The Little Stint is back for its 4th winter. It was foraging on pond 23 island off the end of 10th Street near the peak of the high tide. It took off to parts unknown when a roosting group of about 50

Meeting around 6 AM this Wednesday morning, Joe Alsadi, Dave Trissel, John Dumlao, and I scoped Pond 20 for interesting shorebirds. Around 7:30 AM, Joe spotted a slightly smaller (than the Western

Update on the San Carlos Whydahs: About 7:05 p.m. this evening there was again a PTWH on a Tp wire near the seed feeders at 6235 Lake Leven Dr. This one was clearly a juvenile; it had a small body

After a 13:05 scan I don't see it flying around anymore. May have moved north into wider central bay area off Grand Caribe, Attu Ave., or Delta Beach viewpoints. Matt Sadowski

Still doing laps around south bay at 1200. Best bet would be to scope from the South Bay Bio Parking dike that extends east into the bay towards saltworks. Matt Sadowski

Matt Sadowski just called at 11:30AM Tuesday to report a Least Storm-Petrel flying around on South San Diego Bay! He watched it fly from north of the saltworks fly down to the southwest corner of the

Whydah continues at Harry Griffen. Seen in the corner past the dog park at 7:45am at about 32.78831, -116.984.96. Headed for the feeders at the green house. Richard Cuthbertson

On Tuesday morning there's a juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper at the salt works at 6:15 a.m. on Pond 20, which they have just lowered for a couple days. This is the pond that's a third or half a mile

Of possible interest to those who bird the Ramona area- Paul Lehman tipped me off that Judy Winn had photographed a Little Blue Heron on Sunday at Dos Picos County Park. Still there today

Hello Sea Birders, I just got a note saying that there is a solo cancellation for the Searcher 5 day pelagic, Sept. 6th. to 10th., 2021. These Searcher Natural History Pelagic Birding trips have

There was a Reddish Egret on the southeast end of the grassy mudflat at 4:30 pm today. It was mostly still, not actively hunting. Good birding Laurel Scott Mission Valley

Dear friends, When my bike ride today took me out to Chollas Reservoir I certainly didn’t expect to see any unusual birds. But there it was, sitting on the rocks near the east end of the lake

An afternoon search (8/6) for yesterday’s male Blackpoll Warbler in the Sorrento Valley area failed to turn up anything of interest. Lots of Orange-crowns, but no Blackpoll. There are several other

Paul and fellow SD birders--Regarding spring migration-and summer-occuring male Blackpoll Warblers in San Diego County in alternate plumage, I have additional info. There are actually two records,

This morning, Aug 6th, there's a Black-chinned Sparrow in the TRV community gardens, a casual coastal migrant/stray, and also likely the earliest-ever such fall migrant date for the county. Two Lark

Just did a quick search and the only think I can find regarding Point La Jolla closures is related to the sea lions. City of San Diego is applying for a special permit to close the area around the sea

On Weds the 4th, an adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at the main Dairy Mart Pond was at an unusual location for this species. Also 3 continuing Cattle Egrets there. Up to 3 Reddish Egrets are on South

The Pin-tailed Whydah is an obligate nest parasite, meaning it must lay its eggs in another bird's nest, similar to our Brown-headed Cowbird. John Garrett and Kimball Garrett published a paper in

Wait, don’t hit that erase button - tonight's siting of the P-T Whydah might be a bit more interesting. The Lake Leven Drive Whydah was seen in the usual place (6235) at 7:16 p.m., but this

The city announced yesterday that the area between the Cove and some point a few hundred yards south will be blocked off until at least mid-September while they try to figure out how to handle the