Apparently the person who is keeping the eBird lists on my tour used the word surprise in the description of the bird. “A surprise visitor” is what he wrote. An accurate statement by the way. He

The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher at the Poggi Creek Greenbelt in Chula Vista was first reported on 15 November 2018 by Jim Pawlicki, and is likely the same individual present here last winter. The fact

When I stopped at “J” Street in Chula Vista early this afternoon there was a second-winter Lesser Black-backed Gull standing with California Gulls on the parking area waiting for “hand-outs”.

Yesterday (Tuesday Jan 29) I visited some Chula Vista spots. The drake Eurasian Wigeon continues in the Sweetwater River at the north end of 2nd Ave. The Thick-billed Kingbird continued at the Poggi

This morning around 8:45, one of the continuing Pacific golden-plovers was seen among black-bellied plovers just NE of the mouth of the Tijuana River, south from Seacoast Dr. It then shifted over to

There has been an adult Reddish Egret in the northern section of the Sweetwater Marsh NWR since October of 2018. I have seen it hunting in a pool next to the southbound I-5 on the National City side.

This afternoon at 2:30 there was an adult Reddish Egret on the mudflat at J St in Chula Vista, along with Snowy Egrets and Great Blue Herons. A single Dunlin was with the peep near the riprap. Dan

This afternoon, my wife and I hiked the Sweetwater Riding and Hiking Trail that goes along the south shore of the reservoir. It really doesn't get very close to the reservoir (hence no gulls or small

My family and I will be making our first visit to San Diego in mid March. I would like to make a couple of excursions in between family day trips to view birds and find western birds that I do not

While doing a bird count this morning at the SD Botanic Garden in Encinitas, I discovered that there are two (not one) overwintering Pacific Slope Flycatchers in the Garden. The one reported

A six-hour search at Shelter Island earlier today for the wintering Red-necked Grebe was unsuccessful, but a real nice surprise was a Pomarine Jaeger (light-morph, sub-adult or possibly 'plain' adult)

Monday morning there was a Red-naped Sapsucker just east of the playground at the south end of Santee Lake #4. Solid black upper breast below the red throat; otherwise lots of red including a large

Sunday, Jan. 27th, 2019 A single CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was associating with a flock of white-crowns today in the far northeast corner of Torrey Hills Park. They were feeding in the grass around the

I and two other birders/photographers got excellent looks at the Grace's Warbler this morning, between 8:45 and 9 pm. It hopped around the pine tree closest to the road on the 1282 side, then flew

This is a reminder about the next San Dieguito monthly bird count. The February 2019 bird count is on the first Sunday - February 3rd. We are off to a good start for our tenth year of collecting data

I observed the continuing Reddish Egret at the mouth of the San Luis Rey River today about 1100. The bird has been erratically present since November 8. This is the fourth individual of this

Does anyone know what the verdict is on the Harris's Hawk(s) that live around downtown Ramona? Are they in fact escaped falconry birds? -Roger Uzun Poway CA rogeruzun@...

This evening (1/24), right at sunset (5:10 PM), there was a unseasonable flock of chattering Chaetura swifts circling over the El Prado bridge over Hwy 163 in Balboa Park. I assume Vaux's; 2 or 3

At approx. 11 a.m. today (1-24) a less-than-adult Glaucous-winged gull was well seen at Lake Murray. The location was Alvarado Bay (the first small bay on the left as you enter the park via Kiowa

Jim Pawlicki found an adult LBBG at the Lower Otay Lake boat ramp. Still here at 16:09. Matt Sadowski