“Please be advised: The City today will begin an emergency construction project to stabilize a zone of weakness in a local sea cave located underneath Coast Blvd. Sections of Cave St. and Coast

Also, FWIW, some Chestnut-flanked White-eyes have very faint chestnut/buff flanks. Telling Oriental (now Indian) from Japanese/Chinese (now Swinhoe's) White-eyes requires good, careful looks, and

See below for an email from Kimball Garrett regarding updated eBird treatment of white-eyes in Southern California. In short, records of Japanese White-eye in San Diego (mainly the Encinitas area)

In addition to my usual 2+ hours at the Cove nearly every morning, I usually go back for another 90 or so minutes in the afternoon. The birds every morning have been pretty consistent in numbers and

Hi Birders, A surprise visit of a White-winged Dove was at my one of my back yard water features a little bit ago. It hasn’t returned, but haven't put much effort into waiting to see it again. It

The next San Elijo monthly bird count will be Monday 12 August. Counts are conducted by volunteers on the second Monday of each month, rain or shine. Please spread the word or join us if you can (no

On Tues the 6th, at least one Indigo Bunting (the pale-bellied male) continues at the horse staging area parking lot just west of the B&B Garden in the TRV. It is in fairly heavy molt so is doubtfully

County Coordinators/Contributors: The Summer Season (1 June through 31 July 2019) is ended, and we solicit reports for inclusion in the Southern California Region of NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. Reports

Of North County interest, the adult Yellow-crowned Night Heron found by Steve Brad on 25JUL2019 at Batiquitos Lagoon was seen this morning at low tide just East of I5 and just south of channel

Hi Birders, There was a juvenile Baird's Sandpiper at San Elijo Lagoon. Not a big deal, but a fun early migrant to add to the mix of recently reported shorebird species arriving in San Diego County.

An adult Little Stint, presumably one of last winter's two birds, has returned to the salt works on Friday the 2nd. They are dropping the saltworks pond that is half a mile east of 13th Street, and

Robert Patton and Lea Squires report a Pacific Golden-Plover ne of the mouth of the Tijuana River with a group of about 30 Black-bellied Plovers. Messenger Elizabeth Copper Coronado

Thursday morning there is yet again an adult Nazca Booby off La Jolla. The bird appeared at 7:12 a.m., only two minutes later than it did several days ago, and this time it stuck around for over 10

I spent 2.5 hours at the Cove this morning. Fortunate to have Sue Smith join me; her eBird reports document the birds we saw. Went back at 12:30 when the sun had come out and the wind had picked up.

Only birds of note this morning at La Jolla Point were 2 boobies (too far out to ID, probably Brown Boobies), 2 Common Murres, about 15 Black Storm-petrels, scads of Black-vented Shearwaters and

San Diego Whale Watch reports (on Facebook) they had a Laysan Albatross seen and photographed on their morning boat today, July 31. No details about location given, but they say it circled around in a

Many of you may be aware that a new rehab facility owned by Rancho Coastal Humane Society recently opened in Carlsbad to take in injured and orphaned wildlife. I am very sad to report that the new

Was at the Cove from 7:00-9:30. Much like yesterday but birds even further offshore. Several closer-in feeding groups contained a total of 3 different brown boobies during that time. At 8:20 a

Terrible viewing conditions. Overcast, gray skies; haze. No wind. Lots of birds, but swarming 2 miles out. 500-700 black-vented shearwaters 2 black storm-petrels 1 female or subadult brown booby 1

Sorry about that. Robb Field