Yesterday as part of the Christmas bird count several of us broke into groups and in the time honored tradition, covered the presidio and surrounding areas as best we could. We tallied 109 species in

(Copying both SFBirds and Peninsula Birding because our area is entirely within San Mateo County) Juli Chamberlin and i led the area 12 team for the SF CBC again this year, which covers parts of South

Yesterday’s flycatcher at Moscone was a Hammonds not a Pacific Slope

The one found yesterday during the CBC was joined by a friend. Working their way through the canal and brambles around it across the road from the concrete bridge parking lot and then about 100 yards

Hi all - Follow-up message below to Scott Bowers on location of his dark-backed gull. I thought in a quick look that it could be a third or fourth cycle Lesser Black-backed as they can have a bill pat

Thanks to all who participated in our independently organized Christmas Bird Count yesterday. This has been a challenging year to say the least, and the new round of shutdowns in early December added

Hey, I just wanted to get this out there in case I am mistaken about the ID. This is what I believe to be a California Gull that I saw yesterday during the counts. Thing is, the back of this gull is m

Female heading south from Sutro with a small scoter flock. Brian Fitch

Swamp sparrow refound by Yvette MacDonald , vista grande canal near concrete bridge

The two best birds for yesterday's CBC on the Northern Waterfront were a continuing WESTERN TANAGER at Fort Mason, and a PACIFIC SLOPE FLYCATCHER at the Moscone Recreation Center Ballfields.

Join the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory and Alvaro Jaramillo for a virtual 2-day Waterfowl Workshop! The Bay Area is an amazingly rich part of the world for waterfowl, and we are lucky that even i

I birded Buena Vista Park this morning for the SF CBC. The bad news is that I could not relocate the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (with three visits to its old spot in the course of the morning). The last

Is this a common loon or some other kind? Seen in bay off Crissy Field on Dec. 25 Sally Whitehead

Seen on Dec 27th @ 2 pm between Heron's Head path and Pier 96/Recology.

I sent this on 12/20/20 but evidently it didn't post. While surveying China Beach on 12/20/20 I came upon a Glaucous Gull, presumably the one Peter Pyle reported some time ago. The gull was chasing of

Yellow-rumped Warbler -- Joel Perlstein San Francisco

But remaining distant. From about 11:15 this morning the continuing Loggerhead Shrike made appearances south and north of the Community Garden Pond. No luck initially when I came upon Brian Fitch but

Hello, Could you please tell me what is this bird and what are feathers on her bill? Thank you!

Who is this? Fort Mason, 12/26/20

Both in the Community Garden at Fort Mason.