Date: 7/16/26 5:25 pm From: Ronald- Thorn via groups.io <Tronthorn...> Subject: [pen-bird] Coyote Pt. sightings
At Coyote Point County Park today, an adult Parasitic Jaeger was harassing the many Forster's and Elegant Terns. Usually, its not until August when Parasitic Jaegers come into SanFrancisco Bay. Included among the tern flock were ( 2 ) Least Terns. A group of ( 12 ) California Gulls pasting the point moving north were the first juveniles I have noted dispersingfrom the breeding grounds out of the south bay. A Red Knot was on the mudflats with other shorebirds. An early arriving Red Knot was at the point July 7.
Ron Thorn
Date: 7/14/26 11:03 am From: maliadances via groups.io <maliadances...> Subject: [pen-bird] San Mateo County Cumulative Year-list Report for --- June 2026
*Greetings Pen-birders,*
San Mateo County birders confirmed a total of 3 species that were new for the year by the end of June. This brings the total species confirmed by the end of the sixth month to 294. In reading the following, please note, the number in parenthesis next to the bird name is the rarity code assigned for San Mateo County birds. *From the link below* , you can *see definitions for the rarity codes,* *download a checklist* which shows seasonality, frequency, and county breeding information, *find a full list of the birds* observed so far in 2026 *, plus* *all monthly reports going back to 2009.*
*Here are the new birds for June, their finders and locations where found:*
ASHY STORM-PETREL (2) was observed by Mike Meyer on a northbound ship in San Mateo County waters. Ryan Mense was first to made the hike up Montara Mountain to photograph BELL’S SPARROW (5). While visiting Skylawn Memorial Park Anna and Glenn Hodgkins found a BLACK-CHINNED SPARROW (6).
*Birding San Mateo County:* There are plenty of ways to see birds. Did you know *The San Mateo County Bird Alliance leads birding Field Trips* on a regular basis? To join a field trip, check out their schedule here: http://www.sequoia-audubon.org/fieldtrips.html
*Alvaro’s Adventures runs offshore pelagic trips* *now through November,* with many seabird, whale and sea-life finding trips out of Half Moon Bay and other ports. Alvaro’s pelagic schedule here: https://www.alvarosadventures.com/pelagic-dates-2026.html
*California’s First Statewide Breeding Bird Atlas* *-* This landmark effort is being led by *California Bird Atlas* ( https://www.californiabirdatlas.org/ ) ( CBA), an independent nonprofit, in collaboration with state agencies, thousands of volunteers, and dozens of partner organizations. All birders are now officially invited to join the project by visiting the new *California Bird Atlas eBird website* ( https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/home ). Simply click “ *Join Project* ” ( or “Log in to Join Project”) and you will automatically be able to contribute checklists to the Atlas project. The Atlas is fully integrated with the eBird mobile app. If you submit checklists on mobile, this *Quick Start Tutorial video* ( https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Z3kbqiO9rw ) provides a brief overview.
*To stay informed of the latest local bird news, consider creating an account with both Peninsula Birding (Pen-bird) and eBird.* To join eBird, simply go to https://ebird.org/home and create an account. To join the Peninsula Birding group, join here: https://groups.io/g/peninsula-birding You can post your sightings there and be kept informed of sightings throughout the county including discussions about birds, population trends, where-can-I-find topics, events, field trips, webinars, pelagic trips and conservation issues. You can engage with other members of the birding community and can connect with online/offline discussions.
*This Report:* As a volunteer for the San Mateo County Bird Alliance I gather content for this report, each month, by primarily using eBird and Pen-bird. When posting to Pen-bird, please include the location and date of your sighting in either the subject line or in the body of your email. If you don’t use eBird or Pen-bird, you can always email me directly. Thank you!
If you have questions or comments regarding this report, or if I missed something,
Date: 7/8/26 11:35 am From: San Mateo County Bird Alliance via groups.io <office...> Subject: [pen-bird] Thurs. July 9 - Birding New Zealand & Australia's Subantarctic
*This Thursday's Monthly Meeting - ZOOM*
As a recipient of the True Young Explorer scholarship, John Tsortos will share highlights of a 16-day expedition to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia with Heritage Expeditions. This region encompasses multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is known for its unparalleled diversity of nesting albatross and penguin species. It is also home to endemic landbirds, unique marine mammals, and undiscovered marine invertebrates—not to mention that this region is the primary breeding ground for Sooty Shearwaters and Cook's Petrels—two annual visitors to California waters. The talk will focus on seabirds through stunning photos and entertaining videos, but will also touch on the region's natural history, the other incredible wildlife that lives there, and the unprecedented conservation efforts that have allowed these islands to flourish. If you're interested in seabirds, you don't want to miss it!
