Hi Birders- Spent about 45 minutes at Pigeon Pt this morning. First bird I laid binocs on was a Parasitic Jaeger fairly close in. A breeding plumaged...
Yesterday morning (8/31) at Radio Road I photographed one of the juvenile BLACK SKIMMERS, standing, and flying with several adults; two full-grown GREAT EGRET...
Laurie and I wandered up to redwood shores today; overall, pretty quiet (mid-day, warm, and high tides), but a few notable. The front lagoon was almost empty...
Early this morning I started off with a seawatch for a couple of hours from the bluff along Ocean Boulevard in Moss Beach. There were a hatch-year Red-throated...
Tronthorn@...
Sep 3, 2008 1:29 am
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I was at Skylawn Cemetary this morning (9/3). I saw many Red Crossbills. They were in the Pine trees in several different parts of the cemetary. I saw Pygmy...
This afternoon my houseguests from Victoria, British Columbia, Marcia and Jim Farquhar, and I birded Burleigh Murray Ranch State Park. At 5:30 pm, about...
Martha birds
moneal2000birds@...
Sep 4, 2008 6:11 am
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Went searching for Tom Goodier's Red Crossbills from 7:50-8:40am. I covered nearly the entire grounds and unfortunately none showed up. There were near...
We hope you can join us on Thursday, Sept. 11th for a birding class taught by Stephanie Ellis of SFBBO. The class, "Physiology, Know Your Birds Inside and...
Sue Cossins
birdersue@...
Sep 5, 2008 7:47 pm
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Hi All, This morning 9/5/2008, there were close to 1,000 Violet-green Swallows on the telephone wires at the traditional staging area 2.5 miles west of Skyline...
Garth Harwood
gharwood@...
Sep 5, 2008 11:09 pm
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Early this morning I was at the field behind the Coyote Point Museum. I was not detecting any migrants sorting through the many House Finches in the Eucalyptus...
Tronthorn@...
Sep 6, 2008 12:58 am
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Early this morning I started out with a seawatch from Ocean Boulevard in Moss Beach. The visibility was fair with the only haze at the horizon. With only a...
Tronthorn@...
Sep 7, 2008 12:50 am
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On Thursday 9/4/08 the OSPREY returned to the high voltage power poles in Sanchez Lagoon, just west of Hiway 101 in Burlingame near the Anza offramp to the...
On Friday, Ron Thorn wrote (of Coyote Point tern flocks) ... This morning (Sunday) I planned on doing some coastal birding, but it turned out to be too foggy...
Al Eisner
eisner@...
Sep 7, 2008 9:04 pm
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Yesterday I went out shooting on the rock jerry at Pillar Point with my friends Ashok Khosla ,Yamil Sainz and Jeff Armstrong. The usual cast of birds were...
Yesterday I went out shooting on the rock jerry at Pillar Point with my friends Ashok Khosla ,Yamil Sainz and Jeff Armstrong. The usual cast of birds were...
On Saturday afternoon at 4pm Yamil Saenz, Tom Merigan, Jeff Armstrong and myself visited Pillar Point at high tide. The east-west breakwater is a shorebirders...
This afternoon during the high tide, I decided to check out Point San Bruno at the far eastern end of East Grand Avenue in South San Francisco. If you have not...
This afternoon I went to Coyote Pt about 4pm. Tide was in and the winds were strong - bringing 4 wind surfers into the breakwater and scaring off every bird...
Last week there were also two jet ski's barrelling down the slough between Bair Island and the San Carlos Airport, right near 101. Windsurfers have also taken...
I put together the earliest fall arrivals for September made up of common and rare birds from coastal northern California. September 1 Blue-footed Booby ...
Tronthorn@...
Sep 9, 2008 3:55 am
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Hi Pen-Birders: This morning (9/9, 725-740AM), there was a juvenile BAIRD'S SANDPIPER at Bayfront Park in Menlo Park. The bird was on the mostly-dry pond...
Saturday morning before work, Jeff & I went up to San Bruno Mountain park. BOD was a MacGillivray's Warbler foraging low in bushes along the headwaters of...
Good news! San Mateo County Parks responded quickly and plan to add 2 signs letting visitors know that bikes and dogs are not allowed in the marsh and ...
Well done, Kris. May we all take such good care of our "patches". --Garth ... From: Kris Olson To: Peninsula-Birding Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 9:55 PM ...
Garth Harwood
gharwood@...
Sep 10, 2008 4:21 pm
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Hi folks This morning I saw a Northern Parula with a mixed set of warblers and chickadees along Higgins-Purissima Road in Half Moon Bay. It was at the thicket...
Early morning today, I was checking the pond behind the Nob Hill Market in Redwood Shores. I noticed a small peep running along the edge of the shallow water...
Tronthorn@...
Sep 11, 2008 12:40 am
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Coyote Point has been slow with passerine migrants. I have skipped mornings and headed to work instead. This morning I arrived late, but did noticed the...
Tronthorn@...
Sep 13, 2008 1:15 am
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Bravo, Kris! I wish we had had your determination last year, when the hovercraft rider zoomed into the marsh and sent all the shorebirds into the air. For him...
Thanks, Ron, for the gratitude -- but I really think we owe it to our very responsive and friendly San Mateo County Parks and Harbormaster employees. A simple...
All, I led my Palo Alto Adult School birding class to Coyote Point this morning. We bumped into Ron Thorn who alerted us to a Grasshopper Sparrow near the...
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