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

Birders, Hiking through Lobos Creek this morning I spotted an Acorn Woodpecker in the conifers (I was surprised so took an extra moment to confirm the white eye, wing patches, etc). He called as he fl

Hi Folks, Was wrapping up an uneventful-but-nothing-to-complain-about hour in Ft Mason Community Garden this morning when a male PALM WARBLER landed at eye level less than 10 feet away. He had a chest

Hi, Last night I was reading (9:30 pm Tuesday night) in my Civic Center apartment. I heard unusual bird calls and ran to the balcony. A tight, anastomosing flock of about 50 white birds with boomerang

I'm looking at what I believe is a n. Saw-whet owl right now. I'm across from the bathrooms near the side entrance to the sf botanical gardens on Middle drive. I'll try to stay near for another hour o

I didn't see anything Oriole-like there this morning, but I did hear and then track down a female Nuttall's woodpecker, a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a variety of Warblers, Black Phoebe, many hummers, parro

I had a really good and really lucky sighting of the INDIGO BUNTING last night (August 5) at 5:30 pm. I was rushing to the irrigation pond to look for him when I heard a rustle in the bare branches to

I am late to post this, but I saw two barn owls at Cumberland and Dolores Friday night at 9:30 pm. Anna

A couple of spottings: Wednesday 7/30 saw a juvenile sharp-shinned hawk eating a big, fat pigeon in my backyard, 1/2 block from Dolores Park. Yay! Shushed the neighbors so he could eat in peace. Satur