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

For those who don’t regularly read SF Chronicle, Alvaro and coastside birding are featured in a two-page spread in today’s Sunday edition. Read it here http://bit.ly/2Llnn3E Kudos, Alvaro! Side bar: I

I wonder whether this is the same thrasher reported last year as in the bushes immediately below Carnelian Way? Happy birding days! ~ Roberta Guise

What an auspicious treat: At 12:05 it spent a couple of minutes flitting through the Crab Apple tree, our Aloe bush the other side of the fence along Poppy Lane (aloe is crazily putting out two flower

The bird may have flown over my swim buddies who were on a test swim from Fort Point to Aquatic Park at that time. Had they only known what was in the air above them… Warmly, Roberta Roberta Guise 415

Woke up just after 6am today to hear a single (female?) Great Horned owl calling over Glen Park. We sometimes would hear a male/female pair calling/responding on cold December nights, when the air was

Thanks for the learning moment Amanda -- am seeing the word "murmuration" for the first time. Must have an onomatopoeic underpinning, origin courtesy the French. -Roberta Roberta Guise 415-420-6276 De

We live on the corner of Diamond and Poppy Lane, up from the BART station. For more than 50 years, a huge beautiful Acacia grew in a back yard across the alley, forming a massive canopy over the lane.

At 9:45am today, the Palm Warbler was bobbing and working its way across the orange plastic fence around the trees at the corner of Jefferson and Hyde, opposite the South End Rowing Club, one of its f