A few creatures of note: A squadron of four brilliant and very aerobatic BLACK SKIMMERS. One lone WILSON'S PHALAROPE paddling about at random, stabbing at...
Hi All, I started out the day today 5/20/2012 by checking the greater HMB coastal area for some of the interesting phalaropes reported lately, but I drew ...
On today's Sequoia Audubon walk at Pescadero State Beach and Marsh, we had fourteen participants, and lots of good bird sightings. The most remarkable were a...
Hi Birders, I miss-ID'd this Heerman's Gull as a juvenile. It is actually more correctly a first-cycle bird. Thanks to Ron Thorn for helping with the correct...
A lone WILSON'S PHALAROPE was still present at Radio Road this afternoon. A few photos (including feeding behavior) can be found here: ...
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Tronthorn@...
May 21, 2012 1:16 pm
Leonie and I got back in town last week after spending over two weeks birding in Spain. We got out to do some local birding, but were still feeling the affect...
Do any Peninsula birders plan on looking for the bobolink? Please contact me if so. I am not too familiar with that area so could use a guide. I was thinking...
Why does our county get submissions to OTHER county lists on an almost daily basis? I wonder if our name is opaque or something? Here's another one! Jennifer...
On Sunday morning at the Day Camp at San Bruno Mountain I spotted a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak. I did not see or hear it this morning. Doug Allshouse ...
There was a pair of Blue-winged Teal on the pond at Pillar Point Harbor on Saturday, May 12 and again on May 13. I looked for them several times during the...
Driving home today approx. 3:30pm on Hwy 92 heading westbound I saw a bird fly across the rd in front of me. I was driving about 25 mph. No binoculars just...
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Peter Metropulos
pjmetrop@...
May 22, 2012 3:29 am
Greetings ! I stopped off at Bedwell Bay Front Park for a one-hour birding session before work this morning. Two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS continue to sing from...
As first reported by Doug Allhouse, an adult M RBGR is in the hood. Pic in SBMT photo folder. This feeder can be seen from Crocker Road, about a block from the...
Folks, The adult male RBGR was at the backyard feeder, dining on the contents of the suet feeder. Sharing the nearby feeders were a sextet of American...
hi ALL, At 6:00pm, the male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK returned to the feeder along Crocker Road. This feeder is the one with the log suet and yellow cup. I...
Photo contributed by Calvin Lou at: http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-510 Enjoy! ... -- Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA ...
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Tronthorn@...
May 24, 2012 1:59 am
This morning I did a seawatch at Pigeon Point Time ( 05:45-08:45 ) Sky part cloudy Visibility haze at the horizon Wind northwest 21-26 knots gusting 29-35...
The Rose-breasted Grosbeak at SBM and Lee's Cro cker feeder appears to have left the park. Lee said i t did not show for its Wednesday evening supper and I did...
Hi Folks If you are in Half Moon Bay this Saturday and want to take in a talk about local birds, and then a bird walk at Wavecrest in Half Moon Bay. Join me at...
Strong winds today. Pilarcitos Creek had a SPOTTED SANDPIPER and a SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER with an injured leg. In Sweetwood Park we re-located the female...
In a previous post I wrote: "One photo shows the white eye-lid of the immature dipper" http://www.flickr.com/photos/49404229@N07/7265515380/in/photostream/ ...
Was at Coyote Point today around 4:00pm. There were two Black Skimmers on the sand-spit. http://www.flickr.com/photos/49404229@N07/7276721002/in/photostream/ ...
This evening, at Pillar Point Harbor, we saw (5) Black Oystercatchers. (2) were banded. I recall a park ranger at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve mentioned that...
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Tronthorn@...
May 27, 2012 10:06 pm
This morning, Leonie and I headed up to Skyline Open Space Preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains to look for Black-chinned Sparrow. Getting up to the top was...
PenBirders, About an hour ago (2pm, 27 May) I had nice views of a singing adult male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK along San Pedro Creek in my backyard. We are about...
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Al Eisner
eisner@...
May 27, 2012 11:35 pm
Today (May 27) I took a pleasant walk in San Bruno Mountain park, covering the service road to the day camp and the Old Guadalupe road. I did not encounter...
Hi All, I spent some time mid-morning today 5/28/2012 along Stage Rd where Ron & Leonie had the Magnolia Warbler yesterday. No unusual warblers were detected....
HI folks While enjoying a barbecue on Pillar Point Harbor with friends today, there was a Long-tailed Duck visible on the opposite side of the harbor near the...
