If you missed the deadline for signing up for the San Francisco Christmas Bird Count, we still have a few openings in some of the areas. Send us an email at sfcbcount@... and we'll send details. David

After several weeks of viewing expected birds at Fort Mason, a gorgeous LARK SPARROW showed up on MacArthur this morning (picture attached). There have been a lot of sparrows at Fort Mason, including

Gorgeous adult or subadult. 10.10am -- Nico Stuurman

Friday is the best day to drive early to San Francisco from Walnut Creek, so today seemed like a good day to try for this continuing woodpecker. After breakfast outside West Portal, I drove north to t

In my experience the best winter sea watching conditions in San Francisco happen shortly after stormy weather clears after a hard rain. Wind and rain battered birds in the productive near shore areas

While wandering the waterfront in hopes of an arctic species flyby, I spotted a male White-winged Scoter not too far offshore in the Bay, even with the west end of Crissey Lagoon. Then over by the fis

Post-storm new arrivals this morning at Sutro included at least four Northern Fulmars. One creamy gray morph came very close to the terrace and flew into the Gate as far as Mile Rock. My personal high

Is there any way to get near the location where the Snow Geese have been seen at Candlestick Point by car? I tried using the Google maps link from eBird to get there today, Saturday, but all of the ro

The deadline for signing up for the San Francisco 2021 CBC is this Sunday December 12th. You can sign up at https://goldengateaudubon.org/birding-resources/birding-information/christmas-bird-counts/ L

Feeding on the amphitheater lawn with Eurasian-Collared doves and then mourning doves. I got prolonged looks at the bird before they all took off. Doves don't usually amass to feed on this lawn but th

Ten duck species made yet another theme day today. I spent from 8-12 at the Sutro Baths terrace seawatching with Paul M., and for a brief time with David Assman. David appeared just in time for the hi

8 canvasback (6 males) swimming on the ocean seen from Fort Funston observation deck. After a few minutes they flew south into the mist.

Birds and Wildlife of the Western Pacific with Joe Morlan Joe Morlan will present photos and discuss the birds and wildlife seen on a 2019 cruise in the Western Pacific starting in Tokyo, Japan, and e

When I arrived at the concrete bridge around 3 pm this afternoon, there were two adult Tundra Swans swimming north of the bridge. They did some interesting head and neck bobbing, kind of like Grebes,

Mission Creek is probably the best "hot spot" in the ever growing forest of condos and offices south of the Bay Bridge. On the way to an appointment on Wednesday, I walked through the park on the sout

A pair of GADWALL were in the Hansen Pond this morning at Pier 94.The King Tide meant lots of birds close to shore, including 104 AMERICAN WIGEON. At Heron's Head, the ROCK SANDPIPER (picture attached

From my home on the south side of Mt. Davidson I sometimes see many crows (40+) flying to the northeast, usually late in the afternoon. Is there a location in that direction where they settle in for t

Soaring over Corona Hill right now. 11:40 a.m. Dominik

Sparrows were the highlight at Fort Mason this morning, with a CHIPPING SPARROW, a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW in the northwest corner of the garden.

Hello all, For those troubled by gull identification, and perhaps wanting some info on what makes gulls special and interesting biologically. I am doing two events starting next week, one free and one