With SNPLs ~Moraga

Just caught sight of Brian Fitch’s sapsucker from a week or two ago It flew from NZ Christmas tree with sapsucker holes on south east side of BV to trees to the west of BV Manor House

Hi all - There has been a WTSP wintering with other crowns along "Mount Lane" staircase below Rocky Outcrop; map and photos here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S77160754 I heard it this morning, a riche

Sorry everyone - I messed up on the photos. The "gang of four" was together initially (White-fronted and three Cackling), but I didn't think to take out my phone to get any photos until later. I got t

Hi all On a pre-lunch walkabout I headed down through the Presidio and explored the Letterman Digital Arts Complex, with its artificial stream and pond (quite a hit with the young kids, who revel in f

Even though Golden Gate Audubon is not able to sponsor this year's San Francisco Christmas Bird Count, we are proceeding with a modified count on December 29th, subject to COVID restrictions in effect

Join us Thursday, Dec. 10 for this Month's Meeting featuring Jen Hunter and The Sweet Smell of Ecological Balance: Skunks and Their Roles in California Habitats. Jen Hunter is the Site Director for th

On mudflat at Southwest corner of lagoon now. More specifically the mudflat along the south shore of the lagoon. -- Joel Perlstein San Francisco

Hello all, I just posted this video today which summarizes photos I have of many known age (banded) Western Gulls, in order to understand how they change as they age. It is long, but you can fast forw

Perched on a rocky cliff just west of China Beach around 4 pm today. Looked longer and chunkier than a nearby Western Gull. Plumage all white except for some light grayish markings on the head. Legs p

Luckily this female posed long enough for me to get a couple shots through binoculars. Sally

5 warblers today at El Polin. In addition - Townsends, Yellow-rumped, Orange-crowned, and the continuing Gray-throated Black. Photos on ebird https://ebird.org/checklist/S77155746

Five warblers in the Fort Mason Community Garden this morning including YELLOW WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and lots (45+) of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. A conti

The White Peli's were an overdue addition to my house list (126). While they've been hanging out at Crissey in recent years, they're still very rare flying over town. These were likely soaring near th

Soaring somewhere near mission bay apparently heading for Potrero Brian Fitch

After reviewing my photos, it turns out that I was able to capture a few usable shots of the last of the Coop's dogfights (and some nice static views as well). I have added the photos to my eBird chec

The BULLOCK'S ORIOLE continues to rattle in the Fort Mason Community Garden and seems settled in for the winter. When I first arrived at Fort Mason it was quite foggy and a BARN OWL flew right over my

At Geary and Fillmore a few minutes ago (12/1/2020; 08:20), a bright flock of large, white, swift-moving birds moved over Pacific Heights, maybe visible from Lafayette Square if you were looking south

Yesterday took a small group of people from shaping San Francisco on a bike ride through GGP. Highlights included 13 hooded mergansers between Lilly pond and stow lake, 12 northern shovelers at Stowe

As a beginner birder, I'm confused about how to ID gulls. This one was at Palace of Fine Arts last week. It looks like a juvenile herring gull, but there is no mention or depiction of that white tip o