08-06-08 A common Loon relaxes and preens at Pier 14, San Francisco

07-31-08 Wild Parrots were hanging out near the Ferry Building

07-30-08 Ravens and a Peregrine on the US Bank sign, Red-shouldered Hawk, Black Phoebe, and 2 Butterflies

07-29-08 The view from 28 stories up on 140 New Montgomery, plus birding at Pier 14, Pelicans, Elegant Tern, Cormorant

07-28-08 A Pelican, a Cormorant and a Parrot were hanging out near the Ferry Building

07-24-08 Cormorant, Egret and Pelicans in evening light at Pier 14

07-23-08 San Francisco Festival of Sail, and Pelicans

07-22-08 Tall Ships start to arrive plus Western Gulls, Cormorants, and Pelicans

07-21-08 Pier 14, Overcast noontime birding, Snowy Egret and Western Gulls

07-17-08 Pier 14, lots of Pelicans, a helicopter, a yacht, and one lone Peregrine falcon

07-16-08 Pier 5 birding, San Francisco (DC Cormorant, Snowy, Western & Heermann's Gulls, Harbor Seal)

07-14-08 Heermann's Gull and W. Gull in Transition Plumage

07-10-08 Dapper Dan finally caught on the US Bank sign, plus BC Night heron, Heermann's Gull, Brown Pelicans, Cormorants and W. Gull

07-04-08 American Kestrels viewed on July 4th from Bernal Hill, San Francisco

06-23-08 Two Double-crested Cormorants, two seconds of time, motion studies of taking off from the water

06-26-08 A Thousand Fires, Smoke over the Bay, Pelicans and one Cormorant in Soft Light

New 06-25-08 Brown Pelicans, a close encounter

06-23-08 Cloudy noontime birding at Pier 14, San Francisco

06-21-08 A trip to San Jose to see falcons with a stop at SFO and Oracle

06-19-08 Snowy Egrets and Brown Pelicans over San Francisco Bay

06-16-08 Dapper Dan found perched 26 stories up on 77 Beale, then flies

06-01-08 Peregrine falcon fledglings low down on a beach, somewhere in Northern California

05-24-08 Hudeman Slough Wetland Enhancement Project Birding Trip (Great Horned Owls, RW Blackbirds, Harrier, Kestrel, Calif Quail, Snowy Egret, Cliff Swallows)

05-19-08 Chick removal from W4 of the Bay Bridge, One adult found at E2 on the east span of the bridge

05-17-08 Richardson Bay Bridge, a search for recently fledged peregrines yields other surprises (Great and Snowy Egrets)

05-10-08 Richardson Bay Bridge (Peregrine update), Bird Island lookout (Raven portraits) Rodeo Beach and Lagoon, (mussels, sea stars and Red-winged Blackbird) and more...

05-09-08 Brown Pelicans return to SF Bay, a motion study

05-07-08 A small tall ship enters the bay.

05-01-08 Food delivery at W4 on the Bay Bridge, eyases get fed

04-19-08 Falcons nesting in a natural scrape, somewhere in California

04-13-08 Falcons nesting on Hwy 101 bridge at Richardson Bay Bridge

04-10-08 Falcons again sighted on Bay Bridge

04-04-08 The ship has sailed, but the malady lingers on

04-03-08 A falcon lands on the bridge, a Common Murre swims, a ship comes in

03-22-08 A visit to the north end of SFO, San Francisco International Airport and the Peregrines nesting there

03-13-08 One Scaup, Two Cormorants and one Eel near Pier 14, San Francisco

03-10-08 One falcon on the Bay Bridge

03-07-08 Snowy Egret, one bird in 22 images combined using Photoshop into a Photomontage Motion Study

03-07-08 A pair of falcons on the Bay Bridge, plus a Western Grebe and a Snowy Egret

03-06-08 A single falcon on the Bay Bridge, plus Western & Horned Grebes, Scaups, Pelagic Cormorant and one lone gull in transition plumage

03-05-08 Wooden Ships on the bay, a Clark's Grebe, and Peregrines in Love on the Bridge

03-04-08 Sightings big and small for Tuesday, San Francisco

03-02-08 Raptors on Bernal Hill, San Francisco

02-29-08 A Peregrine Falcon is sighted at 25th and Capp Street

02-27-08 Clark's Grebe, a closeup of lobed feet

02-26-08 Falcons, Gulls and the Bay Bridge

02-25-08 Two Falcons on the Bridge

02-22-08 Juvenile Double-crested Cormorant at the Embarcadero

02-21-08 Sunset on the Bay, with smoke in our eyes...

02-20-08 Horned Grebe and Greater Scaup at Pier 14, San Franscisco

02-19-08 Wild Parrots on the Ferry Building, San Francisco

02-18-08 Birding at Lloyd and North Lakes, Golden Gate Park, San Franscisco (Hooded & Common Mergansers, Ringed-billed duck, American Wigeon, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Pied-billed Grebe)

02-10-08 Birding at North Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Franscisco (Pied-billed Grebe, Northern Shoveler, Steller's Jay, Red-tailed Hawk)

02-08-08 Foggy noontime birding at Pier 14, San Francisco (Surf Scoters in the fog, Heermann's Gull)

02-07-08 2 Peregrines on the Bay Bridge plus bonus shots of Scaups, Heermann's Gull, Western Grebe and sunset clouds over the San Francisco Bay

02-03-08 A Peregrine Falcon rests and preens on a Billboard at 9th and Brannan Streets, San Francisco

01-30-08 A sunny noontime near Pier 14, San Francisco (One Western, 2 Heerman's Gulls, Scaups, lots of Surf Scoters , 2 Buffleheads and a Horned Grebe)

01-29-08 Gulls and Ducks feeding at lunchtime low tide near Pier 14, San Francisco (Gulls, Scaups, Scoters, Buffleheads)

01-24-08 Windy Evening at Pier 14, San Francisco (Gulls, waves and one Crouching Spider)

01-23-08 Cloudy Day at Pier 14, San Francisco (Grebes, Sea Lion and Western Gull)

01-20-08 Heron's Head and Mission Creek Birdlife

01-18-08 Peregrine in the morning, Kingfisher and Scaup at noon

01-17-08 Red-tailed Hawk on City Hall, San Francisco

01-16-08 Fishing Boats and Sea Lions viewed from Pier 14

01-15-08 A very foggy noontime at Pier 14 (Surf Scoter, Common Loon, Horned Grebe, Western Grebe, and others)

01-15-08 A foggy morning in the Mission, (One Falcon and one Red-tailed Hawk have issues about territory)

01-14-08 A slightly foggy noontime at Pier 14 (Two falcons on the bridge, one Clark's Grebe and one Gull landing)

01-09-08 Red-tail Hawks in downtown San Francisco (One on Hyatt Regency, the other on Mission Street dining on the sidewalk)

01-02-08 Testing a new zoom lens at Pier 14, San Francisco (Western, Heerman's & Ring-billed Gulls, Common Loon, Snowy Egret, Clark's Grebe)

01-01-08 Red-tailed Hawk and Peregrine Falcon at City Hall, San Francisco