2/12/2021: bird break this afternoon to Pier 94 was eventful. Breezy in the open areas, low tide. Very large Gull roost with good diversity, no peeps for second visit in a row GLAUCOUS GULL: juvenile,

Post planting party we birded Pier 94 in sunny, beautiful weather and were rewarded with some good birds. AMERICAN PIPIT was strutting, foraging south side of the quite full Hansen pond. Likely the sa

Jan. 14: Noreen and I met a non-birder friends at the Boathouse, for the 3 mile walk around the lakes, which is 5.48 miles per eBird if you use the concrete bridge cut-off. Began by walking down the s

Noreen and I got a late start but when we arrived at Ft. Mason bird activity was still very high. Upon exiting our ride we heard alarm calls immediately looked up to an adult Peregrine with a yellowis

After the Vireo party, Philly style in the willows west side of south impound, Noreen and I checked out the lake from the bridge. We noticed a couple of distant phalarope that turned up RED PHALAROPE.

Left sunny and warm Potrero Hill mid afternoon excited to bird Lake Merced. A mile before we drove into a dense wall of fog. Right down to deck level too but it was mostly birdable and the colors real

Photos (cropped and reduced to 100dpi only) of putative Virginia's Warbler or extremely gray Nashville at Ft. Mason Battery on October 1 embedded in this checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S742934

9/26 Heron's Head: we had a single NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW flying south over the India Basin cove, eBird listed as rare. First Avocet we've seen there in a while. Lake Merced Concrete bridge: ma

First off, wow on the Pier 94 rarities! Thanks for those reports. Noreen and I heard then saw a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, SE corner of concrete bridge. It flew in from the east "chinking" loudly and repea

Gorgeous morning for a brief visit to Pier 94. Lot's of butterfly and bee activity in the uplands. Surprised to see the continuing male EURASIAN WIGEON loafing in the Hanson "pond" which is quickly ev

4/15/2020 McLaren Park Gray Fox Creek willows: Human activity relatively low, bird activity high, much singing especially PURPLE FINCHES perched up, territorial singing, overwhelming the eBird expecte

Noreen and I have been periodically monitoring the willow habitat that follows Gray Fox creek above and below JG Amphitheater. RPD's Natural Resources have been working to restore this zone for many y

Got out to Heron's Head in the afternoon on January 10, 2020 in gorgeous weather, low tide after the King Tide in the morning. Birds were very active. Nice diversity too, 53 species in a 90 minute vis

Took a break from the home remodel project and went with Noreen to Pier 94 late afternoon. She and a grad student at SFSU are doing an interesting Olympian Oyster study that Smithsonian is sponsoring

Curious about the ecology of San Francisco's seldom visited Farallon Islands? Here's a chance to learn more about one of the most productive seabird islands in the north Pacific from a biologists who

September 3: Noreen and I had fun showing a visiting American Bird Conservation biologist some local sand and not so local birds while yakking about conservation issues and strategies. We met at the C

July 3: Did a mini-Bio-blitz at Pier 94 and Yosemite slough with Bob Hall and Brent Plater this morning Pier 94 highlights included a LEAST SANDPIPER that circled us calling, briefly landed in the mar

Noreen and I took a spin around the waterfront on Friday with a Netherlander birder. He had happened upon Skimmer admirers Thursday and, upon seeing he was with binoculars, these birders pointed out t

Jan. 12, 3-4 PM, Lake Merced concrete bridge: perhaps the pressure drop, songbirds were mostly silent during walk when suddenly, nearly all of the ducks & gulls and even coots lifted from the lake. We

Heron’s Head Park: the very clean looking BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER that David found earlier was very active just before the marsh overlook. According to Ebird this is a first-sighting of this speci