Hello all, I will be doing a series of free webinars on coastal birds starting this Saturday. One a week for 6 weeks. They are organized the Coastside Land Trust, a great organization that has

This morning I did a seawatch (7:15-8:45 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway. After the strong W/NW winds the past several days, there was at least a temporary break with light (but

Basic plumage male northwest of concrete bridge. Also a basic Red-throated Loon sw of bridge. Brian Fitch

Currently singing since I arrived at ~13:20 in previously reported area near maintenance yard and pride of Maderas. Ben San Francisco -- Benjamin L. Byerly

Heard and saw northern parula in the oaks and rhododendrons north of the small maintenance yard between 11:15 and 11:45 Sunday.

The SUMMER TANAGER at Dragonfly Creek is probably the same first spring bird found by Hugh Cotter and Paul Saraceni a week ago near the log cabin. This morning it was in the vicinity of the bridge

Hi all The Northern Parula was singing away in the Fuchsia Dell late this morning, continuing past noon. Hard to see as it mostly stayed high in the oaks and ?pittosporum but occasionally foraged in

Young male at bridge

Heard and seen @ 12:40-45 at intersection of trail from Arguello passes a stand of Pride of Madera. Flew East into stand of trees and bushes across the same trail from maintenance yard. Has been

Continuing at 1150 just up hill - north of small maintenance yard. Still singing.

Looks like there may be two Northern Parulas ? In the fushia dell in GGP. One west of the junction with arguello and one south of the horseshoe pits across the road in the dell- both singing Hugh

Also, you can review eBird for more details.

Just one at a time has been reported over the years. Same one? Likely.

Just east of Boat House

Thanks for all the tips. Is there more than one Parakeet Auklet here?

LAUGHING GULL on east side of lagoon in with a number of CALIFORNIA GULLS.

I can't speak exactly for Parakeet Auklets, but if their colony attendance is similar to the Pigeon Guillemots that it's semi-hanging out with, then early morning and maybe late evening might be best.

The bird has been rather unpredictable, but I've had better results finding it when the tide is lower. I've seen it spend time on multiple occasions diving into the shallow surf below the viewpoint,

Is there any particular time of day or level of tide when one is more likely to see the Auklet ?

Parakeet Auklet seen 10:03 to 10:13 am. Floating in surf left of Hermit Rock, then flew in circles for a minute, then landed on backside of the rock. Dave Weber, Milpitas By phone