Thank you Brian Fitch! I thought I was crazy but, shortly after arriving at Alta Plaza Park around 1 pm to watch the Blue Angels, I looked up and saw a hawk flying due south in a slight dihedral. Thin

Late morning at Elk Glen Lake today (Oct. 2) the Tropical Kingbird put on a nice display, hawking repeatedly from the small trees lining the northeast shore. Very vocal and active Black Phoebe and a b

Wow! Lots of folks visited the Log Cabin Trail and environs in GGP after Ken's timely posting of finding the Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. I arrived shortly after Derek Heins and Jim Chiropolos (around 11:

Well... Thanks to Josiah and Dominik, who both suggested Bobolink. Having only seen a few, it's possible that this was an unusual example, but I did not think of it during observation as it did not ha

Hi all I spent a bit of time around noon enjoying this lovely day at the East Wash, where I saw multiple FOF for me (including Fox Sparrow, Hermit Thrush and Flicker) but was also completely stumped b

Hi all Seeing as how no one has chimed in as yet, I wanted to pass along the fact that multiple folks had explored North Lake late this morning and early afternoon and, at least as of 1 pm, the Parula

Wow - so nice to see many of SF's finest out at Crissy Lagoon this afternoon. The Ruff put on a good show, staying where Bob and Aaron first noted it this morning on the eastern sandbar (thanks guys!

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