Just made a quick stop at the north end of Lake Merced (2-2:45). There was an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER in the willows on the hillside SW and below the level of the parking lot. There is a row of willow

Enough (Calvin, Kevin, Rich, Paul and I) of us showed up this morning on Mt. Davidson for the event to be dubbed as above. Results were only so-so compared to yesterday (of course) with a cumulative o

Saturday: few birds at Crissy Field, but one of interest at NW corner of the lagoon...an adult Green Heron feeding in mudlfats! Far from the nearest willow or brush. O-S Fly singing at: Mountain Lake,

Just spent another 45 minutes hovering over a singing Yellow-breasted Chat without seeing it, at the north end of Lake Merced in the willows just North and West of the wooden bridge. The bird sang off

Trapped northof GGPark by the Bay-to-Breakers, I check out East Wash...there I spotted Jane Anderson and we both spotted JOsiah Clark...there were plenty of birds to go around. An empid which Josiah a

...WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE and OLIVE-SIDE FLYCATCHER (the mockingbird hasn't been seen in a couple of weeks or more :-). Tomorrow might be dandy for flycatchers (and oh yes, there's the chat or maybe swift

I found that in Seattle Bewicks Wrens were all in the neighborhoods and everywhere...here Bewicks Wrens need relatively intact scrub/chapparral, and quickly disapear in developing areas josiah _______

Hi All, Sorry for the belated report, yesterday moring there was a Chipping sparrow near the "Log Cabin" in the Presidio north of Kobbe and Upton. Hugh

East Wash is still a happening place! I refound the Ash-th Flycatcher in the lace and fennel stalks above the dirt terrace; later saw it up in the euc tops preening. The Willow Flyc may also still be

Stopped back at the north end of Lake Merced at 5:15PM and re-heard the YB Chat and got a very brief look (2-3 seconds) at it as well !!! In the willows, north and west of the wooden bridge. Then head

Hi, SFbirders-- Living in Daly City as I do, I haven't been up to the Presidio...but it sounds like I should change that. Could someone tell me where the two washes are (east & west)? I think I can pi

Mt Davidson had some activity this morning, pretty much the basic recent crew of tanager, grosbeak and bunting. The only new character up there was another Ash-throated Flycatcher, in the eucs northea

Nothing unusual at Cliff House this AM...now 59 visible Br Cormorant nests on rock #2 BLOY are nesting on rock #1 (counting from left), the one nearest the shore...two dark, speckled eggs visible at t

Observations of local interest: Band-tailed Pigeon 11 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Western Wood-Pewee 3 HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER 1 -- continues on the north-facing hillside at the bottom of the Ravine trail (

On Monday morning (around 8:30) I had a group of around half-a-dozen all-dark swifts circling and chattering over the science building at City College. I'm not good with swifts if they aren't white-th

I checked the East Wash, North Lake, and Middle Lake this morning (6:45-8:15) finding nothing of note. 2 Olive-Sided Flycathchers continue in the East Wash. Wilson's Warblers at Middle and North Lake.

There wasn't anything very unusual there last night, but we did observe the heron nest on the W side of the island for awhile -- a Park Ranger told us there were 3 young in the nest, but they were out

This morning I birded Glen Park Canyon and identified nothing unusual. However, I did have one unseen warbler which only sang a couple times which superficially sounded like a YELLOW WARBLER, but afte

This morning, after checking a fogged in and windy East Waah, I ran into Brian Fitch at the Cliff House. There were the usual species present, but I spotted a Parasitic Jaeger, reasonablly near shore

There was a lot of activity at the Cliff house this morning in the high winds. It was fun to watch, but was pretty much the usual crew, with the exception of a couple of handfuls of Sooty Shearwaters