I know I run the risk of sounding like I'm commenting on the spring word.....but, I had a male Rufous Hummingbird at my feeders this afternoon. Dave Povey Dulzura

Thismorning, Wed Feb. 19, Keith, Sara, Jan and I found 3 Grasshopper Sparrows in a fieldjust southwest of where Montecito Way connects with Sonora Way in Ramona. We started at El Paso and Montecito

On 3 September 2019, Phil Pryde reported a possible Northern Saw-whet Owl at 9:30 AM near the so-called crossbill spot along Agua Dulce Creek (Escondido Ravine Road) in the Laguna Mountains. The owl

Each year before the bird festival I try to make a report about current locations to find Bell’s Sparrows. Today I birded along Black Canyon Road in Ramona (reached from Magnolia Ave, which becomes

I had a singing male Scott's Oriole in my yard this morning. Seems to me that species was regular here in the past, and absent in recent years. Dave Povey Dulzura

For anyone who was interested in my previous post about a trip to the Dry Tortugas, Wildside Nature Tours has just made the whole thing even more complicated. First I was told I couldn’t get our

There were six Mountain Bluebirds at the corner of Rangeland Rd and Highland Valley Road (S.E. Corner) Mostly males with two females. A "light Juvenile" Ferruginous Hawk was on a telephone/power

Hello all Of local interest perhaps, today 2-18-2020, there was a pair of Peregrine Falcons hunting into the south wind above the El Corazon nature trail in Oceanside. Behavior included hovering,

So today (02/18/2020) I stopped by wing street canyon (very birdie around 1:30pm) and spoke with residents. Everyone agrees the canyon is city property. I spoke with the owner of the sign and they

It’s been noted that Mountain Bluebirds have been scarce or completely absent this winter from one of their usual regular wintering sites, along Rangeland Road in the Ramona Grasslands. This



This morning (2-16-20), Elizabeth Copper, Dennis Parker, four-legged "Radar", and I birded a couple parks where rarities had been previously reported. From 7:30 to 8:40, the female hepatic tanager

Due to unforeseen circumstances my husband and I cannot go on a boat trip we had planned from Key West to the Dry Tortugas with Wildside Nature Tours. We are looking to sell the package as a two for

This morning (Feb. 16) at 8:05AM, I found a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in the large pine at the corner of Silvergate Ave. and Charles St. It had the two wide, bright white face stripes and a wide bright

Hi Trent, That first photographed Red-breasted Sapsucker looks dead-on for the northern subspecies (S. r. ruber), given the vivid red that extends well down the breast and the sharp demarcation from

This morning Barbara Carlson and I did two laps around Harry Griffen Regional Park in La Mesa and found three Red-breasted sapsuckers, a Gray Flycatcher and a Red-breasted nuthatch. Then we went to

Good morning, I spent time from 8:01 to 8:58, watching and taking pics of the Palm Warbler this morning. More specifically, it was in the front yard of 3274 Thorn St., in the Juniper, Banana, and

6 Hooded Mergansers (1 male and 5 female/immature types) in a Forrester Creek pool, directly under Highway 52. About 7 AM Saturday February 15, 2020. Maybe the secret hiding spot for the birds that

The Rusty Blackbird continues today (Feb 14) at the Kobey Swapmeet Parking lot on Sports Arena Blvd. It should be noted that Kobey is only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 7-3. I looked there

A bright orange and black American Redstart flew across the path right in front of us this morning on our walk on the bay trail in La Playa (8:35AM, Feb. 14).  The bird flitted all along the