This morning I seawatched (7:25-10:10 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway. Brisk/increasing W winds, gray overcast skies, choppy seas, incoming tide, very good visibility out to the horizon. T

Possibly Elegant Terns. On some foggy summer nights over the years I have heard loud flocks of Elegant Terns flying E high over my home in Cole Valley. My most recent observation of this phenomenon wa

This morning I seawatched (7:15-10:05 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway. Moderate SW winds, gray overcast skies, choppy seas, low tide, excellent visibility out to the horizon. The highlight

This morning I seawatched (7:15-9:00 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway. Brisk W winds, gray overcast skies, low tide, visibility improved out to the horizon during the watch. The highlights

This morning I started with a seawatch (7:15-9:00 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway. Brisk SW winds, choppy ocean surface, gray overcast skies, but very good visibility out to the horizon. I

This morning I did a seawatch (7:25-10:05 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway. Moderate/increasing SW winds, choppy ocean surface, partly cloudy, excellent visibility out to the horizon. I've

This morning during seawatching from the Cliff House in strong W winds, Hugh Cotter and I observed at least 26 ELEGANT TERNS, all of which were flying W out of the Golden Gate Channel then heading SW.

The Sooties are massing again right now (6:25 pm Thurs) off of Rivera access to OB. Cheers, Paul Saraceni

This evening (now) Sooty Shearwaters are moving in big numbers off Ocean Beach. Several thousand were flying N in pulses when I arrived around 7:10 pm. In the past 20 minutes (7:45-8:05) they have bee

This morning I did a seawatch (7:15-8:45 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway. After the strong W/NW winds the past several days, there was at least a temporary break with light (but increasing

This morning around 8:30 AM I briefly observed another late-spring TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, along the east side of Buena Vista Park. It perched near the top of a couple of cypress trees, then flew E acro

A 1st-spring male SUMMER TANAGER was observed today @ the north end of Ft. Scott in the Presidio, at least thru 1:00 PM. The tanager was making a circuit among the cypress trees including those just n

(Bad cell service at the location so apologies if multiple or broken msgs come through) To clarify location, the Parakeet Auklet was best viewed about 25 meters to the right of the viewing area below

The PARAKEET AUKLET is back this morning at the Mile Rock overlook. First observed it flying around 9:30. Hugh Cotter and I are presently (10:00) observing it on or near a flat rectangular rock nearsh

The PARAKEET AUKLET is back this morning at the Mile Rock overlook. First observed it flying around 9:30. Hugh Cotter and I then observed it on or near a flat rectangular rock nearshore in line with M

Typo — White-faced Ibis of course. Apologies.

At 7:50 am a flock of ~30 Glossy Ibis flew south past seawatch over the ocean then turned inland and flew east just north of Ft Funston towards Lake Merced. Keep your eyes open for these. Will get acc

The Hooded Warbler continues this morning in the Fuschia Dell. There’s also a singing RED-EYED VIREO — seen and heard — in the big euc over the oak grove and south of horseshoe pits — 7:45-8:00 am. Pa

I had a few observations of note from Ocean Beach this weekend. Yesterday (5/9) evening during a beach walk, I stopped at the N end of the beach (just before the Cliff House bluff) for a bit of seawat

This morning I did a seawatch (7:30-10:30 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway. There were light SW winds. The fog bank moved in from and out to the horizon several times during my watch, but n