John is a seabird photographer and volunteers both as a pelagic birding guide with Alvaro’s Adventures and as an aquarium guide at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Although he spends much of his time along the coast, he lives in Los Gatos and leads field trips for the Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance.
Date: 7/8/26 11:19 am From: Christopher Hayward via groups.io <p_t_nymph...> Subject: [pen-bird] Least Terns, Shorebird Park, 7/8/26
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Hi All,
This morning there were 14 Adult and 4 Juvenile Least Terns on on the mudflats just south of the shell bar at Shorebird Park in Foster City.
Fun to watch the adults flying in and feeding the juveniles. These are likely dispersing birds from the east bay as Least Terns are not known to breed in San Mateo Co. This is the spot where I had good looks from 37.55448, -122.24532
Photos on my eBird checklist link below.
Date: 7/8/26 11:18 am From: Logan Kahle via groups.io <logan...> Subject: [pen-bird] More July Boats off NorCal!
Hi All,
As Alvaro just posted about, this Summer off California has been HOT with good birds! Not only is there a huge pulse of Cook's Petrels off our coast that has been ongoing for at least 3 weeks (including hundreds off our coast in late June), there are also well above average numbers of Scripps' Murrelets and many other pelagic goodies.
Traditionally, late July is THE TIME for mega-rarity seabirds off of Northern California. With way fewer than 100 trips run all time in that period, the highlights have been staggering: Light-mantled Sooty Albatross, Chatham Albatross, Salvin's Albatross, Tristram's Storm-Petrel, Gray-faced Petrel, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Great Shearwater, and Short-tailed Albatross are just some of the amazing rarities that have been found in this time period off of Northern California, not to mention it being a great time for Cook's and Hawaiian Petrels, Storm-Petrels of all kinds (last July had a trip with 7 species of Storm-Petrel!), and so much more. If you are looking for a chance at something really crazy out there, late July and early August are arguably the best times of the entire year off of Northern California.
Anyways, for those interested in getting offshore we have more boats off of Northern California this July than probably ever before. In addition to the two boats Alvaro mentioned out of Half Moon Bay (July 18th, July 25th), are two trips out of Eureka, Humboldt county: July 18th with Redwood Regional Audubon Society (see https://www.rras.org/ for more details) and July 25th with Rob Fowler (email <migratoriusfwlr...> for details), as well as July 20th out of Noyo Harbor with Noyo Pelagics ( https://noyopelagics.com/#calendar) and again on August 3rd out of Noyo as well.
These more Northernly California ports of Eureka and Noyo tend to be good for Hawaiian Petrels and other Pterodromas, rare Albatross, rare alcids and much more, and you really never know what you might see out there! Last year there were July boats off of Noyo and Humboldt with pretty great success: Noyo: https://ebird.org/tripreport/396250 (including Mendocino's first Least Storm-Petrel) Eureka: https://ebird.org/tripreport/397950 (including a Parakeet Auklet)
If you're interested in coupling two trips to the north, Humboldt on July 18th and Noyo on July 20th are right next to each other. Not to mention, the birding on land up there can be excellent this time of year as well. Mendocino Coast Audubon Society also offers free camping for anyone participating before Noyo pelagic trips. Reach out to Noyo Pelagics for more info!
Date: 7/8/26 11:08 am From: Christopher Hayward via groups.io <p_t_nymph...> Subject: [pen-bird] Least Terns, Shorebird Park, 7/8/26
Hi All,
This morning there were 14 Adult and 4 Juvenile Least Terns on on the mudflats just south of the shell bar at Shorebird Park in Foster City.
Fun to watch the adults flying in and feeding the juveniles. These are likely dispersing birds from the east bay as Least Terns are not known to breed in San Mateo Co. This is a the spot where I had good looks from 37.55448, -122.24532
Photos on my eBird checklist link below.
