Hi Birders, During a survey at the Ramona Grasslands, Wednesday, Feb. 10, I observed a third-ish year Bald Eagle with blue patagial tags. It was very distant and stayed close with one of the resident

An image of one of the Lawrence's Goldfinch visiting my yard in Vista from noon today. http://www.naturepixels.com/_D1A9583.jpg View on www.naturepixels.com Preview by Yahoo

On my way out the door to work today I checked the feeders at my house and found five Lawrence's Goldfinch on the thistle feeders mixed in with the Lesser Goldfinch. There were three males and two

Thanks to the 3 expert birders that helped me with this! Upon further review the bird i called a Cassin`s Vireo is a Plumbeus Vireo below is my updated ebird report with the photos and 2 of

The Wednesday birding group today helped catch up on an area that was missed in last Sunday's San Dieguito Lagoon Monthly Bird Count. Today (Feb 10) we covered Del Mar Horse Park, southern edge of

Late Wednesday morning Feb 10, there was a sapsucker in the tall pine tree located at the southwest corner of the Teen Center on the east side of Santee Lake #5. The bird also spent some time in the

I had a single male Lawrence's Goldfinch show up at my thistle feeder this morning here in Vista. I will keep an eye out for it and try to get photos. Regards, Terry Terry Brashear San Diego

Hi all. Around 8:40 from my room in my house, I heard a Western Screech Owl (Bouncing Ball) sound in Los Peñasquitos Canyon for about an minute, but after that I didn't hear it anymore. It was likely

Before chasing please note that there are some differences in opinion on whether this is a "Kumlien's" Iceland Gull or just a pale Thayer's. On a side note here's an interesting read

Tom Meixner and I had great scope views of the Icland gull on the boat dock to the right of the launch ramp at Otay this afternoon. We observed it for about 1/2 hour from various angles until about

Hi Birders, Although not chaseable, I thought it may be of interest to some that while surveying on Naval Air Station North Island this morning, I encountered a "Storm" Wigeon. I also don't recall if

Adult male HOODED ORIOLE briefly at sugar water feeder and in bottlebrush in NE El Cajon 0830 today. CK Smith El Cajon

Checklist with photos: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S27389972 Matt Sadowski

Lea and I had the Kumlien's-type on the dock between 12:45 and 14:15 today (2/8). Close-up shots coming eventually. The bird is a bit more worn/bleached than it was back on 1/18 (looking even

Yesterday, Laurel and I checked out Famosa Slough and the SD River. There were birds everywhere! In the south pond at Famosa alone, there were more than 100 American Avocets and 15 Ruddy Ducks. On the

Yesterday (Sunday, 7 Feb 2016) I ventured down to the boat launch area at Lower Otay Lake to check out the gull action. Unfortunately, there were almost no gulls at the docks by the parking area, so I

a bird i was calling a plumbeus vireo in the field as it was quite gray on sides i am now thinking is a Cassin`s Vireo after reviewing my pix greenish secondaries i believe rules out

A few observations from Oceanside this morning that may be of some interest to North County birders: Common Goldeneye, female in the lagoon at the mouth of the San Luis Rey River Glaucous-winged Gull,

At today's San Dieguito Lagoon Monthly Bird Count, good numbers of birds were seen in all areas. I think in Area 3 (the southeast chaparral, SE freshwater ponds, and area west of Camino Real, (led

Good morning, Started out by heading to the Arden St. spot for the Adult Male Orchard Oriole. He showed up at just about 8am on the dot, stayed for about 30 minutes before burying himself in the