Still there at 3:30 Alan Hopkins

I took a walk around Strybing and Stow Lake this morning. There wasn't much in the Gardens but Stow Lake/Strawberry Hill had: Northern Shoveler 1 Hooded Merganser1 Cassin's Vireo ? ambiguous call Hutt

There was a Baird's Sandpiper along the shore of Crissy Lagoon between 11:30 and 12:15 today. The bird was first along the north shore where there is a little sand spit near the cypress trees. I had g

There was an American White Pelican at the west end of Crissy Lagoon at 12:00 today. The east end had 4 Marbled Godwits, 1 Long-billed Curlew, 2 Willets, 1 Black-bellied Plover, 9 Caspian Terns and 6

Hi Peter, For what it's worth Luke Cole and I had a bird we believed was a Least Storm petrel on a trip to the Farallons. We were on the return and were south southeast of the islands on the way back

A single bird seen flying south off the Sutro Baths overlook at 7:40. No Parakeet Auklet. I left many observers at the overlook before heading to Sutro. There were small numbers of Sooty Shearwaters a

There will still lots of Sooty Shearwaters off the Cliff House this morning, many sitting on the water. There was a single Surfbird on Repose Rocks. The Redstart was at North Lake north of the footbri

I walked Ocean Beach from 4:30 to 5:30 Lincoln to Moraga St. Offshore there was a steady movement of Sooty Shearwaters but not in huge numbers. They were off at the horizon. Also there were two Elegan

I think both. Alan Hopkins

I did a ride through the park to the Cliff House today. The highlight was a Spotted Sandpiper at Mallard Lake. This is only the second one I've seen in the park. Also noteworthy was a pair of Shovlers

The Kelp Gull is on the Farallon Islands. Posted on ebird also check the Farallon blog through Point Blue. Alan Hopkins

I checked Seal Rocks and offshore this morning there wasn't much happening. The usual flock of Willets was on Cone Rock. On Ocean Beach there was another large flock of Willets, Whimbrels and Marbled

I very briefly saw a bird this morning that I misidentified as a Clarks Nutcracker (sorry Dom!) I was looking up toward Inspiration Point from El Polin and saw a medium sized gray bird with a flash of

This morning I did a sea watch for about an hour from the Cliff House. All the shorebirds were roosting on the cliff below the Cliff House and not on any of the offshore rocks. Highlights offshore wer

I did a walk this morning in the eastern part of the park. There was nothing rare but here are a few highlights. California Quail 1, calling near the handball courts Acorn Woodpecker 4, behind the Con

Seal Rock names. Many years ago after checking charts and other maps for thenames of the Seal Rocks and not being able to find them I suggested some names.Back then the local birding community was sma

Spent a bit of time scoping from the cliff house this morning. No booby while I was there. The highlight was a flock of about 35 Pintail flying north. Alan Hopkins

Thanks to everyone who gave me directions to the Orchard Oriole, I was able to find it this afternoon. The plant it is in is a Pineapple Sage Salvia elegans The oriole was getting nectar from the tubu

I haven't been able to follow all the posts on the Orchard Oriole so I may be missing something, but the other day I had a few minutes to look for the bird on the hill on the east side of Elk Glen Lak

This morning at about 10am a Yellow-billed Loon was seen on the Santa Clara Audubon trip to Herons Head Park in San Francisco. Initially it was out past the point but it moved into the channel on the