Date: 7/8/26 9:33 am From: Alvaro Jaramillo via groups.io <chucao...> Subject: [pen-bird] Cooks Petrels offshore - Craveri's Murrelet - and new pelagic scheduled for July
Hello all
The three back-to-back trips, two to the Farallon Islands last Friday
and Saturday as well as the Half Moon Bay trip on Sunday were superb. Apart
from the amazing yet regular species we see in abundance on the Farallon
Islands we saw a lot of unusual birds offshore. I think that if one had to
back up to the 10,000-foot view, Black Storm-Petrels are well inshore and
relatively easy to find. We found them inside of the Farallon Islands, and
some were quite close to shore out of Half Moon Bay. Folks who seawatch
should be on the lookout for them as they are closer to shore than we have
ever seen them around here. The other story is that Scripps's Murrelets seem
to be out there in numbers, they are not always an easy species to pick out
when weather is choppy. But we saw them on all three trips including the
Farallon Island trips where we have limited time offshore. Northern Fulmar
is also here in numbers that are not always this high in mid-summer. The
implication is that we have birds heading to us from the south (murrelet,
storm petrel) and from the north (Northern Fulmar). The behavior of the
storm petrels being closer to shore than normal is surely food oriented, but
we do not understand why.
Now for the unusual stuff. Friday the 3d we saw that Ancient Murrelet
on the Farallon trip. Unusual, but they are being recorded in well above
average numbers in various spots in California and Oregon. Again, a bird
seemingly retreating from poor food areas in the north. Sunday though blew
the roof off things, as this was a trip where we were able to spend time
well offshore. We found 5 species of storm-petrels! They were Black, Ashy,
Wilson's, Fork-tailed and Leach's. There were multiple Leach's (3), which is
always a difficult species for us here. Black Storm-Petrels were the most
common, and this is not the long term normal, but it has happened in warm
water years. We discovered that a pair of murrelets that flew by and were
photographed were in fact Craveri's Murrelets, 16 Scripps's Murrelets were
seen to highlight that they are numerous out there. But THE star of the show
was Cook's Petrels. Some of the folks who go out regularly will be amazed,
flabbergasted even to hear that we saw more Cook's Petrels than Pink-footed
Shearwaters! At times flocks of Cook's were visible sitting on the water,
and some great looks were had although often they did go by at a distance.
Photos below in the trip report. A total of 55 was estimated for Cook's, and
it likely was higher. Amazing. We think this situation will continue into
July unless conditions change radically. A couple of folks saw a
Flesh-footed Shearwater, and a nice number of Black-footed Albatross was
accented by a gorgeous adult Laysan Albatross that joined in the mix. The
birding was non-stop, superb. The Cook's and Craveri's and Laysan were in
San Francisco counties. We hope that if weather allows on upcoming trips, we
can look for these birds in both counties. We also had some superb marine
mammal watching, but the best was a Blue Whale that decided to actually
circle our boat. Just fantastic!
Given that our July 18 trip heading offshore is sold out and we sense
there is great interest to get out there, we have added a trip out of Half
Moon Bay on July 25 on the New Captain Pete. You can book on the link below.
Date: 7/6/26 9:17 pm From: George Chrisman via groups.io <geodani55...> Subject: [pen-bird] Royal Terns at Ravenswood SF2
Today I headed down to Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge pond SF2 on the south side of the Dumbarton Bridge. Seems like the flock of breeding CASPIAN TERNS has thinned out and possibly already fledged their young. But there were two large groups of ELEGANT TERNS on Island 23 that were moving regularly all around the pond. In reviewing some long distance photos I took this afternoon, there appears to be at least two ROYAL TERNS mixed in with the ELTE's. I have had two Royal Terns here in June of 2023. Photos were cropped from long distant photos and can be seen on my eBird checklisthttps://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/checklist/S368703880
There was also a large number of BLACK SKIMMERS with many feeding juveniles that clearly were hatched here along with a large number of FORSTER'S TERNS also feeding fledgelings. There were also at least 45 AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS resting and feeding throughout the pond.
Shorebirds have also returned with over 500 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, hundreds of WILLETS, AMERICAN AVOCETS, DOWITCHERS, BLACK-NECKED STILTS, MARBLED GODWITS, and a few LONG-BILLED CURLEWS.
I believe the ponds are worth checking out for the ROYAL TERNS.
Date: 7/5/26 1:15 pm From: basquebirder via groups.io <allaboutbirds...> Subject: [pen-bird] Black-and-white Warbler Crestmoor Canyon, San Bruno 07/05
Hi all,
Singing here (37.6249677, -122.4386063) along the trail in the willows originally, but jumped across into the oak/toyon woodland where I lost it. Access is ambiguous, an extremely faded and punctured with bullet holes sign saying ‘No Trespassing’, but nothing blocking the entry way through the fence. I’ve never had issues here; locals walk their dogs through here.
