heading north Red-necked Grebe - 1 flying into

FYI SF

Warblers were on the move last night - this morning I had my fos HERMIT and YELLOW WARBLER in the garden. There's also a very bright ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER that could be mistaken for a Yellow without