Pier 94 near low tide this morning: Sick goose at fresh pond off south fence. Geese and goslings Western Sandpipers: 22 Dunlin: 2 Semi-palmated Plovers: 4 Avocet Glaucous-winged Gull, sub-adult. Snowy

Lunched on Muni Pier today, futilely hoping a Gannet might show. However, saw these interesting birds: 3 continuing Wandering Tattlers with 4 Black Turnstones on condemned pier. 2 Snowy Egrets feeding

A perfect male in the willows near the school fire-pit c. 5 PM. Douglass Playground c. 6 PM: female Rufous-Allen's Hummingbird feeding on blackberry flowers. 4 Collared Doves in an east-west flyover.

Spreckels Lake today was a swallow spectacle with at least 35 Tree and 8 Barn Swallows. North Lake had >100 Cedar Waxwings, a continuing tan-striped White-throated Sparrow near the bridge, 7 Ring-neck

Pair of Wrentits, one singing, along coastal trail below Fort Miley. Also: pair of Orange-crowned Warblers, one singing. Wilson's Warblers. While lunching on VA pizza at the outdoor table nearest the

Male singing in willows along loop trail. Singing RC Kinglet also. Russ Bright, SF.

Brilliant male "weeping" and chattering, watched closely by 3 Mockingbirds. Sparrows feeding on euc flowers, possibly getting gummed again. Seen with Jim Weigand. Russ Bright, SF.

At Alemany Farm a worn, winter-plumed Clay-colored Sparrow continues in the peas with ~40 White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows. None of the birds show euc-gummed feathers, evident on many a month

Two Caspian Terns at Agua Vista this morning. Earlier at Pier 94 there were at least 4 Savannah Sparrows, 2 of which seemed to be P.s. nevadensis, crisp and complex backside patterning, pale smudgy br

Singing in the rain at Juri Commons (a small, narrow park running between San Jose and Guerrero near 26th St.) this morning at 10:30, and certainly an increased derivative of the nearby gathering repo

12 Canada Geese (mainly absent since last spring) have returned to the yet-to-be redeveloped lot across from Agua Vista. Fenced-in and protected from harassment, this has been a highly productive nest

Continuing from at least early January: a tan-striped White-throated Sparrow and ~8 Varied Thrushes, including 2 brilliant males. Russ Bright

Briefly seen late this morning with 40+ White-crowned Sparrows near the oak plantation on the western hillside. Now has apparent gummed feathers around bill. Sparrows eventually flew up into the nearb

The Western Palm Warbler was in a pine at the Pacific/Drumm sidewalk junction near the tennis courts at noon today. About 1:30 at Lafayette Park there was a tan-striped White-throated Sparrow near the

Thanks to all our participants: Sharon Brostrom, Judy Winn-Bell, Steve Hayashi, David Tomb, Rob Cullison and Jim Weigand . And further thanks to Alan, Dan, and Siobhan for all their hard work. No matt

Did an Eastern Phoebe research at 2 today in the 22nd St. Jungle, no luck. However, nearby Sanchez Street between Hill and 21rst St. (upslope from perhaps SF's grandest Christmas house) in a strawberr

Today at 12:30 at the end of Collingwood at 22nd St, just uphill from Castro I enjoyed a long look at what I determined to be an Eastern Phoebe which was soon knocked off it's perch by another. Both b

After a nice early morning of birding with Dom and Brian's 3rd Friday group at Corona Heights, where a total of 39 species were found (personally highlighted by a darting Merlin) I walked around nearb

The Gray Catbird was beneath the large fruiting tree in the Andean Cloud Forest near the boundary fence at 9:45 this morning. 4 White-throated Sparrows are now near the trails above the Moon Viewing P

From Alemany Farm yesterday afternoon c. 3pm There was a light phase juvenile Ferruginous Hawk circling and rising with a Turkey Vulture whille leisurely drifting south. Description posted on ebird. S