Reports to the Northern California BirdBox, transcribed for BirdWest by Rebecca Freed & Doug Shaw.
ALAMEDA COUNTY
31 October In Berkeley, a White-throated Sparrow has been visiting a backyard feeder near Ward & Brant Sts for the past four or five days. Ken Archibald
7 October Between Pleasanton and Livermore, a juvenile or second-year Brown Pelican was soaring over the quarry at Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area. David Boden
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
27 October A Merlin returned for the fourth year to the intersection of Charles Ave & Tulare Ave near the north border of El Cerrito. Bill Link
27 October A male Harlequin Duck and a female Long-tailed Duck were in Richmond Marina Bay, just north of the parking lot at the end of Marina Bay Pkwy. Emily Serkin