From late morning onward I'd been checking the sky east and west of my home (no N or S view here), and finally, a little before 1 PM, a TV soared past. So I stopped my tasks and sat down to watch west

In the last 30 minutes, I've had Broad-winged and Ferruginous Hawks moving south on vectors east of Buena Vista and Corona, and just now another Prairie Falcon soaring SW over Corona. All were apparen

All night easterlies gave some of us hope of good bird movement today, but results were less exciting than we wished for. Sightings of interest included: Greater White-fronted Goose - 1, and 5 over Ma

I spent some time at the Sutro Baths today, despite the failure of the predicted winds to materialize yet again. A few duck species were moving, the highlight being Common Merganser, with one male and

A 45 minute watch from Corona turned up 2 Turkey Vultures, 2 juv Northern Harriers, a single Sharp-shinned Hawk, 9 Cooper's Hawks, including 4 together kettling, 1 migrant Red-shouldered, the previous

3 broad winged hawks have passed over Buena Vista or corona heights in the last few minutes 1 35 pm Brian fitch

Still near the falls on strawberry hill stow lake golden gate park Actively flycatching and not very cooperative Brian fitch

I love days like this when things pop out all over... I almost ignored the ibis as it flew by at an angle which hid its leg extension, since there are so many cormorants at the lake. But it circled ba

Immature white faced still hanging out with mallards at nw corner of concrete bridge south lake Merced. No white on face unicolored Bill slightly reddish eye Preening and occasionally calling Brian Fi

Ibis at the nw corner concrete bridge 8 53 am Brian fitch

The Tropical Kingbird was still hawking actively from both the reeds and willows a little before 1 PM on the north side of Elk Glen Lake, seen with Cris and Derek Heins. Really good teamwork out there

On the north side of strawberry hill 11 35 Ken Judy and I just found maybe Brian turners same bird Brian fitch

An interesting day, with multiple uncommon to rare migrant/vagrants; too bad the round up didn't happen over one of the last two days. Battery Godfrey was quiet compared to yesterday, with the highlig

Over the past 45 minutes I've seen kite kestrel Lewis wp willow flyc lark and chipping sparrow at ft scott. Plus several early raptors at batt Godfrey like harrier coopers and red tailed. Brian fitch

3 white faced ibis heading east from battery Godfrey 8 45 Brian fitch

While I did not observe diagnostic plumage details, I'm going to ID this bird as a juvenile female Northern Goshawk, based on the very large size and on flight style. The size of a Red-tailed, mostly

Not definite but what looked like a juvenile goshawk flew near battery Godfrey at 12 40 heading se Will research later but keep your eyes open Brian fitch

Rob's Clay-colored was in the same spot behind McLaren during the 12 o'clock hour. Brian Fitch

It had been 22 years since I last saw a Prairie Falcon in SF, but the drought ended at 12:30 today when one coursed over Battery Godfrey, adding that one species that made an otherwise slow hawkwatch

20000 or more in the mouth of the golden gate at 10 45 am Viewed from battery Godfrey Brian fitch