Juli Chamberlin, Scott & Linda Terrill, and i were the observers who heard the Gray Catbird yesterday and we were all confident in the ID. First, the quality of the sound, though somewhat similarly na

I agree with you, Nina: the plumage on your bird from last month on the Log Cabin trail matches perfectly with the one we saw yesterday, so it has to be the same individual. Good eye! I would be very

Correction: the bird was on the border of the Succulent Garden and Redwood Grove, not the "nectar garden" as i said.

Aaron Maizlish found a Red-naped Sapsucker in the Botanical Garden today at around 11:30am that appears to be a different individual than the male that Alan Hopkins found in the Fragrance Garden. This

The two hawks passed each other, the Ferruginous heading roughly north, Swainson's due south. Bob Toleno Hayward

Still here putting on a show for the small mob of birders. Corner of Mason and Halleck. Bob Toleno

(Copying both SFBirds and Peninsula Birding because our area is entirely within San Mateo County) Juli Chamberlin and i led the area 12 team for the SF CBC again this year, which covers parts of South

I saw the Common Gallinule this morning at a little after 7am in exactly the spot that Peter described. It was fairly well hidden in the reeds, so i had to wait until it moved a little before i could

At 6:55 this morning, i observed the continuing CATTLE EGRET on the small patch of lawn in front of the Harding Park Golf Shop next to the main golf course parking lot. Bob Toleno Hayward

Shortly after sunrise this morning, i followed Domink's instructions and parked at Thomas and Griffith, then walked through the gate and toward the south and east. Most of the shorebird activity was c

I got a brief-but-diagnostic view of the Lucy's Warbler that Dom found a couple days ago in the area west of the boathouse at Lake Merced. I spotted it while i was standing on Harding Rd right next to

Still here in the fading light. Alan Hopkins and i are the only ones here now. Bob Toleno Hayward

After spending a few minutes visible on the front side of Hermit Rock, the Parakeet Auklet walked through the large crack and disappeared again. It can move from the back to the front without needing

Visible now on the front of Hermit Rock, 12:37pm.

The bird flew from the back side of Hermit Rock into the water for about one minute, then returned to a perch out of view on the back side again, where it currently stays. Bob Toleno Hayward

I made my fourth try for the Parakeet Auklet after work this evening from 5:30-7:30 and had no luck. There was only one other birder present. I guess most others have either given up or already seen t

Thanks to the generous offer by Jessie Bushell, seven birders were allowed access this morning to a restricted area of the San Francisco Zoo to see the continuing EASTERN PHOEBE that was just re-found

Juli and i did a little scouting for the San Francisco CBC in our area along the bayside in South San Francisco. In the grassy field next to the Inn at Oyster Point, across Marina Dr from the Dusky Wa

MAGNOLIA WARBLER was seen at Vista Grande Canal in location previously described by others. CALIFORNIA THRASHER was feeding on berries in a myoporum bush just below the penguin statue on the east side

Juli and i led a small group of three other birders on a 14-hour-long big day in San Francisco yesterday to raise money for Golden Gate Audubon. It was our third year leading this big day and our most