Birded near home here in Crest at the Ecological Preserve off of Suncrest along the stream. Note: encountered one Diamondback Rattlesnake and came home with a few ticks. (Am still itchy! LOL) It was

Hello all, In the last few days, I've received a number of inquires about the 2020 pelagic birding locally. Currently only the May 17th. trip as been cancelled. The June 13th. trip is still on the

The Solitary Sandpiper that Greg found this morning continues today at 11:30. Only bird in the water. Dan Jehl San Diego

Dear friends, I just heard from Kim Peterson at Sea World that the latest Nazca Booby from Coronado—the subadult with a nevertheless bright orange bill—died suddenly today. The sternum and

Jesmond Dene park. Pond north of baseball field. 50 foot view on mudflats. Great photo op. Lots of birds. Not many migrant warblers today though. I got dropped off. Parking on street not to far away?

The Yellow-throated Vireo is a no show so far this morning. Birders still looking. I will update if refound. Dave Povey Dulzura

I first heard this bird sing it's two part spaced buzzy song about 10:30 this morning. I was just putting away the weed wacking machine so it may have been singing earlier and unheard with my ear

The YTVI was found again at about 1pm, though silent. Nancy Christensen Ramona A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. Chinese Proverb

On Friday morning, Dave Povey has a sporadically singing YELLOW-THROATED VIREO in his yard out east in Dulzura. It was still singing a bit up until just after 10:30 AM, but has gotten quieter

Concensus on the empid in question is that it was a Pacific-slope Flycatcher. Thanks to those who responded. Lisa Ruby Sabre Springs -- Lisa Ruby Sabre Springs

This morning (4/22/20) Cheryl and I ventured out with our Covid-19 paraphernalia to the Bird & Butterfly Garden. The parking lot is closed but the garden is open to the public so we parked on

I sent this once, but from the wrong e-mail address. My apologies if the post ends up duplicated. As part of opening city parks and trails for local use, they opened the trail along the creek near my

Like others, I thought I’d try going to a new venue to look for migratory birds, and decided I’d try Hillside Park in El Cajon. I can’t recall many (any?) reports coming from there. The park

Given the building high pressure and wind shift to the northeast overnight and early this morning, light at first (5-10 mph), then slightly stronger (still under 15 mph) and N as the morning went on,

a huge morning flight at Mount soledad this morning starting at 6:15 and it's still going on almost at 9 am. Well over a thousand Birds. Highlights include a northern parula and a gray flycatcher and

Yesterday the City of San Diego announced it will be re-opening some parks, with caveats: no gathering in groups and no driving into the park (parking lots stay closed). Beaches and piers remain

On our morning walk (in the wooded area of Point Loma), Keith and I saw what we think was an Olive-sided Flycatcher. It would be early and the light & distance weren't good, so I welcome offline

Headed up to Mt Helix this morning for an hour before a day of web meetings at work :/ Warbler numbers will still good, although not the crazy flood of two days ago. Interestingly, after not seeing

Sunset Ave. Ball Fields officially known as Tijuana River Valley Sports Complex allows for "passive recreation" and parking is close along Sunset. Go early and easily socially distance. Also very

I've been doing my loner birding in nicely social-distancing locations and have been seeing a pleasing number of passerine migrants the past several days, as have multiple other observers here in San