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

A nice male EURASIAN WIGEON was swimming with about 75 AMERICAN WIGEON at Pier 94 this morning.

I spent an hour and a half or so along the east side of Buena Vista Park from about 10am (Nov. 28), including on sapsucker watch for at least a half hour across from the Manor House/condo area, but no

I tried for the sapsucker again this morning, also without success. My city lifer Yellow-bellied was first found by Josiah in the Rhodie Dell back in 2005. It took me three weeks to refind it, just a

Hi all, I had a White-throated Sparrow in a sparrow flock at Elk Glen Lake this morning around 11am on the east side of the lake in the area between the lake and Middle Drive West. It was spotted agai

Opting to head north to the waterfront (and therefore missing the possible Y-b Sapsucker seen by Brian at Buena Vista to the south) I was nonetheless fortunate to witness a somewhat drawn-out aerial c

Around 11:30 this morning I found an apparent adult male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker along Buena Vista Ave East. My wife and I were walking on the south side boardwalk in BV Park when I saw a woodpecker

A CASSIN'S VIREO and a BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER were Thanksgiving surprises at El Polin Spring today. Both were in a tree immediately north of the spring. At Fort Mason, the BULLOCK'S ORIOLE has no

Hi all, Clay-colored Sparrow found on the north slope of Alemany Farm by 8 year old Adi. https://ebird.org/checklist/S76693285 Happy birding, Rajan

That's funny Joe. Sounds like you have just christened her, even though we don't know if it's a him or not (and these days it doesn't matter anyway). Actually, I'll look at last year's alternate feath