Reports to the Northern California BirdBox, transcribed for BirdWest by Jay Withgott & Calvin Lou.
ALAMEDA COUNTY
21 October In Oakland, everyone's favorite Cattle Egret has returned to Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland for another winter. It is often in the fence-enclosed area near the Rotary Nature Center. Bob Ulvang
4 October In Fremont at Coyote Hills Regional Park, a Philadelphia Vireo was seen in a row of deciduous plantings and an oak tree just to the left of the trail from the main parking lot up to Hoot Hollow. It soon left that area, however. Peter Gueno(?)
3 October On the Newark/Fremont border near the Visitor Center of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, a Palm Warbler was in a flock of warblers including Yellow Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, and Yellow-rumped Warbler. Jim Holmes
1 October In Castro Valley, a Solitary Sandpiper was at the reservoir spillway at Don Castro Regional Recreation Area on Woodrow Ave, south of Hwy 580 at the Hayward / Castro Valley edge. Kevin Hintsa
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
19 & 20 October In the Berkeley Hills, a male Wood Duck paddled around at Jewel Lake in Tilden Nature Area (north end of Tilden Regional Park). John Poole