Date: 6/30/26 9:07 pm From: maliadances via groups.io <maliadances...> Subject: [pen-bird] San Mateo County Cumulative Year-list Report for --- May 2026
*Greetings Pen-birders,*
San Mateo County birders found a total of 19 species that were new for the year by the end of May. This brings the total species observed by the end of the fifth month to 291. In reading the following, please note, the number in parenthesis next to the bird name is the rarity code assigned for San Mateo County birds. *From the link below* , you can *see definitions for the rarity codes,* *download a checklist* which shows seasonality, frequency, and county breeding information, *find a full list of the birds* observed so far in 2026 *, plus* *all monthly reports going back to 2009.*
*Here are the new birds for May, their finders and locations where found:*
BLACK SWIFT (4) was first reported by Ron Thorn from Skylawn Memorial Park. Kent Forward located a group of WILSON’S PHALAROPES (4) at the Marsh at Pillar Point Harbor. One SOLITARY SANDPIPER (4), also found at the Marsh at Pillar Point Harbor, presented itself to Dave Koehler. During an Alvaro’s Adventures pelagic trip TUFTED PUFFIN (4) and SCRIPPS’S MURRELET were observed offshore. During a seawatch at Bean Hollow, Peter Metropulos observed FRANKLIN’S GULL (4), BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER and COMMON TERN (2). Caitlin Chock encountered MANX SHEARWATER (5) during a Pigeon Pt. seawatch. A flyover BROAD-WINGED HAWK (5) was seen by Leonie Batkin and Ron Thorn in Redwood Shores. While visiting Año Nuevo SP, Eli Gross detected a LAWRENCE’S GOLDFINCH (4). Richard Jeffers found a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH (4) at Our Lady of the Pillar Cemetery. TENNESSEE WARBLER (4) was reported by Marty Freeland at San Pedro Valley County Park. Caitlin Chock located a KENTUCKY WARBLER (6) along Gazos Creek Rd. to the delight of many birders, and the same day, general location, Caitlin also had a NORTHERN PARULA (4). Michael Long and Nick Damon discovered a MAGNOLIA WARBLER (4) at Pigeon Pt. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK (4) was first reported by Tucker Jorgensen at a Pescadero Farm. Joshua Stacy added BLUE GROSBEAK (4) to the list of May goodies found at the Marsh at Pillar Point Harbor. An INDIGO BUNTING (4) was photographed by Elliot Schoenig along Cloverdale Rd. in Pescadero.
*2026 has been a pretty epic year so far* in terms of numbers of species reported. 19 is the highest number of bird species added in any month of May since this report began in 2009! Keep up the good work and let’s see how the year pans out!
*Birding San Mateo County:* There are plenty of ways to see birds. Did you know *The San Mateo County Bird Alliance leads birding Field Trips* on a regular basis? To join a field trip, check out their schedule here: http://www.sequoia-audubon.org/fieldtrips.html
*Alvaro’s Adventures runs offshore pelagic trips* *starting in May,* with many seabird, whale and sea-life finding trips out of Half Moon Bay and other ports. Alvaro’s pelagic schedule here: https://www.alvarosadventures.com/pelagic-dates-2026.html
*California’s First Statewide Breeding Bird Atlas* *-* This landmark effort is being led by *California Bird Atlas* ( https://www.californiabirdatlas.org/ ) ( CBA), an independent nonprofit, in collaboration with state agencies, thousands of volunteers, and dozens of partner organizations. All birders are now officially invited to join the project by visiting the new *California Bird Atlas eBird website* ( https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/home ). Simply click “ *Join Project* ” ( or “Log in to Join Project”) and you will automatically be able to contribute checklists to the Atlas project. The Atlas is fully integrated with the eBird mobile app. If you submit checklists on mobile, this *Quick Start Tutorial video* ( https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8Z3kbqiO9rw ) provides a brief overview.
*To stay informed of the latest local bird news, consider creating an account with both Peninsula Birding (Pen-bird) and eBird.* To join eBird, simply go to https://ebird.org/home and create an account. To join the Peninsula Birding group, join here: https://groups.io/g/peninsula-birding You can post your sightings there and be kept informed of sightings throughout the county including discussions about birds, population trends, where-can-I-find topics, events, field trips, webinars, pelagic trips and conservation issues. You can engage with other members of the birding community and can connect with online/offline discussions.
