Interesting. I observed a female Red-breasted Merganser flying N over the surf at Ocean Beach (near Judah) several days ago on the evening of July 5th. Paul Saraceni San Francisco

This morning (5/27, 7:00-8:15), Hugh Cotter and I did another sea-watch from the Cliff House terrace. Winds were again out of the W-NW, though significantly lighter than yesterday. Birds were in small

Yesterday (5/25, 7:30-9:00 AM) and today (5/26, 7:15-9:45 AM) I did some sea-watching from the Cliff House terrace, with Hugh Cotter yesterday, and joined for part of the time today by birders Max and

Yesterday (Saturday, 4/13) morning I conducted a short seawatch from the south-end of the Great Highway (7:45-9:15 AM), joined by Hugh Cotter towards the end. Winds were variable, waves were high, and

This afternoon around 2:45 I was near Tank Hill above Cole Valley and I observed a TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE flying by itself just over the houses near the intersection of Clayton Street & Twin Peaks Boule

Today around 3:30 PM while walking in Cole Valley I came across an unexpected PALM WARBLER on the S side of 17th St., about 4 houses E of Cole St. It popped up from low bushes in front of a house and

With recent NE winds, I did a skywatch from Battery Godfrey early morning Friday, 1/25, to see if anything was moving. The flight was minimal, but there were a few species of local interest: Cackling

This morning I conducted my first seawatch of 2019 from the south-end of the Great Highway (8:15-10:15 AM). Winds were brisk from the NE which is not optimal for sea-watching at this location, but the

This morning I conducted my final seawatch of 2018 from the south-end of the Great Highway (7:20-9:20 AM). Winds were strong from the N-NW and increased as the morning went on. Visibility was excellen

This morning I did a "count week" sea watch (7:15-10:15 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway, ahead of my sea watch from this location for the SF CBC on Thurs. Winds were back out of the NW aft

This morning Hugh Cotter and I (with a brief visit from Josiah Clark) birded Battery Godfrey for the first few hours during cold, steady NE winds. Not a big flight but we did observe some species of l

This morning around 8:30 while scanning gulls at Ocean Beach from the seawall walk between Ortega & Pacheco Sts., I heard the flight rattle call of a LAPLAND LONGSPUR and quickly picked-up on the bird

A few recent observations of local interest. During Saturday (11/24) morning gull-studying and photographing by a number of of us at Ocean Beach, I observed an ANCIENT MURRELET flying N just offshore.

Another location for the goose flock is Spreckels Lake in Golden Gate Park -- on Monday (11/19) @ 8:45 AM I observed the 1 Snow Goose, 1 Greater White-fronted Goose, and 9 Cackling Geese there togethe

With just a bit of clearer air and swing-around of winds (light SW) for a few hours, I did a midday seawatch (12-1:30 PM) from the south end of the Great Highway. The highlight was not a seabird -- ar

This morning I did a seawatch (7:15-9:30 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway. Viewing conditions were very good with overcast skies and glassy seas to begin, with light W/SW winds that gradual

This morning I did a seawatch (7:15-9:00 AM) from the south end of the Great Highway, joined by Hugh Cotter for part of the time. Very good viewing conditions, overcast, with a steady SW wind. The hig

This morning (10/8) with continued (though lighter than yesterday) N winds, a number of observers (me, Hugh C., Alan H., Peter P., Josiah C., Rob C., Aaron M.) were up on Battery Godfrey for various p

Today (10/7) during late morning and afternoon, I did sporadic skywatches from my deck, looking at the skies over Cole Valley, Buena Vista Park to the E, and Tank Hill/Twin Peaks to the S. Unlike yest

I'm including below the numbers from my hawkwatch in Cole Valley (Noon-1:15 PM) to compare with Dom's, as we were both watching at the same time, approx. 1 mile apart (from E to W) as the raptor flies