Date: 10/4/25 4:29 pm From: Ronald- Thorn via groups.io <Tronthorn...> Subject: [pen-bird] Palm Warblers, Gray Flycatcher, Sabine's Gull on the bayside
Leonie and I visited migration locations along the bayside. Looks like a good season for Palm Warblers. One was with a Yellow Warbler in the Sweet Fennel along Lakeside Dr. next to theMariner's Point Driving Range in Foster City. Another Palm Warbler was in the fennel along the San Francisco Bay Trail near the bridge that crosses over Colma Creek to Costo in SouthSan Francisco. Also in South San Francisco, a Gray Flycatcher was foraging in the scrubs at the edge of the field on the south side of DNA Way and Forbes Blvd. at Genetech. Last I sawof the Gray Flycatcher, a Black Phoebe had chased it over to the other side of DNA. We checked the nearby jetty at Oyster Point for terns. We were surprised to see among Elegant andForster's Terns a juvenile Sabine's Gull. Rare in San Francisco Bay, where I have only seen a few at this time of the year from Oyster Point and Coyote Point over the years.
Ron Thorn, Leonie Batkin
