Common Merganser was upstream in the quartermasters reach, under the Marina offramp. GWF Goose and Common Goldeneye on the lagoon. Male GW Teal on the bay off parking lot. Dave Weber, Milpitas By phon

January 13 Birds of Protected Lands – POST’s enrichment of Bay Area avifauna Diane and Peter Hart Diane and Peter Hart are adult-onset birders who slouched into birding and bird photography while wind

Hey all, I might just be out-of-the-loop here, but Augie Kramer and I were surprised today to see a female Common Merganser awkwardly waddling its elongated body along the mudflats at Quartermaster Re

Heading home from North lake I noticed two GHOs in the tree they used to nest in a couple of years ago. The single tree on south side of JFK across from the bison shelter. One was in the nest, one abo

Happy New Year birders! Battery watch turned up 2 Brant floating reasonably close in about an hour ago. Maybe a couple 100 m out. They were near some floating logs. Stayed put the whole time. Good 202

Yellow Bellied Sapsucker in Coast Live Oak - north east of California Garden in Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park - making nasal meow like calls

White-winged Dove well-seen this morning at Lafayette Park. Moving around west part, somewhat centered around the restroom. Dave Weber, Milpitas By phone

After a patient search of around an hour, Hugh Harvey and I spotted the continuing Rock Sandpiper on the north side of the jetty, 100+ feet from the end, at around 11am. Quite unperturbed, it patientl

The eBird Trip Report link below uses new functionality rolled out by eBird just in time for the CBC’s. It is a very nice way to drill down on the data from our January 2 count day: https://ebird.org/

The WHITE-WINGED DOVE last report in Lafayette Park was there again this morning, hanging out on the tennis courts with EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVES and MOURNING DOVES. And a NASHVILLE WARBLER was in the C

In cold, clear weather today’s teams in the field found 158 species, with highlights being Rock Wren, Redheads at two locations, Caspian Tern, Lark Sparrow, Heermann’s Gull, Black Scoter, Golden and B

Tomorrow is the last day of Count Week for the San Francisco Christmas Bird Count. We're up to 182 species, with one day left to add species. The attachment lists the bird species seen so far.

Just noticed an unusually large group of double-crested cormorants in the water next to Pier 54, along with some gulls, brown pelicans, and even Canada geese (they are on the roof of Pier 54, which I

The clarity at the ocean this morning was stunning, but didn’t avail me of any new species for this bizarre year. Four Marbled Murrelets, five Bottlenosed Dolphins, and a drake Common Merganser headin

The following files have been uploaded to the Files area of the SFBirds@groups.io group. /SF CBC Birds Seen as of 12.30.21.docx By: David Assmann <david_assmann@...> Description: 2021 SF Christmas Bir

The "Mexican Duck" at Cypress Lawn pond. Where people feed them 800am. Calvin Lou Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

Three additions to this year's count - Dominik Mosur and Peter Metropulos found a Mexican Duck yesterday in the Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Paul Saraceni had 2 Sooty/Short-Tailed Shearwaters on an ocean wa

Yesterday's Christmas Bird Count has tallied 178 species so far, down from last year's 190, but within our 10 year average (the weather undoubtedly was a factor). And there's still two more days left

Brandy Ford, Andrew Mcgann, David Wimpfheimer, Brian Browne, John Murnane, Hugh Cotter and I worked together to divide and cover the presidio yesterday, a very challenging task. Area three has the hig

Hi all Interesting duck at Lafayette Park today. I think it's a juvenile of the 'Donald' type. A Happy Holiday to all! Richard Bradus San Francisco