Mark, All due respect, but comparing the Xantus record with the Gray thrasher is apples to oranges. North American hummingbirds have a strongly documented history of long distance migration

This afternoon (4/29/16) a Merlin was perched on a snag along the main trail in Rose Canyon, west of the Regents access. Unitt's County Atlas lists April 26 as the previous late date for this

So us as observers how do we challenge this? The Xantus's hummingbird with the same range in Canada is accepted but this one a couple hundred miles out of range isn't I think there is a problem

San Diego Birders, Per the forwarded message below, the California Bird Records Committee has voted (after 2 rounds of deliberation) not to accept the Gray Thrasher (Famosa Slough, 2 August 2015) due

This morning i found 10 species of western warblers including chat at the swamp. Where's the yellow-rumped when you actually need it? Damn. MacGillivray's Hermit Nashville Townsend's BTGray

Took a small loop across the grasslands then back towards the dam via Oak Canyon Trail. Wonderful birding this morning. Highlights were: Rufous-crowned Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Blue Grosbeak

Okay. Round 2. I originally posted this message today at about 2:30 p.m. Nothing happened. So I am sending it again to see if Yahoo Groups immediately broadcasts both posts at the same time like

Despite high winds this morning we had a nice flurry of migrant activity here in the Anza Borrego desert valley. At birder-friendly La Casa Del Zorro I found Black-headed Grosbeaks, Western Tanagers,

SD Birders, Since compiling this list in September, there have been three new additions to the San Diego County list: Varied Bunting, 13 October 2015 at Fiesta Island (accepted by the CBRC) Common

Today (4-27-16) Dave Batzler, Ed Hall and I did a bird survey of the Green Valley campground, Cuyamaca SP, including the fire road to the top of the Pine Ridge trail, 4541 ft. We came back via the

I just searched the SanDiegoRegionBirding group for "Franklin" which found 25 entries going back to 28 Dec 2013. Appears to be working so far as I can tell. Gary Nunn, Pacific Beach.

Regarding Yahoogroups, has anybody been able to search the archives recently? It hasn't worked for me for a week or more, both SDRB and the old SDBirds archives. Is anything being done to fix

Why do turkeys cross roads? Why does Yahoo groups hold a message in queue for 2 hours, then INSTANTLY send it along with the submitted replacement post so that readers see the same post twice and

Today was a lovely migration day in the desert. A four-mile sunrise hike around Rams Hill Country Club golf course included a right-on-time Western Wood-Peewee, a male Red-breasted Merganser, 6

I stopped briefly at this trail at about 3 pm today 27 April and saw a beautiful MACGILLIVRAYS WARBLER foraging in back of the Alexandra Ellis bench along the north trail that runs parallel to

Today was a lovely migration day in the desert. A four-mile sunrise hike around Rams Hill CountryClub golf course included a right-on-time Western Wood-Peewee, a male Red-breastedMerganser, 6 Spotted

Sorry for the delayed report, but yesterday (4/25/16) at Mission Gorge Dam I had an Olive-sided Flycatcher near the dam area, a Western Wood-Pewee up the Oak Canyon trail, Lazuli Buntings further up

WTSP (originally found by Mr. Batzler) continues this morning. Thought I'd try again after yesterday's frustration with the bad weather and bad light and unable to obtain a photo. This morning it

The first 4 photos here are of the hawk seen in Ramona this evening: https://picasaweb.google.com/108086363030545548636/BIRDS2016?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCL_VndDEt_Ln4QE&feat=directlink Nancy

Just photographed a Harris Hawk in Ramona. On El Paso street just off Montecito Way. Nearest cross street is Laky Lane. It was being mobbed by crows right next to the street. Flew north and is still