"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" is one of Wallace Stevens' most beloved poems, taught in many an English class, and accessible even to those who don't love poetry. Given the seasonality of t

I went to Lake Merced this morning, but the birds were extremely quiet early on. After sitting out the brief rain under a leafless willow, I went back out onto the northeast corner of the concrete bri

Just viewed a southbound swainson’s hawk from my house. This is an exceptional winter record for San Francisco. It was headed toward the Bernal Heights area. Photos will be posted on eBird later. You

Greetings Sf Birders, I would like to know if it is ok to post two photos here of a deceased bird I found in my backyard for identification and guesses to cause of death. Rigor mortise had not set in

Grr. Despite my careful efforts, gmail still screwed up my picture order: 3339 - Lincoln Sparrow? 3710 - Red-shouldered Hawk? 3840, 3849, 3847 - Savannah Sparrow? 4267, 4271 - Mallard hybrid? 4287, 43

Yesterday the previously reported YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was at the Least Flycatcher stakeout spot - high up in a Cypress tree. And today, at Fort Mason, a BRANT flew over heading north.

I have a number of books on California natural history and birds, out of print and pre-1950. Would it be OK for me to submit list to this group to see if anybody wants them? I'm old enough now that I

In addition to the continuing BULLOCK'S ORIOLE in the Fort Mason Community Garden, a YELLOW WARBLER was in the north west corner of the garden. No sign of the Western Tanager today for me, although an

I think this is some sort of sparrow, but can't figure out which one. It was foraging around the ground in the low lying vegetation at Heron's Head on Sunday 1/3/21, by itself as far as I could see. I

The SWAMP SPARROW(S) continue at the Vista Grande Canal - saw one near the pipe and a few minutes later what I believe was a second one. At the Concrete Bridge very large all white gull flew over that

Hey everyone, the purpose of this list is to disseminate bird sightings and related information in SF. This is not a creative writing class (and yes I’m talking to you directly Richard, but others are

Hi all Late morning visit to El Polin cut short by the rain. While there I heard a sharp chip call repeated a few times and found this generally yellow warbler gleaning in the brush, mostly hidden in

Rather than piling it on with all The thank yous and applause emojis im calling this thread dead on arrival. On Jan 6, 2021, at 13:14, Peggy Lopipero-Langmo <peggy.lopipero.langmo@...> wrote:  I too

An update on my backyard hummingbird! First off, it's still present today, and apparently is also being seen at hummingbird feeders at a home backing onto the "wild" area at the intersection of Cesar

Hi all To the benefit of a MOB that showed up after noon, the Hammond's Flycatcher was again seen along the north side fence at Moscone Playing Fields in North Beach after the sun came out, flycatchin

In a break in the rain, there was a flurry of activity out back of our home - the usual sparrows and warblers and kinglet, and a Nuttall's Woodpecker and Northern Flicker joining. I took a glance at a

I would like to congratulate Rachel Lawrence on setting a new single calendar year record for species observed in San Francisco county in 2020. Her eBird total of 277 eclipses the previous record of 2

Rock Sandpiper and Loggerhead Shrike both seen at their respective locations this morning. Details in ebird later. Dave Weber, Milpitas By phone

8:30 am near 9th ave by blue “reopen safely,” trash cans and gg park map warbler city: orange crowned, townsend’s, and possibly a tennessee (?) plus glimpse of the thrush with faded spots plus anna’s

Hi Birders, I wonder if someone would pass along advice on getting to the Yosemite Slough pond / shrike / birding location? I did two drive bys looking for obvious, legal trails in and didn't see any.