Nice day in South Bay today: Many Curlew and Willet at Palo Alto Baylands, nesting Stilt and Avocet Kites, Harrier, Marsh Wrens At Charleston Slough: Pintails (>5), Ruddy Ducks, many Les Scaup, one Bl

On Saturday June 15, I visited Fort Funston to check the quail. I was I got to the restoration/quail area at about 9 and it took over a hour to see or hear any quail. I was about to give up when a mal

San Francisco Birders: Thanks to those who replied to my RFI. Unfortunately I had little time to follow up on all the locations. I tried to track down Calvin Lou's Hooded Warbler but struck out. Direc

I visited Strybing Arboretum this morning and did not see or hear any quail. I did see an imm. Red-tail dive-bombing a Great Blue Heron, and an imm. Cooper's Hawk going after the Starlings in the Euca

Hi All, I just got a call from Dan Murphy who asked that I relay the following: ( or at least I volunteered to do so) Today he got a call from Ed Ely who told him of a Least Tern on the beach at the n

Hi All, Ed Ely called Dan back, he went back out to find this bird and believes that it is a Least Tern and was able to see it again ( up until 5 pm at least). Ed reviewed it against 3 field guides an

This afternoon at about 4:30 I got a call from Don Mahoney at Strybing reporting that he had just seen about six quail chicks in the South Africa section just north of the California Garden. He said t

Observed a couple of vireos that are somewhat unusual for the date/location. Observations of local interest: Band-tailed Pigeon 10 Hutton's Vireo 1 (my 1st for Mt. D) Warbling Vireo 1 (singing vigorou

Wednesday June 21, I visited the Arboretum today at about 11. I spent quite a bit of time looking for the quail chicks and did not see or hear anything until the fog lightened at about 12:30. I first

I thought I'd pass this on to ya' all. Alan NEWS FROM THE OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR KATZ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2000 Contact: Janet Michaelson (415)554-5335; Mark Westlund (415) 934-4814, Dept of

I did the media thing today with Damian Rafa and a lot of other great folks from the Presidio Trust. We met with a reporter and photographer from the Chron. I think the angle revolves around the new c

To avoid duplication, and boredom on some parts, I will no longer be reporting quail notes on SF Birds. From this point on to receive my quail notes please subscribe to the Golden Gate Audubon Conserv

Tomorrow "Science" will publish an article saying that birds were contemporaneous with the earliest dinosaurs...so much for feathers from reptile scales (if dinosaurs really were reptiles)...Dr. Nicho

Observations of local interest: Band-tailed Pigeon 11 Warbling Vireo 1 (foraging low in bramble near summit) Orange-crowned Warbler 3 (in bramble near summit; including 2 scruffy looking juveniles; pr

Mid-summer doldrums and daily morning fog continue. Observations of local interest: Band-tailed Pigeon 1 Warbling Vireo 1 (singing in the "Bowl") Orange-crowned Warbler 3 (including 2 juveniles) Wilso

...I can probably get the site updated this weekend if I get everyone's update shortly. Thanks, Mark -- Mark Eaton mailto:mweaton@... SFBirds Web Page http://home.pacbell.net/mweaton Golden Gate Audub

If you have been wondering where I have been, I was camping in the Olympic Rainforest and Vancouver Island. Of course I'd been planning to get some birding in as well as relaxing, but I had a small pl

This morning (7:15-8:15) in the fog at Mt. Davidson, I observed 21 Pine Siskins and at least 48 Lesser Goldfinches (many juveniles), my high counts for the year for both species. 3 Orange-crowned Warb