Hi all Taking advantage of this continuing nice August weather, I spent the late morning wandering about the Presidio Hills. Bird activity was a bit hit-or-miss, but a number of interesting smaller bi

Hi all Beautiful morning, and it seems that the American White Pelicans have decided to stay to enjoy our warm spell. All three remain at Crissy Field Lagoon, mostly sleeping or preening on the main s

Apologies for being somewhat off-topic, but I must correct an error in my original message. Perhaps overly exited about the robin vs. lizard encounter, I inexplicably mis-identified the species of liz

Hi all. Spent a bit of this fine morning exploring Alemany Farm, my first visit to this community resource with some good bird activity, though marred by a lot of noise from the adjacent freeway. Some

Hi all Still ridiculously hot at Crissy at around six this evening, but the few birds that were around were hanging in there - and a bit of westerly breeze helped. The Red Knot was busy foraging at th

Lucky Daniel - he arrived just after the Blue Grosbeak popped out into the open. Cliff Y had been following the bird for perhaps two hours when I arrived at about 5:15, and a few other observers came

Hi all An odd late morning wandering about the Rhododendron Dell in Golden Gate Park. There wasn't much diversity - no finches (!) or flycatchers, but there were singing Song Sparrows everywhere. The

Hi all No luck with Dominik's Indigo Bunting on a visit to Corona Heights late this afternoon/evening, but there was some interest to make getting caught in a cloudburst worthwhile. While the only blu

Hi all Interesting afternoon (May 13) at Stow Lake. So many Mallards and Canada Geese that I lost track, particularly watching a picnic of sorts at the east end with five Canada Goose families, some b

Hi all Middle of the day, didn't know where I was going, but it's still there. The White-faced Ibis was very actively foraging in the small algae filled seasonal pond in the north end of Candlestick P

Hi all Some interesting natural history taking place in our midst as spring progresses. On an exploration of the southeast corner of the Presidio late this morning I was fortunate to encounter some mo

Well - #%&*#! Rather embarrassing this... It's an immature Red-tail. Of course. Though, as Keith Gress put it: "This is a hot mess of a Red-tailed Hawk". Nonetheless, I should not have allowed the wor

Hi all Another morning, more signs of breeding, this time in the Presidio. Had a fledgling House Finch and multiple birds visiting nests or feeding young. And... I'm baffled by a hawk I saw (poorly) f

Hi all Guess I have been discombobulated by the seemingly prolonged (but normal) rainy season and the (mostly) cool spring, but I was pleasantly surprised early this afternoon by my first non-hummingb

Hi all Apparently I've chosen the wrong locations (or haven't gotten out early enough) so I have seen rather few migrants over the past couple of days. But making up for that has been numerous signs o

Thanks Brian! Good teamwork, indeed. I arrived a bit after noon to find Josiah Clark intently filming the Sabine's as it swam about the pond. We watched it for the better part of an hour, saw it get a

Interesting morning! I waited until the fog cleared before heading out to the concrete bridge area of Lake Merced, foolishly thinking that I would be able to see the Gallinule. In mid-day? No such luc

While enjoying a beautiful walk before noon along the north waterfront I came across a lone sanderling at the Golden Gate Yacht Club harbor that was acting strangely. I first saw it foraging atop a se

Hi all As if the sudden re-appearance of the sun and warm temperatures were not enough, there were nice hints of spring from our avian friends yesterday and today. At Land's End yesterday I saw a pair

Also seems early to me - on a walkabout around 1pm I noted three Violet-green Swallows (FOS) around the NE corner of Alta Plaza Park. Looked like a possible pair and a rival, and they were repeatedly