*This Report:* As a volunteer for the San Mateo County Bird Alliance I gather content for this report, each month, by primarily using eBird and Pen-bird. When posting to Pen-bird, please include the location and date of your sighting in either the subject line or in the body of your email. If you don’t use eBird or Pen-bird, you can always email me directly. Thank you!
If you have questions or comments regarding this report, or if I missed something,
Date: 6/30/26 11:54 am From: Ronald- Thorn via groups.io <Tronthorn...> Subject: [pen-bird] Miscellaneous sightings bayside
Summering waterfowl noted in small numbers. At the Nob Hill Pond, a male Blue-winged Teal may be a first for one summering on the pond. A male Greater Scaup. Belmont Sloughacross from Preserve Park , a female Canvasback, a male and two female Greater Scaup. On the bay at Coyote Point County Park, a female Greater Scaup and two male CommonGoldeneyes. A post-breeding dispersal male Cinnamon Teal arrived at the Nob Hill Pond on the 23rd. Early arrival of shorebirds that were not summering have been Black-bellied Plover, Long-billed Curlew, Greater Yellowlegs and Western Sandpiper. The first arrival I have noted for Ring-billed Gull were three adults on Belmont Slough across from Preserve Park on the26th. Also on the 26th, a Least Tern was on the bay mudflats among Forster's, Caspian and Elegant Terns at Coyote Point County Park. White-breasted Nuthatch is not often noted along the bay, where a post-breeding dispersal one was at Coyote Point County Park on 23rd.
Ron Thorn
Date: 6/29/26 4:42 pm From: Jane Tatchell via groups.io <Jane...> Subject: Re: [pen-bird] "Morris" in Woodside!
Indeed. I saw that checklist too. Unfortunately, the comments don't say whether the bird was there for the full duration of the checklist. The next sighting in the eBird rarities report has it arriving 20 minutes after the checklist started at 12:54, so about 13:15. It's approximately 13 miles in a straight line from where I saw the bird at 11:50 to that favorite spot on the jetty.
I've received suggestions of Caspian Tern or some species of Booby, but neither of those fit what I saw. The wings and flight characteristics were quite wrong for a tern, and the only Booby seen anywhere near here in the past month was a Cocos Booby, which has a quite different plumage pattern of chocolate brown and white, offshore from Monterey Bay. (I've tried quite hard to persuade myself it was a Caspian Tern, since that was suggested to me, but failed.)
It's definitely unfortunate that I didn't get a photo or sound recording, but the bird was flying fast.
I'll just have to hope I see/hear the same thing again and if I see a Caspian Tern, it'll still be a new bird for my local walk.
Jane
From: Christopher Hayward via groups.io <p_t_nymph...>
To: "<chrismac...>"<chrismac...>
Cc: "<peninsula-birding...>"<peninsula-birding...>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:56:59 -0700
Subject: Re: [pen-bird] "Morris" in Woodside!
The Northern Gannet was reported in his usual spot at the harbor this morning on ebird by a very reliable birder on a list starting at 10.14. Chris Hayward
Date: 6/29/26 4:40 pm From: Naomi Goodman via groups.io <nlgoodman...> Subject: Re: [pen-bird] "Morris" in Woodside!
The next observation was at 1:16 pm, more than an hour after Jane's sighting, and that observation notes that the bird flew in. I know that this would be unusual behavior for Morris, but keep an open mind.
Date: 6/29/26 4:25 pm From: Aidan Sinha via groups.io <aidansinha...> Subject: Re: [pen-bird] "Morris" in Woodside!
All,
Could the bird seen by Jane have been a Caspian Tern? The description of a long-winged gull-like bird with black tips could fit Caspian as well.
With regards to Morris sightings on the coast, looking at eBird, there are reports today of Morris at Pillar Point both before and after Jane's sighting.
Date: 6/29/26 4:07 pm From: Naomi Goodman via groups.io <nlgoodman...> Subject: Re: [pen-bird] "Morris" in Woodside!
Playing the devil's advocate 😈 , Northern Gannets are reported to fly 60 mph. The straight line distance from HMB to where Jane reports the bird is under 15 miles, so they could cover that distance in 15 minutes. Jane reported it 37 minutes after the last HMB observation. I see from east coast sightings that they do travel inland occasionally. Too bad Jane didn't get pics or sound recording!
Date: 6/29/26 2:57 pm From: Christopher Hayward via groups.io <p_t_nymph...> Subject: Re: [pen-bird] "Morris" in Woodside!
