I revised the Hooded Orioles to two immature male Bullock’s Orioles (and sent the rare bird documentation to my area leader this morning). Anna

At Geary and Fillmore a few minutes ago (12/1/2020; 08:20), a bright flock of large, white, swift-moving birds moved over Pacific Heights, maybe visible from Lafayette Square if you were looking south

Shows that we are having a great fall migration and that any old overrun spot in the City can yield good stuff if you keep your eyes on the prize. This particular bird was flycatching off a soccer goa

It must be raining warblers if even Jefferson Square is producing goodies. Last Friday passing through on my way to play tennis I found six YELLOW WARBLERS, a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER, a WILSON’S W

I couldn’t take hiding inside anymore so I strapped on the industrial respirator and made my way to Lafayette Park. The first thing I saw was a Black-headed Grosbeak, a FOP (First of Park) for me. Man

Untold numbers of Sooty Shearwaters are flying off Ocean Beach. It’s 4:30 pm Monday August 10. Anna

Probably because of the strong overnight winds, there was not a single sooty to be seen this morning (8/5). I watched from the Cliff House at 8 and then moved to the Land’s End overlook at Mile Rock.

Tried for the yellow warbler and tailless Parula at Ft. Mason early Friday morning, but it was D-E-D dead. Just finches, and a subdued Mockingbird. Saturday morning Crissy Lagoon was alive with so man

Still here at 3:20 pm. Not a shy bird! Anna

I was supposed to be birding in a remote canyon in SE Arizona today. Missing that would be worth a good sulk. I declined to mope and instead rode my bike to El Polin Spring at lunch to find a quiet pa

I biked to Ft Point at lunch, hoping to catch some Harbor Porpoises feeding on the flood. No luck on them, but good birds: Pigeon guillemots flew out the gate in a steady trickle 43 Western Grebes raf

I was biking home from my trainer in Mission Bay just now when I heard a kingfisher rattle. I was at Mission Bay Drive and Berry St, right at the Caltrain track crossing along 7th. I eventually found

I was walking across Van Ness near City Hall at 6:40 this morning. A Peregrine gripping a dead bird flew about 30 ft above my head, flapping hard with the load, and closely followed by a squawking Wes

Mew Gulls have been a steady presence in Civic Center this winter. They really like the northeast square of lawn during the rain, and I count as many as 35 massed up on this one patch, looking for wor

Not birds, but last night at 7:07 I had a chance sighting of 7+ bats feeding at Ulloa and Sunset. They were perfectly backlit by the sunset orange sky. I presume they are Mexican Free-tailed bats, but

I had the luckiest after-work birding today. First bird I saw when I got off the N Judah was a pointy-winged PEREGRINE FALCON flapping southwest. On Strawberry Hill I didn’t re-find the Red-eyed Vireo

Jefferson Square Park continues to delight, punching above its weight for an urban, grass-covered parklet, with a WESTERN TANAGER and a PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER in addition to 2 BLACK PHOEBES and HUMM

Did anyone else see a large (?) raptor, brown all over, broad wings, and small, narrow tail (or tail held in tight?), flying west over Aquatic Park and Ft Mason about 10:50 this morning? I didn’t noti

It came out towards noon again for another 15 minutes of feeding and sat on the top of the rock for a nice long while. Good views. Anna

Right now, circling. 1:11 pm. Anna