• Home
  • About
  • My Life Lists
  • Latest updates
  • Northern CA, US
  • Northern CA-2, US
  • Northern CA-3, US
  • Northern CA-4, US
  • Central California, US
  • Southern CA, US
  • Nashvillle, TN, US
  • Seattle, WA, US
  • Nevada, US
  • Pittsburgh, PA, US
  • New York, NY, US
  • Houston, TX, US
  • Denver, CO, US
  • Phoenix, AZ, US
  • Eastern Canada
  • Australia
  • Barbados
  • Iceland
  • Indore, India
  • Bharatpur, India
  • Ranthambore, India
  • Surat, India
  • Nal Sarovar and LRK, Gujarat
  • GRK, Gujarat
  • GRK-2
  • Kerala, India
  • Goa, India
  • Mexico (Quintana Roo)
  • Inca Trail, Peru
  • Seoul, South Korea
  • Lisbon, Portugal
  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Nakuru NP, Kenya
  • Masai Mara, Kenya
  • Nairobi National Park, Kenya
  • Lake Naivasha/Hell's Gate NP, Kenya
  • Birds in flight
  • Birds in Flight-2
  • Raptors
  • Owls
  • Hummers
  • Pelagics
  • Marine mammals
  • Kenya Mammals
  • Other Animals
  • Insects/bugs/etc
  • Butterflies
  • Interesting Pics
Photobirder
An ongoing blog of my birding trips, big and small (latest entries on top).

February 7, 2021-
Saw a Northern Red Bishop in the community garden in Fort Mason (introduced species), a lifer. Had seen it's Southern cousin in Kenya 2 years ago. Also got great looks at Red-breasted Sapsucker and a Nashville Warbler. 

January 31, 2021-
My first birding outing of the new year. Went to see a Mountain Bluebird spotted in Pacifica. Beautiful spot near the ocean called Mori Point, and I got a lifer!


September 26, 2020-
Birded the Tahoe Area with Will Richardson, PhD (director of the Tahoe Institute of Natural Sciences) who is very knowledgable about the local avifauna. Unfortunately it was a pretty quiet day (a combination of earlier-than-usual migration and the smoke from the recent fires), but I got a couple of lifers in the Cassin's Finch and the Red Crossbill. I did not get a good enough look at the latter to add it to my list, however (but it was fun hearing it and chasing it for a while).


September 20, 2020-
Golden Gate Park has been a warbler paradise lately! About 12 species of warblers reported​ in the last 2 days. I was lucky to see 6 on this visit including the MacGillivray's, which is a lifer.

September 18, 2020-

Birded Bodega Bay with local birding guide Daniel Edelstein. It was foggier than usual and we didn't see as many species as we would have liked, but it was still a lot of fun. And I got my life list to over 1000 with the addition of the Calliope Hummingbird and the Pacific Wren!


August 6, 2020-
I got word on an online neighborhood group that a Northern Saw-whet Owl had been spotted north of Bernal Hill (as was a Barn owl 2 nights ago in someone's back yard). I had never seen a NSWO. I went over to the reported location early morning, and there it was- a juvenile sleeping in the tree. After having had my fill of observing it and taking pics, I took my kids to enjoy this rare sight. The images are under NorCal-3 and under Owls.