During this morning's seawatch, three adult Parasitic Jaegers were pirating together, but only stayed in sight for a few minutes. A flock of around 25 Western Sandpipers flew by heading into the Golde

As I wrote via cell earlier, Erik Atwell spotted the Parakeet Auklet making a very brief sortie around Hermit Rock at 10:30 this morning (6/28). The rest of us honed in on the spot, and we too saw the

Sighted at 10 30 by Erik atwell Currently out of sight on north face of hermit rock Brian fitch

I hiked from Sutro to Eagle Pt this morning, with the only unusual species being at the East Wash. As I approached on the Coastal Trail, I heard a Northern Parula giving its high upslurred zip on the

Eastern kingbird still at dragonfly creek presidio Brian fitch

I spent several early hours at the Baths this morning, mostly watching an amazing feeding group of over a thousand Brandt's Cormorants mixed with lesser numbers of murres, gulls, and pelicans, all exp

I expected more birds today considering the light rain and the date, and I covered a number of sites to try and fulfill that hope. But things were pretty quiet on my first day of birding SF after thre

Despite spending five hours at nine different sites around town this morning, my only highlights were a Green Heron at S Lake Merced, a pair of Red Crossbills along the canal west of the lake, and a f

This morning's watch was between 6:45 and 8:15, with the following highlights: Brant - 2 northbound quite close in Common Loon - 4 singles in alternate heading north Red-necked Grebe - 1 flying into t

I did a sea watch from 7-9 this morning at the Sutro Baths. Common Murre numbers were very high, with a probable minimum of 20,000, most heading north, but many on the water or swirling around in othe

I finally encountered my first-of-spring mixed migrant flock at BV this morning. In the north side oaks near the maintenance area, there were two Warbling Vireos, two or three Cassin's Vireos, an Oran

I did a sea watch at the Sutro Baths this morning between 8 and 10:30. I put in extra time because the atmospheric clarity was outstanding, and I really expected some notable migrants to fly by. I als

On the wall at sutro. 9 am Brian fitch

Sorry to go Old World nominal on you, forgot about the split. I miss the days when three city lifers could happen in a week for me, so enjoy it while it lasts. Brian

I spent over an hour this morning around the south end of Lake Merced. On my second pass by the northeastern corner of the bridge, the calls of Sora and Virginia Rail made me stop, but the only railis

I just had brief but good views of a moorhen at the northeast corner of the concrete bridge , south lake Merced Brian fitch 8 16 a.m.

This morning at the Sutro Baths, a single Red-necked Grebe spent some minutes slowly fishing its way from North Rock eastward around Land's End. There were also four female Common Goldeneyes, 1,2,and

Two female Common Goldeneye's were swimming south of the concrete bridge this morning at South Lake Merced, an unusual site for this species. Singles of Virginia Rail and Sora were visible in the reed

I spent some time exploring Lake Merced sites this morning, with the only highlight being the continuing Palm Warbler, on the ground between the split drives that serve the boat docks and the lower pa

After realizing that I had not seen our resident rail since it's name became Ridgway's, I set aside several hours to wait for it this morning at Heron's Head. So of course it appeared immediately, and