I just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year for 2009, and to thank all of you for making this group so successful. Please keep the flow of information going...
Hi gang, I saw the Chestnut-sided Warbler at Santee Lakes this morning (7am). It was feeding in the pepper trees, and the rising sun made it look stunning....
All, Following today's very good pelagic trip out of Mission Bay (I'll let others post the results), I briefly visited a few other locations. I dipped on the...
As some of you know, I did a personal California Big Year in 2008. After many miles of driving, I ended the year with 433 species - many more than my original...
Hi All, After the amazing pelagic boat trip we went to Santee Lakes in search of the famous chestnut sided warbler around 3PM. We did see it near lake...
It was the 26th annual SDFO New Year's Day nearshore pelagic trip this morning. Thanks to Terry Hunefeld for making all the arrangements. I'm sure we'll get...
Here's some of the highlight photos, including the Xantus's Murrelet's and Leucistic Shearwater. http://www.sdbirder.com/gallery/6979116_NioGn#446837467_BBdaU ...
After 4 PM the Black-throated Green appeared in the large trees outside the fence of Santee Lakes and put on a nice show all along the east side of lake 4...
Greetings, Birders who enjoy pelagics savor the flavor of the sea touched with the imminent sense of discovery. When at sea, the sun, the breeze, the swells,...
Wanting to get out of the fog bank of coastal San Diego, I headed up to Ramona to look for raptors. In the vicinity of Highland Valley Road and Rangeland Rd....
The Rusty Blackbird was seen today 2 Jan at Buccaneer Park at 1130 am. It was on the beach just across the street from the Buccaneer Galley snack bar with 8-10...
I started the day at the Sports Park in Imperial Beach where I saw four (4) Yellow-crowned Night-Herons (three adults, with one presumed to be one of the three...
This morning, January 2, the Long-tailed Duck and four Common Goldeneyes (3 females and 1 male)were seen in the South Bay. A number of birders (Eric Kallen,...
Hello SD-Birders, I attempted a bit of a rarities round-up today at about 13 locations all along coastal San Diego from Imperial Beach to Oceanside, mostly...
Hi, Just a few photos from the following areas Pelagic Trip, Santee Lakes, Ramona Grasslands The Ferruginous Hawk taking off from the pole may be the best...
Birded Santee Lakes in the rain this morning with Brian Woodward. CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER was on the west side of Lake 4 and the HUTTON'S VIREO was between...
This AM around 9, there were flocks of cedar waxwings and American robins in the trees around the parking lot of the dog park in Morley Field. Earlier, I had...
Weather conditions for the Escondido CBC were less than desirable with drizzle and light rain through mid-morning. Many teams reported fewer individuals than...
Spent a little time at Lindo this morning. Observed and photgraphed the Vermilion Flycatcher. He is hanging out on the north side of the east lake. Only...
I spent part of the afternoon in the San Pasqual Valley in the vicinity of the Wild Animal Park hoping to get a glimpse of the Zone-tailed hawk seen there on...
SD-Birders, After sleeping in (for once) and enjoying a lazy breakfast, my family and I ventured out to the Cuyamacas in the late morning followed by the...
Thanks so much to all of you who contributed to today's count! I encourage each of you who had sightings of rarities to post details. So far, the initial tally...
Jay and all, I stopped at Tamarisk Grove Camp Ground last Friday and checked with the Ranger prior to starting my search for Long-eared Owls. I'm glad I did,...
Profuse apologies for any misperceptions resulting from my earlier post - Jimmy reported a sooty fox sparrow not a sooty (?) junco as I wrote (too late, brain...
At 8AM today (Jan. 5), I saw the wintering Painted Redstart in the bottlebrush tree at the east end of Dudley St. in Point Loma. Townsend's, Orange-crowned,...
It was an especially tough walk into work this morning, bleary-eyed after nearly two weeks off. Easing the transition, I was greeted on my walk by a drab...
The Del Mar GRACE'S WARBLER found on the RSF Christmas count yesterday (Jan 4), was still present there today (Jan 5), principally in the tallest pines ...