On this misty, overcast morning (May 17), our yard was full of birds. A beautiful male Indigo Bunting made a brief appearance. Swarms of Yellow Warblers...
To help out Trent on his soapbox, another reminder to all to learn how to use link shortening tools. I cannot access this link. There are many free and easy...
2 mountain chicadees Rosacrutian center nesting confirmed there last year Olive-sided Flycatcher and 2 Hermit Warblers Prince of Peace Abby 1 banded (hard...
SD-Birders, Just a quick note to mention that NO Black Swifts were seen this evening, 5-17, between 6 and 8 PM in Tierrasanta. Perhaps it has a lot to do with...
After a modest showing at Oasis Spring (Swainson's Thrush, Yellow, Townsend's, and Wilson's warblers as highlights), I headed to the Agua Dulce Creek area off...
Sondra St Claire and I saw a first spring summer tanager at the Rosacrutian fellowship center this am, in flowering eucalyptus south side of start to...
A visiting researcher checked out some rookeries. The eucalyptus tree at the entrance to Quivira Basin had two nests fledge and three still with activity. The...
On Saturday the Buena Vista Audubon trip aboard the Grande started in the primal overcast of coastal San Diego Bay at 6am. As we drove West three Xantus's...
Under the ash tree at the IB sports park there are many owl pellets and a recent one looked like long tail hair from a squirrel. Turns out to have been a...
Highlights this morning (20 May) from the east side of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery on Point Loma: Northern Parula - singing male that spent a good 2.5...
SD-Birders, A few semi-ok shots from yesterday's pelagic AND this evening's annular eclipse can be found linked below. I know some/most others got far better...
Am home locally for only a whopping three days between trips and wanted to at least briefly sample this May's migration in San Diego! Tuesday morning I birded...
I have been following the pair of osprey that have two nests at Robb Field in Ocean Beach. They have been very attentive to the larger nest for several...
great day on the river today lot's of tern and skimmer activaty near rob field saw the ospray taking care of the nest.over at mariner's point lot 's of lest...
Hi all: I am returning to San Diego today with two friends from the UK who are on their first trip to the colonies. We have been at it for 3 weeks and will...
Today's Wednesday group (Sara Mayers, Joe Sweeney, Anne Reilly, Joe Sweeney, Marcie Mason and myself) did some birding in Pt Loma's Silvergate neighborhood and...
went to the Cove at lunchtime to see what the strong SW winds were blowing in not much--some sooty shearwaters, black storm-petrels, and small numbers of...
Today (5/24), a little after 12:30, a Hermit Thrush (rather late) made an appearance in a small riparian patch along Hidden Valley Road in Carlsbad. Cheers, ...
Although the Summer tanager seems to have flown, we've enjoyed our first glimpses of other migrants here in Pt. Loma, including hermit warblers, yellow...
This morning I birded Fort Rosecrans Natl cemetery 7:30-10, and things were pretty quiet. The weather was cold, damp and breezy, so a good day to check all...
Hello fellow birders, This is a reminder that the June 2012 San Dieguito Lagoon monthly bird count is Sunday, June 3rd. We will meet at 7:30 AM at the south...
A spectacular day at the Cove. Here are the highlights if you don't want to read further: Booby sp. South Polar Skua Black-vented shearwaters Manx shearwater 4...
I did some backyard birding this morning and early afternoon, the wind was pretty strong and it was rather cold early. Nothing unusual for Jacumba .. pretty...
What a difference from yesterday: windless, hot, smooth ocean, way fewer birds. At 7:00ish, Guy refound what i assume was yesterday's fork-tailed storm-petrel,...
Hi On May 19, Claude Edwards, Jonathan Bent, and I did the Mesa Grande Breeding Bird Survey. This is one of 3500 nationwide Breeding Bird Surveys done along...
*Went to the Laguna Mts. today and hiked the loop to the pump house at Agua Dulce. The highlight was undoubtedly two Pinyon Jays about 100 feet in from the...
Went for a hike at Lake Hodges today and saw a Bald Eagle. We were on the southeast side of the lake on the R.B. side, on the trail that has an entry point off...
Hi, Saw this bird at Lake Hodges today and am just not sure on the ID. Have checked multiple field guides and nothing seems to exactly match the white patterns...