The Northern Gannet was reported in his usual spot at the harbor this morning on ebird by a very reliable birder on a list starting at 10.14. Chris Hayward On Jun 29, 2026, at 1:31 PM, Chris M. via groups.io <chrismac...> wrote:
Wow!! I wonder if there is an eBird report for Morris on his jetty at the same time, or confirmation he wasn't there? Or is he developing a taste for Bay seafood?
Date: 6/29/26 1:31 pm From: Chris M. via groups.io <chrismac...> Subject: Re: [pen-bird] "Morris" in Woodside!
Wow!! I wonder if there is an eBird report for Morris on his jetty at the same time, or confirmation he wasn't there?
Or is he developing a taste for Bay seafood?
Date: 6/29/26 12:31 pm From: Jane Tatchell via groups.io <Jane...> Subject: [pen-bird] "Morris" in Woodside!
A new bird for my regular neighborhood walking loop!
Peter Headland and I were walking down Stockbridge Ave towards Alameda, when I heard a grawking bird call, both familiar and unfamiliar. I knew I'd heard it recently, but couldn't place it. I looked up, expecting a corvid, but saw only a gull-like bird. I quickly revised my opinion, as I saw the long, pointed beak and the long pointed wings with heavy black tips. Northern Gannet! (I last saw them at the beginning of the month, from the ferry between Lerwick in Shetland and Aberdeen.) Unfortunately, Peter had walked ahead and didn't hear when I called him, so only I got the sighting (and hearing).
The Gannet was flying west, towards the coast, but where had it come from? That's a mystery. This is much further inland than any other eBird sightings. Here's my checklist: https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/checklist/S365454819
Date: 6/25/26 6:17 am From: Jane Tatchell via groups.io <Jane...> Subject: Re: [pen-bird] Mystery bird
Thanks to everyone who suggested Western Bluebird. That makes perfect sense.
Jane
---- On Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:42:26 -0700 <Jane...> wrote ----
Unfortunately, my skills at identifying birds from underneath aren't great. I saw the bird sp. shown in these photos: https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/checklist/S362924580?view=photos but can't tell what it is. It seemed to be carrying a couple of berries, which it took to a nest hole in a sawn-off tree on the other side of the street. I put a photo of the nest hole on the checklist too. The bird seemed smaller than a robin, but larger than a chickadee. Habitat was suburbia with big houses in large gardens with mature trees.
From: <peninsula-birding...> <peninsula-birding...> On Behalf Of Jane Tatchell
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 12:42 AM
To: peninsula-birding <peninsula-birding...>
Subject: [pen-bird] Mystery bird
Unfortunately, my skills at identifying birds from underneath aren't great. I saw the bird sp. shown in these photos: California Bird Atlas Checklist - 24 Jun 2026 - Atherton loop photos <https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/checklist/S362924580?view=photos> but can't tell what it is. It seemed to be carrying a couple of berries, which it took to a nest hole in a sawn-off tree on the other side of the street. I put a photo of the nest hole on the checklist too. The bird seemed smaller than a robin, but larger than a chickadee. Habitat was suburbia with big houses in large gardens with mature trees.
Date: 6/24/26 9:42 pm From: Jane Tatchell via groups.io <Jane...> Subject: [pen-bird] Mystery bird
Unfortunately, my skills at identifying birds from underneath aren't great. I saw the bird sp. shown in these photos: https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/checklist/S362924580?view=photos but can't tell what it is. It seemed to be carrying a couple of berries, which it took to a nest hole in a sawn-off tree on the other side of the street. I put a photo of the nest hole on the checklist too. The bird seemed smaller than a robin, but larger than a chickadee. Habitat was suburbia with big houses in large gardens with mature trees.
Date: 6/22/26 8:05 pm From: Alvaro Jaramillo via groups.io <chucao...> Subject: [pen-bird] July 5 - offshore pelagic from Half Moon Bay SF and SM counties.
Hello all.
With the excitement of the Bodega trip this weekend with multiple
fantastic birds, including lots of Cook's Petrels. Well, we are hoping that
conditions remain for the July 5 trip out of Half Moon Bay. This is our
first dedicated deep water pelagic of the summer/fall season, and we will be
going out to where we hope to find the petrel and storm-petrel action. The
Pioneer Canyon is in San Francisco County, and we are certainly going to
head there, and if conditions are good, we often drift southward into
offshore San Mateo County as well. Currently the Half Moon Bay weather buoy
is showing ocean temperatures similar to what is happening in the Cordell
Bank, perhaps a tad warmer off Half Moon Bay.
