Thank you, Rudyard! Reading a recent description of the hybrid in the Botanical Garden is what have me pause. I will leave my post as RBSA. Good birding d

not great photos, but probably sufficient for i.d.

I saw this at Mountain Lake this a.m. Would this be considered a hybrid, or plain Red-breasted? There does appear to be alot of black behind the head, but the only white from bill extending back to be

I'll send in the photo. Hopefully, the four color codes bands might be enough info! I'll keep you posted. d

Thanks all, for weighing in on this! David Webster

Just curious if anyone might know anything about these bands. It's the first time I've come across a banded sparrow. Seen in Lobos Creek this afternoon. David Webster

This early morning at Mountain Lake, I saw three re-introduced Western Pond turtles on the now-narrow beach. First time seeing the species up close at the lake, for me. It was a rough night for any cr

Thank you all! After seeing quite a few Verdin on our trip (which included parts of Utah, New Mexico,Arizona, I might should have known! Somehow, coming back into CA made me think it might be somethin

I've been on a desert run for a few weeks, but I was hoping someone more expertise than I could help with this one..... Seen along the southern CA/AZ border at an interesting desert oasis with CA fan

Some really great points, Jim! I'm glad you broached this subject. I live adjacent to the Presidio, and though I'm a new 'bird observer'(since the pandemic) and now consider myself 'obsessed' with all

Was hoping for some ID help on this gull that's been hanging out at Mountain Lake for a couple of days. Leaning towards a juvenile herring gull, though it does not have a pale eye. David Webster

5 warblers today at El Polin. In addition - Townsends, Yellow-rumped, Orange-crowned, and the continuing Gray-throated Black. Photos on ebird https://ebird.org/checklist/S77155746

While I'm no expert by any means - far from it. (first year birder). I'm posting additional photos and some links that I based my opinion on. It's a much more interesting and at times confusing topic

I posted photos on both the 8th and the 9th. I originally thought it was a Green-winged Teal until I captured these. https://ebird.org/checklist/S76000637 https://ebird.org/checklist/S76138158 David W

Between tennis courts and dog park at Mountain Lake, just west of palms and lawn looking toward tennis courts (west). Second day I've seen it, pecking away at cypress and pine trees. Crummy photo (but

Came across the Redstart today at Mountain Lake between interpretive signs 12 and 13 (the same zone that they were all in for months). No fledgling in sight. The female and 3 of the nestlings apparent

Continuing Redstart in the same spot that Daniel Scali first reported.