Hello folks. We are going to attempt a winter pelagic on Feb 27, with weather date on the 28th. With various land based observations of Leach’s Storm-Petrels we are hoping to see one or more out there

Hi folks A quick note that there are spawning herring in Sausalito, unfortunately much of it inaccessible. However, the fish stretch down to Fort Baker. The gulls were down as far as pt cavallo and se

HI folks, A couple of spots opened up for Saturday’s trip out of Half Moon Bay. If you are interested, please let me know. Good birding! Alvaro Alvaro Jaramillo alvaro@... www.alvaro

Hi folks, We did a Farallon Islands trip today out of Half Moon Bay in superb and calm weather. On the way out a highlight was a Bank Swallow in San Mateo county, along with big numbers of Sooty Shear

Hi folks We had a fantastic, pleasant trip out from Half Moon Bay to the Pioneer Canyon in San Francisco waters yesterday. It was calm so many of the larger birds were sitting on the water, but the we

Hi all, You may have heard about goodies seen out of Half Moon Bay recently. Want to go out and see some of these things? Well, I have a trip this Sunday (23d) and next Sunday (30th). The 23d focuses

David, I think that is a Glaucous-winged x Western, which is much more expected here than a Herring x ? at this time of year. Pale eyes do show up on these hybrids. It is too dark on the back for a He

HI all, A quick report on our trip out to the Farallon Islands out of Pillar Point Harbor. First of all, fantastic weather! T-shirt weather. A few miles out of the harbor we came upon a huge dead Hump

Hi all, We had a great day out from Half Moon Bay to San Mateo and San Francisco county waters today. The highlight for most was a Leatherback Sea Turtle just a few miles offshore from Half Moon Bay!

Hi folks, Amazing and gorgeous warm weather on Sunday, with very little swell and wind. We birded partly in San Mateo County and San Francisco counties. The offshore water ranged from 61.5 F to nearly

Hi folks I will be giving a talk Thursday night at the Presidio Officer’s Club titled “Birder Brains and why Birding is for you.” This talk is about how the brain of a birder works to identify birds,

Hi folks, The water is heating up offshore, and hopefully the birding will also. El Niño is gathering force off the Galapagos, and we are already seeing displacements of birds from there. Who knows, b

Hi folks Below is a link to the Kelp Gull photos. This was a classic rare bird when least expected, I was doing a run on the beach when I eyeballed this black backed gull in the local flock. I slowed

HI folks An adult gull with fully Black back, stout bill, olive-yellow legs, pale eye and red orbital was at the Pilarcitos Creek Mouth in Half Moon Bay (Venice Beach) today from 1 pm to at least 1:45

Hi folks Last Saturday we were able to get out into San Mateo and San Francisco waters out of Half Moon Bay. The conditions were challenging. It was not a massive swell, but it was bouncy as we had a

Hi folks, There are still spaces left for the spring pelagic this Saturday out of Pillar Point Harbor (Half Moon Bay). The spot forecast looks good for Saturday, before that we are going to have wind

HI folks Our spring pelagic is scheduled for Saturday April 25th, out of Pillar Point Harbor (Half Moon Bay). Recent wind activity has kick started the spring upwelling season and water temperatures h

Hey Josiah Aren’t Type 2 the expected breeding variety here? This is the Ponderosa Pine crossbill. Type 5 is the Lodgepole Pine crossbill that tends to be much more closely tied to its pine, while Typ

Hi folks, A quick report on yesterday’s pelagic trip out of Half Moon Bay, which was mostly in San Mateo Waters with a bit at of San Francisco at the edge of the Pioneer Canyon. The day started off wi

Hi I may have missed this thread, but the original question is not answerable as we can’t track what happens to most vagrant birds. They also differ in their ecological needs, reason for which they ar