This morning, myself and Leonie Batkin headed to the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains to visit the cemetery at the Skylawn Memorial Park off of Skyline...
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Nov 9, 2009 2:05 am
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Location: SF Bay Trail, San Bruno Point, SSF, CA Time 8:10 – 10:25 am The day was warm and sunny. We arrived at Point San Bruno at mid tide, and left at...
As we relaxed at home after birding, we had a couple of window strikes, about a half hour apart. The second time it happened, Jeff found Grizelda up a tree,...
Greetings, Yesterday afternoon I observed a juvenile GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE dodging golfballs while it grazed on the turf at Sharp Park Golfcourse. At the...
Peter Metropulos
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Nov 9, 2009 2:59 pm
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All, I visited the Brussel's sprouts yesterday after recieving J.R. and Dillon's tip. The NASHVILLE WARBLER continues. No luck with the swamp sparrow, though...
Folks, Tonight at 5pm there will be a radio broadcast about the California Gulls research being conducted by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, see...
Late this afternoon I stopped at Piazza's market on Middlefield and did not believe my eyes when I spotted a juvenile Cooper's Hawk sitting atop the dairy...
Spend much of the day birding various locations around the county today from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. including Edgewood/Canada Rd., Cascade Ranch/Terrace prairie...
Dear Birders - The Half Moon Bay Review today published an article on last month's two pelagic trips out of Half Moon Bay, and the rare sightings that resulted...
Dear Pen-birders: This certainly has been an exciting year in the annals of San Mateo birding, with two remarkable pelagic trips out of Half Moon Bay...
October 2009 is a month that will go down in San Mateo County - and California - birding history. Thirteen new species were added to the cumulative year list -...
After working a holiday shortened shift yesterday, I made it out to Menlo Park to look for a San Mateo county nemesis bird. The first place I stopped at was...
This morning, I checked the field near the fresh water marsh at Coyote Point. The Sweet Fennel is still blooming and is attracting Yellow-rumped Warblers and (...
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Nov 13, 2009 3:44 am
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Dear Pen-birders: Thanks so much to those birders who responded with pictures from Radio Road. I hope to go live with that entry by this weekend. I have ...
Hi all, A stop at Menlo Park's Sharon Park Dr. had zero White-throated Sparrows, but did net a Merlin. Wavecrest has been on my hit list for two months and...
Peggy and I spent the morning exploring Pescadero Marsh...Pond...Lake...wow, but there is a lot of water there these days! We walked the trail on the south end...
All, I did a seawatch today at Pigeon Point from 8am-10:45. The visibility was good and the wind was mostly out of the north. It seemed to shift to the NW...
I just wanted to call the attention of our local county birders to our spectacular level of participation in eBird. The good folks at eBird have launched a...
All, Indeed, the brussels Sprouts piles at Cascade Ranch are ripening for sure. We encountered no rarities, and saw nothing beyond what Jennifer reported, but...
After "Saving the Bay" this morning with my daughter (planting marsh coyote bushes), I took off for Pescadero and points south with Michael Scott. We scoped...
I forgot to mention the 8 Wild Turkeys we saw when driving by Filoli about 5pm. Filoli says it is closed until Mid-Feb (good time to check for turkeys.) We...
Folks, I've finished a summary of the 2009 Palo Alto Summer Bird Count that was held on 6 Jun 2009. I've sent a copy of the summary to the count participants...
HI all, Note all of the great work done this year by San Mateo birders: Jennifer Rycenga's post regarding ebird; Kris Olson's compilation of the San Mateo...
This morning I birded the high tide along Third Avenue near Mariner's Point Golf Course in San Mateo. Best birds along the boardwalk were two SPOTTED...
Hi all, Tonight after a Sequoia Audubon meeting at the new (and terrific!) Redwood Shores Library, I stopped by the Oracle lagoon on the way home since I had ...