Not to one-up you, Roy (😊), but there’s at least one Eurasian Collared-Dove on Chenery immediately east of Diamond in Glen Park, whose cooing one can hear all over the nayb at different times of the d

Having been born and raised till my teens in England where these little beauties were known as the “Robin Redbreast,” they sing their pretty hearts out just a few feet away from where you might be sta

Exciting! Hugh, you rock! ~ Roberta Roberta Guise | Reputation shaper (she/her) 415-420-6276 Guise Consulting Where leading authorities are made From: SFBirds@groups.io <SFBirds@groups.io> on behalf o

The Wall Street Journal had news this week about a new study in the journal Science Advances. Supposedly this is a "free link" that removes the WSJ paywall: https://www.wsj.com/articles/birds-thrived-

At 7:10am Wed, July 28, my first-ever Glen Park Eurasian sighting on a wire across Diamond at Sussex. It put out a prolonged coo-coo sequence, was hyper-active, then flew off. Is it an ominous sign fo

Anyone like to write an obit for SF Chronicle? We could pitch in to pay for it. If possible, a piece in GGAS Gull newsletter would also be great — psst...Ilana, are you reading this? I did a bit of re

Thank you for the link, Alex. I clicked just in time to see the chicks for about 20 seconds before mom came back and settled down on top of them. So beautiful, and to think that’s real life in the bui

Congratulations. Tell your son he has at least one new fan in SF. I had wondered whether songs would change — tempo, pitch or tone — now that they’re competing less with traffic. Warmly, Roberta Rober

So I realize Heerman's isn't unusual, but this solo individual has been strutting along the edge of the water for at least two weeks, plucking stuff out of the water. It's there most days I go swimmin

I met up with Rachel Lawrence the last week of January this year to ogle at it. It had been there a couple of weeks before that. So safe to say most of January 2020. Ah, the good old days… P.S. Great

Around 11:45pm Sat 5/3 on the east side of Glen Park, behind Diamond Street up Poppy Lane a few trees beyond the back of our house, I heard the owl call. Have heard them occasionally on cold clear Dec

Stunning! What a thrilling birdie treat. They have every nourishing reason to stick around for a while... ~ Roberta ********************************************************************** Guise Marketi

A typically stunning male flitted around the garden at 3:30pm, then plopped into the bird bath for about 20 seconds. Is bird bath bathing normal behavior for a warbler? Happy birding trails, Roberta G

Jean’s book was my birding bible when I got interested in birds in 1986 (Surf Scoter in Aquatic Park in August had me smitten). Together with the Nat Geo guide it was the perfect informational couplet

At 5:15pm today a Hermit Thrush popped in, splashed around in the bird bath for a long minute, gave itself a good hard shake then flew off. Reporting a couple of days late: Wednesday at 6:30 Wed AM ju

This may sound obvious: my rule of thumb is to never, ever, leave anything in the car regardless of where it’s parked (even our garage at home) that I wouldn’t want to lose. I plan before leaving the

Could mean they’re preserving energy, easier to see carrion, and (my final nutcase guess) thermals too erratic to ride. -Roberta 415-420-6276 Roberta Guise Sent from mobile so excuse typos and errant

All, Could the smoke be affecting birds? We’ve been blanketed with smoke for a week now. What kinds of cumulative effects could there be in birds’ lungs? Curiously birding, Roberta Roberta Guise 415-4

Crazy thought, or not: could the Millennium Tower window that recently cracked be from a bird collision? Warmly, Roberta Roberta Guise 415-420-6276 ****************************************************

I once tried birding along the edges at Harding, and was shooed away by a groundskeeper or whatever you call those people in little electric carts who manage the grounds. He was nasty, threatening whe